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So I might be late in posting this ARC Review due to the crazy busy month of travel and work I have had, but it does not take away from how fantastic this book is and I wanted to make sure I could do it justice in my review.

This is the second ARC book copy I’ve been lucky enough to receive from Drea Scott and it did not disappoint.

This Side is part one of a duet book series with part two due to be released in the next couple of weeks. This is the first time I’ve ever came across this concept of book so I didn’t really know what to expect.

You Saved Me is the second book in the Meadow Springs Series by Hillary Leigh. It was released on 27th May 2026 and I was lucky enough to receive an ARC copy to read before this.

The great thing with this book and series is that while it is a part of a larger story you don’t need to have read the first book in order to enjoy and understand these characters and their stories.

Another month another ARC review!

Last Resort is follows the story of Abby Ashe who has ended up on her honeymoon alone and going through a major life change. What she didn’t expect was to bump into her first love Miles Barker at the same resort.

What I loved about this story is that both main characters are equals in the sense that yes while it focuses predominantly on Abby from the beginning, we also learn more about Miles as an individual and what has happened in his life to lead him to here as well.

I feel like I’m getting the hang of being an ARC reader and I’m really enjoying all the different books I’ve been lucky enough to receive a copy of!

This is a first for me as Hold On To Me is Faye West’s debut novel! All other copies I’ve received so far have been by authors who already had other books published so this was really exciting to get an insight at a brand new author and dive into their world.

Hold On To Me is out 20th April and all I can say is wow, I can honestly say this should be a best seller straight away! I finished it in one sitting, I was so engrossed in the story from the beginning I couldn’t put it down and at the same time didn’t want it to end.

So excited to have another opportunity to be selected to receive an ARC copy of Drea Scott’s re release of her second novel, Hunt For The Roses 🌹

The book was originally released in August 2023 and has a re-release date of 20th March 2026!

& my first experience as a BETA reader

Something totally new for me, being a beta reader aka getting to read a copy of a book before it’s published and released! A general definition of a beta reader is for them to give feedback on a draft from the perspective of an average reader.

I signed up to the applications to be a beta reader for Victoria Jane’s newest book, a Christmas novella through her instagram and was absolutely over the moon to be selected.

… Or as close as we’ll get!

🎃☕️🧁📙🎄🐾🥞🍓

So this was a first for me but when I saw Laurie Gilmore was coming to Waterstones in Newcastle I couldn’t miss it!

An evening with Laurie Gilmore was a book talk, Q&A and book signing event all about her best seller firm favourite book series set it the idyllic fictional town of Dream Harbour.

“Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.”
―Alberto Manguel, A Reading Diary

For the first time in 23 years my hometown football team, Newcastle United have made it to a final cup match at Wembley Stadium.

No lies here I’m not the biggest football fan and do not ask me any rules but if I support a team it can’t be any other than Newcastle.

My dad is a huge Newcastle fan and has been his entire life so naturally that has to be passed down to me haha.

One thing I do know about though is how to throw a party and decorate for any occasion! Black and white stripes everywhere🖤🤍