The Reckoning by Marisa Noelle – the final book in the Unadjusteds trilogy!
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The Reckoning by Marisa Noelle – the final book in the Unadjusteds trilogy!

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Six months after the terrifying events at Earl’s mountain, Silver Melody and her friends are attempting to rebuild their lives in the safety of an enclosed community. They are using Silver’s father’s genetic expertise to create crops, and they are settling in and slowly recovering from the trauma of the previous years. For many, hope… Continue reading The Reckoning by Marisa Noelle – the final book in the Unadjusteds trilogy!

The Rise of the Altereds by Marisa Noelle
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The Rise of the Altereds by Marisa Noelle

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After defeating the evil President Bear and rescuing her family and friends from imprisonment, Silver Melody should be looking forwards, to a bright future where unadjusteds are no longer at threat. Evil still lurks on the horizon though, and is closing in quickly. Her parents’ former scientist colleague, Earl, has retreated to the mountains, where… Continue reading The Rise of the Altereds by Marisa Noelle

The Write Reads Blog Tour: Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (Egmont Books, 21st January 2021)
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The Write Reads Blog Tour: Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (Egmont Books, 21st January 2021)

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This year has been challenging to say the least, so if, like me, you are turning to reading as an escape, then Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston is the perfect book for you. Amari Peters is a pretty normal girl, but the world around her is challenging. She faces discrimination and racism… Continue reading The Write Reads Blog Tour: Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston (Egmont Books, 21st January 2021)

The Write Reads Blog Tour: The Cousins by Karen M. McManus (Penguin Random House, 3rd December 2020)
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The Write Reads Blog Tour: The Cousins by Karen M. McManus (Penguin Random House, 3rd December 2020)

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The best thing about the thriller genre is that the plot lines are always so fresh and gripping – scenarios that appeal to even the most vivid imagination. In The Cousins, Karen M. McManus has taken one of the most timeless and familiar themes, family, and spun it into an intriguing, tense novel that is… Continue reading The Write Reads Blog Tour: The Cousins by Karen M. McManus (Penguin Random House, 3rd December 2020)

The Write Reads Blog Tour: Second Cousin Once Removed by Kenneth L. Toppell (Brown Books Publishing Group, 8th September 2020)
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The Write Reads Blog Tour: Second Cousin Once Removed by Kenneth L. Toppell (Brown Books Publishing Group, 8th September 2020)

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Henry Attkinson is an ordinary man with an ordinary life. He is a divorced, semi-retired attorney with a rented office, counting down the days to his retirement. Henry harbours a long-held interest in his family’s history and decides to create a family tree, but one branch is proving difficult to follow – that of his… Continue reading The Write Reads Blog Tour: Second Cousin Once Removed by Kenneth L. Toppell (Brown Books Publishing Group, 8th September 2020)

Spirit of adventure: The Hungry Ghost by H.S. Norup (Pushkin Press, 24th September 2020)
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Spirit of adventure: The Hungry Ghost by H.S. Norup (Pushkin Press, 24th September 2020)

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‘Singapore might look like a modern city, but it’s as if there’s a different world underneath the shiny varnish. A world populated by ghosts of the past.’ – The Hungry Ghost, H.S. Norup At the beginning of The Hungry Ghost, Freja has left her Danish hometown and her mum behind, to spend a year with… Continue reading Spirit of adventure: The Hungry Ghost by H.S. Norup (Pushkin Press, 24th September 2020)

The Write Reads Blog Tour: Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis (Penguin Random House, 9th July 2020)
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The Write Reads Blog Tour: Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis (Penguin Random House, 9th July 2020)

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Thank you to Penguin Random House for the review copy of Harrow Lake  – and a huge thank you to Dave from The Write Reads who invited me to take part in this blog tour and rediscover my love for blogging! (*Trigger warnings at the end of this review.) Lola Nox’s life has been less… Continue reading The Write Reads Blog Tour: Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis (Penguin Random House, 9th July 2020)

Orion on Tour in Cardiff – Thursday 15th November 2018
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Orion on Tour in Cardiff – Thursday 15th November 2018

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Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending the Orion on Tour Cardiff event. As well as this being the Tour’s first visit to Wales, it was also my first event of this kind and I was particularly excited because Cardiff – and the South Wales area – does not have many bookish activities… Continue reading Orion on Tour in Cardiff – Thursday 15th November 2018