Month: January 2017

Review: Meet Me at Beachcomber Bay by Jill Mansell

Posted January 13, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Meet Me at Beachcomber Bay by Jill Mansell

Meet Me at Beachcomber Bay by Jill Mansell Published by Headline Review on January 12th 2017 Genres: Fiction, Chick-lit, Romance Pages: 416 Format: Arc Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads The romantic, funny and unputdownable new novel from Jill Mansell, No. 1 bestselling author of THE ONE YOU REALLY WANT, THREE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT YOU and YOU AND ME, ALWAYS – ‘A glorious, heartwarming romantic read’ Woman & Home. Perfect for anyone who loves Jojo Moyes, Marian Keyes and Katie Fforde. Clemency isn’t looking for love when she meets Sam, and he doesn’t make a brilliant first impression when she sits next to him on a plane. Yet by the end of the flight a real connection has been made. Clemency senses this could be something special… until she discovers that Sam has deliberately thrown her contact details in a bin. Oh well, his loss. (But also… why???) So Clemency returns to St Carys in Cornwall and gets on with her busy life and career alongside best friend, boss and local heartbreaker Ronan. When Clemency’s glamorous stepsister Belle appears, smugger […]

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Review: Frostblood by Elly Blake

Posted January 11, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review: Frostblood by Elly Blake

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Frostblood by Elly Blake Series: Frostblood #1 Published by Hodder & Stoughton on January 12th 2017 Genres: Fiction, Young Adult, Romance, Fantasy Pages: 304 Format: Arc Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads The first in a page-turning young adult fantasy series perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen and Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass series. In a land governed by the cruel Frostblood ruling class, seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has spent most of her life hiding her ability to manipulate heat and light – until the day the soldiers come to raid her village and kill her mother. Ruby vows revenge on the tyrannous Frost King responsible for the massacre of her people. But Ruby’s powers are unpredictable…and so are the feelings she has for Arcus, the scarred, mysterious Frostblood warrior who shares her goal to kill the Frost King, albeit for his own reasons. When Ruby is […]

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Review: Dark Made Dawn by JP Symthe

Posted January 4, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Dark Made Dawn by JP Symthe

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Dark Made Dawn by J.P. Smythe Series: The Australia Trilogy #3 Published by Hodder Paperbacks on April 6, 2017 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 400 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads IT BEGAN WITH WAY DOWN DARK, SHORTLISTED FOR THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD.IT CONTINUED WITH LONG DARK DUSK.IT CONCLUDES… NOW. There was one truth on Australia, the prison ship on which Chan was born and raised: you fight or you die. Usually both.But everything on Australia was a lie. Abandoned and alone, Chan was forced to live a terrible existence on the fringes of society, Australia’s only survivor after a terrible crash-landing on Earth.But Chan discovered she was not alone. Together with the unlikeliest of allies, Chan carved out a place for herself on Earth. And now the time has come: she’s finally found a reason to keep going. But friends have become enemies, and […]

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Review: The Year of Saying Yes : Part 1 by Hannah Doyle

Posted January 3, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: The Year of Saying Yes : Part 1 by Hannah Doyle

The Year of Saying Yes Part 1 by Hannah Doyle Published by Hachette UK on December 15, 2016 Genres: Chick-lit, Fiction, Novella Pages: 96 Format: Arc Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads ‘Watch out Lindsey Kelk, someone is toppling you’ Dreaming With Open Eyes Blog ‘Funny, modern and motivational… LOVED IT’ Lisa Dickenson THE YEAR OF SAYING YES by Hannah Doyle will make you dirty-laugh, feel warm and fuzzy, and rediscover life’s magic – all thanks to one little word: yes. Fans of Lucy’s Vine’s HOT MESS, Cathy Hopkins’s THE KICKING THE BUCKET LIST, Suzy K Quinn’s THE BAD MOTHER’S DIARY and Fiona Gibson’s THE WOMAN WHO MET HER MATCH you’re in for a real treat. Dear Readers It’s drizzling outside, which totally matches my #currentmood. Pigs in blankets, all the mince pies and a festive Baileys or five are distant memories. You know the drill – it’s January. Everyone’s banning booze (terrible idea) or cutting carbs (impossible). To add to the misery pile, my plans to seduce the man of my dreams at the stroke of midnight flopped spectacularly. […]

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