Wealthy American John Dowell describes in a disarmingly casual, compellingly intimate manner how he and his wife Florence meet an English couple in a German spa resort. They become friends…
Fiction
Book Review: Wide Sargasso Sea
Born into an oppressive colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty. After their marriage, disturbing rumours begin to…
Book Review: Conversations with Friends
Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. A student in Dublin and an aspiring writer, at night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to…
Book Review: Secrets and Seashells at Rainbow Bay (Blog Tour)
I was beyond thrilled when Little, Brown reached out to me to review McNamara’s latest release, but I was even more excited when I learnt of the special milestone surrounding…
Book Review: To the Lighthouse
I’ve been slacking on book related content and for that I heartily apologise. Between work trips that were at least literature related in some capacity (I promise I’ve not just…
Book Review: The Hating Game
I received a copy of Sally Thorne’s hilarious The Hating Game when it was published many moons ago by Piatkus in the UK. However, be it that I was simply busy with…
Book Review: Fallen Angel
First of all, I want to thank Caolinn Douglas for inviting me to share the word about Chris Brookmyre’s Fallen Angel and for being such a delight throughout her time at…
Book Review: Christina Henry’s Alice
In a warren of crumbling buildings and desperate people called the Old City, there stands a hospital with cinderblock walls which echo with the screams of the poor souls inside….
Book Review: The Lesser Bohemians
The vibrant energy of 1990s London. A year of passion and discovery. The anxiety and intensity of new love. Upon her arrival in London, an 18-year-old Irish girl begins anew…