Category: Book Reviews – Adults
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Icebreaker by Hannah Grace
Icebreaker is a great introduction to the adult romance genre. I really enjoyed this enemies to lover’s novel and there are some great comedic moments. Although it’s written with a very casual tone, the author really plays into the young adult age group of the story and the references to text chat don’t detract from…
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The Secret Life of Bletchley Park by Sinclair McKay
The Secret Life of Bletchley Park is a history of the codebreaking unit throughout WW2. It is written for the general reader, so avoids technical code-breaker jargon and instead concentrates on the individual stories of the people involved – and not just the famous ones. The book features lots of direct quotes from interviews with…
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Junk by Melvin Burgess
If you’re looking for a nice easy read, then this Isn’t the book for you. This drags you down to the dirty under belly of the Bristol streets. Two teenagers, Gemma and Tar, one sort of loves the other, the other in desperate need to be loved. Tar has not had an easy life, he’s…
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Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle
Cane Warriors is a powerful and fast paced book which explores the true story of slavery and the slave uprising in Jamaica in the 1760s. If you don’t know the historical context, this is a gripping story that will encourage you to find out more about the subject. The story is told from the perspective…
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A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
This crime story was recommended to me by a colleague and I am glad that he did. The story is set in 1920’s India, at the height of the British Raj. It introduces us to Captain Sam Wyndham, a World War One veteran, former Scotland Yard detective, now based in Calcutta. He has been recruited…