Year: 2017

ARC REVIEW/ BLOG TOUR – FINAL GIRLS by Riley Sager

Posted June 20, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Adult Fiction, Blog Tour, Book Review, Debut Author, Ebury Press, Favourites, Horror, Psychological Thriller, Riley Sager / 5 Comments

Hi Everyone, I’m excited to be part of Riley Sager’s debut blog tour. Today I’m sharing with you my review. Please be aware that this is an ARC review for the UK publication of this book as it’s not released until the 13th July. If you’re in the US, there is a giveaway at the bottom of this post. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Final Girls by Riley Sager Publisher – Ebury Publishing Release Date – 13 July 2017 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Each girl survived an unthinkable horror. Now someone wants them dead… […]

ARC REVIEW – FLIGHT OF A STARLING by Lisa Heathfield

Posted June 15, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, ARC, Book Review, Comtemporary, Electric Monkey, Favourites, Lisa Heathfield, Most Anticipated, Reality, YA / 2 Comments

Flight of a Starling by Lisa Heathfield Publisher – Electric MonkeyRelease Date – 29th June 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Rita and Lo, sisters and best friends, have spent their lives on the wing – flying through the air in their trapeze act, never staying in one place for long. Behind the greasepaint and the glitter, they know that the true magic is the family they travel with. Until Lo meets a boy. Suddenly, she wants nothing more than to stay still. And as secrets start to tear apart the close-knit circus community, how far will Lo go to keep her […]

REVIEW – THE HAWKWEED PROPHECY by Irena Brignull

Posted June 7, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Book Review, Fantasy, Favourites, Hatchette Children's Group, Irena Brignull, Magic, Romance, Series, YA / 5 Comments

The Hawkweed Prophecy (Hawkweed Prophecy #1)by Irena BrignullPublisher – Hatchette Children’s GroupRelease Date – June 16th 2016 (this edition)Buy – Amazon | Book Depository The babies were born as the clock struck twelve. A bat fell from the air mid-flight. A silver salmon floated dead to the surface of the river. Snails withered in their shells, moths turned to dust on the night breeze and an owl ate its young. The spell had been cast. Poppy Hooper has managed to deceive her father into believing that there is nothing mysterious or unnatural about her. He ignores the cats that find […]

BLOG TOUR: GUEST POST – TENDER EARTH by Sita Brahmachari

Posted June 5, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Amnesty, Blog Tour, Comtemporary, Guest Post, Macmillan Children's Books, MyKindaBook, Sita Brahmachari / 6 Comments

Hi Everyone, it’s been a while again. I’ve just come back from a lovely week’s holiday, so getting back into the swing of things, including back at work today. So to start off being back at home and getting back into blogging, I have a guest post as part of Sita’s latest novel Tender Earth. They all have calls to action and links out to themed things to do (instead of feeling powerless) – and all link to Amnesty too (they endorsed the book). My themed topic is Women’s March and Issues. Before you read the guest post, here is a […]

MASH-UP REVIEWS – A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES & A COURT OF MIST AND FURY by Sarah J. Maas

Posted May 14, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, A Court of Thorns and Roses series, Bloomsbury, Fantasy, Favourites, Magic, Most Anticipated, Sarah J. Maas, Series, YA / 8 Comments

A Court of Thorns and Roses & A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1 &2)by Sarah J. MaasPublisher – BloomsburyRelease Dates – May 5th 2015 & May 3rd 2016Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Feyre’s survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something […]

RELEASE DAY REVIEW: WINDFALL by Jennifer E.Smith

Posted May 4, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, ARC, Book Review, Comtemporary, Jennifer E. Smith, Most Anticipated, MyKindaBook, Romance / 2 Comments

Windfallby Jennifer E. SmithPublisher – Pan MacmillanRelease Date – May 4th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Alice doesn’t believe in luck—at least, not the good kind. But she does believe in love, and for some time now, she’s been pining for her best friend, Teddy. On his eighteenth birthday—just when it seems they might be on the brink of something—she buys him a lottery ticket on a lark. To their astonishment, he wins $140 million, and in an instant, everything changes. At first, it seems like a dream come true, especially since the two of them are no strangers […]

ARC REVIEW – PASSING FOR WHITE by Tanya Landman

Posted May 3, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, ARC, Barrington Stoke, Book Review, Historical, New Author, Reality, Tanya Landman / 2 Comments

Passing for Whiteby Tanya LandmanPublisher – Barrington StokeRelease Date – May 15th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository It’s 1848 in the Deep South of America. Rosa is a slave but her owner is also her father and her fair skin means she can ‘pass for white’. With the help of her husband Benjamin, she disguises herself as a young southern gentleman – and Benjamin’s master. In this guise, the couple flee the South, explaining away their lack of literacy, avoiding those they have encountered before and holding their nerve over a thousand miles to freedom.Inspired by the amazing true story […]

BLOG TOUR – CHLOE SNOW’S DIARY: CONFESSIONS OF A HIGH SCHOOL DISASTER by Emma Chastain

Posted April 26, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Blog Tour, Comtemporary, Emma Chastain, Favourites, Simon & Schuster, Teen Fic / 1 Comment

Hi Everyone, I’m so excited to be part of this blog tour for Chloe Snow’s Diary: Confessions of a High School Disaster! This is an amazing book and you should read it if you love Geek Girl, Waiting for Callback or if your older a Bridget Jones’s Diary for Teens. I posted my review of this book yesterday so click here if you want to take a look. Before I continue with my blog tour piece, here is a little bit more on the book… Fourteen-year-old Chloe Snow is about to start ninth grade when her mum announces she can’t […]

REVIEW – CHLOE SNOW’S DIARY: CONFESSIONS OF A HIGH SCHOOL DISASTER by Emma Chastain

Posted April 25, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Comtemporary, Emma Chastain, Favourites, New Author, Reviews, Simon & Schuster, Teen Fic, YA / 1 Comment

Chloe Snow’s Diary: Confessions of a High School Disasterby Emma ChastainPublisher – Simon & SchusterRelease Date – April 20th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Fourteen-year-old Chloe Snow is about to start ninth grade when her mum announces she can’t create art in suburban Massachusetts, and goes to Mexico to work on her novel. As she is left with only her (socially awkward) dad as company, Chloe faces multiple new challenges as she begins high school. Told in hilarious, heart-warming and awkwardly honest diary entries, this is Bridget Jones’s Diary for a new generation. and is set to make you […]