Lisa Spoors

Reviewed by Lisa Spoors First impressions of Three Little Words from the cover: this is going to be a standard romcom about love found/lost/found again. I was a bit off the mark – this book surprised me, in that it dealt with some difficult subjects, but I couldn't help feeling it lacked depth, particularly when it came to the main characters. During the first couple … [Read more...] about Review – Three Little Words by Jessica Thompson

Reviewed by Lisa Spoors I didn’t know what to make of this book when it first arrived on my doormat – the cover made me think it would be a thriller so when I read the description on the back I was excited to read it – it’s not the type of book I’d normally choose. The book is set in Soho, London, on the night of July 6th, 2005. This was the day Great Britain was announced as … [Read more...] about Review – Soho, 4am by Nuala Casey

Reviewed by Lisa Spoors Twenty years ago, Sarah and Cahal were madly in love. Their families were deeply opposed to the relationship, particularly Sarah's dad and aunt, and as time went on the pressures around them lead to Sarah and Cahal going their separate ways. Now, Sarah still thinks about Cahal. She has never forgotten her one true love and no-one – not even her … [Read more...] about Review – Always You by Erin Kaye

Reviewed by Lisa Spoors Things We Never Say begins over fifty years ago in Ireland, with a young girl named Dilly. As the story unfolds it becomes clear that Dilly was a resident in one of Ireland’s ‘Magdalene Laundries’; facilities run by Catholic nuns where young women were forced into unpaid labour under terrible conditions. We don’t fully learn Dilly’s fate until later on … [Read more...] about Review – Things We Never Say by Sheila O’Flanagan