Sea State by J.M. Simpson is a book that picked for me as part of me followers picks of the year. if you don’t know, at the start of the year, I asked all of my followers to pick a book and then I chose the 12 most-liked or recommended and put one as each […] The post Sea State by J.M. Simpson book review appeared first on Luke’s Blog ..read more

I’m starting to really get into my thrillers. I think previously I wasn’t appreciating the connecting plot and the interweaving stories that come with the genre. But as I’ve read more and taken more care to understand them, I’ve really began to appreciate it. The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas is another thriller that […] The post The Girls Who Disappeared by Claire Douglas book review appeared first on Luke’s Blog ..read more

So often a book comes out that everybody starts talking about and then you read it and it’s a disappointment. This was not the case with The Housemaid which I was incredibly impressed by, even going as far as to include it in my top ten books of the year list. Please note that this […] The post The Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden book review appeared first on Luke’s Blog ..read more

I was starting to see Slow Horses by Mick Herron absolutely everywhere. I went to a celebration of a book launch at the end of last year where Mick Herron was mentioned, my own dad was reading the series and raving about it and it kept popping up as “popular” when I went to watch […] The post Slow Horses by Mick Herron book review appeared first on Luke’s Blog ..read more

I picked up The Housemaid because it was dirt cheap on Amazon – I’m talking £2.50 for a brand-new copy of the paperback. After finishing The Return of the King, I thought I’d pick something up a little lighter that didn’t require quite as much time and effort to read/listen to. Enter The Handmaid. Please […] The post The Housemaid by Freida McFadden book review appeared first on Luke’s Blog ..read more

If you’ve read any of my previous reviews of Janice Hallett books, you’ll know I’m an enormous fan. I’ve read The Appeal and The Twyford Code and I was a massive fan of the way that Hallett presented the books using different forms of media: emails, text messages, paper clippings etc. The Mystery Case of […] The post The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett appeared first on Luke’s Blog ..read more

Hostage is a book that was kindly sent to me by a follower on social media who thought I would absolutely love it. The title gives away what the premise is and the front cover suggests where most of the action takes place. It’s a thriller where you can guess most of the action but […] The post Hostage by Clare Mackintosh book review appeared first on Luke’s Blog ..read more

I saw that The Sanctuary was doing quite well in the ‘best-seller’ charts recently and so decided, after having kindly been sent it by Viper Books last year, that I’d pick up the early copy they’d sent across to me. The premise was an interesting one – it’s about a man whose fiancé goes off […] The post The Sanctuary by Andrew Hunter Murray book review appeared first on Luke’s Blog ..read more

A Good Girls’ Guide to Murder is another of those books I’d seen a lot of on social media. And, as with a lot of my next book choices, it became available to listen to via the library-lending app, Libby and so I decided to pick it up and give it a listen. It’s a […] The post A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson book review appeared first on Luke’s Blog ..read more

Verity was a flash in a pan of a book. I picked it up as a part of a deal after someone DMed me saying that it was amazing! The book was described to me as “mind-blowing” and “you’ll love it” and for the first 95% of the book I was thinking it was good […] The post Verity by Colleen Hoover book review appeared first on Luke’s Blog ..read more