Review: Forensics

Author: Val McDermid Pages: 292 Star Rating: ✪✪✪✪✪ | Synopsis | Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of readers worldwide with their riveting narratives of characters who solve complex crimes and confront unimaginable evil. In the course of researching her bestselling novels, McDermid has become…

Review: The Rumour

Author: Lesley Pages: 304 Star Rating: ✪✪✪✪ | Synopsis | When single mum Joanna hears a rumour at the school gates, she never intends to pass it on. But one casual comment leads to another and now there’s no going back . . . Rumour has it that a notorious child killer is living under…

Review: Pride and Prejudice

Author: Jane Austen Pages: 367 Star Rating: ✪✪✪.5 | Description | Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novels in the English language. Jane Austen called this brilliant work "her own darling child" and its vivacious heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in…

Review: The Hero of Ages

Author: Brandon Sanderson Pages: 848 Star Rating: ✪✪✪✪✪ | Synopsis for the first book in the series | A thousand years ago evil came to the land and has ruled with an iron hand ever since. The sun shines fitfully under clouds of ash that float down endlessly from the constant eruption of volcanoes. A…

Review: House of Earth and Blood

Author: Sarah J Maas Pages: 804 Star Rating: ✪✪✪✪✪ | Synopsis | Half-Fae, half-human Bryce Quinlan loves her life. Every night is a party and Bryce is going to savour all the pleasures Lunathion – also known as Crescent City – has to offer. But then a brutal murder shakes the very foundations of the…

Review: Harley Merlin and the Mystery Twins

Author: Bella Forrest Pages: 406 Star Rating: ✪✪✪ Synopsis A dark past. A hidden power. A dangerous enemy. Harley Merlin has a lot of unanswered questions in her life. What drove her father to kill her mother? How can she know the true extent of her magical abilities? Has Wade Crowley always been this annoying?…

Review: Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven

Author: Bella Forrest Pages: 402 Star Rating: ✪✪✪✪ Synopsis: Being an empath has its advantages. Harley Merlin can sense people’s emotions, among other things. It’s how she snagged her first job pinpointing cheaters at a casino. But she has no clue where she got these freakish powers because she spent her childhood jumping from home…