Your Fault is the second book in the Culpable trilogy . It came into being after Mercedes Ron decided that My Fault , the first instalment and originally a standalone novel ( read my review here ), wasn’t where Nick and Noah’s story should end. Sometimes your characters do that to you. BOOK SPECS: Number of pages: 492 Format: Paperback Genre: YA Romance, Billionaire Romance Tropes: Forbidden Love, Stepbrother, Billionaire Romance, Emotional Scars Original language: Spanish

My Fault by Mercedes Ron is a forbidden love, enemy-to-lovers YA Romance that became a BookTok and Wattpad sensation. It has now also been made into a movie by Amazon Studios. Originally written and filmed in Spanish, it was the biggest non-English movie launch in Prime Video’s history at the time of its release. So of course, as an aspiring author, I had to read the book to try and figure out what was the secret sauce. BOOK SPECS: Number of pages: 479 Format: Paperback Ge

The American Roommate Experiment is Elena Armas’ second published novel and the second book in Love Deception duology. So was it as...

Nestled in Heswall, Wirral, Linghams Booksellers is full of character - think beamed ceilings and cottage vibes. It’s also incredibly deceptive and it goes back quite a way from the entrance. So don’t let its modest, unassuming front fool you. Vibe: Traditional Coffee shop: Yes Child friendly: Yes Dedicated romance section: No Order online: Yes Address: 248 Telegraph Road, Heswall, Wirral CH60 7SG As a large independent bookstore, Linghams offers a serious selection of g

‘Madam, you must step into the train.’ ‘I’m waiting for my friend, it’s okay.’ ‘The train is about to leave, you need to step into the...

The West Kirby Bookshop is a small but perfectly formed little bookstore in, you guessed it, West Kirby in the Wirral. I came across this little gem on Bookshop.org , a platform that helps you find and order books from independent bookstores. It didn’t disappoint. Vibe: Cosy, modern and cool Coffee shop: No Child friendly: Yes Dedicated romance section: No Order online: Yes (via Bookshop.org ) Address: 20 Grange Road, West Kirby, Wirral CH48 4HA (please note this shop re

I first came across Elena Armas reading the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook. She was quoted as a top selling author who had been part of the...

It Starts With Us is the sequel to Colleen Hoover’s most successful novel, It Ends With Us ( click the link to read my full review )....

It Ends With Us is about falling into and surviving domestic violence. Amazon has it listed as the eighth most sold book of 2023....

According to Guinness World Records, the Bible is the best-selling book of all times with over 5 billion copies sold. It’s also one of most studied texts in the world. In 2022, I set myself the challenge to read it in one year, it took me two.