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Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris June 14, 2018
Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor May 30, 2018
Kate Morton – The Queen of Historical Fiction May 7, 2018
White Bodies by Jane Robins April 1, 2018
The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo March 23, 2018

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"….there’s something in me that needs him broken, so that I can put him together again just as I want." Book Review for "Bring Me Back" by B.A. Paris is now up on the blog (link in bio 👆). Thank you @hqstories for the review copy ♥. --------------------------------------------------- 📖Blurb: Finn and Layla are young, in love, and on vacation. They’re driving along the highway when Finn decides to stop at a service station to use the restroom. He hops out of the car, locks the doors behind him, and goes inside. When he returns Layla is gone—never to be seen again. That is the story Finn told to the police. But it is not the whole story. Ten years later Finn is engaged to Layla’s sister, Ellen. Their shared grief over what happened to Layla drew them close and now they intend to remain together. Still, there’s something about Ellen that Finn has never fully understood. His heart wants to believe that she is the one for him...even though a sixth sense tells him not to trust her. Then, not long before he and Ellen are to be married, Finn gets a phone call. Someone from his past has seen Layla—hiding in plain sight. There are other odd occurrences: Long-lost items from Layla’s past that keep turning up around Finn and Ellen’s house. Emails from strangers who seem to know too much. Secret messages, clues, warnings. If Layla is alive—and on Finn’s trail—what does she want? And how much does she know? A tour de force of psychological suspense, Bring Me Back will have you questioning everything and everyone until its stunning climax. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Belated Congratulations to @jon_mcgregor and @4thestatebooks for winning Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards! In celebration I thought I'd review "Reservoir 13" on my blog (link in bio 👆). -------------------------------------------- 📖 BLURB: Midwinter in an English village. A teenage girl has gone missing. Everyone is called upon to join the search. The villagers fan out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on what is usually a place of peace. Meanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsed. As the seasons unfold and the search for the missing girl goes on, there are those who leave the village and those who are pulled back; those who come together and those who break apart. There are births and deaths; secrets kept and exposed; livelihoods made and lost; small kindnesses and unanticipated betrayals. An extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, RESERVOIR 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a tragedy refuse to subside. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hi guys, it's been a while since I last posted... my exams end on the 6th so hopefully I can start posting regularly again! Yesterday I received an arc of VOX , courtesy of @hqstories ♥ So I took a photograph and tried to edit it (creatively) for the first time :) The blurb has me hooked already and even though my exams are going on I've already started reading it! As someone who is known to talk a lot (I even converse with complete strangers much to the chagrin of my friends 😂) I can't ever imagine living in a world where women are restricted to speaking only a #100WORDS each day 🙊. It horrifies me to no extent and I can't even begin to picture myself in that scenario... I can't wait to get to the end and see how the plot turns out! p.s.: I want to hear how you would cope if you were suddenly placed in a world/country where your ability to speak was restricted? Do let me know in the comments down below, I'm really curious to hear what other people have to say about the topic... -------------------------------- 📖BLURB: Set in an America where half the population has been silenced, VOX is the harrowing, unforgettable story of what one woman will do to protect herself and her daughter. On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed more than 100 words daily, any more and a thousand volts of electricity will course through your veins - Dr. Jean McClellan is in denial--this can't happen here. Not in America. Not to her. This is just the beginning. Soon women can no longer hold jobs. Girls are no longer taught to read or write. Females no longer have a voice. Before, the average person spoke sixteen thousand words a day, but now women only have one hundred to make themselves heard. But this is not the end. For herself, her daughter, and every woman silenced, Jean will reclaim her voice. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

*yes my hand did get cramped up after I took this photo* I recently found out that Kate Morton and Diane Setterfield are publishing new titles this year and so I thought I'd do a little summary of sorts about all of the reasons why I love Kate Morton and her books and how The Thirteenth Tale single-handedly dragged me back into the realm of reading! (Link in bio 👆). It's currently exam season and I can't wait to resume my regular posting schedule soon 🙊.

Review for "White Bodies" by Jane Robins is now up on my blog (link in bio 👆). By far one of my favourite books this year (5/5 🌟) ! Definitely recommend if you love reading books about twins that are so dark and twisted they'll keep you up at night..... Thank you to the wonderful team over at @hqstories for sending this my way ♥ ---------------------------------------- 📖 BLURB: This chilling psychological suspense novel--think Strangers on a Train for the modern age--explores the dark side of love and the unbreakable ties that bind two sisters together. Felix and Tilda seem like the perfect couple: young and in love, a financier and a beautiful up-and-coming starlet. But behind their flawless facade, not everything is as it seems. Callie, Tilda's unassuming twin, has watched her sister visibly shrink under Felix's domineering love. She has looked on silently as Tilda stopped working, nearly stopped eating, and turned into a neat freak, with mugs wrapped in Saran Wrap and suspicious syringes hidden in the bathroom trash. She knows about Felix's uncontrollable rages, and has seen the bruises on the white skin of her sister's arms. Worried about the psychological hold that Felix seems to have over Tilda, Callie joins an Internet support group for victims of abuse and their friends. However, things spiral out of control and she starts to doubt her own judgment when one of her new acquaintances is killed by an abusive man. And then suddenly Felix dies--or was he murdered? A page-turning work of suspense that announces a stunning new voice in fiction,White Bodies will change the way you think about obsession, love, and the violence we inflict on one another--and ourselves. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Review for "The light we Lost" by Jill Santopolo is now up on the blog! (link in bio 👆) Thank you @hqstories for sending a copy my way ♥ the cover is absolutely stunning and the story is definitely worth a read ! Look forward to reading more of Santopolo's works in the future :) --------------------------------- 📖Blurb : He was the first person to inspire her, to move her, to truly understand her. Was he meant to be the last? Lucy is faced with a life-altering choice. But before she can make her decision, she must start her story—their story—at the very beginning. Lucy and Gabe meet as seniors at Columbia University on a day that changes both of their lives forever. Together, they decide they want their lives to mean something, to matter. When they meet again a year later, it seems fated—perhaps they’ll find life’s meaning in each other. But then Gabe becomes a photojournalist assigned to the Middle East and Lucy pursues a career in New York. What follows is a thirteen-year journey of dreams, desires, jealousies, betrayals, and, ultimately, of love. Was it fate that brought them together? Is it choice that has kept them away? Their journey takes Lucy and Gabe continents apart, but never out of each other’s hearts. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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