Category: Book Review

📚 ARC REVIEW – TO KILL A KINGDOM by Alexandra Christo

Posted March 5, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, 4 Stars, Alexandra Christo, ARC, Book Review, Dark Fantasy, Hot Key Books, Mermaids, Pirates, Romance, Sirens / 0 Comments

To Kill a Kingdomby Alexandra ChristoPublisher – Hot Key BooksRelease Date – 8th March 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most—a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian’s heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human […]

📚 REVIEW – BATMAN by Marie Lu

Posted January 24, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, DC Icons, Marie Lu, Most Anticipated, Penguin Book UK, Series, Superheros, YA / 1 Comment

Batman (DC Icons #2)by Marie LuPublisher – PenguinRelease Date – January 4th 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository The highly anticipated coming-of-age story for the world’s greatest super hero: BATMAN by the # 1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu. Returning home from his lavish eighteenth birthday party, Bruce Wayne stops a criminal’s getaway – disobeying the police and crashing his car during the chase. Sentenced to community service in Gotham City’s Arkham Asylum, he encounters some of the the city’s most dangerous and mentally disturbed criminals. Among these, Bruce meets the intriguing Madeleine who has ties to the […]

📚REVIEW – THE FANDOM by Anna Day

Posted January 22, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, 4 Stars, Anna Day, Book Review, Chicken House Books, Dystopian, Fantasy, The Fandom / 1 Comment

The Fandomby Anna DayPublisher – Chicken HouseRelease Day – January 4th 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Cosplay ready, Violet and her friends are at Comic-Con. They can’t wait to meet the fandom of mega movie, The Gallows Dance. What they’re not expecting is to be catapulted by freak accident into their favourite world – for real. Fuelled by love, guilt and fear, can the friends put the plot back on track and get out? The fate of the story is in their hands … A fast-paced, genre-flipping YA fantasy adventure from a brand new author, writing in homage to […]

📚BLOG TOUR REVIEW – ZENITH by Sasha Alsberg & Lindsay Cummings

Posted January 15, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, 5 Stars, Blog Tour, Book Review, Fantasy, HQYA, Lindsay Cummings, Sasha Alsberg, Science Fiction, The Androma Saga, YA, Zenith / 0 Comments

Well hello again everyone, I’m back with your another blog tour review. Again this is one of my most anticipated books of 2018, I was lucky enough to read it over Christmas, and it was truly magnificent. So today I share with you my review, but before that here is a little bit more about the book. Zenith (The Androma Saga #1)by Sasha Alsberg & Lindsay CummingsPublisher – HQ Release Date – 11th January 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Most know Androma Racella as the Bloody Baroness, a powerful mercenary whose reign of terror stretches across the Mirabel Galaxy. To […]

📚BLOG TOUR REVIEW – THE EXTINCTION TRIALS by S.M. Wilson

Posted January 14, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, 5 Stars, Action, Adventure, Blog Tour, Book Review, Debut Author, Dinosaurs, S.M. Wilson, The Extinction Trials / 0 Comments

Hello Everyone, The start of the new year is all blog tours for me, two in two days! First up is the highly anticipated book from debut author Susan Wilson. It came out a little before original publication, in late December! I couldn’t wait to be part of the blog tour, and I’m very lucky that the publicist squeezed me in… Today I share with you my review of The Extinction Trials, but before that, here is a little bit more about this book. The Extinction Trials (The Extinction Trials #1)by S.M. WilsonPublisher – UsborneRelease Date – January 1st 2018Buy […]

📚 ARC REVIEW – SECOND BEST FRIEND by Non Pratt

Posted January 3, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, 3.5 Stars, Barrington Stoke, Book Review, Non Pratt / 0 Comments

Second Best Friendby Non PrattPublisher – Barrington StokeRelease Date – 15th January 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Jade and Becky are best friends, but when Jade’s ex-boyfriend lets on that everyone thinks Becky is the better of the two, Jade finds herself noticing just how often she comes second to her best friend. There’s nothing Jade is better at than Becky. So when Jade is voted in as Party Leader ahead of her school’s General Election only to find herself standing against Becky, Jade sees it as a chance to prove herself. If there’s one thing she can win, […]

REVIEW – IT ONLY HAPPENS IN THE MOVIES by Holly Bourne

Posted October 9, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, 5 Stars, Anti-Romance, Book Review, Contemporary, Favourite Author, Favourites, Holly Bourne, It Only Happens in the Movies, Most Anticipated, Romance, Usborne Publishing, YA / 0 Comments

It Only Happens in the Moviesby Holly BournePublisher – Usborne PublisingRelease Date – October 1st 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Audrey is over romance. Since her parents’ relationship imploded her mother’s been catatonic, so she takes a cinema job to get out of the house. But there she meets wannabe film-maker Harry. Nobody expects Audrey and Harry to fall in love as hard and fast as they do. But that doesn’t mean things are easy. Because real love isn’t like the movies… The greatest love story ever told doesn’t feature kissing in the snow or racing to airports. It […]

REVIEW – INVICTUS by Ryan Graudin

Posted September 25, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Book Review, Favourites, Hatchette Children's Group, Historical, Romance, Ryan Graudin, Science Fiction, Time-Travel, YA / 1 Comment

Invictusby Ryan GraudinPublisher – Orion Children’s BooksRelease Date – September 21st 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Time flies when you’re plundering history. Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time-traveling Recorder from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in Rome in 95 AD, Far’s birth defies the laws of nature. Exploring history himself is all he’s ever wanted, and after failing his final time-traveling exam, Far takes a position commanding a ship with a crew of his friends as part of a black market operation to steal valuables from the past. But during a […]

REVIEW – THE POTION DIARIES by Amy Alward

Posted August 31, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Action, Adventure, Amy Alward, Book Review, Contemporary, Magic, Series, Teen Fic / 2 Comments

The Potion Diaries (Potion #1)by Amy AlwardPublisher – Simon & Schuster UKRelease Date – July 2nd 2015Buy – Amazon | Book Depository When the Princess of Nova accidentally poisons herself with a love potion meant for her crush, she falls crown-over-heels in love with her own reflection. Oops. A nationwide hunt is called to find the cure, with competitors travelling the world for the rarest ingredients, deep in magical forests and frozen tundras, facing death at every turn. Enter Samantha Kemi – an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent. Sam’s family were once the most respected alchemists in the kingdom, […]