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Shared Secrets for the Home Front Nurses by Rachel Brimble #Review #HomeFrontNurses

  It is now 1943 and we follow the lives of the Home Front Nurses as they cope with the effects of the Second World War. Shared Secrets for the Home Front Nurses by Rachel Brimble is published on February 13th by Boldwood Books .     ‘Come on, Kathy… tell me a secret.’ 1943: Becoming a Home Front nurse, meant Kathy Scott was finally able to escape the violence of her childhood. At long last, her life has taken a turn for the better. Particularly because, for the very first time, she’s made some wonderful friends–fellow nurses Sylvia, Freda and Veronica. Kathy’s known for not being short of a word or two. So nobody’s more surprised than her when she finds herself tongue-tied around Freda’s handsome brother, James – who’s home from war with an unexplained injury.   My Thoughts   The story of the Home Front Nurses continues into 1943 and Freda's ambition to nurse abroad gets ever closer. Her brother ,James, returns from the war having had a traumatic experi...
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Out of Love by Hazel Hayes #Review

Hazel Hayes' Out of Love was published on June 11th by Unbound Publishers. I am happy to be featuring it today.

As a young woman boxes up her ex-boyfriend's belongings and prepares to see him one last time, she wonders where it all went wrong, and whether it was ever right to begin with. Burdened with a broken heart, she asks herself the age-old question . . . is love really worth it? 

Out of Love is a bittersweet romance told in reverse. Beginning at the end of a relationship, each chapter takes us further back in time, weaving together an already unravelled tapestry, from tragic break-up to magical first kiss. In this dazzling debut Hazel Hayes performs a post-mortem on love, tenderly but unapologetically exploring every angle, from the heights of joy to the depths of grief, and all the madness and mundanity in between. This is a modern story with the heart of a classic: truthful, tragic and ultimately full of hope.

My Thoughts
The most intriguing aspect of Out of Love has to be the structure. In effect it starts with the end and you work your way back in time to the beginning. It takes a little getting used to as you deconstruct a relationship and strip back the layers of the onion. The author takes you right under the skin of its central character and even back to her childhood. As you work your way back, I found my attitude towards Theo changing. At the beginning I found him insufferable but eventually, you can see what made him appealing. 

    The central character is never named.  A fact I did not notice until I was near the end. It may be a raw and emotional read at times, especially when she leaves home, but there are also some sparky moments of humour. It is an accomplished debut novel which feels original and truthful.

In short: Contemporary writing which deconstructs a relationship. 
 
About the Author

 Hazel Hayes is an Irish-born London-based writerand director who has until now been writing primarilyfor the screen. Her eight-part thriller, PrankMe won series of the year at Summer in the City, aswell as the award for Excellence in Storytelling at Buffer Festival in Toronto. Hazel has 250K subscribers on YouTube, 230K followers on Twitter and 172K followers on Instagram. She is currently developing a horror series for Working Title Productions. Hazel lives in London.  Out of Love is her first novel.

You can follow Hazel here: Twitter   |  Instagram   |  YouTube 

Book link: Amazon UK 

Thanks to Hazel Hayes, Unbound and Anne Cater of Random Things Tours  for a copy of the book and a place on the tour. 


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  1. Anne16 June 2020 at 10:36

    Thanks so much for supporting the blog tour xx

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