Guest Post: Q&A with Lisa Ballantyne, author of Redemption Road

Posted July 26, 2015 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Guest Post / 0 Comments
Guest Post: Q&A with Lisa Ballantyne, author of Redemption Road

Today I am delighted to be part of the Blog Tour for Redemption Road by Lisa Ballantyne. Redemption Road was a compelling read (see my review) and I highly recommend it. Below I have a Q&A with Lisa Ballantyne and I hope you enjoy the answers. Don’t forget to visit other blog stops along the tour for other great content. Enjoy guys 😉 Can you in five words describe your book to those who haven’t read it? A father and daughter fable. What is your writing process? I always start with character – just imagine my main characters and who they are. I believe that characters give heart and soul to books (and films for that matter) and truly understanding a person or character helps me to understand what motivates them to act… and that is the basis of plot. Was there anything in this book that took you by surprise? The scene where the teenage George and his loan shark father visit a debtor on a building site was an interesting one to write. It was one of the rare occasions […]

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Review: The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

Posted July 24, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 4 Comments
Review: The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle on August 18, 2015 Genres: Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 282 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads A bewitching, dark and beautiful debut novel about a girl living in the shadow of a mysterious curse. It’s the accident season, the same time every year. Bones break, skin tears, bruises bloom. The accident season has been part of seventeen-year-old Cara’s life for as long as she can remember. Towards the end of October, foreshadowed by the deaths of many relatives before them, Cara’s family becomes inexplicably accident-prone. They banish knives to locked drawers, cover sharp table edges with padding, switch off electrical items – but injuries follow wherever they go, and the accident season becomes an ever-growing obsession and fear. But why are they so cursed? And how can they break free? The Accident Season is a strange compelling read as for me […]

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Review: Tracer by Rob Boffard

Posted July 23, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Tracer by Rob Boffard

I received this book for free from Netgalley, Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Tracer by Rob Boffard Published by Orbit Books on July 16, 2015 Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller Pages: 398 Format: E-Arc, Paperback Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Imagine The Bourne Identity meets Gravity and you’ll get TRACER, the most exciting action thriller set in space you’ll ever read. A huge space station orbits the Earth, holding the last of humanity. It’s broken, rusted, falling apart. We’ve wrecked our planet, and now we have to live with the consequences: a new home that’s dirty, overcrowded and inescapable. What’s more, there’s a madman hiding on the station. He’s about to unleash chaos. And when he does, there’ll be nowhere left to run. In space, every second counts. Who said nobody could hear you scream?  So after seeing so many comparisons to The 100 TV series, I knew that Tracer was a book that I really wanted to read (I’d previously been debating it […]

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Review: Under Ground by S. L. Grey

Posted July 22, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Under Ground by S. L. Grey

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Under Ground by S.L. Grey Published by Pan Macmillan on July 16, 2015 Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult Pages: 368 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads The Sanctum is a luxurious, self-sustaining survival condominium situated underground in rural Maine. It’s a plush bolt-hole for the rich and paranoid – a place where they can wait out the apocalypse in style. When a devastating super-flu virus hits the States, several families race to reach it. All have their own motivations for entering The Sanctum. All are hiding secrets. But when the door locks and someone dies, they realize the greatest threat to their survival may not be above ground – it may already be inside . . . Having reflected on this book for a while I can no longer decide if I love Under Ground or merely like it. When I finished the book it was definitely love, but now […]

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Review: Redemption Road by Lisa Ballantyne

Posted July 21, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review: Redemption Road by Lisa Ballantyne

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.Redemption Road by Lisa Ballantyne Published by Piatkus on July 16, 2015 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller Pages: 437 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads The crash is the unravelling of Margaret Holloway. Trapped inside a car about to explode, she is rescued by a scarred stranger who then disappears. Margaret remembers little, but she’s spent her life remembering little – her childhood is full of holes and forgotten memories. And now she has a burning desire to discover who she is, why her life has been shrouded in secrets, and if it has anything to do with the mysterious man who saved her life. In a thriller that flits effortlessly between past and present, this is a harsh, gritty yet ultimately uplifting journey of an estranged father and daughter, exploring the strength of family ties and our huge capacity for forgiveness. Published in the US as: Everything She Forgot […]

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