16-year-old Sadie Saunders is missing. Five friends set out into the woods to find her. But they're not just friends... THEY'RE SUSPECTS. You see, this was never a search party. It's a witch hunt. And not everyone will make it home alive... BUY HERE ~I was gifted a copy from the publishers - all opinions are my own~ I give it - 5/5 My review - What a story! This book will have you gripped from the beginning and it won't let you go. This book is twisty and full of turns you won't expect. This book is the unexpected and it was a brilliant read from beginning to end. 5 friends have formed their own search party for their friend who went missing. A few days later 4 of them are found with a dead body who didn't belong to the missing girl. Questions are going unanswered, everyone is scared and someone is still missing. The fact this book was set in the woods it what added to the creepiness for me. It made the book more chilly, made you not want to read this at night time and I just couldn't stop reading. This book was full of surprises. The person in charge needs to find this girl and also make an arrest for the murder. But, how do you do this when you don't know who the killer is or where the missing girl is? This book was intense. The characters where all so different and complex. I really adored this book. An amazing thriller that will keep the reader guessing. A book of lies, deceit, and that is dark and full of suspense!
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~I was gifted a copy from the publishers - all opinions are my own~ I give it - 5/5 My review - HUGE fan of Jo Watson and her books. I am always excited when she releases a new one and I really enjoyed this one. Frankie loves social media and it loves her. Until a very public break up turns her fans against her and she feels like she is loosing a grip on reality. Social media is all she's known. She tweets, posts, snaps about her day and her lifestyle. But now she doesn't look forward to the tonnes of notifications. She needs to get away and a town that hasn't gotten any internet is the best option at the moment. Can she survive this detox of social media and sharing everything she does online in this small town? Being without the internet and the life she thought was perfect is a big eye opener for her. Is she starting to realise that being #instafamous isn't the best idea? And living her life through a screen with people constantly commenting on everything about her? With her life changing day to day and her and her thoughts and life style changing because of the people she meets and the new life she is leading...is she ready to give up that role for good? I loved this book. A really great insight to someone whose life is dependant on social media and the rise of their followers to then see it decrease and the downfall. Frankie is a fantastic character. She is so likeable and it shows how she gained her followers and fans. She is devastated by what happened with her ex, Kyle, and this change in scenery is something she needs. She is about to have her eyes opened to the life she led, the person she was apparently in love with and who was suppose to be in love with her. Was it all a show for the cameras and the fans? Did she really love Kyle? Reading about Frankie and her life was so fun. This book was fun and had me laughing but the ending is something that will grip your heart. A new brilliant read from Jo!
~I was gifted a copy from the publishers - all opinions are my own~ I give it - 5/5 My review - I ADORED this book! I love when two authors come together and write as it really is a nice blend of both of these authors and they're writing flows so nicely together. I really enjoy books from Elizabeth and Laura and they worked really well together with this space opera. I don't read much Sci-Fi but this one really grabbed me from the first page and I couldn't put it down until I finished it. It was so fun and filled with adventure that I just really enjoyed every second off it. I was so interested in reading about all of these women and their lives and seeing how they all worked together and it was so fun. Eris was heir to the empire but, she faked her death. She was trained as a soldier, killing who she had to, to survive even her own brothers. But now, she is part of the resistance. People like Cloeila where born in the slums and weren't as brainwashed as the others into worshipping the empire and are known as the novataen resistance. Rebels against the empire. These two along with 3 escapees must fight together for freedom. I loved this book. I really enjoyed how it was told in past and present and showed what these characters where like before these events. It really showed more to these characters and how they got where they where. What their lives where like and doing something like this would mean everything for each of them. I really enjoyed all of these characters and the way they where portrayed. It was such an interesting plot line with great world building and I cannot wait for more! A very intriguing book that was full of drama, amazing cast of characters and a storyline that will keep you reading and needing more!
FAVOURITE DRAG NAMES FROM BOY QUEEN Thank you so much for having me! Okay, this is a really cool thing to write about because, honestly, one of the most fun parts of this book was coming up with the names of the drag artists. From when I was trying to decide my own drag name, I had lists all over the place, in notebooks, on scraps of paper, on my phone, because it was such a struggle. I never dreamed I would actually get to use some of them! So a few of the names in the book were ones that I nearly used for myself (my drag name is That Gurrrl because I couldn't decide on a name so just started referring to my drag self as that girl. I added some letters and HERE WE ARE!) and the others are ones that I either came up with for fun or that I found online. There are quite a few in the book so I can't talk about them all but, here are a few of my favourites! PRISTINE GLEAMING After watching a lot of UNHhhh (Trixie and Katya's youtube web series), anytime I hear something that sounds even remotely like a drag name, I will say 'Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome to the stage insert name here!' My boyfriend and I were walking past a Jo Malone shop and, in the window, were the words "Pristine" and "Gleaming" far too close to one another to not be read as a name and, because I'm super irritating, every time we walked past it I would say 'Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome to the stage Pristine Gleaming!' And the name was born. DORY ANN SLAY Thank you to my gorgeous friend Katy for this one! When I was trying to come up with a drag name, I wondered if something slightly literary would be the way to go, hence this rather gorgeous take on Dorian Grey. I didn't go for it in the end, but it felt fitting to put it in the book! DAWN RAID The product of a really boring meeting back when I worked in publishing. There was talk of their being a "dawn raid" by some compliance board, I can't remember what. And I was so delirious from sitting in a three hour meeting that I was cackling at the back of the room whispering to myself "Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome to the stage DAWN RAID!" It's honestly a wonder I was never fired... JULIE MANDREWS and ANGELA MANSBURY Look, I am a massive homosexual and idolise both of these women in a very big way. Dame Julie Andrews for her many many roles, most specifically Mary Poppins, Maria Von Trapp and, her best role, Queen Clarisse Renaldi. This last one is not a joke, The Princess Diaries is perfection and you should all watch it. Dame Angela Lansbury I love for her role of Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, one of the greatest TV shows ever made, but also for Eglantine Price in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast. Using their names was my little tribute to two stars of the stage and screen who I love quite dearly. I doubt they will ever find out, but if they do I hope they're not offended! KAYE BYE Okay, this is the ultimate fave for a series of reasons. This was nearly my name, so I wanted to make use of the name and give it pride of place in the book. Kaye plays a massive part in this story. She is pretty much what sparks Robin to do drag in the first place and it is through her guidance that he learns and develops and...well I'm not going to say too much else or else I'll spoil it for you. Another reason this is my favourite of the names in the book is because I will never forget getting a text off my friend Lucy when she was reading the book that just said "Kaye Bye. I am dead!", which sort of sealed it for me that I had done the right thing!
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THERE'S A SERIAL KILLER ON THE RUN
AND HE'S HIDING IN YOUR HOUSE Thomas Brogan is a serial killer. With a trail of bodies in his wake and the police hot on his heels, it seems like Thomas has nowhere left to hide. That is until he breaks into an abandoned house at the end of a terrace on a quiet street. And when he climbs up into the loft, he realises that he can drop down into all the other houses through the shared attic space. That's when the real fun begins. Because the one thing that Thomas enjoys even more than killing is playing games with his victims - the lonely old woman, the bickering couple, the tempting young newlyweds. And his new neighbours have more than enough dark secrets to make this game his best one yet... Do you fear The Resident? Soon you'll be dying to meet him. Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Viper AMAZON WATERSTONES |
You’ve never met the other wives. None of you know each other, you see your husband only one day a week. Thursday. But you don’t care, you love him that much. Or at least that’s what you’ve told yourself… And then, one day it all changes. You thought you were fine with this, with only having a fraction of a husband. But you can’t help yourself, you start to dig. You begin tracking them down, the other days… Who is Monday and why does she have bruises on her arms? Is she being abused? By who? Her husband? Your husband? What else is he keeping from you? And who is he, really? Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: HQ BUY HERE |