Book ReviewsEssays / Fiction / Humor / Medieval Romance / non-fiction / psychological thriller / Reading lists / Siege of Leningrad / Wales / WWII10 Comments
As I noted in Part 1, I split this into two posts because I wrote longer-than-usual mini-reviews. City of Thieves by David Benioff I picked this up from an Amazon deal somewhere, intrigued by the subject matter (the Siege of Leningrad has fascinated me since I read Paullina Simons’ ... more >
Book Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / dual-timeline / Fantasy / France / mermaid / novella / WalesComments Off on REVIEW: Never on Saturday by Sue Barnard
Two stories, two heartbreaks: one past, one present… Leaving her native France and arriving in North Wales as a postgraduate student of History and Folklore, Mel is cautiously optimistic that she can escape from her troubled past and begin a new and happier life. She settles into her student accommodation ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / female friendship / self discovery / Wales10 Comments
Frankie Green’s happy ever after is put on hold when her childhood sweetheart husband complains things are boring in bed. When he asks for some space, she sets out to win him back by getting herself a sex education. Little does she know that her hilarious, tender and embarrassing journey ... more >
C ReviewsContemporary / dual-timeline / England / France / historical mystery / Knights / medieval / Wales2 Comments
Warning – One character has suffered a miscarriage and works through stages of her grief while another loses a child soon after childbirth. Winter 1994, and in the Wye Valley a story hidden for almost eight centuries has just been unearthed. For Nina, an ecologist working alongside local archaeologists, the ... more >
B- Reviewsauthor / child in jeopardy / enemies to lovers / myth / Paranormal / publishing industry / reissue / Wales11 Comments
Although it goes against her workaholic nature, literary agent Lyn Ravenshaw lets herself be whisked off to Wales for the Christmas holidays by her star client, flamboyant children’s author Bridget Cooper. She suspects Bridget has ulterior motives, but the lure of South Wales with its castles and myths is irresistible. ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsex-con / hacker / mystery / Wales18 Comments
Dear Rosie Claverton: I read your debut Amy Lane mystery, and as soon as I was done I went to Netgalley and requested the next installment for review. Life intervened for a couple of weeks, but when I had a spare hour I started reading Code Runner. As I anticipated ... more >