The Many Lives of Heloise Starchild is a wonderful, inventive adventure that takes the reader from late eighteenth-century France to mid twenty-first century Britain and beyond.

Review: The Many Lives of Heloise Starchild by John Ironmonger →

The Whispering House has some elements that I really liked, but is let down by a weak main character who makes bad decisions.

Review: The Whispering House by Elizabeth Brooks →

In which I somehow read 20 books, three of which were by Doug Johnstone.

What I read in July 2020 →

The Space Between Worlds is a riveting and detailed parallel universe sci-fi novel with a lot to say about fortune, privilege and belonging.

Review: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson →

Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook is a rich, interesting and devastating book to savour.

Blog tour: Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook by Celia Rees →

Paris Savages is interesting, vivid and heartbreaking.

Review: Paris Savages by Katherine Johnson →

The Sin Eater features an amazing premise, an immersive world and a brave heroine drawn into a courtly intrigue.

Review: The Sin Eater by Megan Campisi →

Tennis Lessons is funny, relateable and comforting.

Review: Tennis Lessons by Susannah Dickey →

The Secret of Creek Cottage is a tense, atmospheric and fascinating ghost story.

Blog tour: The Secret of Creek Cottage by Tina M Edwards →

The Collector is a tense and fascinating crime novel with a well-rounded main character.

Blog tour: The Collector by John Maher →