#bookreview: Asking For It by Louise O’Neill

About ASKING FOR IT Format:  Paperback Publisher: Quercus UK Published: 3rd September 2015 Pages: 346 Pages The Blurb In a small town, where everyone knows everyone, Emma O’Donovan is different. She is the special one – beautiful, popular,  powerful. And she works hard to keep it that way. Until that night… Now, she’s an embarrassment. Now, she’s a slut.

The Playground by Julia Kelly

But not all games are innocent – and not all friends are true. When a terrible accident is blamed on her, Eve must forge her own independence – and realise that the playground is not a place to hide from adulthood. Format: Paperback Publisher:  Quercus Books Published: 4th September 2014 Pages: 266 Pages The Blurb

The Christmas Bake Off – Abby Clements

Format: E-book (Kindle) Published: November 20th 2012 Publisher: Quercus Books Pages: 25 Pages The Blurb With Christmas just around the corner, the residents of Skipley village are gearing up for the annual bake off, and tensions are high. Winning means a lot to everyone involved – talented cake-shop owner Katie dreams of baking stardom, Rachel

The List – Joanna Bolouri

Format: Paperback Publisher: Quercus Published: April 10th 2014 Pages: 400 Pages The Blurb Phoebe Henderson may be single but she sure doesn’t feel fabulous. It’s been a year since she found her boyfriend Alex in bed with another woman, and multiple cases of wine and extensive relationship analysis with best friend Lucy have done nothing

Guest Review: Amelia Grey’s Fireside Dream from Emma

Thank you to the wonderful Emma at @EmmaLouAuthor for letting me post her review of ‘Amelia Grey’s Fireside Dream’ by Abby Clements! The Blurb: Amelia has a dream: toasting chestnuts by the fire with her husband Jack in their own cosy cottage. Their real life is another world – a cramped one-bedroom flat in Hackney.

The Moment – Claire Dyer

Format: Paperback Publisher: Quercus Books Published: Sept’ 2013 Pages: 324 Rating: 4/5 The Blurb Paddington station, nine a.m., rush hour. As the crowds ebb and flow, time suddenly stands still for two people: Fern and Elliott, ex-lovers who parted twenty-five years before and never expected to see each other again. But here they are, face