Category: Book Review

RELEASE DAY REVIEW: WINDFALL by Jennifer E.Smith

Posted May 4, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, ARC, Book Review, Comtemporary, Jennifer E. Smith, Most Anticipated, MyKindaBook, Romance / 2 Comments

Windfallby Jennifer E. SmithPublisher – Pan MacmillanRelease Date – May 4th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Alice doesn’t believe in luck—at least, not the good kind. But she does believe in love, and for some time now, she’s been pining for her best friend, Teddy. On his eighteenth birthday—just when it seems they might be on the brink of something—she buys him a lottery ticket on a lark. To their astonishment, he wins $140 million, and in an instant, everything changes. At first, it seems like a dream come true, especially since the two of them are no strangers […]

ARC REVIEW – PASSING FOR WHITE by Tanya Landman

Posted May 3, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, ARC, Barrington Stoke, Book Review, Historical, New Author, Reality, Tanya Landman / 2 Comments

Passing for Whiteby Tanya LandmanPublisher – Barrington StokeRelease Date – May 15th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository It’s 1848 in the Deep South of America. Rosa is a slave but her owner is also her father and her fair skin means she can ‘pass for white’. With the help of her husband Benjamin, she disguises herself as a young southern gentleman – and Benjamin’s master. In this guise, the couple flee the South, explaining away their lack of literacy, avoiding those they have encountered before and holding their nerve over a thousand miles to freedom.Inspired by the amazing true story […]