Review: Devon and Cornwall's Oddest Histori

Devon and Cornwall's Oddest Histori by John Fisher
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Steeped in history, both Devon and Cornwall have plenty of tales to give, from witches to Pirates, to Animals attacks and the devil himself, you'd find it all in this book, nestled amongst its pages. Although I do have to admit that most of the tales within this book aren't really odd at all.
But even so, reading these tales has been fascinating, I've enjoyed them and I have even found some new information out about my own home town too, which I had never known about despite some of the things being only meters away from my own front door.
This book is perfect for anyone with deep roots in either county or just a genuine interest in history and the history of Devon and Cornwall itself.

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Review: Shutter Island: A Novel

Shutter Island: A Novel by Dennis Lehane
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Shutter Island is a psychological thriller which leaves you wondering just what is going on and if anyone is who they really seem. The novel seems to wrap around you like tape, tightening and loosening with different moments which feel like things are starting to make sense before something else happens and changes your whole view again, leaving you confused and your heart racing.

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Review: How to Kill Your Family

How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

How To Kill Your Family is an interesting book, full of revenge for her mother really and the bad cards which life dealt Grace. While I managed to get through it, I did struggle a little with the book and ended up putting it to the side for a few days to read a different book to try and get through it, as I felt some parts dragged on a little, but I also felt a little disappointed when I finally did get to the ending, as I felt like it let the rest of the book down really, I know others probably will enjoy it and like the way it ended, but I felt like it was a bit of a let down, almost as if the author was fed up with writing it in the end and stuck an easy out for the ending after all the build up of the novel.

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Review: Dead as Gold

Dead as Gold by Bonnie Burke-Patel
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Dead As Gold is a novel that twists gothic, fairy tales and crime together in a way that leaves you hooked from the very first page as you follow the Goldsmith, Adam through his small workshop, to Ophelia who turns up on his doorstep to sell her small pieces of gold, things which connect her to her mother, from the moment of her arrival, things start to change around Adam and his workspace, gold goes missing but money is left in return, faces start to appear in his windows and then an unwanted gift is sent to him through the mail, leaving him feeling skittish and weary.

Bonnie Burke-Patel has taken normal words and has woven them together to create a master piece that will stay with you for a while after finishing the book itself.

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Review: All We Have Left

All We Have Left by Emily Paxman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Set thirty years after the world has gone to the dogs, Kayla Hollins and her little sister April has been managing to survive in the wilderness, doing whatever they need to do to keep living each day. But then April starts becoming ill and she knows that they need more help than they can get on their own. So they travel to the one place she knows has a possible working hospital, Salt Spring Island, despite hearing the rumours about the place over the years, she doesn't have much choice when her sister is in need, Kayla has very little options, even if the utopia of being safe on the island comes at a price.

Once there, Kayla's checkered past comes to haunt her and makes things difficult for her with her immigration worker. But with the arrival of Sid and his rag tag bunch of boys, it could mean the change for Kayla that she needs, even if she has to surrender things of herself for her sister, she will do anything to protect her, even if it means putting her own heart on the line.

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Review: Saltcrop

Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

When faced with a sister who is missing, younger sister Skipper wants to do everything that she can to try and find her, even if it means having to share the small space of her boat with her middle sister Carmen. Putting aside their differences, they both set out in search of Nora, trying to track down her last known whereabouts before they receive a cryptic message from her, pleading for help.
With the unknown ahead of them, and danger lurking about every turn they take, both Skipper and Carmem starts to question just how well they really know their older sister with each new piece of information that comes across their laps.

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Review: One Yellow Eye

One Yellow Eye by Leigh Radford
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

One Yellow Eye is a great novel, based in London after a zombie outbreak, following Kesta Shelley who has spent years looking through a microscope for her work instead of creating relationships until she met her husband Tim, who became her everything until he is one of the last few to be infected during the last weeks of the outbreak.
Facing danger and the risk of being found out, Kesta hides her husband in their spare bedroom, sedated and medicated with stolen supplies from the hospital she works at. She has high hopes that a cure will be found and that Tim will come back to her like he was before, even if it means doing dangerous things, letting herself change in both her behaviour and appearance.

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Review: Tender is the Night

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I have to admit that I really struggled with this book, the way the text seemed to jump around and sudden dialog that didn't really have any content to do with what was going on. It all just felt too jumbled up for me to really enjoy or follow along with.

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Review: Good Omens

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An Angel and Demon who has been on earth for too long, the antichrist who has been misplaced, witches and her prophecies and the end of the world, all happening in dear old England.
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman has created a world where there's something for everyone, no matter what your age. Filled with ups and downs and not as many biblical terms as you expect, Good Omens is a fun read.

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Review: Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

1984 is one of those novels in which, most people have read while in high school, I was luckily enough not too which I think made it all that better for me to read, even with the slight struggle I had with the book at the start.
As I read it, I couldn't help but think about North Korea and all the things in which I have heard about the country, like the government being able to hear the things going on in homes and only having the one radio station to listen too.

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Review: The Tiny Magic Bookshop

The Tiny Magic Bookshop by August Bloom
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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