The Missing Pieces of Me by Amanda Mandeville – eARC Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Willow and Dustin. They're the perfect couple, everyone says so. And since the birth of their baby daughter, Dustin is sure his little family is all he will ever need. So his world is shattered when he arrives home to find that Willow has disappeared, leaving only a cryptic note to say …

After the Silence by Louise O’Neill – eARC Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Nessa Crowley's murderer has been protected by silence for ten years.Until a team of documentary makers decide to find out the truth.On the day of Henry and Keelin Kinsella's wild party at their big house a violent storm engulfed the island of Inisrun, cutting it off from the mainland. When morning broke …

Perfect Tunes by Emily Gould – eARC Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads The perfect song. The biggest dream. The love of her life. It’s the early days of the new millennium, and Laura has arrived in New York City’s East Village in the hopes of recording her first album. A songwriter with a one-of-a-kind talent, she’s just beginning to book gigs with her beautiful …

The Nowhere Girls by Amy Reed – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Who are the Nowhere Girls? They're every girl. But they start with just three. Grace, the preacher's daughter who moves into the former house of a girl whose pain adorns the walls. Bold Rosina, who dreams of a life of playing music instead of waitressing her uncle's restaurant. And misunderstood Erin, the …

We Are Family by Nicola Gill – eARC Book Review

Content warning: grief, death of parents, breast cancer, panic attacks, childhood bullying Blurb from Goodreads Laura has a laid back attitude to life. Her home isn’t spotless, and after a hard day she likes to take to bed with a block of cheese. Jess, on the other hand, is your classic overachiever: The Big Sister, …

Adult Virgins Anonymous by Amber Crewe – eARC Book Review

Content warning: OCD and OCD related behaviour particularly hygiene related Blurb from Goodreads Are you still a virgin?Want to talk about it in a safe space?Meetings every other Tuesday.You're not alone. Kate Mundy's life is not going to plan. Nearing thirty, she's been made redundant from her job, her oldest friends have quietly left her …

Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis – eARC Book Review

Content warning: sexual assault Blurb from Goodreads At sixteen, Emmie Blue stood in the fields of her school and released a red balloon into the sky. Attached was her name, her email address…and a secret she desperately wanted to be free of. Weeks later, on a beach in France, Lucas Moreau discovered the balloon and …

Something to Live For by Richard Roper – eARC Book Review

CONTENT WARNINGS: Suicide attemptAlcoholism Blurb from Amazon MEET ANDREW. Everybody likes Andrew. But they don't really know him. They know what he's told them - that he's happily married with two kids. Living the kind of life that's either so boring it's true, or so perfect it's a lie . . . ENTER PEGGY. Peggy …

The Life of a Banana by P.P. Wong – eARC Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Xing Li is what some Chinese people call a banana - yellow on the outside and white on the inside. Although born and raised in London, she never feels like she fits in. When her mother dies, she moves with her older brother to live with venomous Grandma, strange Uncle Ho and …

Almost Love by Louise O’Neill – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads When Sarah falls for Matthew, she falls hard. So it doesn't matter that he's twenty years older. That he sees her only in secret. That, slowly but surely, she's sacrificing everything else in her life to be with him. Sarah's friends are worried. Her father can't understand how she could allow herself …