Review of The Pearl Button Girl by Annie Murray

 

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Today is my stop on the blog tour for The Pearl Button Girl by Annie Murray.

Ada Fletcher grows up in a loving family, but when a series of trade dies strike her siblings are taken away into a workhouse.

Ada works hard at a local Pearl button factory in Birmingham and is taken in by a neighbouring family. However, the Connell family have little money and too much reliance on alcohol.

Ada decides to move out and start a life by herself. Will she be reunited with her family?

I really enjoy Annie Murray’s books, she is so good at sweeping you right back to a different era. This was no exception and the Victorian era was vividly brought to life.

Thank you to panmacmillan for sending me a copy to review. 

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Review of The Garden by Nick Newman

 

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Today is my stop on the Random Things blog tour for The Garden by Nick Newman.

In the walled garden of a large house, two sisters live a basic life confined to a kitchen and living from the food they can grow themselves. Their everyday routine is taken from a handmade almanac put together by their mother years earlier.

The sisters can’t really remember what came before the garden - only snippets of memories of what seems like a more normal existence. Why are they surviving in such strange circumstances and where is everyone else?

When a boy turns up, they are shocked. Who is he and what does he want? Does it mean there are more people coming?

This was such a haunting book and there were some scene that were disturbing, I really couldn’t stop thinking about them. Time seems to have stood still for these elderly sisters confined to a life that revolves around their garden. There were lots of hints, but I was not sure exactly when this was set.

I read this very quickly - starting on Saturday and finishing on Sunday evening. I wanted to find out what would happen and also how the sisters had ended up like this. I would say that this would appeal to fans of horror and dystopian style fiction.

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Review of At the Bottom of the Garden by Camilla Bruce

 

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Today is my stop on the blog tour for At the Bottom of the Garden by Camilla Bruce.

Clara Woods has taken in her orphaned nieces and is determined to get hold of their inheritance. Children were never part of the plan for Clara, but she doesn’t think it will be too hard.

However, what Clara doesn’t know is that Lily and Violet are actually untrained witches. Lily can see when people lie and Violet can see dead people. In fact, she can see a dead man at the bottom of Clara’s garden and she is able to bring them back.

Soon Clara is surrounded by ghostly apparitions and she knows that this arrangement with Lily and Violet won’t work, but only one side can win.

This was a dark gothic novel with unforgettable characters. I found myself hooked wondering what would happen.

I’m looking forward to reading Camilla Bruce’s next book.

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