by lauralizbuckley | 15 Jun, 2019 | Book Reviews
I received an ARC of this book for free. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. When Caroline Giammanco got a job teaching in a maximum-security prison, she wasn’t sure what to expect. She thought it might be unsafe, unpleasant, intimidating – but she...
by lauralizbuckley | 8 Jun, 2019 | Book Reviews
“War doesn’t determine who’s right. War determines who remains.” ― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War War orphan Rin has grown up working for the Fangs, overworked and underappreciated. But when they decide to marry her off to an old man to make their opium...
by lauralizbuckley | 1 Jun, 2019 | Book Reviews
Clementine “Q” Toledano has a lot going on. She’s trying to avoid a club owner she can’t help falling into bed with, keep control of her band while the trumpet player fights her for it and, simultaneously, work out how to get her best friend...
by lauralizbuckley | 25 May, 2019 | Book Reviews
This review contains no spoilers. Frances performs poetry with her ex-girlfriend, now best friend, Bobbi. When they meet Melissa and Nick, a glamorous and successful older couple, the emotionally distant Frances is surprised by her own reaction. Intrigued by, and then...
by lauralizbuckley | 18 May, 2019 | Book Reviews
This review is spoiler free so, whether you’ve read the book or not, enjoy! Everyone knows the world is going to end. Again.Nobody expects it to happen during their lifetime.But here it is. The Fifth Season is the first of a trilogy by N. K. Jemisin, set in a...
by lauralizbuckley | 18 Mar, 2019 | Book Reviews
I haven’t tried writing a book review since A level English Lit (and if you think I’m going to tell you how long ago that was, you can think again pal), but I wanted to try it out. Fair warning: This review does contain plot spoilers right up to the end of...
