Bookends Reviews

Identical twin sisters Freya and Shona take very different paths, leading to long-buried family secrets that reverberate through the generations in this thrilling novel of psychological suspense by the author of Tell Me How It Ends. There […]

A short while into Always, In December, I wrote down the word ‘nice.’ As I did it, I could feel the ire of English teachers the length and breadth of the nation begin to rise. […]

We asked our lovely Friends of Bookends reviewing panel to share their thoughts on Rosanna Ley’s mouth-watering holiday romance The Orange Grove, and it’s 5*’s all around!   If you miss the sun in summer, […]

A moving, poignant and witty novel. Do you have a little black dress?  Could it tell a story? Pru’s black dress could. Quite suddenly and unexpectantly, Pru’s husband leaves her. She did not see that […]

We asked our lovely Friends of Bookends reviewing panel to share their thoughts on Dawnie Walton’s phenomenal debut novel, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, and they did not disappoint…   ‘What an amazing […]

An Engrossing and Powerful Novel. Delphine has a great job which she loves and a wonderful boss who treats her well. She is incredibly happy with her lot, travelling abroad at the drop of a […]

Here at Bookends we’re dedicated to sharing the best upcoming books, and we know there’s nothing our readers trust more than a review from a fellow bookworm. That’s why each month we ask our trusted […]

Anne, Friends of Bookends panel   ‘This is a captivating, beautifully written story told over two timelines. Florence’s marriage is in tatters and if that is not distressing enough, her beloved Grandmother has just died […]

‘I haven’t read any of Sheila O’Flanagan’s novels before, but now I’ll be searching for them in my local bookshop. Ostensibly it is about a journey taken by two women who have both experienced a […]

Angela OK, so a book review of a light-hearted novel by Jill Mansell is probably not the most appropriate place to mention politics. So I won’t. Except to say that,as always when I need comfort, […]

Halloween is officially over so we’ve got one thing on our minds – CHRISTMAS! Cue us mulling all drinks in a 3 mile radius, bedecking everything in sight with tinsel and fairy lights and spending […]

Each week, six women of different ages and backgrounds come together at their local pub. There they form an unlikely darts team, but it is their hidden stories of love and loss that in the […]