Camp counsellor Cory Ansel, eighteen and aimless, afraid to face her highly strung single mother in New York, is no longer sure where home is when the father of one…
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2023 in Book Reviews: Murder at the Theatre Royal, The Christmas Murder Game & The One That Got Away
As we inch closer to Christmas, today’s trio is full of festive delights; Ada Moncrieff’s Murder at Theatre Royale, Alexandra Benedict’s The Christmas Murder Game and a dash of romance…
2023 in Book Reviews: Daisy Jones & The Six, The Ex-Husband, Angela Carter’s Fairy Tales & 99% Mine
Today’s book review roundup includes; Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Daisy Jones and the Six, Karen Hamilton’s The Ex-Husband, a collection of fairy tales by Angela Carter and Sally Thorne’s 99% Mine….
2023 in Book Reviews: Project Hail Mary, The Silent Bride, Heartless & The Call
Today, I’m bringing you tales of space exploration, Wonderland and… marriage and murder? Not all in one book, obviously. Although, that does sound like it would either be a Booker-winning…
Book Review: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
A historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate,…
Book Review: The Murder of Mr. Wickham
A summer house party turns into a whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most notorious villains, meets a sudden and suspicious end in this mystery featuring Jane Austen’s leading…
Book Review: The Bloody Chamber
Next to Du Maurier, Angela Carter is one of my all-time favourite storytellers. Her masterpiece The Bloody Chamber sees Carter spin subversively dark and sensual versions of familiar fairy tales…
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: 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….