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  Independent Scottish Bookshop





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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: The Last Witch of Scotland

Measured, humane, and quietly powerful, The Last Witch of Scotland reclaims a silenced life—turning history’s[...]

Book Review: The Hunting Party

Slick, tense, and full of frostbitten secrets, The Hunting Party traps old friends in the[...]

Book Review: Alchemy & Rose

Sweeping and evocative, Alchemy and Rose follows two lives bound by shipwreck and chance across[...]

Book Review: The House Between Tides

Haunting and lyrical, The House Between Tides moves between past and present on a Hebridean[...]

Book Review: Glasgow Boys

Tender, sharp, and Glasgow to the bone, Glasgow Boys follows Finlay and Banjo—two lads from[...]

Book Review: The Library Cat

Wry, cosy, and quietly wise, The Library Cat follows Edinburgh’s most literary feline as he[...]

Book Review: The Secrets of Blythswood Square

Elegant and incisive, The Secrets of Blythswood Square peers behind Glasgow’s finest façades to find[...]

Book Review: On Starlit Seas

Brisk, salt-bright, and morally alive, On Starlit Seas carries you from starlit decks to dangerous[...]

Book Review: The Dark Remains

Lean, gritty, and sharply humane, The Dark Remains introduces a young Jack Laidlaw stalking Glasgow’s[...]

Book Review: The Dying Light

Spare, tense, and salt-lit, The Dying Light turns island loyalties into a slow-burn reckoning—where the[...]