Category: Recent Reads

This fourth and final instalment in the “Untaken” series covers the 12 months after the Rapture. The now well-known characters endure the first year…

On the surface this may look like an ordinary, unremarkable family. But this story highlights that nobody is ordinary. Everyone has a rich and…

This is an exceptional book. It deals with the difficult topic of the holocaust, not holding back on the horrors. Not in any graphic…

We have possibly all read the Gospel passages and asked questions like : what happened to the legion of demons when the pigs leaped…

This concept continues to fascinate me, offering a view of what the world would look like after the Rapture. With all believers gone, all…

Just Benny is a story of reconciliation, and how the power of love can break in to repair brokenness, especially in relationships. Initially the…

Firstly, let me address the issue of the genre that this book finds itself in, that of ‘Christian horror’, as I am not sure…

Fraud and scams can happen to anyone, whoever we are, whatever our beliefs and however clever or educated we think we are, and it…

A delightful novel, set in the typically English village of Nun’s Drift. It follows the stories of four individuals, across a year in village…

This is a delightfully written book, following the story of five main characters whose lives are unknowingly intertwined, but brought together by circumstances and…

Once again, Joy delights the reader with some great storytelling, immersing us in the medieval world of monasteries and monks. Although this novel is…

No one has an ordinary life. What from the outside may look like a mundane existence or an uneventful life, discounts the individual. It…

Untaken Too is the sequel to Untaken, which I reviewed here at the start of last yar. This instalment now follows the next 12…

This is not my usual sort of read, but I had been told a while ago that some of my own writing reminded the…

This is lovely, gritty novel, focusing on characters who experience tough circumstances and difficult lives. It is well written, switching between the stories of…

Another delightful novel from Sara Brunsvold. This is a story of Nikki, who suffers what can be best described as a relationship crisis –…

Thankfully I read the last few chapters of this book on my own, considering how much I wept! Packed with emotion, this sequel to…

The Bride is an opportunity to once again jump back into medieval Wales, to discover a little more of the story that was told…