Genre: Romance, Erotica, F-F, Adult Fiction

Within the narrative of Seasons of Love (a novel), Bliss explores the creation of a relationship between an older and a younger woman. But not only this, she also cleverly weaves in the family/friendship scenario too.

Her writing style helps this book to flow in a natural and superfluous way. It's easy to read nature means that the reader can just immerse themselves into the scenes being laid out before them.

There was use of gentle humour and Bliss was able to bring together two very contrasting characters in a natural and believable way.

I did like the main character and saw a lot of myself and my journey in her, which made me like the book even more. It was interesting to see the transformation in her after allowing her to be 'her true self'.

The reasoning for the 4 stars instead of 5 is the predictability - I was able to discern the course the story was taking, but this all added to the easy to read element. Even though some parts were a little predictable it was still very enjoyable to read.

Personally, I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to have an enjoyable read.

Genre: Poetry

Miss Duffy uses her poetic skills and proves why she is THE Poet Laurette of the UK in this engaging and highly entertaining little poenovel.

Another Night Before Christmas takes all the elements that we adore from the original, but twists them in a more modern and unique way.

In this adaptation Duffy cleverly twists the story on it's head by portraying it from the point of view of a young child who wakes up on Christmas night to find Santa and his raindeer going about their buisness.

The poetical rhyming scheme of the piece is extremely repetitive with the use of 'rhyming couplets', makes the rhythm of the verse easy for anybody of any reading ability to follow it. 

It's clear that Duffy was writing this for a younger audience, but I personally feel that this is a piece for anyone of any age. 

She has also released other pieces within the collection - and I use the term loosely, that are written for all children, big or small. These are:

• Dorothy Wordsworth's Christmas Birthday
• Bethlehem
• Wenceslas
• The Christmas Truce
• Mrs Scrooge

Go and enjoy these quick but extremely enjoyable festive verses. You'll not regret it.

On a seperate note - why not read my Christmas poem and see if you can spot all the Christmas song titles within it.