Category: Book reviews

For Better and Worse by Margot Hunt My rating: 5 of 5 stars Brilliantly, breathlessly entertaining, For Better and Worse poses the question, do some people really just need killing? When Natalie and Will first met, they talking about how to get away with murder. But they never thought they’d do it in real life.…

What You Did by Claire McGowan Covering a range of very sensitive issues, from rape to domestic abuse, this is not a lighthearted. McGowan writes a story that weaves a past murder with a current sexual attack, leaving the reader increasingly determined to find out what really happened. While the protagonist is clearly blind to…

Follow Me by Kathleen Barber My rating: 5 of 5 stars Barber ratchets up the tension in this spine-tingling thriller about the dangers of over-sharing in the age of social media. Addictive, disturbing, and frighteningly real, Follow Me is about self-obsessed Audrey, an Instagram influencer with hundreds of thousands of followers. But one of her…

He Started It by Samantha Downing My rating: 5 of 5 stars A wicked-fun read with razor-sharp wit and a killer twist, He Started It is compelling, captivating, and deliciously dark. Samantha Downing writes with a wry, sparse elegance that steadily entangles you until you’re utterly addicted. In He Started It, we get three unapologetically…

The Liar’s Sister by Sarah A. Denzil My rating: 5 of 5 stars Another twisty, addictive thriller from Denzil! With secrets and lies, grief and trauma, the story unravels delicately and intricately at first, ramping up tension as we race to the shocking conclusion in order to find out what really happened to Samuel, and…

The Cliff House by Amanda Jennings My rating: 5 of 5 stars Haunting and evocative, The Cliff House is beautifully and elegantly told with gorgeous, lyrical prose and an eerie, almost nostalgic storyline. It’s one of those books that you just want to savour, rather than race through, because every page feels like you’re actually…

Beneath the Surface by Fiona Neill A slow burning family drama about a dysfunctional family with various secrets and how things don’t always appear as they seem. After a fairly messed up childhood, Grace is determined to make sure her daughters have a better life than her. But while she’s trying to fix Lilly’s problems,…

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wonderfully tense and absolutely riveting, Lisa Jewell knows how to tell a story like no one else! Putting an entirely new spin on a missing child mystery, Then She Was Gone follows Laurel, who was devastated 10 years before when her golden…

Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of the rare books that goes in my ‘face-meltingly-good’ folder. I loved this book so much! The unreliable narrator is written perfectly, the story compelling and suspenseful, the writing crisp and clear. I was constantly guessing, constantly unseated and wondering…

Still Alice by Lisa Genova My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of my all-time favorite reads! A haunting and frighteningly real depiction of what it would be like to lose your memory. Absolutely unforgettable! View all my reviews

The Poison Garden by A.J. Banner My rating: 5 of 5 stars Dazzling and at times frighteningly real, this eloquently written domestic suspense is a deceptive hall of mirrors experience. After beginning with a bang, the tension continues to ramp up until the reader, like Elise, is questioning everything. Elise Watters has the perfect life.…

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus My rating: 5 of 5 stars My 10 yo is a total bookworm (like me) and he picked up a book at the school library he loves so much he came home raving about it. So I bought the book and read it, and you guys,…