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I absolutely adored this book.  

It’s taken me a while to write a review for this one because I am not sure how to articulate my words to express how I feel. 

Noelle and Theo are high school enemies who have not seen each other in years.   After Noelle posts a Tik Tok that goes viral, the two of them end up back in each other’s lives on an epic road trip along with Theo’s grandpa Paul.  

This was the perfect romance that had so much depth and heart to it.  

Noelle and Theo have such amazing steamy chemistry but there is also so much more and I loved that they actually communicated and talked!!  

Theo is just the perfect book boyfriend.   

But in all honesty, while Noelle and Theo’s romance was amazing, my favourite part to this story was the hidden love of Theo’s grandpa Paul and Noelle’s grandmother. 

I adored learning about their past together through their letters and Paul was adorable.   It made me really miss my own grandparents who I lost too soon.   

I was very close with my grandparents and reading this book made me smile and think of the memories we had together.  

The glowing reviews for this incredible debut by Jessica Joyce are legit.   It truly has it all: Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, one bed, found family, sexy and witty banter and communication!!!

You will not regret picking this one up and I am looking forward to reading what Jessica writes next! 

This ‘biographical fiction’ by Ariel Lawhon tells the tale of Martha Ballard, a midwife and healer in the 1700’s from Halowell, Maine. 

Inspired by Ballard’s life taken from the words right out of her own journals this story is based 75% on fact.  

Lawhon writes in her author’s note how this story came to be, and I loved learning that a good majority of the characters in this book are based on actual people and not just Ballard.  
So don’t skip reading it!!  

I also absolutely adored Martha’s husband Ephraim and their love story, which you get glimpses of throughout as well as in flashback chapters.  I loved how much he respected her and treated her as his equal. 

This is a time period that I don’t often read about, but one I definitely want to delve more into.   

Martha Ballard was an incredible woman and a character I won’t soon forget.  

 I highly recommend picking up this book!  


𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘴.

Wow.   This book absolutely took my breath away. 

What a beautifully written piece of art. 

This is my first book by Ashley Poston and it will definitely not be my last.  

Time travel books are a hit or miss for me, but this one is a level of its own. 

Clementine and Iwan are two special characters that will stay with me for a very long time. 

This book is very special and one I highly suggest picking up. 


𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦.

I really wanted to love this book and it started off with so much promise.  It is not your typical Ruth Ware, and is an action based race against the clock type of thriller.  

I was intrigued right from the beginning but once I hit the half way mark, this book fell very flat for me. 

I think one of the misses for me was I really couldn’t stand the MC Jacinta “Jack” Cross.   I get that she was in fight or flight mode and in complete shock, but every decision she made was, in my opinion, cringe worthy.    

And I figured out the twist fairly early on, which was a bit of a letdown. 

This was a unique premise that could have been so much more.   It moves at a fairly fast pace, so if you enjoyed her previous work and like a good cat and mouse game, then I would still suggest picking it up and giving your own opinion. 

𝙒𝙤𝙬!

This book will be one that stays with me for a very long time.  

Kristin Hannah can tell a story that has you so fully engrossed from the first words on the page. Her characters are filled with so much depth that you cannot stop thinking about them days, weeks and even months later.  

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 is one of those stories.  

Hannah takes us back to the mid-sixties during the Vietnam War.  In 1965 the world is changing, Frances “Frankie” McGrath decides to follow her brother and enlists with the Army Nurse Corps and is shipped off to Vietnam.  She quickly learns the true horrors of this war and every day becomes a battle of life and death.  

War was just the beginning for Frankie and her war veteran friends, as they return home to a divided America, angry protesters and people who want to forget Vietnam. 

This book covers many heavy topics with graphic depictions of war, death, politics, communism and PTSD.   The way in which these women and Vietnam War veterans were treated was just absolutely appalling and heartbreaking.    

Frankie learns very quickly that she is being forgotten along with her fellow nurse corps friends.  When they tried to reach out for help, they were told they weren’t there (in Vietnam) and didn’t serve, and was offered no help as they struggled with the aftermath left to their own devices. 

But through it all these women banded together.  Determined to have their voices heard for themselves and the men who sacrificed so much for their country. 

While a work of fiction, Hannah writes this story with such vivid descriptions you are left feeling such a connection to these characters.  

A story of found family, deep friendships, determination and courage, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 is a book not to be missed.  

"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙩.  

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 - 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚." 

I can safely say this will be one of my favourite books of the year and I cannot wait to grab a hard copy for my forever shelf.