emma_rreads's Reviews (183)

And the obsession continues! I wondered how much I’d enjoy this with Bendict’s story not having being covered yet. It mattered not a jot and have a wild guess what my next read is!!

I read the first in the Bridgerton series as a pick me up, a little antidote to life. I’m now obsessed and cannot stop reading them! I love the tv show, and I’m really enjoying that it’s not page for page like the book, it makes it easier to exist in two different spheres of my mind!!

Although I love the tv show, three series in and I’ve never read a book! I really enjoyed The Duke and I, so much so I’ve moved straight on to the next in the series and I’m very much looking forward to getting ahead of the series!! 

I do love a Myron Bolitar book, and I’ve read the more recent ones, but in a year that has been woefully slow reading wise, I’m returning to some old favourites, going back to the beginning and finding out how it all started! I love the dynamic between Myron and Win and the dry wit throughout has me giggling. Highly readable and just great fun.

A book club read, this was a slow starter for me and although it did grow on me, there were some elements of the storytelling that really grated. I felt it needed a more thorough last edit as there were several contradictions and things that didn’t quite make sense. However, on the positive side, I loved the relationships between the women, whether complex or loving, this was really well done. And once I was in the story I was really invested, it just took me some time to get there. Definitely out of my comfort zone, but an author I would definitely read again.

I was a huge supporter and fan of The Spirit Engineer, and it has remained an enduring seasonal favourite in the shop. I tentatively approached The Betrayal of Thomas True….could it capture the same unique qualities that made The Spirit Engineer all it was? And the answer was no, it could not. Instead, AJ West has knocked it out of the park and created something  even better. Delivering a novel with historical chops, a thriller-esque plot and a beautiful central romance. 
Set in the Molly Houses of Georgian London, Gabriel Griffin meets Thomas True. But the Society is determined to rid the country of these ‘sinners’ and all their lives are on the line if the Rat isn’t found. An emotional read which held be in its thrall from beginning to end.

A slow burn novel which gets beneath the skin. Anyone’s Ghost is the story of Jake and Theron, told from the point of view of Theron. From the off we know that Jake is dead. Having being involved in three car crashes, the third of which killed him. Told in three main sections, the story follows how they met one summer, how they reconnected years later, and the time around and after Jake’s death. A story of friendship, love, sexuality and masculine expectations. Tinged with sadness throughout, it’s  an emotional and gritty read.

An enjoyable read that kept me interested throughout. It didn’t quite deliver for me in terms of keeping me absolutely gripped, but I did develop an attachment to the characters and cared about their story. 

I love historical fiction, and as I still haven’t read The Maiden, I wasn’t missing out on reading this!

Told from the point of view of three women, Princess Anna of Denmark who enters a handfasting contract with King James VI. Her lady in waiting, Kirsten, and Jura, a young Scottish woman who has inherited knowledge of herbalism from her mother.

Based on the North Berwick Witch Trials, it focuses on a period of history which must have been a terrifying time to be a woman. I read completely gripped from the very start. Kate Foster is my new must-read author!

Another enjoyable listen from Marian Keyes! Helen Walsh has always intrigued me, and so I really enjoyed delving into her character. A fun, easy listen but with an edge, as I’m becoming used to with Marian Keyes’ books!