karina may

The cover for That Island Feeling by Karina May is a pink and yellow sunset colour theme, featuring a cartoon image of a couple in bathers on the beach enjoying a picnic

Book Review: That Island Feeling might be the perfect summer read

Readers who are familiar with Karina May’s work will be unsurprised to learn that her latest fictional offering, That Island Feeling, is a smorgasbord of nostalgic film references. From the classic Goldie Hawn flick Overboard to Dirty Dancing to (one of my personal favourites) Coyote Ugly, May draws on her cinephile side (being one half of…

Read More

Book review: Never Ever Forever is a showcase of the best romantic comedy tropes and we are here for it

There’s just something about a romantic comedy. They’re comfortingly predictable, often laugh out loud funny, and there’s that deeply satisfying feeling of being able to race through a book in a single day because you’re so absorbed in what you’re reading. Enter Karina May’s second novel, Never Ever Forever, the follow up to her debut Duck…

Read More
The cover of Duck a' l'Orange for Breakfast by Karina May has the title in a light pink and the author's name in white capital letters. Next to these words there is a blonde woman sitting at a table with a cup of coffee and a basket of pink flowers looking out the window deep in thought

Book Review: Grab a fork and dig in, because Duck a l’Orange for Breakfast is a real treat

When Maxine ‘Max’ Mayberry’s life falls apart around her, she doesn’t just get mad… she gets hungry. When Max discovers her long-term boyfriend Scott in bed with a glamorous ad executive from her work, her life begins to fall apart. Not to mention that she’s recently discovered that she has a brain tumour and needs…

Read More