Category: Book Review

Book Review | Influential by Amara Sage

Posted April 6, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, YA / 1 Comment

Hello my fellow readers, long time no post. Before I head on to my review of this brilliant book I just wanted to update you on my MIA from the blog. The last two months I’ve been unwell, one thing after another, flu and such and it’s taken me a while to bounce back to normal. To get back to reading, to blogging to really get my energy back. I think I suffered from massive burn out at work, But I’m typing this with the sea in front of me whilst I’m on holiday, relaxing and just feeling refreshed I […]

Book Review | The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy

Posted January 24, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 2 Comments

My first book review of 2023 and it’s a 5 star read!!! What a way to kick off my reading for this year. The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy is everything I needed and more from a gloriously twisty, scary, thrilling horror YA. One of my goals this year is to read as many 2023/ARCs as I can so I started with Cynthia Murphy’s latest release The Midnight Game and it was the best choice I made. I read Last One to Die a few years ago which I loved. Cynthia has a way of writing that you can’t put […]

Mini Reviews – A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik, Nothing More to Tell by Karen McManus and Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot

Posted November 14, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, 4 Stars, 4.5 Stars, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, Mini-Review, UKYA, YA / 2 Comments

Hellooooooooo my lovely bookworms. The last time I posted was middle of the summer and now it’s Autumn. Bring on the cosy nights of reading with blankets, slipper boots and autumn drinks. I’m sorry it’s been so long , neglecting my blog, something I absolutely love, but since I went back to work, it’s just been extremely busy. But I’m back slowly. I’ve trying to be more organised and forward planning some content as well. Whilst I may have been absent, I haven’t stopped reading even if it has been a chapter or 2 a day, I still reading so […]

Blog Tour – Book Review | With Fire in Their Blood by Kat Delacorte

Posted August 30, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, Fantasy, Romance, YA / 1 Comment

Hello my fellow bookworms, I am once again back with another book review. Today I’m excited to be sharing my review for a new witchy fantasy set in Italy, With Fire in their Blood as part of TheWriteReads blog tour. I am going to get straight into the review, but here is a little more about the book. Italy, what really comes to mind, beautiful Mediterranean coastline and culture. But there is a hidden, isolated city – Castello, that holds more than just secrets but also dark power, old ways, and past sins. Castello, is where Lilly find herself after […]

Book Review | The Honeys by Ryan La Sala – Don’t miss this Summer’s Hottest YA Horror!

Posted August 23, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, Horror, LGBTQ+, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms. I said I had many reviews to write and here I am writing yet another which is 5 star read. This a book that took me by surprise and I love when that happens. So let’s straight into my thoughts shall we but first here is a little bit more about the book. The Summer’s hottest YA Horror! The Honeys follows Mars, when his twin sister, Caroline, is horrifically dies in front of him, he is haunted by it. Ever since attending Aspen Summer Academy, Caroline changed, she grew cold and distant from him and his […]

Book Review | Something Certain, Maybe by Sara Barnard

Posted August 22, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, Summer Reading, UKYA, University, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms. Happy Monday and hope you had a lovely weekend. Today I’m bringing you a book review *shock horror*. I know – I mean it’s been a while once again. But I’ve read a lot of books this summer so far which I’m loving and I need to catch up on review desperately. Today’s review is my most recent finished book, Something Certain, Maybe by Sara Barnard. With under half way to go on the book, I picked it up before bed and I finished it at 2 am. So here is a little more about the […]

Series Review | Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Posted June 23, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, Graphic Novel, LGBTQ+, Series Review, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Hello my lovely readers. Happy Thursday evening – I hope everyone is staying cool. I am so very glad it’s the weekend tomorrow! Today I thought I would bring you a series review for a change. The last month or so I have devoured the Heartstopper series both reading them then watching them and then reading them so more. I have absolutely loved it so so much and I can’t believe it’s taken me so long. Most of you would have read Heartstopper I’m sure, I felt like I was the last one in the world that hadn’t read them. […]

Book Review – Truth or Dare by Sophie McKenzie

Posted April 27, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, Mystery, Thriller, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Welcome welcome, as you can see I am catching up with a lot of reviews on my blog at the moment. This particular book got me out of a reading funk that I had been in for about 3 weeks. So let’s get straight onto the review shall we? But first here is a little bit more about the book. My Thoughts CAWPILE – 8.14 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s been a while since I read a Sophie McKenzie book – the last one being Sweetfreak a good few years ago. Both times are when I have met Sophie as part of […]

Book Review | The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman

Posted January 24, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Fantasy, Magic, YA / 0 Comments

My first book of 2022 is a five star read! What a way to kick off this new year! I went into this book completely blind and I love when you have no expectations and it blows you away. This particular fantasy book reminded of another by the same publisher Thorn by Intisar Khanai and I would say if you enjoyed that, you’ll love this and vice versa. I had the exact same feels for both books, so that must be saying something. The Ivory Key follows four siblings, Via, Ronak, Rita and Kaleb. Each of the have gone their […]