Title: Spring Beginnings Series: Millie Vanilla’s Cupcake Café #1 Author: Georgia Hill Genre/Themes: Contemporary, Light Fiction, Romance, Community Blurb from Goodreads Is this the start of something wonderful? Millie’s working all hours to make her seaside café a success, so when a rival multi-national café chain opens its latest branch just around the corner, stealing away her customers, it means WAR! Millie’s remaining loyal customers step up – and a new arrival in town, the gorgeous, enigmatic Jed Henville, is also keen on helping Millie solve her business crisis. But it’s only after Je ..read more

Title: Fangirl Author: Rainbow Rowell Genre/Themes: Young Adult, Contemporary, Fan Fiction, Family, First Love, University, Social Anxiety Blurb from Goodreads Cath and Wren are identical twins and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they’re off to university and Wren’s decided she doesn’t want to be one half of a pair any more – she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and let loose. It’s not so easy for Cath. She would rather bury herself in the fanfiction she writes where there’s romance far more intense than anything she’s experienced in real life. Now Cath ha ..read more

Title: The Man Who Didn’t Call Alternative Title: Ghosted Author: Rosie Walsh Genre/Themes: Romance, Mystery, Drama Blurb from Goodreads Imagine you meet a man, spend six glorious days together, and fall in love. And it’s mutual: you’ve never been so certain of anything. So when he leaves for a long-booked holiday and promises to call from the airport, you have no cause to doubt him. But he doesn’t call. Your friends tell you to forget him, but you know they’re wrong: something must have happened; there must be a reason for his silence. What do you do when you finally discover you’re right ..read more

Title: My Absolute Darling Author: Gabriel Tallent Genre/Themes: Drama, Child Sexual Abuse, Psychological Abuse, Violent/Abusive Father Blurb from Goodreads You think you’re invincible. You think you won’t ever miss. We need to put the fear on you. You need to surrender yourself to death before you ever begin, and accept your life as a state of grace, and then and only then will you be good enough. At 14, Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall; That chaos is coming and only the strong will survive it; That her daddy loves her more than anything else in this world. And he’ll ..read more

Title: If Ever I Fall Author: S.D. Robertson Genre: Drama, General Fiction, Contemporary Blurb from Goodreads Dan’s life has fallen apart at the seams. He’s lost his house, his job is on the line, and now he’s going to lose his family too. All he’s ever wanted is to keep them together, but is everything beyond repair? Maria is drowning in grief. She spends her days writing letters that will never be answered. Nights are spent trying to hold terrible memories at bay, to escape the pain that threatens to engulf her. Jack wakes up confused and alone. He doesn’t know who he is, how he got there ..read more

Title: The End We Start From Author: Megan Hunter Genre/Themes: Speculative Fiction, Literary Fiction, Dystopia, Climate Catastrophe, Motherhood, Refugee, Survival Blurb from Goodreads As London is submerged below flood waters, a woman gives birth to her first child, Z. Days later, she and her baby are forced to leave their home in search of safety. They head north through a newly dangerous country seeking refuge from place to place, shelter to shelter, to a desolate island and back again. The story traces fear and wonder, as the baby’s small fists grasp at the first colors he sees, as he gr ..read more

Title: The Alchemist Author: Paulo Coelho Genre/Themes: Fiction, Spirituality Blurb from Goodreads Paulo Coelho’s novel tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different, and far more satisfying, listening to our hearts, of recognising opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams. My Review Lol no. Longer Review Faux introspective nonsense that treats the reader with utter condescension if not contempt. This i ..read more

Title: A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars Author: Yaba Badoe Genre/Themes: Magical Realism, Fantasy, Young Adult, Refugee Blurb from Goodreads Fourteen-year-old Sante isn’t sure where she comes from, but she has a recurring dream of escaping a shipwreck in a sea chest as a baby with her lifelong companion, golden eagle Priss. In the chest was an African bamboo flute, a drum and a dagger inlaid with diamonds. Sante was found and raised by Mama Rose, leader of a nomadic group of misfits and gypsies. They travel around contemporary southern Europe, living off-grid and performing circus tricks for money ..read more

Title: The Night Tiger Author: Yangsze Choo Genre/Themes: Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, Mystery, Chinese Superstitions, Mythology Blurb from Goodreads They say a tiger that devours too many humans can take the form of a man and walk among us… A captivating and magical story set in 1930s Malaysia about a dancehall girl and an orphan boy who are brought together by a series of unexplained deaths, and an old Chinese superstition about men who turn into tigers. My Review The Night Tiger is a beautifully written historical fiction set in the 1930s that is rich in cultural detail about Br ..read more

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