Genre: Romance Reading age: 18+ Rating: 7/10 You’ll like this if you’ve read: the Shatter Me series, Ugly Love I’ve been in a reading slump for the longest time, after reading a really confusing fantasy novel. So I was on the hunt for something easy to read, romantic and steamy - and Lauren Asher did not disappoint! This is your typical marriage of convenience, enemies to lovers type book. And even though I knew where it was heading, I couldn’t bare to put this down (Yes, I completed it in 24 hours). It does have some deeper themes of domestic violence, childhood trauma and neurodiversity but Asher touches on these very loosely. The story follows a young billionaire Declan and his assistant Iris, who enter a contractual agreement to help Declan acquire a large inheritance and gain control of his family business. Declan is your typical handsome but cold protagonist with daddy issues and only seems to be moved by a very cheerful Iris, even though he doesn’t like to admit it. ...
the home of those who have seen the world friends of experience and enemies of time their blue shorts saddle vespa bikes on narrow roads decorated with limes and lemons you imagine life here is never hard there is no celebration for blue skies or rays of sunshine that always sit on the cliffs edge before sinking with the day when visitors come out to play in their linen searching for a taste of starch still ironing out their itinerary which has become a victim of the scenery and aperol spritz or espresso sorbets desperate to not become a memory desperate to stand still in Amalfi
Genre: Historical fiction Reading age: 16+ Rating: 8/10 You’ll like this if you’ve read: A Thousand Splendid Suns I recently joined my work book club and our April book was chosen by a random generator and landed on Brotherless Night. At first I had low expectations, as I didn’t know much of Sri Lanka’s history or the author but after reading the first page I was hooked. It’s not everyday you get in the mind of a ‘terrorist’. That being said, calling someone a terrorist is very nuanced. I definitely believe in the grey area between terrorism and freedom fighting, however once we refrain from using it as a noun and rather a verb, it becomes pretty clear. This book shows that anyone inflicting terror on another, regardless of the motivations can be deemed a terrorist, whether part of a militant group, the government or an international peacekeeping regime. It shows us that freedom from oppression cannot be gained through oppressing another. It even highlights how non violent tactics can ...
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