Graphic novel review - Lore Olympus Vol 3

Graphic Novel Review – Lore Olympus Vol 3

Title: Lore Olympus Vol 3Author: Rachel SmytheSeries: Lore Olympus 5 stars ★★★★★ From Goodreads: “It is natural for a King to be curious about his future Queen. . . .” All of Olympus–and the Underworld–are talking about the God of the Dead and the sprightly daughter of Demeter. But despite the rumors of their romance,…

Review – 4:50 from Paddington

Title: 4:50 from PaddingtonAuthor: Agatha ChristieSeries: Ms Marple 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: Two trains Side by side for a brief moment In that moment, a murder Elspeth McGillicuddy is positive she witnessed a man strangling a woman to death. But it was only the merest glimpse through a carriage window as the trains drew…

Graphic novel review - Lore Olympus Vol 2

Graphic Novel Review – Lore Olympus Vol 2

Title: Lore Olympus Vol 2Author: Rachel SmytheSeries: Lore Olympus 5 stars ★★★★★ From Goodreads: Persephone was ready to start a new life when she left the mortal realm for Olympus. However, she quickly discovered the dark side of her glamorous new home—from the relatively minor gossip threatening her reputation to a realm-shattering violation of her…

Mini Reivew - Winter's Gift

Mini reivew – Winter’s Gifts

Title: Winter's GiftsAuthor: Ben AaronovichSeries: Rivers of London 9.5 4.5 stars ★★★★★ From Goodreads: When retired FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an ‘X-Ray Sierra India’ incident, the operator doesn’t understand. He tells them to pass it up the chain till someone does. That person is FBI Special Agent Kimberley Reynolds. Leaving Quantico for snowbound…

Mini Review – Death and Croissants

Title: Death and CroissantsAuthor: Ian MooreSeries: The Follet Valley Mysteries 3.5 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the fictional Val de Follet in the Loire Valley. Nothing ever happens to Richard, and really that’s the way he likes it. One day, however, one of his older guests…

Mini Review – Death in a Strange Country

Title: Death in a Strange CountryAuthor: Donna LeonSeries: Commissario Brunetti #2 3.5 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: Early one morning Guido Brunetti, Commissario of the Venice Police, confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid Venetian canal. All the clues point to a violent mugging, but for…

Mini Review – The Future Library

Title: The Future LibraryAuthor: Pend Shepherd 5 stars ★★★★★ From Goodreads: More than a hundred years from now, an arborist fighting to save the last remaining forest on Earth discovers a secret about the trees—one that changes not only her life, but also the fate of our world. Inspired by the real-life “Future Library,” a…

Review – Daisy Darker

Title: Daisy DarkerAuthor: Alice Feeney 3.5 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: After years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker’s entire family is assembling for Nana’s 80th birthday party in Nana’s crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. Finally back together one last time, when the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the…

ARC Review – The Second Stranger

Title: The Second StrangerAuthor: Martin GriffinRelease Date: 19/1/2023 4 stars ★★★★ I received a free eARC copy from ,via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. From Goodreads: Remie Yorke has one shift left at the Mackinnon Hotel in the remote Scottish Highlands before she leaves for good. Then Storm…

ARC Review – The Library Suicides

Title: The Library SuicidesAuthor: FFlur DafyddRelease Date: 19/2/23 2 Stars ★★ I received a free eARC copy from Hodder & Stoughton ,via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. From Goodreads: You can get in. But you can't get out. Welcome to the library... Twins Ana and Nan are lost…