Five-Star Summer Reads

Previously: Bringing Down the Duke Review | Coming Soon: Women’s Prize Wrap-Up Hello. Hello. Hello. You may have noticed that I have returned from my little Summer holidays. I hope you had a lovely summer, because I really did. If not I hope you hasToday we’re talking about our favours books from this past summer.… Read More Five-Star Summer Reads

Book Review: Bringing Down the Duke

Previously: September TBR| Coming Soon: Five-Star Summer Reads Bringing Down the Duke is the first in a romance series by Evie Dunmore which follows a group of Bluestocking women studying at Oxford University in the 19th century. Published in September 2019, we follow the dual perspectives of Annabelle who receives a scholarship through the Women’s… Read More Book Review: Bringing Down the Duke

Book Review: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi #WomensPrize

Previously: Death and Croissants Book Review | Coming Soon: Transcendent Kingdom is Yaa Gyasi’s is a contemporary novel that follows Gifty, a young woman working in neuroscience. It was published by Penguin on September 1st 2020, and it has been shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2021. I have not had the opportunity to… Read More Book Review: Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi #WomensPrize

Book Review: Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Previously: Sunday @ Cymera | Coming Soon: May Reading Wrap-Up. Ace of Spades is a debut YA thriller by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé that follows two black students at a prestigious academy who begin to have their secrets exposed to the school. It is published by Usborne on the 10th of June 2021. I was lucky enough… Read More Book Review: Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé