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A Time Of Dread by John Gwynne | Review
Dear John, As a book blogger who thought that she had already read the best in fantasy, is outrageously proved wrong and now isn’t really sure how I am going to write this review. I want to do A Time Of Dread justice, I want my blog readers to pick this one up and above all I want them to feel the emotions that you wrought upon me. The feelings that I got when I opened the book until the point when I closed the end cover and took a deep breath, as I realised that I hadn’t just read a book but had consumed art. The Fantasy genre Is…
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The Reluctant Mother by Hemmie Martin | Review (Audio)
The Reluctant Mother. How many times is this a glaring foghorn in many women’s lives? This story was a bit of a throwback for me personally. I didn’t suffer with Post-Partum Psychosis but quite severe PND with my first child. I was a brand-new mother at the tender age of nineteen and was now faced with the reality of a disabled son. It was raw and grieving to a point and unfortunately the bonding wasn’t as immediate as I had hoped. The story is raw and slow – paced but it is everything that it needs to be. It’s 369 pages of pain and misguided mistakes. A mother. The image…
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The Swordsman’s Lament by G.M. White | Blog Tour
The Swordsman’s Lament– what a curious and intriguing title. I am known to like my fantasy novels to be swift, brutal and to take no prisoners. This book was all these things and so much more. It’s a book to read on a rainy day, the chores can wait, the miserable weather the perfect backdrop to catapult you into an amazing fictional world. The synopsis promises blood and the book delivers that with a fatal blow. The narrative transported me in between the pages, wandering through the bloodshed with no armour, would I survive the onslaught? Enter our protagonist, Belasko. Good old faithful, Belasko. Loyal to a fault, he always…
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Misfits by Hunter Shea | Blog Tour
misfits /ˈmɪsfɪt/ noun a person whose behaviour or attitude sets them apart from others in an uncomfortably conspicuous way: “a motley collection of social misfits” The definition behind the word is a whole spectrum of meanings. What is your definition of normal and do you fit nicely inside it. I would probably class myself as a bit of a misfit, I don’t follow the crowd, I don’t follow trends and I’m a massive geek. This is a story about a group of five friends, those who have never fitted in, who have never fitted into that perfect mould that society has deemed, normal. The stoners, the kids with traumatic childhoods and…
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Abberton House by Debbie Ioanna | Blog Tour
Abberton House gave me serious cover love. A house has an impact upon its environment and in this story’s case – the families too. An imposing shadow, a constant watcher through time. A gothic horror that is perfect for the start of spooky season – definitely one to add to your never-ending TBR pile. A story to unnerve you, because instantly you get a creeping sense of dread, red alarm going off in your head, an itch you can’t scratch but I was absolutely here for it. Once again, Panther Publishing are knocking it out of the park with their horror line and are fast becoming my go to indie…
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Sight Unseen by Sandra Ireland | Blog Tour
How much do you trust the past? This is the predominant theme in Sight Unseen. When mother of one, supermarket manager, carer and history enthusiast, Sarah is stuck in a rut. Her dream career and life never came to fruition due to the uncertainty of life. She’s the safe one, never pushing the boundaries of responsibility or willing to take a risk of any kind. Little does she know a wayward employee who keeps pushing her to the limit will awaken something that she didn’t know was missing. Sometimes these encounters are catalysts for change. Sight Unseen was magical. It felt like a siren call. What mother hasn’t got to…
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