★★★★★Jennifer Jones' life began when her little sister, Kerry, was born. So when her sister dies in a tragic accident, nothing seems to make sense anymore. Despite the support of her husband, Ed, and their wonderful children, Jen can't comprehend why she is still here, while bright, spirited Kerry is not. When Jen starts to lose herself in her memories of Kerry, she...

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 ★★★★★Vanessa Wye was fifteen years old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now thirty-two and in the storm of allegations against powerful men in 2017, the teacher, Jacob Strane, has just been accused of sexual abuse by another former student. Vanessa is horrified by this news because she is quite certain that the relationship she had with Strane...

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 ★★★★☆Between life and death, there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. But what stories do the books tell? Another life you could have lived. That's what Nora discovers when she tries to end her life after going through a horrible period where everything seems to be going wrong. When she is given the chance to live the...

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When a majority of my life is focused on what I'm reading, what other people are reading, and what the latest book releases are, it's easy to feel pressured to spend every chance I get devouring as many novels as possible. And, also, life simply gets in the way. I've been in a reading slump since around the beginning of July. I'm trying...

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★★★★☆For the longest time, Perdie has wanted to take her three children and escape from her abusive husband. When she finally builds up the courage to set herself free, tragedy strikes, leaving Perdie wondering if the choice she made to leave has led them to this moment. How different would things be if she was given the opportunity to take it all back...

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★★★☆☆Queenie Jenkins, a 25-year-old Jamaican British living in London, is going through a lot. At the national newspaper where she works, she's constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle class peers; a messy break up with her long-term white boyfriend causes her to seek comfort in all the wrong places; and the strained relationship she has with her mother is brought closer to...

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★★★★★Palestine, 1990: Seventeen-year-old Isra prefers reading books to entertaining her suitors her father has chosen for her. Over the course of a week, the naive and dreamy girl finds herself quickly betrothed and married to a man over ten years her senior, and is soon living in Brooklyn with his family. There, Isra struggles to adapt to the new country where the expectations...

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★★★☆☆Having seen this book floating around on Instagram and other book blogs, my expectations for Clap When You Land were quite high. The premise was something I jumped at the chance to read: Camino and Yahaira live two separate lives in two separate countries, but share one incredibly important thing: their father. While awaiting a visit from her father in the Dominican Republic,...

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As June comes to an end and we take a step into July, I thought it was time to enlighten you on some upcoming releases. It's a short list but each one is important and should definitely be added to your To Be Read list!The Pink Line: The World's Queer Frontiers by Mark GevisserRelease date: 2 JulySix years in the making, The Pink Line follows protagonists...

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★★★★★Two women with completely different lives have one huge thing in common: they want to escape and leave the danger of their old lives behind. After a chance encounter at JFK airport, Claire and Eva form a plan to switch places and drop off the grid when they land. But will both women reach their destination?Full of twists, turns and, most importantly, more...

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In a time where we're all pretty much stuck at home trying to find things to pass the time, I've found that there's only one thing to do - other than read - that has made me grateful for the extra free time lockdown has provided: listen to podcasts. Over the last few years I've dipped in and out of podcasts, only pressing...

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★★★★☆ Meet Hannah Thompson: wife, mother, teacher and secret writer of erotic fiction - not porn, definitely not porn. With her eldest son heading off to university and the pressure to write a sequel to More Than Sex, Hannah struggles to juggle all the balls it takes to lead two lives. Feeling her life isn't exciting enough to spark fun ideas for Book Two...

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★★★★☆ Minnie Cooper (yes, like the car) knows two things with great certainty: her New Year's birthday has always been unlucky, and that it's all because of Quinn Hamilton. Has she ever met him? No. Will she blame him for everything that goes wrong in her life? Yes. Minnie and Quinn were born at the same hospital just minutes apart on New Year's...

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Just like everyone else, I'm actively trying to broaden my literary intake. Over the last few years I've tried to read more diverse authors. Admittedly, I don't really think about the authors; when I pick up a book at the shop, I read the blurb and that's the deciding factor whether I buy it or not. But thinking about the books I have...

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Even though we're now not far from hitting the halfway mark on the year, there are still so many book releases to keep us excited. There are a few that were announced last year that I pre-ordered instantly and those I've only recently discovered but still can't wait to get my hands on as soon as possible. Admittedly, I've been out of the...

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