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We were liars

Posted by Daniëlle de Boer on 3 April 202112 April 2021 in Realistic, Reviews, Romance, Thriller

In this story, we follow Cadence Sinclair Eastman, one of the children of the Sinclair family. Cadence has been through tuff times, but can always enjoy the summer vacations on the private island of the Sinclairs. Together with her cousin Mirren, nephew Johnny and his half-brother Gat, Cadence forms ‘the Liars’. During their fifteenth summer, Cadence and Gat fall in love. Then something happens, which causes there to be a gap in the story. Throughout her summer, memories emerge, along with family secrets and lots of lies.

The Winter of the Witch

Posted by Robin Holthuizen on 11 January 202011 January 2020 in Fantasy, Reviews

In this third and final book to the Winternight-trilogy, we continue to follow Vasja. She’s now facing the anger of whole Moscow after being blamed for causing the fires that almost ended the existence of the city. After escaping through a dangerous land called Midnight, Vasja learns that the Bear has been woken up by no other than his own brother: Morozko …

10 blind dates

Posted by Daniëlle de Boer on 16 November 201916 November 2019 in Reviews, Romance

Sofie wants freedom from her parents. When they decide to spend the Christmas holidays somewhere else, Sofie gets really excited to have some time with her boyfriend Griffin. Griffins idea of some time together turns out to be way different and leaves Sofie with a broken heart. She decides to spend her Christmas holidays with her grandparents and their whole family. Her grandma comes up with a ‘great plan’ to forget Griffin: in the upcoming ten days each family member has to set up Sofie with a blind date.

Far from the tree

Posted by Robin Holthuizen on 25 September 20193 November 2019 in Fiction, LGBTQ+, Reviews

In this book we first meet Grace, a girl that doesn’t really seem to know how to pick up her normal life again after a teen-pregnancy. Being adopted herself, it is hard for her to let her own daughter go. This is why she decides it is time for her to meet her biological family …

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