Rewrite the Stars

by Emma Heatherington 

First, I need to start by apologising to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for this incredibly late review. When I first joined NetGalley it was all very exciting (it still is to be fair) and I didn’t then know how to say no. I was very new to book blogging and didn’t want to refuse any arcs or let anyone down. I soon realised though that there are only so many hours in a day, days in a week, etc. etc. I’m much better at not over committing myself now. However, it has left me with a significant number of archived books still on my NetGalley shelf. I have now set myself the challenge of clearing my unread shelf entirely before I read any other Kindle books. They’re all on a separate wheel on my spin-the-wheel app. This was chosen at random.

Rewrite the Stars is the first book I’ve read my Emma Heatherington, and I hope it won’t be my last.

It’s a far from straight forward story about love and family loyalty.

I was torn between really feeling for Charlotte. Missing out on potentially the love of her life out of loyalty to her brother. Having no real option but to attempt to move on. Then, as her story progresses, to risk turning her comfortable life upside down, and breaking the heart of a good man, on a what if!? By this point I was willing her to make the right decision, although I could understand her conflicted feelings.

A real rollercoaster of emotion!

Loved it and will happily recommend.

I look forward to adding more of this author’s books to my TBR.

From the moment they meet one December day there’s something between Charlotte Taylor and her brother’s best friend, Tom Farley. But Tom’s already taken and Charlie has to let him go…

It’s another five years before their paths cross again only a secret from the past forces Charlie to make a choice. She promises herself she’ll never look back…

The years pass and Charlie moves on with her life but she can never forget Tom. He’s always there whispering ‘What if?’.

Can Charlie leave the life she has built for one last chance with Tom? Or is the one that got away not really the one at all…?

Happy reading!

Just Between Friends

by Rosie Nixon 

First, I need to start by apologising to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for this incredibly late review. When I first joined NetGalley it was all very exciting (it still is to be fair) and I didn’t then know how to say no. I was very new to book blogging and didn’t want to refuse any arcs or let anyone down. I soon realised though that there are only so many hours in a day, days in a week, etc. etc. I’m much better at not over committing myself now. However, it has left me with a significant number of archived books still on my NetGalley shelf. I have now set myself the challenge of clearing my unread shelf entirely before I read any other Kindle books. They’re all on a separate wheel on my spin-the-wheel app. This was the third, chosen at random.

I really, really enjoyed Just Between Friends.

It has been a long time since I was pregnant, but I remember it well, so I found many aspects of this story relatable. I never joined any baby groups though. I don’t think there was much opportunity to back then (my children are 26 & 24!). Things are very different these days. There weren’t gender reveals and baby showers etc. when I was having my two! We weren’t rich either.

This book is full of interesting characters. Some more likeable than others! It’s funny at times, tense at other times, moving also. Having a baby undoubtedly changes your life and comes with many worries. In Lucy’s case more worries than most.

I must admit I did twig what was going on with Lucy quite early on in her friendship with Aisha. My heart went out to Aisha. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to find out how it was all going to pan out. Such a heart-breaking situation to find yourself in, let alone when you’re pregnant.

I didn’t see the ending coming though.

An entertaining read, I highly recommend!

Aisha Moore is eight months pregnant. She’s thrilled, and a little scared. Not least because her husband Jason hasn’t quite wrapped his head around the fact.

Lucy is having her first child too. She has finally got her wish – although the circumstances aren’t quite what she had hoped. Oscar will be a great dad though, won’t he?

When the two women join the same baby group, they quickly become friends and before long they’re confiding in each other.

Only there’s one thing Lucy hasn’t told Aisha. And while a baby may turn your life upside-down, a secret this big will change everything.

Happy reading!

The One Who Got Away

by L.A. Detwiler 

First, I need to start by apologising to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for this incredibly late review. When I first joined NetGalley it was all very exciting (it still is to be fair) and I didn’t then know how to say no. I was very new to book blogging and didn’t want to refuse any arcs or let anyone down. I soon realised though that there are only so many hours in a day, days in a week, etc. etc. I’m much better at not over committing myself now. However, it has left me with a significant number of archived books still on my NetGalley shelf. I have now set myself the challenge of clearing my unread shelf entirely before I read any other Kindle books. They’re all on a separate wheel on my spin-the-wheel app. This was the second, chosen at random.

I was easily gripped by The One Who Got Away. My heart went out to Adeline. Dementia must be terrifying, especially the early symptoms. I also felt for her daughter having to make the difficult decision to move her mother into a care home. It’s a heart wrenching decision to have to make, but often necessary for the safety of your loved one. Well, under normal circumstances anyway. In Adeline’s case, not so much. When unsettling things start to happen, no-one believes her assuming it’s just all part of her deteriorating condition. I could feel Adeline’s fear and frustration.

The story flits between Adeline now and in her younger years. As the story progressed, I did twig who the psychopath was, but this didn’t hinder my enjoyment of the story in anyway. If anything, it made me more intrigued and more invested in the hope that someone would help Adeline before it was too late.

A very tense and compelling read.

“Get out while you can. You’ll die here…”

Adeline Evans has recently moved into a home for the elderly. A safe space, where she can be cared for.

When she begins to receive cryptic and threatening notes, she is certain that someone is out to get her.

But the residents are warned against listening to a woman who is losing her memory. It would seem Adeline is tormented by the secrets in her past, and that the menace is all in her mind.

Until danger comes down the corridor and starts knocking in the night…

Happy reading!