Bookends Reviews

Anything Could Happen is a warm, wise, funny and uplifting novel about love, second chances and the unexpected and extraordinary paths life can take us down. Our Friends of Bookends reviewing panel share their thoughts […]

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 […]