"Jackie Collins would love The Thunder Girls"

The Telegraph

"A pacy page-turner packed with twists and turns."

Mail On Sunday

"Makes you want more with every page turn."

Daily Express

"A juicy tale of bitterness, jealousy and revenge. Don't miss it!"

Heat

"Melanie Blake is Jackie Collins for a new generation."

Bella Magazine

"If you only read one book this year, make sure it's this one!"

Daily Mirror

"The Thunder Girls has got it all!"

OK!

"Unputdownable!"

Notebook Magazine

"A sassy tale of betrayal, revenge and murder."

The Liverpool Echo

"A thrilling debut. Don't miss it."

Hello! Magazine

"A seductive thriller that will have you racing through its pages."

Woman Magazine

The Thunder Girls paperback sold over 4000 copies on the day it was released, which was more copies than high profile authors including Maeve Binchy, Nadine Dorries and Lauren Weisberger with new novels out that same week.

The Thunder Girls was an Amazon No.1 Bestseller for four weeks. The paperback has now sold over 25,000 copies and the e-book selling over 15,000 sales where it also became a Kindle No.1 Bestseller. Elsewhere, it also reached number 10 on the Sunday Times Mass Market Fiction charts.

Seeing how much the audience loved the characters of her novel, Melanie adapted The Thunder Girls into a play which previewed at the prestigious Lowry Theatre in Manchester, where it broke box office records for the fastest-selling new work.

Melanie’s interview about the success of her debut novel and box office hit play with BBC Online reached 22.5 million people.

Active on social media, Melanie currently has over 29.9k followers on Twitter and over 984k on Instagram – where she loves to interact.