A fascinating look at a "lost" adventure of English sea-faring--exotic, savage, and altogether engrossing

Fantastic, really fantastic. Very exciting, and moving, vivid characters, great ending

Beautifully written and researched, this tale of desire, revenge, piracy, war and valour is so evocative we can taste salt on our skin and hear the swoop of sails overhead as we're swept up into a high-stakes adventure unlike any we've read before

A captivating and well researched tale of love, duty, and the consequences of actions, set against a vividly described New World

Brings together all the best elements of historical writing and breathes new life into the craft of epic storytelling. Sharply-drawn, credible characters, perilous adventure, exotic locations and the skilful blending of fact with fiction, make Mistress of the Sea a real page turner

A fabulous story, and a wonderfully different (but important) perspective on Elizabethan times... Whether you sign up for this journey in search of romance, high-stakes adventure, or just engaging entertainment, there’s something for most everyone here

On the day Drake's ship is set to sail, Ellyn makes a fateful decision that will change the course of her future - she disguises herself as a boy and stows away on Drake's ship. What follows is the adventure of a lifetime

A real swash-buckler of a novel that will appeal to all readers. It’s a story that harks back to the very start of the Golden Age of Discovery - the author has weaved a marvellous work of fiction around a very well-known historical figure and his ‘antics’

The splendid tale of Ellyn, who stows away with Sir Francis Drake to save her father's life and follow the man she's not yet willing to admit she loves. Thick with the voices, as well as the smells, sights, sounds and naval politics of a Tudor universe

A swashbuckler of a romance and adventure... Jenny's attention to detail is superb, her writing is skilled, and her sense of adventure is engrossing

Sizzling…fun, fascinating and vividly drawn…atmospheric, enchanting…Mistress of the Sea is a rip-roaring, escapist adventure story full of action, drama, good guys, bad guys, real history and thrilling romance

Dazzling . . . a truly stellar debut, full of wonder and heart. I'm sure it's going to be a mega hit.

A beautiful, moving, truly original tale. I loved this book for taking me by surprise.

Terrific . . . A beautiful story

Gorgeous, brilliant, heartbreaking . . . A love story to remember.

A tense, crisp, edge-of-your-seat love story and a completely unexpected ending, I was gripped from the first line to the last. Hold Back The Stars is out of this world. I loved it.

Playfully serious, imaginatively assured, Hold Back the Stars packs real emotional punch.

Beguiling and heartbreaking.

Terrific . . . A beautiful story.

What a wonderful book.

A stand-out read, I'll be recommending it to everyone.

insanely brilliant

pacy, thrilling and very original. The plot is fabulous

A page-turning psychological thriller with a difference, this is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.

An extremely good short novel about a teenage boy from Dublin… This is really very good indeed.

Their love affair, across divisions of class and age, is brilliantly, painfully told. Although Montpelier Parade is – amazingly – Geary’s debut novel, he already knows how to play with the reader’s feelings like a pro. He’s one to watch.

It’s written throughout in the second person, a device that sounds tricksy and ought to jar, but Geary’s deft way with words makes it work. Staggeringly good.

Wow, for a debut book, this blew me away. It is a beautiful, lyrical, almost poetic story of first love, the passion and heartbreak of loss and finding out who you are… The writing just made me sigh (in a good way) and I cannot wait to read Karl’s next book. As this is only a slim book, it will haunt the reader, and for me, it will always have a place in my heart. It is a book to treasure and to tell your friends and family about. It’s one to keep and one to reread, just because.

It’s a sensitively told love story and an evocative picture of rainy, gritty 1980s Dublin. Geary is a writer to keep an eye on.

Geary’s use of the second person is unfaltering and brilliantly sustained, it creates an intimacy and intensity that is utterly absorbing.

A quietly moving story of two lost souls in 1980s Dublin.

The Summer of Impossible Things is that rare thing: a deftly crafted, utterly compelling story written entirely from the heart. Hauntingly beautiful, heart-rending and unique, this is an instant classic. I sobbed my heart out and adored it!

GORGEOUS. It's so moving and romantic and I want to re-read it immediately

Definitely more Time Traveller’s Wife than Dr Who

Packs an emotional punch that's second to none - and the author's hallmark. Rowan Coleman picks you up, spins you around and dances you to the very edge of love. Glorious

Powerfully moving, vivid, glowing with love and humanity... I loved every word

The Summer of Impossible Things is utterly beautiful and engrossing - and Coleman is a brilliant storyteller

I fell into the pages of this beautiful book, vivid, emotional, and so very evocative, it was an utter joy from first page to last

THE SUMMER OF IMPOSSIBLE THINGS is truly a thing of great beauty.'

The pages turn themselves in this perfect summer read. Rowan Coleman has written a time-bending mystery with a huge heart. I loved it

The Summer of Impossible Things is captivating, thought-provoking and beautifully written. Rowan Coleman has written a book to savour, and characters to care about. I loved it.

A romantic holiday read with substance…a timeless love story…heart-wrenching

You're going to love, The Summer of Impossible Things...A rollercoaster ride back and forward through time...enthralling

A wonderful story

magical and fresh...totally unexpected

A sparkling novel of hope and sacrifice’

Magical, heart-warming and time-bending story.