Belle was a brilliant read really looking forward to Belles war.

Bella is a good book, slightly different from previous books from Lesley Pearse. I could not put the book down and looking for the next Bella sequel. In fact I have already pass this book on the a very good friend of mind and recommended Waterstones for future books by Lesley Pearse.

Bought it as a Birthday Present, they loved it

such a great book, i struggled to put it down.

Belle is Lesley Pearse’s latest book set in 1910 in the East end of London. Right from the very beginning you are introduced to the main character Belle, who is a 15-year-old girl full of innocence despite living in the ground floors of her Mothers Brothel. Belle has no concept of what happens upstairs until one day she see something that changes her life for ever. Belle’s whole world changes because of this one night. Snatched from the streets near her house and transported against her will into a very sinister world where she has no control of her own fate. Only things she knows is that she must try to get back home and what ever cost. Along the way she meets many people, some good, some very surprising and some so nasty that you never see it coming. This book blew me away. I read it cover to cover, nearly 600 pages in one weekend. Lesley has an amazing ability to write about a subject that is so shocking that really you should put the book down yet you are so desperate to see Belle survive and have faith that something good will happen next (which isn’t always the case!). A rollercoaster of emotions. I was delighted to hear that this is not the end of the Belle saga. Belle’s War will be a follow-up (I believe next year). I have my own hopes for Belle but I know for certain what ever happens to her next I won’t be expecting it. One of my top reads in 2011 Fantastic book Lesley – Thank you!