**I was sent a copy of this book as part of the blog tour** I had previously read one of Jeevani's books, Christmas at the Palace (review here) which was a very lighthearted romcom. I expected This Stolen Life to be similar. Whilst there were some very sweet romantic plot points weaved throughout this novel, it also touches on so many heartbreaking topics and I didn't anticipate how…
Mister Hardy is not a happy chap. I loved this book but my god it is not one you read to really enjoy. Everything that could go wrong for Tess went wrong, but she never gave up. She was a character you wanted to root for and one you couldn't help but like. Every hurdle that was thrown in her way she tried to overcome with as much…
Jane Eyre is now one of my favourite books. It's one I'd always wanted to try if only for the accolade of having read it. I didn't think I was going to love it this much. Getting to see Jane grown from child to accomplished woman was such a wonderful narrative experience. She developed so much and really came into her own. It was easy to like her…
I've read very few Victorian novels, the only one I can recall immediately that I've read is Dracula. I didn't know what to expect with these books but I've been pleasantly surprised so far. Elizabeth Gaskell had always been a name I recognised for North and South, so when I saw Mary Barton on my reading list I had no expectations for the book. It follows a young…
I read this in about three days...I thought it was going to take me three weeks! I featured this on my Classics I want to read in 2018 well, early 2019 counts. I didn't know a great deal about the book prior to reading it. I knew it was a cult classics with a dystopian narrative. But that's where my knowledge ended. I had no idea how many…