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Sixty Is Thew New Assassin by Shesh

By Emma Fitzgerald Tea Leaves and Book Leaves - May 17, 2026

Thank you @hyggebooktours For letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. Sixty is the New Assassin is crime/suspense fiction. I like the front cover; the colors are white and red, and it’s simple, and the blurb is just straight to the point and gets your attention straight away. The story is 200 pages long, and it’s about Ishmael, who is 60 years old and retired from corporate life and tries to keep busy, but then suddenly hears something about his daughter-in-law and wants to do something about it. I like how the story is written, and Ishmael is the narrator in the story, and he is classed as the bad guy. But I could not help liking him immensely and enjoyed following his story. The story really works, and it flows, and it’s easy to get into from the minute you open the book. It has some good twists that I didn’t see or work out, which is brilliant. The pacing of the book is at a good speed that you can keep up with. I found it to be very entertaining. I thoroughly enj...

The Landlady by Jane E. James

By Emma Fitzgerald Tea Leaves and Book Leaves - May 13, 2026

Thank you For letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. The landlady is in the psychological thriller genre. There are two narrators in the story; one is the tenant and one is a landlady. Mrs. Skinner is a landlady who seems really nice but has only one rule: no men can stay over. Molly is the tenant who has a young daughter that moves into the cottage with her. I found the landlady straightforward to get into straight away, and I did like Molly; I seemed to warm to her straight away. Who is the tenant. The landlady, Mrs. Skinner, I wasn’t sure on at all, or her family. To me, she felt a little odd and a bit false. The story is well written, and it keeps you on a rollercoaster, and there’s a significant amount of tension that builds up throughout the book. The book definitely kept me guessing all the way through, and I was pretty wrong with my thoughts, which is always good; the author can trick you. I like that there are some twisty bits in the book as well, like , I s...

Fallen Destiny by Yolanda Sfetsos

By Emma Fitzgerald Tea Leaves and Book Leaves - May 10, 2026

Thank you @ brigidsgatepress @zooloosbooktours For letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. Fallen Destiny is a supernatural genre. I love the front page; it’s unique, and it gives you a bit of an idea of what’s going to come into the book. When I read the blurb, I was very excited and couldn't wait to read the book. The story is about destiny; she isn’t a human. She is supernatural, and she has the power to try to connect and locate other humans who are like her. And then one day she’s hired by a nun that she doesn’t know, and then things start to happen. I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Fallen Destiny; I was hooked from the first page. It was so easy to get into, and I loved Yolanda Stetsos's writing style. I haven’t read a supernatural book for a while, and this was just fantastic, and I was on the edge of my seat reading it. I really liked the character Destiny; I got to know her and enjoyed following her story. The plot was brilliant, and I was hooked f...

Bad Magic and Whiskey by Melissa Jacobson

By Emma Fitzgerald Tea Leaves and Book Leaves - April 29, 2026

Thank you zooloosBT For letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. Bad Magic Whiskey is a historical fantasy genre. I really like the front cover; it’s very colorful and works really well with the title. When I read the blurb, I was hooked straight away, and I couldn’t wait to read this book. I found the writing style effortless to get into, and this is an entirely different read from what I normally read as well, so I was truly grateful to read something entirely different. This is the first book in the series, and I was hooked from the minute I read it, and I could not put it down, so I’m very excited for book 2. I really like the characters, and the narrator was Mick. She was a fantastic character, and I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know her. I really liked the descriptions in the book and could really visualize it in my mind. The story is straightforward to get into, and I think you will be hooked from the minute you read it, because I was. Looking forward to book 5...

Love Grief & More Sex Than Pinot by Sacha Huges

By Emma Fitzgerald Tea Leaves and Book Leaves - April 22, 2026

Thank you @literallypr For letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. Love, Grief, and More Sex than Pinot is book one in the series and is a comedy genre. I like the front cover; it seems to work well with the title and the book. The story is about Soho. She did have a perfect life, and then things started to go wrong, for instance, losing her mom and many other things that have happened to her. Love, grief, and more sex than Pinot is an easy book to get into from the start. I really liked the character Soho, and I kept reading the book wanting to know what happened to her. I also liked her as a character, and at times I really wanted to give her a hug because of the things that she was going through. This story is very moving and also made me laugh in a few places as well. The story is written at a great pace that you can keep up with, and you will definitely have a mixed bag of emotions reading this book, which is superb when that happens, I feel. I thoroughly enjoye...

The Tradwife's Lie by Bella Ellwood-Clayton

By Emma Fitzgerald Tea Leaves and Book Leaves - March 31, 2026

Thank you @zooloosBT For letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. The Tradeswife is a psychological genre, which is my favorite genre, and I read this book in a day and a half. I liked the cover, and the blurb instantly interested me, and I wanted to review this book and read it, and it did not let me down. There are a few narratives in the book. They are Marni, who is married to a doctor, and she’s very fragile, and she becomes pregnant and starts to find things out she didn’t want to. Then there’s Elka, who is controlling or running Westbrook with her husband and who has a family, but things are not what they seem with her either. I thoroughly enjoyed reading both ladies perspectives on how they were feeling, and it was nice to get to know them both. And actually, I really did like both of the characters and was genuinely interested in their story and was drawn to them both because they are entirely unique women. There is a significant amount of tension running thr...

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