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Paper Thistle Book Reviews
At Paper Thistle, we write a review for every book we sell, specialising in Scottish fiction. Each review considers character, writing style, tone, and overall reading experience, offering a thoughtful introduction to what awaits on the page.
Book Review: A Sorceress Comes to Call
The white horse stands in the courtyard, breath fogging the night air. Cordelia touches its[...]
Book Review: The Hollow and the Haunted
Moon-lit gravestones whisper beneath fog-laden trees as Miles touches the cold fringe of a vision.[...]
After the Forest
Greta kneads the dough in silence as the winter wind rattles the shutters. Ash drifts[...]
Book Review: Nettle & Bone
She threads the nettle cloak at midnight while the moon watches through cracked glass. The[...]
Book Review: The Girl at the Door
She opens the door to the island’s agent of accusation, and the sea beyond the[...]
Book Review: Begars Abbey
The snow lay thick around the porte-cochère, muffling the carriage’s wheels and swallowing the manor’s[...]
Book Review: Dark Earth
In the shadow of crumbling walls and river-mud, Isla lifts the hammer while Blue listens[...]
Book Review: Wild Pets
The skyline stretched like a promise across the rooftop terrace, the air thick with cigarette[...]
Book Review: Fyneshade
Mist shrouded the valley, clinging to Fyneshade’s gables like a living thing. Marta paused on[...]
Book Review: Hex
She fills the glass jars with leaves that bleach like bone, her notebook pages a[...]