Review: As Good As Dead – Holly Jackson

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trigger Warnings: Addiction; Animal Death; Drug Use; Kidnapping; Murder; Rape; Sexual Assault; Stalking Hello! As Good as Dead is the explosive finale to Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series. DEAD GIRL WALKING Pip Fitz-Amobi is haunted by her last investigation. But soon a new case finds her and this time…

Review – Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trigger Warnings: Death; Gun Violence; Kidnapping; Murder; Rape; Sexual Assault Hello! I absolutely loved A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, and when I found out there was a sequel, I knew that I had to read it! Someone is missing. Nobody's talking. But this time, EVERYONE is listening . . . Pip Fitz-Amobi…

Review: The Appeal – Janice Hallett

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trigger Warnings: Addiction, Cancer, Child Abuse/Death, Murder Hello! I'd never heard of Janice Hallett, or The Appeal, until a lovely bookseller at Waterstones recommended it to me. I was really interested in the book's format (being that it is told entirely through correspondence), and I love murder mysteries, so I thought I'd give…

Review: The Ministry of Unladylike Activity – Robin Stevens

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Trigger Warnings: Antisemitism, Death, Murder, Racism, War Hello! Today I am going to be reviewing The Ministry of Unladylike Activity by Robin Stevens. 1940. The world is at war, and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies. Enter May Wong: courageous, stubborn, and…

Review: All Your Twisted Secrets – Diana Urban

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Trigger Warnings: Bullying, Death, Drug Abuse, PTSD, Suicide Hello! Can you believe it’s been over 18 months since my last book review?! I can’t let that happen again - I’ve built up quite the backlog of books in that time! Today I am going to be reviewing All Your Twisted Secrets by Diana…

Book Haul – June 2022

Hello! It's so lovely to be back in the blogging world after my hiatus this year - I've got so many ideas for posts, and I can't wait to share them with you all! Now, I know that you never need an excuse or a reason to buy books, but having finished my A-Levels in…

My 2021 in Books

Happy New Year! In 2021, I read 39 books. Not only did I achieve my target of 36 books, but I also exceeded it, and read the most books I have ever read in a year! At times, it seemed like 36 books was totally unattainable, but I pulled it back over the Summer, by…

Review: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – Holly Jackson

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trigger Warnings: Alcohol/Drug/Psychological/Verbal Abuse; Animal death; Bullying; Cheating; Death/Death threats; Disordered eating; Kidnapping; Missing person case; Murder; Racism; Self-harm; Suicide; Sexual assault (mentioned) Happy Halloween! I thought that today would be the perfect day to share my review of my scariest read of this year - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by…

Review: Once Upon A Crime – Robin Stevens

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trigger Warnings: Murder; Racism Once Upon A Crime is the final installment in Robin Stevens' Murder Most Unladylike series. It contains short stories from various points in the series' timeline, and I really enjoyed reading about The Detective Society's, The Junior Pinkertons' and May Wong's new adventures. Two of the short stories in…

Monthly Wrap-Up: February 2021 books

Hello! In February 2021, I finished one book - The Cousins by Karen M. McManus. I started two new books, one which was on my TBR for February, and one that wasn't. I started The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie (on my February TBR), and Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven (not…