Breakfast and a book with a view 😍

I've never known a more affectionate dog 🥹💙
He is constantly licking my face, leaning on me on the sofa, and climbing onto my lap for cuddles. He thinks he's still that tiny puppy I brought home all those years ago.
#dogsoflitsy
#Spaniel
#mydogismysoulmate

It's not the best written series that I've ever read, but I'm devouring it all the same!
Dark, gothic, gory, and spicy - what's not to love?!

Will I ever stop reading dark retellings of fairy tales? - No.
Will I ever stop obsessing over retellings of Peter Pan?
- also, no.

This was DARK. But it was so addictive!

I loved this! Packed with twists, drama, and suspense. I absolutely loved Daisy, and of course, I ADORED Poppins, the dog! I'll definitely look for more by this author.

Bail at 50%.
Started out great. Yet the pace was all over, and it was just missing *something*. I'm not wasting time wading through treacle. If I'm not enjoying a book anymore, I'm bailing!

It's rained AAAAAALL DAY here. And I'm so full of cold 🤧
So I've had an afternoon on the couch under a blanket with a good summer read and a Dark Terry's Chocolate Orange. Bliss.

And I thought Den of Vipers was the greatest life, ever. Sadie Kincaid said, "Hold my beer," and delivered this absolute treat.
Reverse harem with some seeeeeeerious spice. I was gutted when I finished this. Zeke was my favourite ?
4⭐️ 4.5?

Another belter from Freida! Packed with twists and turns. I loved it!

Stunningly beautiful. The writing is almost poetic.

I cared about both main characters and wished for their happy ending from the first chapter. I loved the MMC romance and the representation of a Neurodiverse main character in a positive light getting their happily ever after.

Just lovely. So romantic.

I'm sorry, what?!

THOSE. TWISTS. 😱🤯

I saw a review for this that said, "Bridget Jones, if she found herself in a Scream movie" and I couldn't have put it better myself ?
Gwen was hilarious. So dry, yet so tragic.
Is it predictable? Yes.
Is it cheesy? Yes.
Is it brilliant? Yes.

It's not a groundbreaking life changer, but stick this in your beachbag or read on a rainy day with a cup of tea, and you'll be chuckling away.

Gwen absolutely creases me 🤣

Sorry if this seems irrelevant, but tomorrow marks the end of World Autism Acceptance week. I am a huge advocate for Neurodiversity, whether that is Autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder etc...

I hope that by sharing this, I may encourage at least one person to read about Autism, to enable autistic people to become more understood.

My daughter is autistic, and I hope that one day the world will allow her to flourish and not just survive. 💜

Absolutely bloody gorgeous.
I saw so much of myself in Emma. Such a relatable novel, packed with humour, emotion, and spirit. I laughed, cried, and everything in between. This is a really easy read and perfect for people who wanted to enjoy "Normal People" but found the characters unrealistic and pretentious. I loved it. But, yes, I'm still crying.

I dragged this out as I didn't want it to end. I've not felt that way about a book in a long time.
The last few pages, I was sobbing. Although, I was ugly crying in parts throughout the book.

So beautifully written. The research that has gone into the book is absolutely phenomenal.
Book of the year. Hands down. If I could give 6 stars out of 5, I would. An absolute masterpiece.

"Women can be heroes." ?❤️

What a perfect Easter Sunday 🐣

Not for me, at all.
I found this so boring and cringey. Both main characters were so irritating. I ended up skim reading parts of it.
I seem to have had a bad run with books recently. 😔

An absolute blast from start to finish. Packed with Kelks trademark Northern English humour.
I belly laughed on a few occasions. A hoot.

Name a better Disney movie than The Lion King? It's Shakespeare with music and fur!

"Scarred" is a slow burn dark romance, which is a twist of "The Lion King" or "Hamlet". The main character & morally grey man is (you guessed it).... SCAR.
Now, Scar is my all time favourite villain. He is witty, sassy & pure evil. Tristan was ? but the book just missed something. I loved the Lion King references, but I found Sara bland. Her POV was tedious.

Elite Easter treats! 🤤😍

Book delivery day!

Absolutely beautiful.
"It's A Wonderful Life" meets "The Butterfly Effect". A true example of the grass not always being greener and about how remarkable life really can be.

Cringing hell.

I've loved having Molly the Maid back. She is as endearing, entertaining, and quirky as ever.
I much preferred this to "The Maid" as we got to know Molly more, and she had some corker one-liners. Feel good, cheesy, unique, and fun. A huge thumbs up from me!

I've missed Molly. 🤣

My boy 😍💙
#dogsoflitsy

Five minutes peace with the hound ❤️

Ridiculous.
The plot was nonsense, the characters were unbelievable, and there was too much chaos packed into the last 10 pages.

Very different to CoHo's usual soppy, chick lit tear jerkers. This will divide people. You'll either really like it or will hate it. I liked it.
The characters are flawed, and the subject is gritty. It's also quite intense and vulgar in parts.
Trigger warnings for domestic abuse, drug misuse, sexual assault, gas lighting and violence.

This was such a great twist - the female character is the morally grey villain.
Wicked is my favourite musical ever, and I loved the little snipets you got from Wicked and The Wizard of Oz.
I didn't enjoy it as much as "Hooked," but I still liked it all the same. A firm 3.5 stars.

I loved it!
EM has taken one of the most beloved stories of all time (Peter Pan) and given it a dark, modern, twisted retelling.
After watching the Once Upon a Time series a few years and falling in love with that version of "Hook", I almost put a hole in my kindle in my haste to download "Hooked" when I saw it was on Kindle Unlimited!
Safe to say, Hook can kidnap me any day ?

I will never, ever be able to watch Peter Pan in the same way again.

Wow. 😍👌

Emma tragically lost her husband, Jesse, when the helicopter he was in goes missing. Years later, Emma has worked through her grief and found love again with her fiancé, Sam. One evening, during a family celebration, she receives a call that changes everything. A call from Jesse.

TJR smashes it, as usual. Beautifully written and packed with emotion and depth. Stunning.

A delight.
Upbeat, heartwarming, and full of lovely characters.
I adore Jill Mansell.

Have you ever had someone tell you a story that they think is hilarious and interesting, but it's not funny or entertaining at all?
And when they're telling the story, they take forever to get to the point and just go around the houses explaining their really lame story?
That's what reading this book was like.

Urgh.
Zade Meadows if you ordered him off Temu.

Absolutely gorgeous. I am an emotional wreck ? in my top three this year.

Mabel loses her husband after 62 years of marriage and has no family or friends to help her with the grieving process. "The Library" meets "Eleanor Oliphant" with a dash of "Evelyn Hugo". Just wonderful.

Proof that you're never too old to make new friends and find yourself. A lovely story about accepting who you truly are and the beauty of friendship.

Yes 😭
In no particular order:

The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo
Carrie Soto is Back
Fourth Wing/Iron Flame
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
The Witches of Vardo

Feel like pure shit, just want them back 😭😭😭😭

Anyone else?! If so, what books?

Guilty 🙋‍♀️

A Cat and Mouse spin-off with one of the most intriguing characters of "Hunting Adeline" I was sold before I even started ?

Spicy, gory, dark, gothic, and addictive. H D Carlton did not hold back! It made me wanna reread the Cat and Mouse duet to get my Zade fix!

I loved Molly and Cage! Also, that final sentence in the epilogue was ? I need more.

"I'll take the lot!" Said Dexter ?

Roxy is sold to a brutal crime family, "The Vipers", by her father when he owes them money he doesn't have. Roxy initially fights and resits them, but Stockholm Syndrome (I will not be told otherwise) sets in, and she falls in love.

Roxy was a total dick. I couldn't stand her. Thought she was a mobster after a week.
Diesel was TOO psychotic.
I like Ryder, but he was bland.
Garrett and Kenzo were ???

Plenty of spice & gore. Too fucking long.

🤣🤣

Surely I read a different book to everyone else?!
I HATED IT.

I normally LOVE a forbidden romance. Also, gay representation - yes, count me in! It was just so bad.

Unnecessarily long. Over 700 pages... could have been executed in 300. The smut was almost constant. To the point I got so bored. If the author cut the words "yea" (annoying AF) and "baby" the book would only be around 15 pages long. If I hear the word "baby" again, I'm gonna scream.

Hat stall. Every. Single. Time. 🤣

What's your house?!
🦁🦅🦡🐍

This had so much potential, but I found the plot all over the place and a little sloppy.
I could not warm to Izzy, I sympathised with her after having her child taken from her but she was not likable at all. Quite an emotional book.
Trigger warnings for psychosis, death of a child, kidnapping, suicide, depression and more.

This was SO intriguing. But that cliffhanger has left me raging!

Really good! I didn't have a clue what could have been going on. I changed my mind every chapter 🤣 the last page sent me sideways!

Extremely gory with a serial killer who makes human jigsaw pieces of his victims with an almost identical likeliness to Hannibal Lector.
It was good, not great. The charmingly personal yet chilling serial killer has been done to death now (no pun intended), and no one has executed it quite like Thomas Harris.
As a former prison officer, I can confirm that the prison scenes were ridiculous. Those scenes ruined it for me. Also, it was far too long.