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Explore our book reviews. Just click on any title to find out our thoughts and recommendations.

Contemporary Fiction

book cover for Beneath the Lemon Trees by Emma Burstall. A partial view of a white house with a blue door and windows either side with lemon trees

Beneath the Lemon Trees by Emma Burstall : a review

A paperback copy of Probably Nothing by Lauren Bravo is on a shelf with a small statue showing a person sitting crossed legged and reading a book

Probably Nothing by Lauren Bravo

book cover for The Girl from Donegal by Carmel Harrington. A dark haired woman wearing a red jumper is sat on a sea wall facing a bay

The Girl from Donegal by Carmel Harrington : a review

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Crime, Thrillers, Mystery

Book cover of The Mystery at Rake Hall by Maureen Paton, part of the "C.S. Lewis Investigates" series. The title is in bold red and yellow lettering over a moody blue sky, with an illustration of historic Oxford-style buildings below, including domes and spires, evoking a classic mystery atmosphere.

Book Review: The Mystery at Rake Hall by Maureen Paton

book cover for Mrs Hudson and the Capricorn Incident by Martin Davies

Book Review : Mrs Hudson and the Capricorn Incident by Martin Davies

Book cover for Death at the Vineyard by Emylia Hall. A figure is walking away through the vineyard with the farmhouse in the distance. Sunset is colouring the clouds

Book Review Death at the Vineyard by Emylia Hall

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Historical Fiction

Book cover for The Secret of the Three Fates by Jess Armstrong. It's quite dark with crows in amongst roses which fill the cover

The Secret of the Three Fates by Jess Armstrong : a review

Book cover for The Girl with the Red Ribbon by Carly Schabowski. A red ribbon is tied around the barbed wire that is surrounding a concentration camp

The Girl with the Red Ribbon by Carly Schabowski : a review

book cover for The Island Girls by Rachel Sweasey. A women is walking along the sand in a bay and there is another woman standing in the distance

The Island Girls by Rachel Sweasey – a review

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Literary Fiction

Book cover for Where We Belong by Anstey Harris

Book Review | Where We Belong by Anstey Harris

Book Review | In The Company of Strangers | Awais Khan

Book Review | The Abyss and other stories by Leonid Andreyev and Hugh Aplin

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Romantic Fiction

book cover for Life Begins by Kate Eberlen. The outside of the cover is framed with citrus/summer fruits. Sun loungers are set out on a lawn in the centre

Book Review Life Begins by Kate Eberlen

Book cover for Five Days by Zoe Folbigg. Two colourful parrots are flying with loose feather dotted around the cover. The background is yellow.

Five Days by Zoë Folbigg

Paperback copy of New Beginnings at the Cosy Cat Cafe by Julie Haworth is resting on a shelf with a glass cat ornament and a person sitting crossed legged reading a book (an ornament)

Book Review New Beginnings at the Cosy Cat Cafe by Julie Haworth

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Science Fiction and Fantasy

book cover for A Crown So Silver by Lyra Selene. Two mythical creatures intertwine above a crown

Book Review A Crown So Silver by Lyra Selene

The Blackbird by Deborah Harkness is being held up in front of a laughing gargoyle and greenery

Book Review : The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness

book cover for The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman.

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman : a review

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Non-Fiction

book cover for The Bathysphere Book by Brad Fox. The cover represents the ocean depths with drawings of the marine life

Review : The Bathysphere Book by Brad Fox

book cover for The Little Book of Plants for Pollinators by Maureen Little. Illustrations of plants with a butterfly and bee

Book Review : The Little Book of Plants for Pollinators by Maureen Little

book cover for Caring Conservationists Who Are Changing Our Planet by Kate Peridot. Vectors of several people doing the actions of conservation

Book Review : Caring Conservationists Who Are Changing Our Planet by Kate Peridot

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