Flaming Nora: Pearl of the Blog Tour - Day 3

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Pearl of the Blog Tour - Day 3 - The Book Magnet

My new gritty saga set in 1919, Pearl of Pit Lane, is on a blog tour this week.

What's a blog tour?

Well, it's a chance for book bloggers to receive an advance copy of the book from the publisher and review it with full backing from the author (me) and the publisher (Headline).

Day 3 of the tour takes Pearl to The Book Magnet blog where Michelle Ryles has this to say about Pearl of Pit Lane - which just goes to show that if you think you don't like sagas, think again. Mine are different, strong and powerful.

I have to be honest and say that I was a bit nervous about reading Pearl of Pit Lane as I don't usually read sagas but I am so glad that I made an exception for Glenda Young. I clapped my hands with glee when I opened the book and found a map of Ryhope in 1919 (the setting of the book); I do love maps in a book as they really help to bring the story to life. I enjoyed Pearl of Pit Lane so much more than I expected and Pearl's story is so compelling that I found myself reading just one more chapter until I'd devoured every single page.

I'm from the North East so I was brought up reading Catherine Cookson books and it's inevitable that any sagas based in the North East will be compared to Dame Catherine's famous novels. So it is praise indeed to say that Pearl of Pit Lane would definitely come top of my Catherine Cookson chart any day. Through her vivacious and descriptive writing, Glenda Young has an amazing ability to bring her characters and scenery to life and breathes new life into the tired and dusty saga genre.

You can read the full review here.

Pearl of Pit Lane's full blog tour this week will be as follows. And she's only 99p for ebook at Amazon until the end of this month. Buy it here.