Book reviews

Verity Love, self proclaimed introvert, is a manager at the Happy Ever After bookshop, and is happily spending her summer with her non-existent boyfriend, Peter Hardy. Until an unexpected night lead her to Johnny True. IT is then Very finds her self with a real-fake boyfriend to accompany to a whole array of summer activities. Love may be in the air, if not for Johnny's complected love situation. Will Very, a pride and prejudice extremist, beable to get her self out of this with the help of Elizabeth Bennet? Or will she have to take her own advice? I absolutely adored this book, from start to finish. Its a perfect, quirky summer read. Very resembles me, through and through. I completely share her opinions on social gatherings. Of course meeting Johnny does change her mind on that, and by the end of the summer she realizes that there is more to her life than her beloved 'quiet time'. Darling wrote this superbly, and though I'v never read pride and prejudice before ...

This is the second installment of the 'Everything we keep' series. The book starts with James waking up out of his fugue. The book follows him on his journey to discover what really happened on that boat with Phil, to realise that Aimee has moved on, to form a new bond with his sons and rekindle his romance with Natalya. I was anxious to read this after reading the final chapter of everything we keep. Lonsdale has a brilliant way of portraying the character's feelings and emotions. One thing that I loved throughout this book was the flashbacks to Carlos, it gave added depth into his love for Natalya and showed how his relationship with the boys have changed since he woke from the fugue. I also loved the journey of building the bond back up with his sons, it was a heart-wrenching but beautiful climb. Although the ending wasn't what I had expected, I think it was the best way to end it. I look forward to reading the next book in the series. Thank you to Net Galle...