52. A book published in 2016

[Martha]

There's new books being published every day so time to get stuck in! This should be a first publish, not a new edition.

Some lists
Buzzfeed 21 Incredible New Books You Need to Read This Fall
Buzzfeed Can't Wait Books of 2016

Some examples
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
The Fire Child
The Trouble With Women
Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
Scrappy Little Nobody

Discussion prompts
- What did you / will you read for this challenge?
- What did you think?
- How did you choose it? Was it by an author you'd read before, or part of a series you have read?
- Do you normally look out for new releases or just buy whatever takes your fancy?

[Martha]

For this prompt I read The Fire Child by S.K. Tremayne. I chose it as Tremayne's previous book, The Ice Twins was one of my favourite books of 2015 and probably the best thriller I've ever read!

Naturally, the Fire Child had a lot of live up to and it didn't quite equal the brilliance of its predecessor, but it was still pretty good. It was a bit slow to get going, but it did start to build and I couldn't predict the final twist!

The only thing that let me down was that the premise was basically a carbon copy of Rebecca. I would be okay with it if it was like an homage - Rebecca itself is like a modern-day Jane Eyre, but I couldn't tell if that's what the author had intended (it's not in the synopsis or anything like that). Basically there's a woman who has fallen for, and quickly married, an enigmatic older man. She falls in love with his huge house down in Cornwall, but lives in the shadow of his deceased first wife. Admittedly it takes a vastly different direction, and as I said, the twist was brilliant, but not a great start.

I don't normally look out for new releases unless they're by an author I particularly like. Since becoming a more active reader I've become a lot more aware of new releases which has led me to buying some, but otherwise I tend to just pick up what takes my fancy.