Natalie Platten
Natalie Platten is from Readings Doncaster
Review — 23 Oct 2016
The Glass Children by Kristina Ohlsson
Readers beware, this story is not for the faint of heart. Swedish author Kristina Ohlsson’s The Glass Children is a macabre tale about a haunted house. Creepy sounds, swinging light…
Review — 25 Sep 2016
The Otherlife by Julia Gray
Julia Gray’s The Otherlife is an extraordinary read that defies expectations. Norse mythological themes are at work here but this is not a mythic adventure story in thetradition of Rick…
Review — 28 Sep 2015
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Furiously Happy had me from the title. Or, perhaps it was the stuffed raccoon on the front cover? Hard call. But a happy read was high among my hopes. Following…
Review — 25 Jul 2016
Promising Azra by Helen Thurloe
Helen Thurloe’s Promising Azra is a powerful human interest story. This work casts a spotlight on the clandestine practise of forced marriage of young women living in conservative sectors of…
Review — 26 Jun 2016
The Moonlight Dreamers by Siobhan Curham
For fans of Zoe (Zoella) Sugg’s international bestseller Girl Online, author Siobhan Curham needs no introduction. Curham is an award winning writer, public speaker and life coach in the…
Review — 26 May 2016
Lifers by M.A. Griffin
This story taps into real social issues: disenfranchised and discontented youth who feel let down by political systems that fail to create opportunities for them or lay a pathway to…
Review — 22 Aug 2016
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk
Growing up on a Pennsylvanian farm in 1940s America is a wholesome life for eleven-year-old Annabelle. Elder sister to two younger brothers, Annabelle does not begrudge having to keep a…
Review — 29 Feb 2016
Sing Fox to Me by Sarah Kanake
Sing Fox To Me is one of those novels where there is a symbiotic connection between the lives of the characters and the natural environment they inhabit. This is a…
Review — 30 Dec 2014
Summertime by Vanessa LaFaye
The threat of havoc to social order and a general sense of impending danger loom large in this novel, with tensions building right from the opening pages when an alligator…
Review — 24 Jan 2016
Fever at Dawn by Péter Gárdos
Fever at Dawn is a debut novel by film director Péter Gárdos. Based on the personal letters of correspondence between his parents, it recounts their remarkable story of emancipation as…