#BlogTour-‘What Are You Like?’ by Shelley Day

With the hugest of thanks to LoveBooksGroup tours, I am thrilled to be able to bring you my review of ‘What are you like‘ by Shelley Day, from Red Squirrel Press.

It is her first short story collection-I am hoping it is not her last-and I would describe the style as ‘magical realism’ or speculative fiction.

Across the stories, which lead the reader into a dream like state of consciousness, lyrical and moving as the River Ouse, featured in ‘Picnicking with my father’, her prose has you thinking about who you are and what is the nature of people.

‘What are you like’ is both inquiry and colloquial exclamation, and I would absolutely recommend it, the stories are varying in length and tone, it definitely made me keen to read her novel ‘‘The Confession Of Stella Moon’

Lyrical and flowing, they sink into your subconscious and have a lasting effect…check out Shelley’s site below for upcoming news and events.

https://shelleyday.com/what-are-you-like/

PRAISE FOR The Confession of Stella Moon

“Once in a while an author comes along that refreshes the genre, to my mind Shelley Day has done just that” Jacky Collins, Newcastle Noir

“Pulls you in from the first page and doesn’t let you go, even after the final page has been turned” Victoria Watson, Elementary Watson

“The book is smart. The writer is smart. The central character is smart and sassy. Just what we need in this day and age. A shero we can believe in. Don’t miss this” Tina Gharavi, filmmaker, I am Nasrine

“This is an assured and stylish debut novel … Stella is flawed and confused and wonderfully real, a welcome tonic to the passive “girls” that populate so many modern thrillers. Shelley Day is an excellent world builder” Stacy Alesi (‘Bookbitch’)

“It’s a long time since a novel sank its fangs into my brain in such a spectacular way. Multi-layered, dark, delicious prose. I devoured it in one sitting and can’t wait to see what this wonderful author delivers next” Allison Davies, writer