Category: Book Reviews
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Review – Remember, Remember – Elle Machray
A retelling and twist on the gunpowder plot, with a clever narrative and a great suite of characters. It’s bursting with heart and soul, I was hooked from the beginning.
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Review: Iron Widow – Xiran Jay Zhao
Zetian is done with following orders and bowing to the orders of men, she’s ready to make them all burn. The epitome of feminine rage and I’m obsessed.
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Review: Interstellar Megachef – Lavanya Lakshminarayan
Hitch-hikers galaxy meets bake off in an intergalactic adventure, surrounding the politics of food. A lot of fun to start a duology and I’m excited to see where it goes next.
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Review: The Night Ends with Fire – K. X. Song
A Mulan retelling with the grit and determination of a woman told she can’t do something. Absolutely glorious.
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Review: All That We’ve Got – Jendella Benson
An unlikely friendship forms after to women get caught up interconnected issues. This is a coming of age novel with some serious bite! I cannot recommend enough!
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Review: All the Truths Between Us – Liz Amos
Inseparable friends re-evaluate what life looks like apart from one another. A heartfelt literary novel that will set up camp in your heart. Get this on your TBR!
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Review: Prophet – Sin Blaché and Helen Macdonald
Imagine a world where nostalgia could just be the death of us. No, really. This is a cleverly told tale of corruption and unlikely friendships and an absolute must read.
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Review: This Motherless Land Nikki May
A modern day retelling of Mansfield Park, set between the UK and Lagos, guaranteed to pull on your heartstrings. The perfect Summer read.
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Review: The Glass Cliff – Sophie Williams
An analysis of The Glass Cliff and how it is far from a phenomenon, but the reality for many. A necessary read for all corporate women.
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Favourite of 2023 Reads – Romance
Romance is one of my go to genres, I’m such a hopeless romantic and I love watching the characters stories play out.
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Favourite of 2023 Reads – Young Adult
Young Adult is a genre that I absolutely adore. Often the books I pick up are books I know my younger self would absolutely adore. We have a mix of fantasy and literary below.
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Favourite of 2023 Reads – Poetry
Poetry is a genre I sometimes feel isn’t always one people will pick up but I think it’s probably more accessible than you think. Here are six of my favourite collections from last year that I definitely recommend you pick up.
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Favourite of 2023 Reads – Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction is such a broad genre and we’ve got quite the range here! We learn so much from fiction when we see ourselves in stories, but non-fiction can have just as much impact with the author speaking directly to us.
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Favourite of 2023 Reads – Literary
Literary is one of those genres that can really make you feel. You can be following a story similar to yours or one that couldn’t be more different, but you’ll follow those characters and laugh and cry with them.
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Favourite of 2023 Reads – Fantasy and Magical Realism
2023 may already feel like an age away but I want to look back on what I loved last year and share my favourites with you. Fantasy and magical realism were genres I really leaned back into last year. I love the escapism, I love the journeys made and the worlds they sit in.
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Review: Twisted Series – Ana Huang
Over the past year or so I’ve been reading the Twisted and let me tell you, it’s been a rollercoaster. If you’ve not heard of them then you’ve somehow managed to miss the Bookstagram and Booktok craze, I’m almost proud of you.
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