Category: Book Review

REVIEW – SPELLSLINGER by Sebastien de Castell

Posted October 11, 2018 by Emma in 5 Stars, Book Review, Fantasy, Featured, Hot Key Books, Magic, Sebastien de Castell, Series, Spellslinger / 0 Comments

When one author reads from his latest book to spark me into reading the whole series because of it. Spellslinger (Spellslinger #1)by Sebastien de CastellPublisher – Hot Key BooksRelease Date – May 4th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Magic is a con game. Kellen is moments away from facing his first mage’s duel and the start of four trials that will make him a spellcaster. There’s just one problem: his magic is gone. As his sixteenth birthday approaches, Kellen falls back on his cunning in a bid to avoid total disgrace. But when a daring stranger arrives in town, […]

ARC REVIEW – THE CRUEL DESIGN by Emily Suvada

Posted September 12, 2018 by Emma in 5 Stars, Book Review, Emily Suvada, Featured, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction / 1 Comment

This series is like any other… If you think book 1 is brilliant then the sequel is even better. Read my review for The Mortal Coil, the first book in the series here. The Cruel Design (The Mortal Coil #2)by Emily SuvadaPublisher – Penguin Random Children’sRelease Date – November 4th 2018Pre-Order – Amazon | Book Depository Where can you hide when you’re running from yourself? Catarina thought they’d stopped the Hydra virus. She was wrong. After laying everything on the line to decrypt the vaccine, Cat realises that Lachlan’s daemon code is in the panel of every person on the […]

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 – JINXED by Amy McCulloch

Posted August 9, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, Blog Tour, Book Review, Fantasy, Science Fiction / 1 Comment

Hi guys, I’m so excited to be part of this tour. It was this time last that I began reading The Potion Diaries, and it was one of my highlighted series of the year. I loved just being transported somewhere magical and I couldn’t wait to read more from Amy. Today I share my review of Jinxed. All I can say at this point is that you need to buy it, because it’s a cracker. Lacey Chu has big dreams of becoming a companioneer for MONCHA, the largest tech firm in North America and the company behind the “baku” – a […]

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 […]

📚ARC REVIEW – THE SUMMER OF US by Cecilia Vinesse

Posted June 11, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, 5 Star, Book Review, Cecilia Vinesse, Comtemporary, Team Bkmrk, The Summer of Us / 0 Comments

The Summer Of Usby Cecilia VinessePublisher – Little Brown Book GroupRelease Date – June 14th 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Aubrey and Rae have been planning their trip around Europe practically from the moment they became BFFs in primary school. And, now, it ought to be the perfect way to spend their last summer together before university. But things are more complicated at eighteen than they were at ten. There’s Jonah, Aubrey’s seemingly perfect boyfriend, and his best friend Gabe, the boy Aubrey may have accidentally kissed. And there’s Clara, the friend Rae is crushing on, hard, even though […]