“Waking Romeo” by Kathryn Barker: Losing The Love of Your Life (BOOK REVIEW)
I am nothing but an open book. Give me a stunning cover and a bold concept, and I will simply fold. Waking Romeo by Kathryn Barker caught my eye immediately – a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet, wrapped in sci-fi, time travel, and post-apocalyptic chaos? Say less. Reading it felt like a return to a former version of myself[…]
“Main Characters” by Bobby Palmer: Fall In Love With Falling In Love (BOOK REVIEW)
In 2026, I cried because of a man. That man is called Bobby Palmer. I rarely pick up a book because of its blurb, but Main Charactersby Bobby Palmer was the exception: “This is a love story, told by everyone but the main characters. Clara and Seb are about to fall in love. They don’t know it yet. But everybody else does.” .[…]
“Dandelion Is Dead” by Rosie Storey: It Is Never Too Late To Be Alive (BOOK REVIEW)
I am a sucker for a beautiful book cover, and when it looks like a literal piece of art, there is simply no universe in which I am not requesting it. Enter Dandelion Is Dead by Rosie Storey – immediate yes, immediate intrigue, immediate “this is going to hurt me, isn’t it?” […]
“So I Met This Guy…” by Alexandra Potter: Romance Has Never Been Scarier (BOOK REVIEW)
It’s interesting that I picked this one up around the same time as Louvre heist news – talk about people running off with precious jewels that don’t belong to them. The novel literally opens with a man being chased down by security. The title alone is what grabbed me: So I Met This Guy... (crossed out gorgeous man, total fraudster, absolute dickhead.) […]
“Good Material” by Dolly Alderton: Finding Comedy in the Lowest Moments (BOOK REVIEW)
I just finished Good Material by Dolly Alderton — an epistolary novel that, coincidentally or not, begins on July 5th, the same day I picked it up. This also happens to be the first novel I read mainly on trains. Over the course of six 1-hour journeys to and fro London Victoria […]