Welcome to my favourite reads of August.
Not a huge list this month but what reads they were! Each of them is highly recommended but my absolute favourite was…
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
The Silent Companions is the best horror novel I’ve read in donkey’s. Damn clever and brilliantly creepy, and the Victorian time period is one I adore too.
Purcell knows exactly how to unsettle the reader and keep the tension rising. Our heroine Elsie is kept on her toes with the goings on at The Bridge, the ominous, isolated country house where she’s been sent to wait out her pregnancy and where her husband recently met his death. As for the ‘silent companions’, they were just plain scary.
Love, love, loved it. Purcell’s new one The Corset releases on September 20th. Gimme!
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
I picked this up in ebook way back when it first released in Australia and though I tried a couple of times I just couldn’t get into it. That happens sometimes and is often a mood thing.
With the movie just released and looking like a blast I figured it was time to give Crazy Rich Asians another go, and this time I had a ball!
Completely over the top and great fun, with drama and fashion, romance and a LOT of food, Crazy Rich Asians was a satisfying read. The only thing that disappointed me was the end. It didn’t give me the closure I craved but I (kinda-sorta) forgive it because I believe this is the first in a trilogy.
Can’t wait to see the movie.
The Dark Before Dawn by Jaima Fixsen
Another historical read, this time in 1840s Vienna and featuring the cracking character of Kasper Stark, a secret police officer with a very big secret of his own.
From the setting to the murder-mystery to the romance, The Dark Before Dawn was very enjoyable. There are crosses and double crosses, fascinating characters, wealth and poverty, lots of drama and more than a bit of derring-do.
Huge fun, and if you hurry you can pick it up for under $2 on Kindle.
The Nowhere Child by Christian White
Talk about unputdownable. The Nowhere Child was an excellent read from start to finish. Loved the twists, loved the concise writing, the small-town goldfish bowl and its social divisions, the split timelines, but most of all I loved Kim’s/Sammy’s bravery. She was cool.
Good stuff.
What reads have you enjoyed lately?
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