Addicted by (and to!) Nigel May

I loved Trinity and I generally love Nigel's way with words so I had high expectations for this book. Generally I enjoyed it: the sex scenes were well written, appropriate in length and frequency and not cringe-worthy in their description. The interconnecting plots were engaging and as usual, Nigel's description of locations is wonderfully visual. Before I go any further, firstly let me make it clear that this is a very enjoyable bonkbuster and secondly, there may be some spoilers in the next part! I promise honest reviews and whilst I adore Mr May in all his persona's, I am not going to just gush about his book if I don't mean it. So there were a couple of minor niggles for me. Firstly, the main characters Lauren, Martha and Kelly are all great friends one moment and the next Martha hates Lauren and has no hesitation in taking her husband. Whilst I know that women do this to each other, it just felt a little forced as to the level of hate Martha suddenly had for Lauren. I also struggled with Saul and Martha. Possibly because I don't believe in love at first sight and certainly don't believe in sex so amazing you fall for someone hook, line and sinker, I found their sudden love for each other after basically one flagellation and one shag, a little hard to comprehend! A little more development of their romance before they decided they were meant for each other would have sat better with me but this might be me rather than the book! These are however minor niggles and did not prevent me from enjoying this book at all - not quite as much as Trinity - but still very good and well worth reading.
4* rating

Books for Toddlers

As you can imagine, I hope that Little K shares my love of reading when he is older. He is currently 20 months and generally finds the Touch and Feel, mono-syllabic books boring now. His current favourites have just changed - it was "Me" by Emma Dodd for ages, alongside Tinga Tinga's Sunrise to Sunset collection. He has been less interested in these recently since the arrival of "Room on the Broom" by Julia Donaldson. I haven't reviewed any of his books before but this is the first so far:

Room on the Broom

by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler

"The witch and her cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch's hat, then her bow, and then her wand!  Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items, and all they want in return is a ride on the broom.  But is there room on the broom for so many friends?  And when disaster strikes, will they be able to save the witch from a hungry dragon?"

 My 20 month old loves this. So much so in fact, I virtually know it by heart, as I've had to read it so often! Fortunately it is very well constructed with lovely rhythm and rhyme so it's not as much of a chore as some previous favourites. Definitely one I'd recommend for babies/toddlers.