The Greatcoat by Helen DunmoreMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
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Sunday, 29 April 2018
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
Review: The Pharmacist's Wife
The Pharmacist's Wife by Vanessa TaitMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I won this book through Readers first for an honest review.
I had very high hopes for this book when I came across my first impression of it. It called out a good read and interesting plot. While others might find the story line rather interesting, I'm afraid that I struggled through nearly the whole book until I reached the last few chapters when things got more interesting for myself.
Some of the subjects which was brought up within the book was subjects that I felt uneasy with which might have the same affect with other people, so be careful with that when it comes to reading it.
Since the book is set in the 1800's, you have the typical the husband rules over the house and wife and controls most aspects within the home and the wife's social life. Alexander is Rachel's husband, he owns a pharmacy, and with a good friend starts to experiment on a new drug which they hope to present before the society.
To try the new wonder drug on people, Alexander decides to use his own wife as a test subject. Giving her doses of salts which she soon becomes dependent on and often begs her husband to 'have her medicine.'
But it isn't long before Rachel and her friend Eva soon find out what her husband is really up too, in turn, Rachel turns around and started to fight back against the man who had taken her in and married her after her father's death. Hoping for a happy life, Rachel is blind to her husbands actions until she finds out and starts to unravel his plans for the future.
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Thursday, 12 April 2018
Friday, 6 April 2018
Review: The Fire Child
The Fire Child by S.K. TremayneMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I absolutely loved this book! From the very first moment I was hooked and I couldn't put this book down. Having my own family ancestors traced back to Cornwall made me feel right at home with this novel, the mines and cliff faces are something I know a lot about.
The Fire Child by S.K. Tremayne is filled with nothing but edge of the seat suspense, a ghost story wrapped up inside a thriller, wrapped up in a mystery. We follow along with Rachel, learning about her backstory slowly as we move through the book. We start of with Rachel and David in his ancestral home, a beautiful old home in Cornwall.
Based over a few months, we have a count down to Christmas where David's son has made a startling prediction, a prediction which puts fear and worry in to Rachel's own mind. Not only that, the more she learns about David's first wife, Nina's death, the more she starts to wonder, what really had happened the Christmas she had died.
Struggling to come to terms which start to happen, as well as the danger she starts to feel both, within the house and her own mind. With a step son who says things which scare her and who seems to be close at times and then scarily distant at others, Rachel starts to question everything she knows.
And then the worst thing which could happen happens. David changes from the perfect husband to someone she doesn't really know any more. With him being banished from the house, Rachel has to defend herself and her mental status while trying to look after a young boy who refused to leave the house, but doesn't talk to her.
Everything starts to come to the boiling point as Christmas day starts getting closer and closer. Will Jamie's predictions come true for Rachel or will everything work out for the good and better?
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Thursday, 5 April 2018
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Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Review: To Kill a Kingdom
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra ChristoMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Think The Little Mermaid meets Pirates of the Caribbean.
Like other re-tellings, some are focused on the Disney's side, the cutness and the softness, but within To Kill a kingdom, we have the love story twirled around the rule life horror of reality.
WE follow the story of Siren Lira and the Prince Elian through both of their worlds and stories, from the depths of the oceans to the highest peak of a mountain, we go through danger and adventure with every turn of the pages.
I would highly recommend this book to anyone who loves Disneys The little mermaid and who loves any kind of retellings from fairy tales and myths.
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Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Review: Carrie's War
Carrie's War by Nina BawdenMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A cute little quick read, tells the story of two small children sent to Wales to escape the blitz. We start with Carrie as an adult, returning to Wales with her children. She tells them her story from when she was a child.
We follow the story of her and her younger brother Nick, learn of their story with the family that takes them in and her tale of her wrong doings before they are sent back to their mother in Scotland.
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