“Everything To The Sea” by Alicia Upano: A Love All-Consuming (BOOK REVIEW)
I have always been fascinated by disaster stories. Maybe that's why dystopian and speculative fiction have become some of my favourite genres. There is something strange about watching the world stand on the edge of collapse, about seeing hope and love emerge only when everything else has already fallen apart. I think we're most aware of being alive the moment this might get taken away from us […]
“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 […]