• Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    Thank You, Next

    If you’ve ever had to set up dates online and met frogs before your Prince, you will love Thank You, Next! I know, because I did! Thank you, Next Seriously, why do guys on dating apps think I want a picture of what’s in their pants? I could open an art gallery with the collection I’ve got. Zoe really doesn’t want to die alone and surrounded by cats. But it’s not looking good: she’s had sex precisely twice in the last year, and her feline friend isn’t the kind of male company she wants in bed… Her top dating disasters include:…

  • Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    War In The Valleys

    While I’ve been reading and reviewing a lot of books set in WW2, I haven’t read too many from WW1 and was at once interested in reading and reviewing War In The Valleys. War In The Valleys WW1 marches on, but Violet faces her own battle at home July 1916. Young mother, Violet Jones, lives a tough life in the Rhymney Valley, caring for 4-year-old Clarice and baby Benjy on her own while soldier husband Charlie fights on the Front Line. But when tragedy strikes, Violet’s life becomes even harder. While they may be far from the battlefields, the effects of WW1 take their…

  • Books & Book Reviews - Fiction

    The Boy Between

    The Boy Between I love Amanda Prowse’s books and have read several of them already. The Boy Between caught my attention for being the personal story of Amanda and her son, Joshiah (Josh) Hartely and their journey with Josh’s depression. The Boy Between Josiah was nineteen with the world at his feet when things changed. Without warning, the new university student’s mental health deteriorated to the point that he planned his own death. His mother, bestselling author Amanda Prowse, found herself grappling for ways to help him, with no clear sense of where that could be found. This is the…