Let me start off by saying I don’t like writing negative reviews particularly. I will always do what I can to write about the good bits rather than the bad ones. This is a review that will, sadly, be a
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Category: Fantasy
The Nowhere Emporium – Ross MacKenzie
So I’ll be honest – the big draw for this book was the fact that the lead character was called Daniel Holmes. This also happens to be the name of my twin brother. It was also set in Glasgow which
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I have been an English teacher for ten years (only ten….) and always find it funny to think back to when I first started. I was known for being the worst read English teacher on our course. I had of
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A Place Called Perfect – Helena Duggan
When Violet moves to Perfect with her family things are definitely not all they appear to be. Violet’s father Eugene is an optician and his skills have been requested by the Archer brother. When they arrive, they are given some
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Tin – Pádraig Kenny
So this last week I have been holidaying in a very pretty town called Corpo Di Cava in a hotel that was at the top of a hill and accessible only by a side street that was just about wide
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