Category: 5 Stars

REVIEW – THE MORTAL COIL by Emily Suvada

Posted August 29, 2018 by Emma in 5 Stars, Book Review, Dystopian, Emily Suvada, Favourite Author, Post-Apocalyptic / 0 Comments

So the question I need to ask you first is – Have you read this book? To be honest it shouldn’t be a question, because you need to read this book – end of story. I can convince you, promise just continue reading this… The Mortal Coil (The Mortal Coil #1) by Emily Suvada Publisher – Penguin Random Children’s UK Release Date – November 2nd 2017 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository When a lone soldier, Cole, arrives with news of Lachlan Agatta’s death, all hope seems lost for Catarina. Her father was the world’s leading geneticist, and humanity’s […]

REVIEW – SONGS ABOUT A BOY by Chris Russell

Posted August 17, 2018 by Emma in 5 Stars, Book Review, Chris Russell, Contemporary, Songs About a Girl, Team Bkmrk / 0 Comments

This series has fast become one of my favourites. I’m so sad that’s it come to the end, no more Charlie, Gabe, Aiden, Yuki, and Olly but I have to say that Songs About A Boy, was a superb ending and truly one of the best finale books I’ve read in a long time. Songs About A Boy (Songs About A Girl #3)by Chris RussellPublisher – Hodder Children’s BooksRelease Date – August 9th 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Music, boy bands, first love and heartbreak in the explosive finale to the Songs About A Girl trilogy – a modern […]

REVIEW – ARE WE ALL LEMMINGS AND SNOWFLAKES? by Holly Bourne

Posted August 15, 2018 by Emma in 5 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, Holly Bourne, UKYA, Usborne Publishing / 2 Comments

Holly Bourne’s book are always my most anticipated, as soon as finished the latest from her, I’m craving for more. I was so excited when it came through the door from Usborne, I really am so very lucky. It’s not unknown that she is my favourite author. Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes? by Holly Bourne Publisher – Usborne Publishing Release Date – August 9th 2018 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Welcome to Camp Reset, a summer camp with a difference. A place offering a shot at “normality” for Olive, a girl on the edge, and for the new friends she never expected […]

BLOG TOUR: REVIEW – THEATRICAL by Maggie Harcourt

Posted July 28, 2018 by Emma in 5 Stars, Blog Tour, Book Review, Maggie Harcourt, Theatrical, Usborne Publishing / 1 Comment

Happy YALC Day everyone and to those who aren’t there like me, I hope your enjoying a bookish day in the a cooler environment. Once again I seem to be on some amazing blog tours at the moment. This one I’ve been excited since I found out. I admit I finished the book only few days and it’s still with me at the moment. The feels from Maggie’s writing is just…unimaginable really. As part of the blog tour as well as our review, we also share our memories of theatre. Mine is a little different so don’t forget to continue […]

BLOG TOUR: SERIES REVIEW – ACCESS ALL AWKWARD by Beth Garrod

Posted July 20, 2018 by Emma in 5 Stars, Access All Awkward, Awkward series, Beth Garrod, Blog Tour, Book Review, Featured, Scholastic, Series Review / 0 Comments

Today I’m so so excited to end this incredible blog tour, why because I think I’ve found one of my favourite series this year. For the past month I’ve been binge reading this series so I can could get the final book. I’ve done it and it’s been simply the best month of reading. Anywho I digress, today I share my SERIES review. So not just one review but three combined together. I promise there will be no spoilers but there will be some awkward fangirling of this series. So before my review, here is a little bit more on […]

📚 REVIEW – THE EXTINCTION TRIALS: EXILE by S. M. Wilson

Posted June 1, 2018 by Emma in 5 Stars, Adventure, Book Review, Dinosaurs, S.M. Wilson, The Extinction Trials / 0 Comments

Exile (The Extinction Trials #2)by S. M. WilsonPublisher – UsborneRelease Date – 31 July 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Betrayal. Sacrifice. Survival. Welcome to The Extinction Trials. After surviving on Piloria once, Storm and Lincoln are the obvious candidates to return to the dinosaur continent to test the new virus that should clear the way for human settlement. But they have their own priorities – finding a cure for the plague that’s sweeping Earthasia, and keeping themselves alive. For my review of the first book The Extinction Trials please click here. The Extinction Trials series is fast becoming one […]

📚 RELEASE DAY REVIEW – IT’S A WRAP by Perdita and Honor Cargill

Posted May 31, 2018 by Emma in 5 Stars, Book Review, Perdita & Honor Cargill, Waiting for Callback / 0 Comments

It’s A Wrap (Waiting for Callback #3)by Perdita and Honor CargillPublisher – Simon & Schuster Release Date – 31 July 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Elektra James is back and her life is more hilariously chaotic than ever! Elektra is hoping for BIG things this year… She’s finished her first feature film (even if her character was unexpectedly killed off half-way through filming), hosted the party of the year (well, before her mum arrived and threw everyone out – how embarrassing!) and managed to become Archie Mortimer’s Actual Real Life girlfriend (for now anyway…), so things are most definitely moving […]

📚 REVIEW – THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF OKAY by Laura Steven

Posted May 18, 2018 by Emma in 5 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, Feminism, Laura Steven, YA / 0 Comments

The Exact Opposite of Okayby Laura StevenPublisher – Electric MonkeyRelease Date – March 8th 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Izzy O’Neill is an aspiring comic, an impoverished orphan, and a Slut Extraordinaire. Or at least, that’s what the malicious website flying round the school says. Izzy can try all she wants to laugh it off – after all, her sex life, her terms – but when pictures emerge of her doing the dirty with a politician’s son, her life suddenly becomes the centre of a national scandal. Izzy’s never been ashamed of herself before, and she’s not going to […]

📚 DOUBLE REVIEW – FLAWED & PERFECT by Cecelia Ahern

Posted May 9, 2018 by Emma in 5 Stars, Book Review, Cecelia Ahern, Dystopian / 0 Comments

Flawed (Flawed #1)by Cecelia AhernPublisher – HarperCollins Children’s BooksRelease Date – March 24th 2016Buy – Amazon | Book Depository The stunning YA debut from internationally bestselling author Cecelia Ahern. Celestine North lives a perfect life. She’s a model daughter and sister, she’s well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she’s dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan. But then Celestine encounters a situation in which she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule and now faces life-changing repercussions. She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found FLAWED. In this stunning novel, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts […]