Spotlight: Whistlers in the Dark

Here's my spotlight for Victoria Williamson's Whistlers in the Dark, which is out on 21st September! The Blurb: Scotland, 158 AD, is a divided country. On one side of the Antonine Wall, thirteen-year-old Felix is trying to become a good Roman soldier like his father. On the other, twelve-year old Jinny is vowing revenge on…

Norah’s Ark: Blog Tour

The Blurb: Two very different lives. One shared hope for a brighter future. No time to waste. The flood is coming... Eleven-year-old Norah Day lives in temporary accommodation, relies on foodbanks for dinner, and doesn't have a mum. But she's happy enough, as she has a dad, a pet mouse, a pet spider, and a…

Blog Tour: The Pawnshop of Stolen Dreams

A massive thank you to The Write Reads for including me on the tour for The Pawnshop of Stolen Dreams by Victoria Williamson! The Blurb:In a strange little village called Witchetty Hollow, eleven-year-old Florizel is the first to run into the curious visitors who've come to open a brand new Daydream Delicatessen and sack-baby factory.…

BBNYA 2022 Finalist Tour: Inheriting Her Ghosts by S.H. Cooper

What a ride this book is, I flew through it!! A massive thank you to The Write Reads and BBNYA for including me in this tour! The Blurb:Inheritance often comes with strings attached, but rarely are they as tangled as those hanging over High Hearth. When Eudora Fellowes learns she's the sole heir of her…

Spotlight: Straight Expectations

It's been a while since I posted on here! I'm back today with a spotlight on Straight Expectations by Calum McSwiggan - I'm really looking forward to reading this one over the summer! Thank you to The Write Reads for including me on another tour, and to Penguin for sending me an eARC. Straight Expectations…

Blog Tour – The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair

The Blurb: An amazing and captivating, curl-up-on-the-sofa debut about a magical frost fair and the lasting power of friendship. It’s a cold winter during the Great Frost of 1683. Thomasina and Anne are the best of friends, one running her father’s sweet shop and the other the apprentice at the family apothecary – together they…

Spotlight: The Wild Court

Welcome back to another blog tour with The Write Reads! Here's my spotlight post for The Wild Court, third book in The Coming of Áed trilogy. The Wild Court What perils await on the other side of the veil?In the seventh year of Áed's reign, night descends on the autumn festival. But a time of…

Spotlight: Advocatus

Today's my spotlight with The Write Reads for Advocatus by A.R. Turner, take a look! The Blurb:Advocatus tells the tale of Felix, a junior lawyer with one last case before he can strike out on his own.His client? A terrifying magical warlord accused of, amongst other horrifying crimes, two counts of Attempted Genocide (and six…

Blog Tour: The Family Remains

Thank you to The Write Reads and Penguin Random House Ireland for providing me with an ARC of one of my most anticipated books of 2022 in exchange for an honest review. The Blurb:LONDON. Early morning, June 2019: on the foreshore of the river Thames, a bag of bones is discovered. Human bones. DCI Samuel Owusu…

Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag 2022

How are we 6 months into the year already? It seems like only yesterday I was making my list of 22 books I wanted to read this year (spoiler alert, I've only read about 4 of them so far...) How much have you read?As of writing this, I've read 37 books and am currently reading…