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metro.co.uk | Sian Dennis
With fumbling fingers, I quickly cobbled together a message to my mum. 'Something is seriously wrong,' I wrote. My mind was foggy. My stomach bloated. My heart hammered. And I had no idea why. For weeks, there had been signs that something wasn't quite right with me. I had a persistent headache that I brushed off as stress, a sluggish feeling in my muscles, and a bone-deep exhaustion that sleep couldn't touch.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
nbmagazine.co.uk | Sian Dennis |Madeleine Knowles
Samantha Sotto Yambao describes her UK debut novel, Water Moon, as “dreaming while you are awake” - a sentiment that perfectly encapsulates its immersive, otherworldly quality that electrifies every sentence. Marketed as Erin Morgenstern meets Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away, the novel combines the wistful lyricism of contemporary Japanese romantic fiction with the sharper, more intricate edges of modern phantasmagorical storytelling, whisking the reader away on a journey unlike any other.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
nbmagazine.co.uk | Sian Dennis |Sophie Percival
“This book is for my mother, who lives in every line,” Chelsea Bieker writes in the dedication to her second novel, Madwoman, alongside a candid photo of her own mother. It’s a disarmingly intimate opening that sets the tone for a blistering journey through the complexities of motherhood, the art of survival, and the painful legacies we inherit.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
nbmagazine.co.uk | Sian Dennis |Sophie Percival
In a society increasingly aware of the lasting effects of trauma and the consequences of collective inaction, Sarah Jollien-Fardel's My Favourite, translated by Holly James, is strikingly relevant. This novel confronts urgent issues of abuse, silence, and complicity, exposing how societal neglect compounds personal suffering and the resilience needed to break free from cycles of violence.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
nbmagazine.co.uk | Sian Dennis |Sophie Percival
The era of pandemic literature is here, featuring stories that contemplate both the divided and shared experiences left in the wake of COVID-19. Authors such as Sigrid Nunez (The Vulnerables), Sarah Moss (The Fell), and Gary Shteyngart (Our Country Friends) are among the few who have already critically examined how the pandemic shaped the world, using intelligent storytelling to capture its impact on ordinary people.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
thenerddaily.com | Sian Dennis
Women’s rage continues to have its moment—and for good reason, there’s plenty to be mad about. And there’s something deeply satisfying about diving into stories where feminine fury isn’t just hinted at; it’s unleashed in full force, with characters who don’t just simmer; they explode, turning their unfiltered wrath on a world determined to keep them small.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
nbmagazine.co.uk | Sian Dennis |Sophie Percival
Short story collections are often overshadowed in favour of full-length novels, even though they possess a certain storytelling prowess. Readers, myself included, might overlook them, believing they lack the depth and pilgrimage novels provide. However, as famously alluded to by F.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
thenerddaily.com | Sian Dennis
In the world of crime fiction and thrillers, seeing isn’t always enough. As Sherlock Holmes famously remarked, “You see, but you do not observe,” and it’s this keen sense of surveillance that the best mystery novels challenge in their readers. Some of today’s most compelling stories are interactive, layered, and enriched with multimedia elements – from emails and text messages to police reports, podcasts, and more – offering an experience that goes beyond the page.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
nbmagazine.co.uk | Sian Dennis |Sophie Percival
There’s something quite special about crime novels that approach the theme of death with a light-hearted touch, finding an enjoyable balance between the macabre and the unsettling. When the thrill of the investigation - “Come, Watson! The game is afoot,” as Sherlock Holmes famously declared - takes precedence over the crime itself, the result is often a more palatable and less disturbing story.
