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Book Review | The Launch Party
Title: The Launch Party Author: Lauren Forry Published: 22nd June 2023 Publisher: Zaffre Genre: Sci-fi, Thriller Rating: 3.5/5 The trip of a lifetime. You’d die to be there. Ten lucky people have won a place at the most exclusive launch event of the century: the grand opening of the Hotel Artemis, the first hotel on the moon. It’s an invitation to die for. As their transport departs for its return to Earth and the doors seal shut behind them, the guests take the next leap for mankind. However, they soon discover that all is not as it seems. The champagne may be flowing, but there is no one to pour…
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Book Review | The Last Murder at the End of the World
Title: The Last Murder at the End of the World Author: Stuart Turton Published: 28th March 2024 Publisher: Bloomsbury Genre: Fiction, Thriller, Dystopian Rating: 3/5 stars Solve the murder to save what’s left of the world. Outside the island there is nothing: the world destroyed by a fog that swept the planet, killing anyone it touched. On the island: it is idyllic. 122 villagers and 3 scientists, living in peaceful harmony. The villagers are content to fish, farm and feast, to obey their nightly curfew, to do what they’re told by the scientists. Until, to the horror of the islanders, one of their beloved scientists is found brutally stabbed to…
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Book Review | Good Girls Die Last
Hello, thank you for joining me for my post Book Review | Good Girls Die Last. This novel is a thriller set in present day London during a heatwave, and I read it really quickly! It would be a good book to read if you need to get out of a slump! Title: Good Girls Die Last Author: Natali Simmonds Published: 22nd June 2023 Publisher: Headline Publishing Genre: Fiction, Thriller Rating: 3/5 stars Today, nothing is going right for Em. And it’s about to get much worse.Heartbroken by a recent split, with her 30th birthday looming, she loses her job and her home in the same morning because of two…
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Things To Do Before the End of the World | Blog Tour
Huge thank you to The Write Reads and Penguin for having me on the Things To Do Before the End of the World blog tour! So what is the book about? One minute you’re walking in the park, hiding from a party. Then you discover that the next nine months will probably be your last. Everyone’s last. You realise that you happen to be alive at the time when your species becomes extinct.You have to decide whether to go with it meekly like you usually do, or to do something brave, to live your last months with all the energy and bravery you can muster, to rage against the dying…
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Book Review | Firekeeper’s Daughter
Title: Firekeeper's Daughter Author: Angeline Boulley Published: 1st April 2021 Publisher: Oneworld Publications Genre: YA, Contemporary, Thriller Rating: 4.5/5 stars Eighteen-year-old Daunis’s mixed heritage has always made her feel like an outsider, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. When she witnesses a shocking murder, she reluctantly agrees to be part of a covert FBI operation into a series of drug-related deaths. But the deceptions – and deaths – keep piling up and soon the threat strikes too close to home. Now Daunis must decide what it means to be a strong Anishinaabe kwe (Ojibwe woman) and how far she’ll go to protect her community, even if…