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 […]

REVIEW – A QUIET KIND OF THUNDER by Sara Barnard

Posted April 12, 2017 by Emma in Blog / 3 Comments

A Quiet Kind of Thunderby Sara BarnardPublisher – Macmillan Children’s BooksRelease Date – January 12th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Steffi doesn’t talk, but she has so much to say. Rhys can’t hear, but he can listen.Their love isn’t a lightning strike, it’s the rumbling roll of thunder. Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life – she’s been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees her. He’s deaf, and her knowledge of basic sign language means that she’s assigned to look after him. To Rhys, it […]

REVIEW – PAPER BUTTERFLIES by Lisa Heathfield

Posted March 22, 2017 by Emma in 2016 Books, 2017 Books, Comtemporary, Electric Monkey, Favourites, Lisa Heathfield, New Author, Romance, YA, YA Book Prize 2017 / 2 Comments

Paper Butterfliesby Lisa HeathfieldPublisher – Electric MonkeyRelease Date – January 12th 2017 (this edition)Buy – Amazon | Book Depository June’s life at home with her stepmother and stepsister is a dark one – and a secret one. She is trapped like a butterfly in a net. But then June meets Blister, a boy in the woods. In him she recognises the tiniest glimmer of hope that perhaps she can find a way to fly far, far away from her home and be free. Because every creature in this world deserves their freedom . . . But at what price? Paper […]

REVIEW – ALL ABOUT MIA by Lisa Williamson

Posted March 3, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Comtemporary, David Fickling Books, Favourites, Lisa Williamson, Most Anticipated, Reality, Reviews, Teen Fic, YA / 3 Comments

All About Mia by Lisa WilliamsonRelease Date – February 2nd 2017Publisher – David Fickling BooksBuy – Amazon | Book Depository From no. 1 Bestselling YA author Lisa Williamson, comes another insightful and unputdownable teen drama – All About Mia. A brilliant look into the mind of a teenager stuck in the middle. One family, three sisters. GRACE, the oldest: straight-A student. AUDREY, the youngest: future Olympic swimming champion. And MIA, the mess in the middle. Mia is wild and daring, great with hair and selfies, and the undisputed leader of her friends – not attributes appreciated by her parents or teachers. […]

BLOG TOUR & GIVEAWAY- LONG WAY HOME by Katie McGarry

Posted February 3, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Blog Tour, Romance / 4 Comments

Hello Everyone, Today I’m part of the Long Way Home blog tour, and I have for you an excerpt. Sadly I was meant to do a Review also but I’ve been doing lots of events at school and Harry Potter Book Night that I haven’t had the time sadly. This is one of my favourites from her in comparison to the Pushing the Limits series. So before I share my except, here is a brief description of the this wonderful instalment to the Thunder Road Series… Seventeen-year-old Violet has always been expected to sit back and let the boys do all the […]