Category: Contemporary

📚 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 […]

📚 REVIEW – I STOP SOMEWHERE by T.E. Carter

Posted April 30, 2018 by Emma in 4 Stars, Book Review, Contemporary, T.E.Carter / 0 Comments

I Stop Somewhereby T.E. CarterPublisher – Simon & Schuster Release Date – 19th April 2018Buy – Amazon | Book DepositoryEllie Frias disappeared long before she vanished. Tormented throughout middle school, she begins her freshman year with new clothes, new hair, and a plan: she doesn’t need to be popular, she just needs to blend in with the wallpaper. It’s a lonely existence, but at least no one’s tripping her in the halls. In fact, no one notices her at all. Until Caleb Breward, tells her she’s beautiful and makes her believe it. Ellie loves Caleb, but sometimes she doesn’t like him […]

📚ARC REVIEW – GOODBYE, PERFECT by Sara Barnard

Posted February 7, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, 5 Stars, Best Books, Contemporary, Macmillan Children's Books, Most Anticipated, Sara Barnard, YA / 1 Comment

Goodbye, Perfectby Sara BarnardPublisher – Macmillan Children’s BooksRelease Date – 8th February 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository When I was wild, you were steady . . . Now you are wild – what am I?Eden McKinley knows she can’t count on much in this world, but she can depend on Bonnie, her solid, steady, straight-A best friend. So it’s a bit of a surprise when Bonnie runs away with the boyfriend Eden knows nothing about five days before the start of their GCSEs. Especially when the police arrive on her doorstep and Eden finds out that the boyfriend is […]

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 – 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, […]

BLOG TOUR: LOLA OFFLINE by Nicola Doherty

Posted August 9, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Blog Tour, Contemporary, Feature, Guest Post, Hatchette Children's Group, Nicola Doherty, Teen Fic, Teenage Life / 0 Comments

Today I’m very excited to be part of the blog tour for Nicola’s latest book, Lola Offline. It is an amazing premise and next on my list to read. I admit that I haven’t read anything by her in the past but that will change. Today I have a guest post prepared, How Running helped her with life in Lola’s eyes and but also in Nicola’s. It’s such a great piece that it makes me want to run too. But before that, here is a little more about Lola Offline. Lola Offlineby Nicola DohertyPublisher – Orion BooksRelease Date – 10th […]

MASH-UP REVIEW – SONGS ABOUT A GIRL & SONGS ABOUT US by Chris Russell

Posted August 7, 2017 by Emma in 2016 Books, 2017 Books, ARC, Book Review, Chris Russell, Contemporary, Debut Author, Family, Favourites, Hatchette Children's Group, Love, Music, Mystery, New Author, Reviews, Series, Summer, Summer Reading, Teenage Life, YA / 2 Comments

Songs About a Girl & Songs About Us (Songs About a Girl #1&2)by Chris RussellPublisher – Hodder Children’s BooksRelease Date – July 28th 2016 & July 13th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Charlie Bloom never wanted to be ‘with the band’. She’s happiest out of the spotlight, behind her camera, unseen and unnoticed. But when she’s asked to take backstage photos for hot new boy band Fire&Lights, she can’t pass up the chance. Catapulted into a world of paparazzi and backstage bickering, Charlie soon becomes caught between gorgeous but damaged frontman, Gabriel West, and his boy-next-door bandmate Olly Samson. Then, […]

REVIEW – LOBSTERS by Tom Ellen & Lucy Ivison

Posted July 10, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Book Review, Chicken House Books, Contemporary, Debut Author, Favourites, Love, Lucy Ivison, New Author, Teenage Life, Tom Ellen, YA / 2 Comments

Lobsters by Tom Ellen & Lucy IvisonPublisher – Chicken House BooksRelease Date – June 5th 2014Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Sam and Hannah only have the holidays to find ‘The One’. Their lobster. But instead of being epic, their summer is looking awkward. They must navigate social misunderstandings, the plotting of well-meaning friends, and their own fears of being virgins for ever to find happiness. But fate is at work to bring them together. And in the end, it all boils down to love. My Review Lobsters is the first book that Tom and Lucy wrote together and the second […]

BOOK BLAST – THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED by Paula Stokes

Posted June 29, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Book Blast, Contemporary, Feature, Most Anticipated, Mystery, Paula Stokes, Random Post, YA / 2 Comments

Hi Everyone, so today I part of Paula’s Book Blast of her latest book, THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED, hitting the shelves in July, which isn’t long away. I’ve only read one other book and that’s The Girl Against the Universe which you can find my review here. I absolutely loved that one and I can’t wait to finally read this. It’s been on my kindle for a while and I hope to buddy read it with the lovely Jasprit soon. Anyways onto the post – here’s a little more about the book as well as a giveaway. So spread […]