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Review: The Liar’s Room by Simon Lelic

Posted August 31, 2018 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: The Liar’s Room by Simon Lelic

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.The Liar’s Room by Simon Lelic Published by Penguin on September 25, 2018 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Pages: 352 Format: Arc, E-Arc Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads ONE ROOM. TWO LIARS. NO WAY OUT. THE NEXT SPINE-TINGLING THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE HOUSE Susanna Fenton has a secret. Fourteen years ago she left her identity behind, reinventing herself as a counsellor and starting a new life. It was the only way to keep her daughter safe. But everything changes when Adam Geraghty walks into her office. She’s never met this young man before – so why does she feel like she knows him? Adam starts to tell her about a girl. A girl he wants to hurt. And that’s when Susanna realises she was wrong. She doesn’t know him.He knows her.And the girl he plans to hurt is her daughter. After reading The House last year and devouring […]

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Review: The Place We Met by Isabelle Broom

Posted November 29, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: The Place We Met by Isabelle Broom

The Place We Met by Isabelle Broom Published by Michael Joseph on November 30th 2017 Genres: Chick-lit, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance Pages: 406 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Heartbreak, humour and romance set in Italy’s beautiful and dramatic Lake Como. Under dazzling New Year’s Eve fireworks, two women hope for new beginnings . . . ‘Utterly romantic’ Adele Parks, bestselling author of The Image of You Taggie is only a few months into her job as a tour guide in Lake Como. She’s rushed off her feet, but distraction is what she needs to forget why she left England. Lucy arrives at Lake Como with her perfect new boyfriend, Pete. Falling fast in love, she’s sure that life is about to start for her, it feels so right with him. But as New Year’s Eve approaches and the women meet by chance, it becomes clear this isn’t the perfect place of new beginnings. While Lucy is willing to do anything to keep hold of Pete, the past Taggie so desperately wanted to escape is catching up with her […]

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Blog Tour / Review: Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy

Posted July 8, 2017 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments
Blog Tour / Review: Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy

Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy Published by Penguin on July 6th 2017 Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Pages: 304 Format: Arc, E-Arc Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads When Liv and Nora decide to take their husbands and children on a holiday cruise, everyone is thrilled. The ship’s comforts and possibilities seem infinite. But when they all go ashore in beautiful Central America, a series of minor mishaps lead the families further from the ship’s safety. One minute the children are there, and the next they’re gone. What follows is a heart-racing story told from the perspectives of the adults and the children, as the distraught parents – now turning on one another and blaming themselves – try to recover their children and their shattered lives. In Do Not Become Alarmed this is a situation that I cannot possibly fathom. And a situation I definitely do not ever want to be in. What starts off as the perfect holiday ends up being a nightmare. One minor incident is the start of a terrifying few days as families become […]

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Review: Then. Now. Always. by Isabelle Broom

Posted April 21, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Then. Now. Always. by Isabelle Broom

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.Then. Now. Always. by Isabelle Broom Published by Penguin on April 20th 2017 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads **Pre-order the new novel from Isabelle Broom now!** Hannah can’t believe it when she’s offered a trip to sunny Spain with her best friend and dreamy boss . . . what’s the catch? Twenty-eight year old Hannah is ready for an adventure. She and her colleagues are in Spain for a month to film a documentary, and it’s a dream come true. Not least because Hannah will get to spend long summer days with Theo, her boss (and crush). If only Tom (Hannah’s best friend and cameramen) and Claudette (the presenter) would stop getting in the way… Then things become even more complicated when Nancy, Hannah’s half-sister arrives. What on earth is she doing here? For once in her life, can’t Hannah just have one perfect summer, free of any […]

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Review: My Sweet Revenge by Jane Fallon

Posted February 2, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: My Sweet Revenge by Jane Fallon

My Sweet Revenge by Jane Fallon Published by Penguin on January 12th 2017 Genres: Chick-lit, Fiction, Romance Pages: 416 Format: E-Arc, Paperback Source: Netgalley, Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads I want to make my husband fall back in love with me. Let me explain. This isn’t an exercise in 1950s wifeydom. I haven’t been reading articles in old women’s magazines. ‘Twenty ways to keep your man’. That couldn’t be further from the truth. I want him to fall back in love with me so that when I tell him to get the hell out of my life he’ll care. He won’t just think, ‘Oh good’. I want it to hurt. Paula has had Robert’s back since they got together as drama students. She gave up her dreams so he could make it. Now he’s one of the nation’s most popular actors. And Paula’s just discovered he’s having an affair. She’s going to remind Robert just what he’s sacrificing. And then she’s going to break his heart like he broke hers. It will be her greatest acting role ever. Revenge is […]

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