Tag: 2/5 Stars

Review: Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

Posted May 9, 2020 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

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.Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust Published by Hodder & Stoughton on April 14, 2020 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Retelling, Young Adult Pages: 384 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads ONLY ONE CAN BE QUEEN ‘A feminist fantasy fairy tale not to be missed’ BookPage Sixteen-year-old Mina is motherless, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone. In fact, it has never beat at all, for her father cut it out and replaced it with one of glass. When she moves to Whitespring Castle, Mina forms a plan: win the king’s heart with her beauty, become queen, and finally know love. The only catch is that she’ll have to become a stepmother. Fifteen-year-old Lynet looks just like her late mother, and one day she discovers why: a magician created her out of snow in the dead queen’s image. Lynet would […]

Film Review: Mother’s Day

Posted March 26, 2017 by Charlotte in Film Review / 2 Comments
Film Review: Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day directed by Released on 10 June 2016 Genres: Rom Com Feature Length: 1 hour and 58 mins Format: DVD Buy on Amazon Rating:   Mother’s Day draws close, a group of seemingly unconnected people in Atlanta come to terms with the relationships they have with their mothers. Sandy (Jennifer Aniston) is a divorced mother of two boys whose ex-husband has recently remarried a younger woman named Tina (Shay Mitchell). Miranda (Julia Roberts) is an accomplished writer who gave up her only child, Kristin (Britt Robertson), for adoption at birth. But as a grown-up Kristin prepares herself for marriage, she begins to contemplate the missing part in her life and is encouraged by her friend, Jesse (Kate Hudson), to go out and find her mother. Meanwhile, Jesse and Gabi, who never see their mother, are surprised by their parents when they come to visit and must come to terms with their failing relationship. Review: Seeing as it is Mother’s Day it seemed appropriate to review this little film. And despite all the negative reviews this film has received this isn’t […]

Review: The King’s Justice by Stephen R. Donaldson

Posted March 8, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: The King’s Justice by Stephen R. Donaldson

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.The King’s Justice by Stephen R. Donaldson Series: The King’s Justice Published by Gollancz on June 30th 2016 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction Format: Hardback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Stephen Donaldson devoted many years to his epic creation The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Now he is back with an all new novella; 40,000 words of richly imagined fantasy with beautiful world building and intense characterisation. The perfect read for existing fans and new readers alike. A man on a horse, confident in his powers but alone, rides a long and lonely road through rain-soaked woods. But he is on a path that he knows and he is bringing much needed justice with him. Four guards stop him. But not for long. Stephen Donaldson has clearly loved the opportunity to write an all new fantasy and this book is a timely reminder of the power of his writing; writing that inspired a generation […]

Review: Rockadoon Shore by Rory Gleeson

Posted February 6, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Rockadoon Shore by Rory Gleeson

Rockadoon Shore by Rory Gleeson Published by John Murray on January 12th 2017 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction Pages: 304 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Cath is worried about her friends. DanDan is struggling with the death of his ex, Lucy is drinking way too much and Steph has become closed off. A weekend away is just what they need. They travel out to Rockadoon Lodge, to the wilds in the west of Ireland. But the weekend doesn’t go to plan. JJ is more concerned with getting high than spending time with them, while Merc is humiliated and seeks revenge. And when their elderly neighbour Malachy arrives on their doorstep in the dead of night with a gun in his hands, nothing will be the same again for any of them . . . Honest, moving and human, Rockadoon Shore is a novel about friendship and youth, about missed opportunities and lost love, and about the realities of growing up and growing old in modern-day Ireland. Highly energetic and tensely humorous, it heralds a new and exciting voice in […]

Review: Little Black Dress by Emily Raymond & James Patterson

Posted October 28, 2016 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Little Black Dress by Emily Raymond & James Patterson

Little Black Dress by James Patterson, Emily Raymond Published by BookShots on July 28, 2016 Genres: Fiction, Novella, Romance Pages: 144 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. Can a little black dress change everything in her life? Magazine editor Jane Avery spends her nights alone with Netflix and Oreos – until the Dress turns her loose. Suddenly she’s surrendering to dark desires, and New York City has become her erotic playground. But what began as a fantasy will go too far… and her next conquest could be her last. I wanted to really love Little Black Dress, but I ended up feeling like that was some sort of 50 Shades gone flat. EVERYONE IS GOOD-LOOKING AND EVERYONE IS ATTRACTED TO JANE. I know that is a story but pur-lease can we get a shot of reality?  Other Bookshot books feel like a story is being told even in such a short format. But here I left like it was just aimless bed-hopping with no real conclusion. Except to say never let a stranger handcuff you to a radiator. […]