I’ve been writing these posts quite far in advance and I’ve just done a huge reorganise of my physical shelves and I’m very happy with how they are looking at the moment. I’ve been toying with the idea of doing a bookshelf tour post for years but never committed. Maybe it’s finally time? This has nothing to do with this post really, but I’m running out of things to say in the introduction for this series.
When the Curtain Falls by Carrie Hope Fletcher
I was looking forward to reading this as I loved the concept, but after receiving an ARC of Carrie’s latest book With This Kiss and found it very disappointing, especially how she used a trans character as decoration. I can’t explain properly what this means without going on a long rant, but her main character recommends the Harry Potter books to a trans woman and if you’re aware of this drama you’d get why this is a disgusting/insensitive thing to do.
Anyway, I’m not saying I’ve ‘cancelled’ Carrie because of this. I haven’t, but I don’t think her books are very good so I’m getting rid of this one.
Synopsis: In 1952 two young lovers meet, in secret, at the beautiful Southern Cross theatre in the very heart of London’s West End. Their relationship is made up of clandestine meetings and stolen moments because there is someone who will make them suffer if he discovers she is no longer ‘his’. But life in the theatre doesn’t always go according to plan and tragedy and heartache are waiting in the wings for all the players . . .
Almost seventy years later, a new production of When the Curtain Falls arrives at the theatre, bringing with it Oscar Bright and Olive Green and their budding romance. Very soon, though, strange things begin to happen and they learn about the ghost that’s haunted the theatre since 1952, a ghost who can only be seen on one night of the year. Except the ghost is appearing more often and seems hell bent on sabotaging Oscar and Olive. The young couple realise they need to right that wrong from years gone by, but can they save themselves before history repeats itself and tragedy strikes once more?
Girlhood by Cat Clare
I remember reading this book, but I don’t remember anything about it. Which is never a good sign.
I got this in the Zoella book club back in 2017, which is very funny to think about now. That book club did have some decent books in it though.
Synopsis: Harper has tried to forget the past and fit in at expensive boarding school Duncraggan Academy. Her new group of friends are tight; the kind of girls who Harper knows have her back. But Harper can’t escape the guilt of her twin sister’s Jenna’s death, and her own part in it – and she knows no one else will ever really understand.
But new girl Kirsty seems to get Harper in ways she never expected. She has lost a sister too. Harper finally feels secure. She finally feels…loved. As if she can grow beyond the person she was when Jenna died.
Then Kirsty’s behaviour becomes more erratic. Why is her life a perfect mirror of Harper’s? And why is she so obsessed with Harper’s lost sister? Soon, Harper’s closeness with Kirsty begins to threaten her other relationships, and her own sense of identity.
How can Harper get back to the person she wants to be, and to the girls who mean the most to her?
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