Tag: Short Stories

Review: Love Hurts by Malorie Blackman

Posted February 4, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 2 Comments

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.Love Hurts by Malorie Blackman, Patrick Ness, Lauren Myracle, Gayle Forman, Susie Day, Jenny Downham, Maureen Johnson, Laura Dockrill, David Levithan, Markus Zusak, Lauren Kate, Catherine Johnson, James Dawson, Philip Pullman, E. Lockhart, Non Pratt, Bali Rai, Melvin Burgess, Phil Earle, Andrew Smith, Matt Haig, Tabitha Suzuma, Marcus Sedgwick on January 29, 2015 Genres: Anthropology, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult Pages: 560 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Have you ever fallen for someone the rest of the world thought you shouldn’t have? Malorie Blackman brings together the very best young adult authors writing today in a stunningly romantic collection of love against the odds. Featuring stories and extracts about modern star-crossed lovers, Love Hurts looks at every kind of relationship, from first kiss to final heartbreak. This is a collection for anyone who has ever loved and lost – and loved again… I have to […]

Review: Half Lies by Sally Green

Posted January 19, 2015 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

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.Half Lies by Sally Green Series: The Half Bad Trilogy #0.5 Published by Penguin Young Readers Group on November 13, 2014 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Novella, Short Stories, Young Adult Pages: 61 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Meet Michele and Gabriel: young Black Witches in a brave new world. Their mother was brutally murdered. Their father drowns his pain at the bottom of a bottle. They begin a new life in Florida, where Michele meets a White Witch boy, but the divide between Black and White Witches is as dangerous as ever. Soon Michele is caught between love and loyalty, truth and lies. Could falling in love be the deadliest mistake she’s ever made? Well, Half Bad was a great book but Half Lies, told from Michele’s perspective in the form of her diary, is even better. And the simple reason is Gabriel. I loved him in Half Bad and was semi-frustrated […]

Review: A Christmas Feast and Other Stories by Katie Fforde

Posted December 19, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments

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.A Christmas Feast And Other Stories by Katie Fforde Published by Cornerstone Digital on December 4, 2014 Genres: Chick-lit, Christmas, Fiction, Short Stories Pages: 240 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads A delicious Christmas feast of short stories from the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of A French Affair and The Perfect Match. Add some extra sparkle to your Christmas by joining Katie Fforde for a perfect, romantic Christmas feast of short stories. Collected together for the first time and including one brand new story. Make your Christmas wishes come true… Includes an exclusive sneak preview of Katie’s new novel, A Vintage Wedding. Most of these stories in A Christmas Feast and Other Stories have previously been published. But the only one I have every read is The Undercover Cook. A Christmas Feast is a feast without the gluttony, that feeling of being stuffed and unable to try more. […]

Review: A Season to Remember by Sheila O’Flanagan

Posted December 18, 2014 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.A Season to Remember by Sheila O’Flanagan Published by Headline Review on October 27, 2011 Genres: Chick-lit, Christmas, Fiction, Romance, Short Stories Pages: 372 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Sheila O’Flanagan’s deliciously engaging A SEASON TO REMEMBER is essential Christmas reading for fans of Marian Keyes, Veronica Henry and Harriet Evans. Reviewers love Sheila’s novels: ‘A romantic and charming read’ Candis It’s Christmas – when everyone is meant to be merry. But what if you’ve just had your heart broken? Or discovered that the man you’re married to has lied to you? What if a secret from your past has come back to haunt you? Then the magic of Christmas is just what you need. As Claire and Neil Archer open the doors to their luxurious Sugar Loaf Lodge for the festive season, they and their guests are about to find out if Christmas really is the happiest time […]

Review: Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson

Posted November 18, 2014 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.Mitosis by Brandon Sanderson Series: Reckoners #1.5 Published by Gollancz on October 23, 2014 Genres: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Young Adult Pages: 96 Format: Hardback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads An action-packed Reckoners story from Sunday Times Bestseller Brandon Sanderson that bridges the action in Steelheart with the all new adventure Firefight, in a collectible HB edition From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Words of Radiance, co-author of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn Trilogy, Brandon Sanderson, comes Mitosis, a short story set in the action-packed world of Steelheart: the Reckoners series, exclusively available in a HB collector’s edition. Epics still plague Newcago, but David and the Reckoners have vowed to fight back. Catch all the action before Firefight, the exciting sequel to Steelheart, hits the shelves. Mitosis was a brilliant action-packed short story! It had everything packed […]

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