Review of 'The King's Deception' by Steve Berry

I love a good historical fiction novel, but this one didn't hit the spot for me. I thought from the blurb it was going to be a book partly sent in the present part, part during the Tudor period, but it was a modern day novel which looked at evidence from the Tudor period as part of the plot. I wish I'd known beforehand that it was more of an attempt at a thriller than historical fiction - I might have enjoyed it a little more.

Review of 'All Fall Down' by Sally Nicholls

I always feel like I completely judge whether or not I'm going to like a book before I've read it. I bought this shortly after reading Ways to Live Forever, which is a great book, but then lost interest in the idea of this and it sat un-read on my shelves for years. However, this really surprised me. I'd say it definitely feels more like a teen book than YA, and the storyline was a little too on-the-nose for our pandemic times, but it was a read I enjoyed.

'The Thursday Murder Club' by Richard Osman review

This book has had SO much hype around it on social media that I was super excited to read it. I love Richard Osman as a TV personality, and the idea of a book where OAPs solve crimes a la Midsomer murders together just sounded so cute and fun. I did end up being quite disappointed in the book in the end, but I'm not sure if I would have been had the reviews I'd read not all been absolutely glowing and intense.