Category: Messy People & Complicated Women

• The Favourites by Layne Fargo: Betrayal, and Skating Drama You Can’t Look Away From

  

  I went into The Favourites not knowing what to expect. Maybe it wouldn’t be my cup of tea but it was my December Goldsboro Premier pick so I put my trust in the team at Goldsboro and settled in. I was perhaps expecting some ice-skating drama, but what I got was so much more –…

  Megan Hall

  Feb 12, 2025

  Book Reviews, Messy People & Complicated Women

  Book Review, Book Reviews, book-review, books, Coming of Age, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, General Fiction, Romance

• Butter by Asako Yuzuki: A Book I Expected to Love…But Didn’t Quite

  

  I went into Butter by Asako Yuzuki with high hopes – it was Waterstones’ Book of the Year, after all – but I ended up feeling a little…underwhelmed. Don’t get me wrong, there’s lots to admire about this book, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that I’d been expecting something different. What Worked For Me…

  Megan Hall

  Jan 22, 2025

  Book Reviews, Messy People & Complicated Women

  Asako Yuzuki, Book Reviews, book-review, books, Contemporary Fiction, Crime, Fiction, Mystery, reviews, Suspense, Thriller