I felt a bit blindsided by the book in the way that a really good film just hooks you in and for those two hours you are there in it. ‘The Mercies’ is the perfect book to curl up on the couch with a big cup of tea and a blanket, Karen Millwood Hargrave’s writing is splendid immediately transporting you to this cold, desolate Island with an eerie undertone. ‘The Mercies’ ticks all of my bookish boxes – So, I put my big girl pants on and asked the lovely Emma if there would be any chance of a review copy – To my absolute elation and astonishment, (it still feels a little bit like magic), a copy arrived on my doorstep several days later. I broke this self-imposed rule for this book, I had heard a few mumblings on Twitter about a book which if you liked Burial Rites and The Glass Woman would be one that you wouldn’t want to miss, Burial Rites is one of my favourite books ever, so instantly my books senses were all a tingle and I knew I had to get my hands on it. There are books which sometimes you know will be your kind of book, so I will let you into a little secret I rarely ask for books from publishers, I am on bloggers lists but I tend not to ask for a book directly.
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