Category: 5 Stars

Review and Interview – The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. Drews

Posted July 8, 2019 by Emma in 5 Stars, Autism, Book Review, Interview, YA / 2 Comments

Today I’m back to writing my reviews and this is one particular book that is quite close to my heart. It’s been quite a while since I read it over 3 months ago and it still lives with me even now. It explores something that I feel isn’t in YA book very often, autism. So today I have my review and Cait was very kind enough to let me interview her for my blog too. Two brothers Sam and Avery just want to find a home, to find a family that accepts them as who they are. Sam’s older brother, […]

A Letter Review of Jemima Small Versus the Universe by Tamsin Winter

Posted June 17, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Tamsin Winter, UKYA / 0 Comments

Today my review is written slightly different, Ms Winter’s new book, Jemima Small Versus the Universe really resonated with me and what better way than writing a letter to the main character. I really enjoyed this and I hope you do too. Tamsin’s new book is out in July so make sure you pre-order a copy because you won’t want to miss this one. Dear Jemima, I read your story Jemima Small and you are truly an inspiration. Your creator, Miss Winter is a beautiful writer to embrace everything about you, to show that we may have flaws but its […]

ARC REVIEW – The Paper and Hearts Society by Lucy Powrie – A book of pure joy and literary perfection!

Posted May 16, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Best Books, Blog, Book Review, Contemporary, Favourite Author, Featured, Friendships, Literary Adventures, UKYA / 7 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I took literary journey of pure bookish joy, written by someone I can call my friend which makes it all the more special. The Paper and Hearts Society is a book that every will have heard of as Lucy is a literacy and book ambassador of all things, she has stormed social media with UKYA chats and now she has written a book that will readers will say ‘She gets it!’ Readers are uniting to read this book and together we would have found our people! Tabby Brown has moved to stay with her Gran […]

Review – Viper by Bex Hogan aka The best fantasy book of the year!

Posted April 16, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Bex Hogan, Blog, Fantasy, Favourite Author, Favourites, Featured, Girl Power, Hatchette Children's Group, Love, Most Anticipated, Pirates, Team Bkmrk, UKYA, YA / 6 Comments

Viper (Isles of Storm and Sorrow #1) by Bex Hogan Release Date – April 18th 2018 Publisher – Orion Children’s Books Buy – Amazon| Book Depository Marianne has been training to be the Viper for her entire life – to serve and protect the King and the citizens of The Twelve Isles – but to become the Viper and protect the islands she loves she must find the strength to defeat her father. A new fantasy trilogy perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas. He will make me a killer. Or he will have me killed. That is my destiny. […]

Blog Tour – Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Posted April 11, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Blog, Blog Tour, Book Review, Contemporary, Favourites, Friendship, Grief, Growing Up, Ink Road, Love, Music, Summer, YA / 2 Comments

Today I’m so excited to be part of Summer Bird Blue blog tour. This is my first book by Akemi and I absolutely adored it. It’s an emotional but beautiful book, about love, sisters, grief, friendship, support and family. Before I get to my review, here is a little bit more about the book. Rumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying she doesn’t have the answers to everything. What to eat, where to go, whom to love. But there is one thing she is absolutely sure of—she wants to spend the rest of her life writing music with her […]

Review – A Girl Called Shameless by Laura Steven

Posted April 9, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Blog, Book Review, Contemporary, Electric Monkey, Favourite Author, Feminism, Friendship, Girl Power, Laura Steven, Love, Most Anticipated, YA / 2 Comments

A Girl Called Shamless (The Exact Opposite of Okay #2) by Laura Steven Publisher – Egmont UK Release Date – 7th March 2019 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Funnier. Ruder. Angrier. Izzy O’Neill is back in the hilarious sequel to The Exact Opposite of Okay. It’s been two months since a leaked explicit photo got Izzy involved in a political sex scandal – and the aftershock is far from over. The Bitches Bite Back movement is gathering momentum as a forum for teenage feminists, and when a girl at another school has a sex tape shared online, once again […]

Review – TWO CAN KEEP A SECRET by Karen M. McManus

Posted April 2, 2019 by Emma in 5 Stars, Blog, Book Review, Karen M. McManus, Mystery, Penguin Book UK, Thriller, YA / 6 Comments

Two Can Keep A Secret by Karen M. McManus Publisher – Penguin Books UK Release Date – January 10th 2019 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Ellery’s never been to Echo Ridge, but she’s heard all about it. It’s where her aunt went missing at age sixteen, never to return. Where a Homecoming Queen’s murder five years ago made national news. And where Ellery now has to live with a grandmother she barely knows, after her failed-actress mother lands in rehab. No one knows what happened to either girl, and Ellery’s family is still haunted by their loss. Malcolm grew […]

Review – Enchantée by Gita Trelease

Posted March 11, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Blog, Book Review, Fantasy, Gita Trelease, Historical, Magic, MyKindaBook / 0 Comments

Enchantée by Gita Trelease Publisher – Macmillan Children’s Books Release Date – 21 February 2019 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries—and magicians… When smallpox kills her parents, Camille Durbonne must find a way to provide for her frail, naive sister while managing her volatile brother. Relying on petty magic—la magie ordinaire—Camille painstakingly transforms scraps of metal into money to buy the food and medicine they need. But when the coins won’t hold their shape and her brother disappears with the family’s savings, Camille must pursue a […]

BLOG TOUR: REVIEW & GUEST POST – KICK THE MOON by Muhammad Khan

Posted February 3, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Blog, Blog Tour, Book Review, Comtemporary, Family, Favourites, Friendship, Macmillan Children's Books, Muhammad Khan, MyKindaBook / 0 Comments

Kick the Moon by Muhammad Khan Publisher – Macmillan Children’s Books Release Date – January 24th 2019 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Fifteen-year-old Ilyas is under pressure from everyone: GCSE’s are looming and his teachers just won’t let up, his dad wants him to join the family business and his mates don’t care about any of it. There’s no space in Ilyas’ life to just be a teenager. Serving detention one day, Ilyas finds a kindred spirit in Kelly Matthews, who is fed up with being pigeonholed as the good girl, and their friendship blows the social strata of […]