It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that papercuts are the most devious and painful of cuts. They don’t look like much but boy, oh, boy, do those little suckers sting.

‘Papercuts' by Colin Bateman was very much like a papercut. There was nothing overtly dramatic about it, but it got under my skin. The characters became like friends to me. The stories kept me reading. The cover made me feel bright and happy.

I fell in love with the characters immediately. Their lives were not extraordinary, but they were well-written and interesting and they made me care about everything that happened to them. I wanted to see them develop as individuals, but loved that they began to gel as a team. Even the characters that you weren't really supposed to like, I liked for the depth they added to the cast.

I read that this novel was actually written as 8 individual stories and then pieced together. I didn't know this at the time, but I thought throughout that the constant flow of events and characters related to each news story really broke up the overarching plots and kept my interest throughout.

Really cannot wait to see if this one is continued.