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Review: Endgame by Malorie Blackman

Posted April 24, 2024 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Endgame by Malorie Blackman

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.Endgame by Malorie Blackman Series: Noughts & Crosses #6 Published by Penguin on September 16, 2021 Genres: Fiction, Dystopia, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 470 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads The first Nought Prime Minister, Tobey Durbridge, is about to go on trial for the murder of notorious ganglord, Dan Jeavons. Tobey insists he is being framed. There were ten seats at Dan’s dinner party the night he was killed and each guest had their own reasons for wishing him dead. Sephy Hadley was one of the guests that night. Haunted by the idea that she didn’t do enough to stop the death of her first love, Callum McGregor, Sephy will not sit quietly and wait for accusations to fall on her now. She has her children to protect. When I first read Noughts and Crosses, I had no idea the impact the story would have on me. […]

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Blog Tour / Review: Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

Posted July 31, 2021 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Blog Tour / Review: Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

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.Ghosts by Dolly Alderton Published by Penguin Genres: Fiction, Chick-lit, Contemporary, Romance Pages: 338 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER’A poignant, funny tale of early-thirties love and loss’ Sunday Times __________________________________________________ Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that he’s going to marry her, it feels like all is going to plan. A new relationship couldn’t have come at a better time – her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone’s moving to the suburbs. There’s no solace to be found in her family, with a mum who’s caught […]

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Review: Supporting Cast by Kit de Waal

Posted October 27, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Supporting Cast by Kit de Waal

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.Supporting Cast by Kit de Waal Published by Penguin on July 30, 2020 Genres: Fiction, Short Stories Pages: 208 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads As she walks out of her marriage, a woman remembers a day by the sea when her husband rescued a boy from drowning. A blind man on his wedding day celebrates the pursuit of love.A woman finds companionship for the first time with the girls at work.And a young man leaves prison with only one desire – to see his son again. Kit de Waal’s characters light up the page in vivid stories of thwarted desire, love and loss. With power and precision, humanity and insight, Supporting Cast captures the extraordinary moments in our ordinary lives, and the darkness and the joy of the everyday. Kit de Waal has been an author that I have wanted to read for a very long time. So when […]

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Review: I Made a Mistake by Jane Corry

Posted June 17, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: I Made a Mistake by Jane Corry

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.I Made a Mistake by Jane Corry Published by Penguin on 28th May 2020 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller Pages: 464 Format: E-Arc, Paperback Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads YOU DIDN’T MEAN TO DO IT.IT WAS ONLY ONCE.BUT NOW HE’S DEAD, AND SOMEONE HAS TO PAY . . . The darkly addictive new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of I Looked Away, Blood Sisters and My Husband’s Wife. In Poppy Page’s mind, there are two types of women in this world: those who are faithful to their husbands, and those who are not. Until now, Poppy has never questioned which she was. But when handsome, charming Matthew Gordon walks back into her life after almost two decades, that changes. Poppy makes a single mistake – and that mistake will be far more dangerous than she could imagine. Someone is going to pay for it with their life […]

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Review: Crossfire by Malorie Blackman

Posted March 17, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Crossfire by Malorie Blackman

Crossfire by Malorie Blackman Published by Penguin on August 8, 2019 Genres: Fiction, Young Adult Pages: 496 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads ‘The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be’ STORMZY ‘I grew up reading her. It was one of the few books about black people, so I felt seen.’ CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS ‘The most original book I’ve ever read’ BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH “Malorie Blackman is absolutely amazing … [Noughts & Crosses] really spoke to me, especially as a woman of dual heritage.” ZAWE ASHTON_____ Years have passed since the love between Sephy – a Cross – and Callum – a Nought – destroyed their world and changed their families and society forever. Society appears to be very different now. For the first time ever, a Nought Prime Minister – Tobey Durbridge – is in power. Race and class don’t divide people anymore. But things are never really that easy. Because Tobey’s just been framed for murder, and the only way to free himself is […]

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