Review: Remind Me How This Ends

‘Milo was a discoloured memory with blurred edges and a washed-out palette. Yet five minutes with him and everything came back to me in an instant.’ Layla Montgomery and Milo Dark used to be friends, until her mother died. Wrapping himself up in the grief of losing his wife, Layla’s father packed his bags and…

Review: When Michael Met Mina

‘They want to stop the boats. Mina wants to stop the hate.’ One of my favourite bookish podcasts is Better Words, hosted by Michelle and Caitlin, as I’ve mentioned a couple of times on this blog before. When they dropped their episode featuring Randa Abdel-Fattah three weeks ago they promised it was an amazing interview,…

Review: Motherhood and Creativity: The Divided Heart edited by Rachel Power

Motherhood and Creativity: The Divided Heart by Rachel Power is a candid expression of women who are making their creative careers work, while still meeting the demands of being a mother. I picked up this book at first because it came up as a recommendation on my Instagram feed. As my seven-month-old daughter happened to…

Review: Neverland by Margot McGovern

As a long time Insta-follower of Margot McGovern and her wonderful blog Project Lectito, I had my copy of her debut novel Neverland pre-ordered the minute it was available. Intrigued by the hints Margot was dropping on her social media and drawn in by the amazing cover art, I couldn’t wait to sink into this…

Review: Tin Heart by Shivaun Plozza

When Marlowe Jensen receives a heart transplant that saves her life, she is desperate to be seen as something other than The Dying Girl. She wants to blend in and she definitely doesn’t want to feel like she’s different. With her vegan-warrior mother, who is hell-bent on taking down the local butcher shop and convincing…