Erin Carlyle’s debut poetry collection, Magnolia Canopy Otherworld, released from Driftwood Press in December 2020, and it’s been a source of catharsis for us all 2021 long so far. This collection shines in its imagery without taking itself too seriously; it allows the images room to breathe and create their own worlds. In this way, […] More
Get ready to start the new year off with a poetic bang as Roseanna Alice Boswell’s debut poetry collection Hiding in a Thimble releases in January 2021. Hailing from Haverthorn Press, this collection packs unabashed emotion with sheer passion and incredibly clever wit. Divided into five volumes of eight poems each, Hiding in a Thimble […] More
Poet and editor Isaura Ren has come to show the world their light with the release of their debut poetry chapbook Interlucent. Released on December 1, 2020, the chapbook centers on a series of binaries such as life and death and humans and nature that reveal just how interconnected we, and everything around us, are. […] More
Growing up as a girl isn’t easy. Even if you made it to womanhood it doesn’t get any easier. This understanding hits Enola on the morning of her 16th birthday. She wakes up and is ready to celebrate her birthday with her mother. Although Enola receives birthday presents, her mother is not there. She disappeared […] More
A Sweet Mess by Jayci Lee is one of the sweetest books you will read this summer. Is it time to bake a chance on love? Aubrey Choi has been content running her highly successful bakery Comfort Zone, with dating the least of her priorities. Then a one-night-stand with gorgeous Korean hunk Landon Kim makes […] More
This week saw Janet Devlin release her autobiography, titled My Confessional, alongside the release of her second studio album, titled Confessional. It’s a very personal book delving deep into her thoughts, emotions, and feelings from her life as she has battled with many inner demons and struggled with her mental health. This well-written autobiography contains […] More
Lily is sixteen and feels utterly trapped. Bullied at school, she doesn’t want to lay her unhappiness at her parents’ door – they have problems of their own. When the kids at school finally go too far, Lily and her family must face reality and decide if she’s going to fight back or remain a […] More
“The Sea Witch Rising” is the long-awaited sequel to Sarah Henning’s “Sea Witch”. To give a review on this amazing re-telling isn’t easy without giving too much away. But, we’ll try our best. The Sea Witch Rising by Henning is the kind of book you will read with two urges to fight at once.You want […] More
“The Atheist’s Mass”, a short story by Honore de Balzac was published in the year 1836. Centuries later, this short story finds its relevance today as we observe our lives entangled with the paradox of information and misinformation, belief and disbelief, structures and disruption. But unlike the assumption, this paradox is not dichotomous. If we […] More
Bronwyn, Addy, Cooper, and Nate. The nerd, the prom-princess, the baseball-champ, and the bad boy, the kind of characters you won’t ever see together anywhere at any time, right? Yes, but they all end up in detention. Amidst the bizarre set up is Simon Kelleher, the founder of the school-gossip app ‘About That.’ Everyone’s aware […] More
American Royals by Katherine McGee centres around the premise of what it would be like if the USA had a royal family? When America won the Revolutionary War, its people offered General George Washington a crown. Two and a half centuries later, the House of Washington still sits on the throne. As Princess Beatrice gets […] More
Mrs Hinch had a number one best seller with her 1st book (review here) and now she’s only gone and released a follow up to it, her Activity Journal. Fans of clean queen Sophie Hinchcliffe were eagerly awaiting the release of her second installment, a book dedicated to decluttering the mind and destressing. We […] More