Month: June 2017

Review: What Happened That Night by Sheila O’Flanagan

Posted June 14, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

What Happened That Night by Sheila O’Flanagan Published by Headline Review on 15th June 2017 Genres: Chick-lit, Contemporary, Fiction Pages: 512 Format: Hardback Source: Publisher Goodreads Readers of Marian Keyes, Lisa Jewell and Santa Montefiore will love Sunday Times bestselling author Sheila O’Flanagan’s gripping new novel. Reviewers adore Sheila’s books: ‘Smart and twisty’ ***** Heat; ‘Fantastic’ Bella Lola Fitzpatrick is bright and ambitious but she’s also headstrong and stubborn. When one evening, out of the blue, she has to make a life-changing choice, she decides quickly and rashly. And without a piece of vital information that might have changed everything. Lola’s daughter Bey has inherited Lola’s determined nature. Yet her impulsive reactions place her in danger, leading her to run away from what she wants most. And then, one night, she’s standing in front of the man she loves, with her own choice to make… For both Lola and Bey, everything changes in a moment. But their biggest mistakes might also turn out to be their greatest opportunities… So this is another stunning book from a fabulous author. What Happened That […]

Review: Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith

Posted June 12, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith Published by Pan Macmillan on May 4th 2017 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 320 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Alice doesn’t believe in luck—at least, not the good kind. But she does believe in love, and for some time now, she’s been pining for her best friend, Teddy. On his eighteenth birthday—just when it seems they might be on the brink of something—she buys him a lottery ticket on a lark. To their astonishment, he wins $140 million, and in an instant, everything changes. At first, it seems like a dream come true, especially since the two of them are no strangers to misfortune. As a kid, Alice won the worst kind of lottery possible when her parents died just over a year apart from each other. And Teddy’s father abandoned his family not long after that, leaving them to grapple with his gambling debts. Through it all, Teddy and Alice have leaned on each other. But now, as they negotiate the ripple effects of Teddy’s newfound wealth, a gulf […]

Pastime Pleasures #33 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J K Rowling

Posted June 9, 2017 by Charlotte in Pastime Pleasures / 0 Comments

Welcome to my feature, Pastime Pleasures all about books I have loved and adored and were published over five years. Today is the turn of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J K Rowling. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has to be my favourite Harry Potter out of the whole series. It is the pivotal point in the Harry Potters and a complete game changer. Goblet of Fire is the starting point for Harry and co to grow up. Before Harry’s adventures were limited to in-school activities. And Voldermort is still a shadow of himself. And it is now all going to change. Because now that he is back. There is a lot of Quidditch, adventure and thrills. As Harry races to the end of the Triwizard cup and starts to realise that he is a teenager. The fact that Harry and co are growing up lead to some hilarious moments as hormones take the better of them. And we get to learn about other schools. I loved that we finally get to know so much more about […]

Review: The Mills & Boon Modern Girl’s Guide to Growing Old Disgracefully by Ada Adverse

Posted June 7, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

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.Mills & Boon Modern Girl’s Guide to Growing Old Disgracefully by Ada Adverse Series: Mills & Boon A-Zs #6 Published by Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited on May 18th 2017 Genres: Novella Pages: 96 Format: Hardback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads ‘Perfect for the gin drinker in your life.’ – Sun Have you ever: Treated afternoon tea as an ‘all you can eat’ opportuntity? Realised you only ever hoover when you are expecting guests? Flatly refused to ‘act your age’? If so, the Mills & Boon Modern Girl’s Guide to Growing Old Disgracefully is for you: a guide to throwing out the rule book, with a feminist twist This Guide to Growing Old Disgracefully is another fun list from Mills and Boon (having previously read and reviewed Turning into Your Mother). All about growing old. And lets be honest everyone grows old, we grow old ever day. Some of us just […]

Blog Tour / Review: Leopard at the Door by Jennifer McVeigh

Posted June 5, 2017 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments

Leopard at the Door by Jennifer McVeigh Published by Viking on July 13th 2017 Genres: Fiction, Historical Pages: 336 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Stepping off the boat in Mombasa, eighteen-year-old Rachel Fullsmith stands on Kenyan soil for the first time in six years. She has come home. But when Rachel reaches the family farm at the end of the dusty Rift Valley Road, she finds so much has changed. Her beloved father has moved his new partner and her son into the family home. She hears menacing rumours of Mau Mau violence, and witnesses cruel reprisals by British soldiers. Even Michael, the handsome Kikuyu boy from her childhood, has started to look at her differently. Isolated and conflicted, Rachel fears for her future. But when home is no longer a place of safety and belonging, where do you go, and who do you turn to? 1950s colonial Kenya made for an atmospheric setting for Leopard at the Door, as Rachel returns home to place that is not the same as she once remembered. Jennifer’s writing about Kenya is […]

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