Category: Book Review

Mini Book Reviews | One Last Breath by Ginny Myers Sain & Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan

Posted May 8, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post / 0 Comments

Hello my fellow readers. Today I am catching up on some book reviews of the last month. As you saw from my April wrap-up that I had a brilliant reading month in terms of range of genres and the quality of the story. So I’m excited to share my short reviews of a unique and twisty YA supernatural thriller and a beautiful and poignant YA Historical Romance written in verse. One Last Breath is a really unique YA thriller. It reminds me of the books by Michelle Hodkins, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, does anyone remember those? This particular book […]

Book Review | Compass and Blade by Rachel Greenlaw

Posted April 10, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 2 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, I’m excited to bring you another review of a 2024 fantasy release set on the sea, Compass and Blade by Rachel Greenlaw. I can’t wait to tell you all about and why need to read it. As soon as this book arrived, I picked it up straight away as my next read. I was hooked from page 1. I have always loved a great fantasy set on the sea and I know I would be drawn into it. Instantly it reminded me of Viper by Bex Hogan with the lyrical writing of The Wicked Deep by […]

Book Review | Sing if You Can’t Dance by Alexia Casale

Posted March 11, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Good morning lovely readers. I’m so excited to be reviewing this book. I wished I read this one sooner and it’s such beautiful, unique and captivating contemporary romance YA book. I couldn’t put this book down. I read it in 2 days which is super good for me but I was on half-term which helped. I picked this book up as I was part of the Discovery Tour for Empathy Lab UK which I was really honoured to be part of. It’s something as a librarian that is close to my heart and something that I promote every year in […]

Mini Book Reviews | The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland & Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

Posted February 19, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. It’s been a busy month and I haven’t blogged as much so I have some reviews to catch up on. These two books were from the end of January/beginning of Feb. So let’t catch up on what I’ve been reading. Let me know if you have read these in the comments. Trigger warnings – suicide, rooming, sexual assault and domestic abuse So I’m not sure I had any expectations for this book. I haven’t read Krystal’s debut book House of Hollow yet and I was intrigued by a magical mystery packed with demons, epic magic system […]

Book Review | Little Bang by Kelly McCaughrain

Posted January 30, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, Contemporary, Growing Up, UKYA, Walker Books, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. I am about to review the first book to make me cry of 2024 and my second 5 star read. I had a glorious glowing book hangover not in a bad way and it took me a while to really process it. 05/01/2023 – Only 17 pages in and already the main characters Sid and Mel, remind me a bit of 10 Things I Hate About You. Especially Sid specifically I think. I’m just getting that vibe and I love it. 10/01/2024 – Well what a book. I’m still crying… that was not what I expected […]

Book Review | Signed Sealed Dead by Cynthia Murphy – first book, first five star read of 2024

Posted January 18, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Hello my lovely readers. Hope you are keeping warm in the minus temperatures this week. Today I’m writing my first review of 2024 and I’m excited! I’m going to try a different style of my review. I’ve been writing what happens and my reactions in my Notion and I thought I would share it. I love the fact that I start off 2024 as I started 2023 with Cynthia Murphy book and a 5 star read! So let me give you a little bit about the book. Paige lived in Manchester all her life until the unthinkable happened, her grandparents […]

Book Review | Live Like a Goddess by Jean Menzies – the book I didn’t know I needed.

Posted January 7, 2024 by Emma in 2023 Books, 2024 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Hello my lovely readers. Today is the first book review of 2024 and this book was my last read of 2023. I’m excited to share this book that completely empowered and inspired me for the new year ahead. What a wonderful, inspiring and empowering book. You know when you pick something up and you read it at the right time. Well that’s what happened with book. This was such a surprise of a book and I hadn’t really realised that it was Non-Fiction as well. YA doesn’t have many in this genre and I simply adored it. Live Like a […]

ARC Book Review | How to Find a Missing Girl by Victoria Wlosok

Posted September 19, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, LGBTQ+, Mystery, YA / 2 Comments

Good evening, my wonderful readers. As I’m writing this, I’m wrapped up in a blanket, I can certainly feel that Autumn is coming. Today’s is an ARC review, I feel I haven’t read a book before publication for ages and it feels so good. I’m really excited for you to read this book and this is great for your Autumn TBRs too. I’lll also be interviewing the author on publication day about this book so welcome to How to Find a Missing Girl themed week! On to the review shall we… How to Find a Missing Girl saved my reading! […]

Book Review | Overemotional by David Fenne – A laugh-out-loud heartfelt queer YA

Posted September 7, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, it’s a hot one in the UK at the moment, wish this weather was around when I had my summer holidays and not when I’m back at work, starting a new academic year. That the British weather for you. Ha. Today I’m bring you a review of my last read of August and that of my summer holidays and what a cracker it was. It was such a good book so let me tell you a bit more. I knew I needed this book when I went to CampYA at the beginning of the summer and […]