The Jacaranda House

*[URL not allowed] The Jacaranda House is the seventeenth release from prolific author Deborah Challinor and it also represents book three in Challinor’s The Restless Years series. This installment in The Relentless Years series takes the reader to the heart of Sydney’s notorious......more

If I had been told this was the first book from one of my favourite authors, I would have believed you. Lots of telling, like a teenager’s diary. But I began to think it was reflecting Polly’s self-centred behaviour and naivety. Polly thinks she has control over her life without considering the cons......more

I really do dislike writing a negative-ish review, because I know how much effort, research, love, time and heartache goes into writing and publishing a book, but for me, this is definitely not Deborah Challinor's best work. It feels rushed, at times glib, stereotyped in its characters and not all t......more

When I first started into the book I was concerned that I was going to be mired in the messiness of gritty human emotion that seems to be so popular in Australian and NZ fiction. Sometimes the slice of life from broken, flawed and utterly human people just leaves me feeling a little overwhelmed and......more