Friday 30 October 2015

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes



Meet Louisa (Lou) Clark, she knows lots of things.  She knows precisely how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home.  She loves working in The Buttered Bun tea shop until she looses her job and she then reluctantly takes a post as a carer to a young man, Will Traynor, who was involved in a serious accident involving a motorcycle 2 years previous which has left him paralysed from the chest down or in a Quadriplegic state.  She also knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick.

Will Traynor had a high flying well paid career, an active lifestyle, the world was his oyster until that faithful day he was involved in an accident that would change his life forever. It has taken away his desire to live as he needs round the clock care and feels that he's a burden on everyone; nurses, his parents and sister.  He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that.

However, when Will's Mum Camilla hires Lou to be carer to Will where amongst her daily duties she has to carry out for him she has to also try and convince him that his life is worth living.  Lou knows she's against the clock as she tries to hatch a plan to try and persuade Will of this.  Will she manage to convince Will before it's too late??

Wow, what a beautiful, emotional and thought provoking love story, I LOVED it. This story had it all from family, love with a little hint of humor sprinkled in along the way to more sensitive and hard-hitting issues which were dealt with perfectly and researched and written in a very sensitive and compassionate manner.  I found I had tears streaming down my face at the end along with shedding a few along the way, so grab this book, curl up on the couch with a few tissues and prepare to have a few lump in your throat moments too.  I'm really looking forward to reading more books from Jojo Moyes especially the sequel to this one, After You and I would highly recommend her if you haven't read any of her books already.

Me Before You is available on Kindle and in all good bookstores.

Wednesday 28 October 2015

A Love Like This by Maria Duffy



Can you get a second chance at love at first sight?


Meet Donna and William, they were born on the same day, in the same Dublin maternity hospital but that's where their similarities end.

Will has grown up in an affluent area and struggles to balance what he wants with what will keep his overbearing mother happy and content.  Across the city,  Donna lives with her older sister, Tina who has raised her since she was a child and she often wonders what life would be like without her problematic mother around.

Donna and Will almost meet many times over the years but something has kept them from that chance meeting until a major tragedy strikes each one of them.  Will decides that he wants to travel the world with the hope of finding happiness as he tries to come to terms with a life-shattering event.  Donna is now alone in the world and decides that there's nothing left for her and makes plans to leave Dublin to fulfill her lifelong dream.  They finally meet more than 10,000 miles away from home so perhaps fate has plans for them still or will it be a case of what could've been......

Maria Duffy has done it once again, I loved this book.  I had it read in a few days and couldn't put it down, it was such a sweet, heart-warming and uplifting book, the story flows well throughout the book.  This story had it all from love, family, tragedy, protectiveness to more sensitive and hard-hitting issues and with a little bit of humor thrown into the mix, this story was handled and written perfectly - I found I had a little tear in my eye at the end along with shedding a few along the way, so grab this book, curl up on the couch and prepare to have a few lump in your throat moments too.

This is Maria Duffy's 5th novel, she has also written Any Dream Will Do, The Terrace, The Letter and One Wish and are all available on Kindle & in all good bookstores.

A Love Like This is available on Kindle & in all good bookstores.

Sunday 25 October 2015

Follow Me by Angela Clarke ~ COVER REVEAL


Hi Everyone,

I was really excited to receive an email from Helena Sheffield last week asking me amongst other book bloggers to do a cover reveal for this upcoming book so I'd like to say a huge thanks to Helena from Avon Books/Harper Collins Publishers for been given this huge opportunity to host the cover reveal for Follow Me by Angela Clarke which is her debut novel and is due to be released on Kindle on December 3rd and on December 31st in paperback and I really can't wait to read it and you can pre-order it on Kindle.

So without further ado, here it is......................




LIKE. SHARE. FOLLOW . . . DIE

The ‘Hashtag Murderer’ posts chilling cryptic clues online, pointing to their next target. Taunting the police. Enthralling the press. Capturing the public’s imagination.

But this is no virtual threat.

As the number of his followers rises, so does the body count.

Eight years ago two young girls did something unforgivable. Now ambitious police officer Nasreen and investigative journalist Freddie are thrown together again in a desperate struggle to catch this cunning, fame-crazed killer. But can they stay one step ahead of him? And can they escape their own past?

Time's running out. Everyone is following the #Murderer. But what if he is following you?

ONLINE, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM …


Follow me is available on Kindle from the 3rd of December & in paperback from the 31st of December.

Friday 23 October 2015

Girl Alone by Cathy Glass


Thanks to LoveReading & Harper Element, I received a copy of this in exchange for an honest review.......

When Joss was only 9 years old, she came home from school to discover her father's suicide.  Joss's Mum has also remarried and she is quite bitter about this and resents her stepfather as he's trying to be her father.

Now Joss is now a thirteen year old very troubled, angry and out of control teenager when she arrives to her third foster carer, Cathy Glass, in as many months.  Cathy is highly experienced in this field and been fostering for over 25 years and has cared for more than 150 children and is asked to look after Joss but she knows this is going to be quite challenging.  Joss's attitude towards Cathy and her and her 3 children is horrible.  She won't let anyone get close to her, she believes that she's invincible and can take care of herself, places herself in great danger on numerous occasions.  She drinks alcohol, smokes cannabis, steals, goes missing and gets into trouble with the police and at school but time is running out for Joss, as she will be moved to a secure unit.  One night when you think thing can't any worse for Joss, they do.  Joss arrives home very late sobbing and with bruises on her face....

I really loved this book, it's based on true events also which I really liked.  I had it read in about a day, I couldn't put it down, I really enjoyed Joss's story from when she arrived with Cathy and her journey along until the last page.  I really admire anyone who fosters or adopts children as they're giving someone a great chance at a life they could never imagine, even though they may have some hard and challenging times along the way.  I really didn't like Joss at the start but I had so many emotions for her reading this book, from annoyance, anger, sadness, empathy, sorrow to happiness.

It was such a sad, thought provoking, heart-warming and uplifting story.  This story had it all from love, family to more sensitive and hard-hitting issues which were dealt with perfectly and in a sensitive manner.  I found I had a little tear in my eye at the end along with shedding a few along the way, so grab this book, curl up on the couch and prepare to have a few lump in your throat moments too.  I'm really looking forward to reading more books from Cathy Glass and would highly recommend her if you haven't read any of her books already.

Girl Alone is available on Kindle and in all good bookstores.