Deeds and Words (Louisa & Ada #2) by Sarah Bell
One of my favourite couples is back, investigating within the Suffragette movement I didn’t realize I’d missed Ada and Louisa so much! Sarah Bell’s debut, The Murder Next Door, was one of my favourite books of 2021, and one of the reasons for that was this established couple, two women in their mid-twenties who couldn’t […]
Love, Morgan (Jackson Point Collection #2) by Jacqueline Ramsden
Jacqueline Ramsden successfully mixes humour, sweetness, and deeper issues At first sight, Morgan is the brat that most of us try not to be, even if they exist inside us. In my review of Dear Ripley, where she was introduced to us as Ripley’s best friend, I called her exquisitely obnoxious. She’s so over the […]
Not Just Gal Pals by Elizabeth Luly
A deliciously tropey romance Every step of her life, Jenny’s gone with the flow. If not for someone else’s mistake, she would still be enjoying her job as an influencer, a job that took off organically. As it is, her agent suggested she take a break, and visiting the hometown she couldn’t wait to escape […]
The Flight Risk by Macon Leigh
Macon Leigh’s writing is free and sharp, tough yet tender, like the MC of this book Sometimes, you’ve barely started reading a story and you know it’s going to be good. The kind of good that makes you want to swear because it’s so fucking good. The kind of good that makes you have to […]
A Calculated Risk by Cari Hunter
I want to live in a world in which Cari Hunter’s characters exist Cari Hunter doesn’t churn out books by the dozen every year but they’re all well worth the wait. They’re extremely well-plotted, for one. And with A Calculated Risk, Hunter gives us, once again, the kind of characters I love most. I want […]
In the Roses of Pieria (The Blood Files #1) by Anna Burke
Pure Burke Beauty From the first sentence, you know it’s going to be pure Burke beauty. By the second, the mood is set. When given the opportunity to study hitherto unknown artefacts from the Nektopolian civilisation, Clara Eden doesn’t hesitate long. Higher wages than she’s ever received in her six years as an adjunct teacher […]
The Veracity of Lies by Anna Woiwood
A difficult but captivating story This is a hard book to read. It’s often discouraging and tragic. It’s also very good. I’ll start with content warnings so you can decide if you’re up to it. There’s a lot of abuse of all sorts: drugs and alcohol, abuse of power, men over women, sexual and emotional. […]
The Quarry by Kim Hunt
I’m glad I get to add Kim Hunt to my list of authors to watch out for I didn’t read the first Cal Nyx book, The Beautiful Dead, before I read this one and I wish I had. I don’t think I missed anything in this story because of that but I like learning about […]
Seeking Approval by Rachel Spangler
One of Spangler’s best Feeling seen is a rare and precious thing. We all carry the weight of expectations, some more than others. Emery Pembroke has to prove herself to be more than an impetuous heiress in order to take over as CEO of the family company after her father’s untimely death. Arden Gilderson has […]