Category: Family

BLOG TOUR | REVIEW – Harley in the Sky by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Posted March 3, 2020 by Emma in 2020 books, 5 Stars, Blog Tour, Book Review, Contemporary, Family, Favourites, Ink Road / 2 Comments

Happy Tuesday my bookish friends. Today I’m really excited to be part of the blog tour for Harley in the Sky. It’s one of my most anticipated reads this year. I discovered Akemi last year and she’s on my auto-buy/read list ever since. The only book I haven’t read is Starfish which I think will do sooner rather than later. My post is a review but before that here is a little bit more about the book. (Just on a side note, I haven’t totally finished the book yet due to work craziness last week with Ofsted so my reading […]

BLOG TOUR: REVIEW & GUEST POST – KICK THE MOON by Muhammad Khan

Posted February 3, 2019 by Emma in 2019 Books, 5 Stars, Blog, Blog Tour, Book Review, Comtemporary, Family, Favourites, Friendship, Macmillan Children's Books, Muhammad Khan, MyKindaBook / 0 Comments

Kick the Moon by Muhammad Khan Publisher – Macmillan Children’s Books Release Date – January 24th 2019 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Fifteen-year-old Ilyas is under pressure from everyone: GCSE’s are looming and his teachers just won’t let up, his dad wants him to join the family business and his mates don’t care about any of it. There’s no space in Ilyas’ life to just be a teenager. Serving detention one day, Ilyas finds a kindred spirit in Kelly Matthews, who is fed up with being pigeonholed as the good girl, and their friendship blows the social strata of […]

REVIEW – ONE OF US IS LYING by Karen M. McManus

Posted August 15, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Book Review, Debut Author, Family, Karen M. McManus, Love, Murder, Mystery, Penguin Book UK, Summer Reading, Thriller, YA / 5 Comments

One of Us is Lyingby Karen M. McManusPublisher – Penguin Random HouseRelease Date – June 1st 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Yale hopeful Bronwyn has never publicly broken a rule. Sports star Cooper only knows what he’s doing in the baseball diamond. Bad body Nate is one misstep away from a life of crime. Prom queen Addy is holding together the cracks in her perfect life. And outsider Simon, creator of the notorious gossip app at Bayview High, won’t ever talk about any of them again. He dies 24 hours before he could post their deepest secrets online. Investigators […]

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 – THE HAWKWEED LEGACY by Irena Brignull

Posted August 1, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Book Review, Family, Fantasy, Favourites, Hatchette Children's Group, Irena Brignull, Love, Magic, Most Anticipated, Mystery, Romance, Series, YA / 0 Comments

The Hawkweed Legacy (Hawkweed Prophecy #2)by Irena BrignullPublisher – Orchard BooksRelease Date – June 1st 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Poppy Hooper doesn’t want to be the queen of the witches. But some problems can’t be left behind. Some love stories can’t be forgotten. Some friendships won’t be broken. And some enemies won’t stay dead… The battle for the throne isn’t over yet. My Review It’s been a long time since I enjoyed a fantasy series on witches, covens, clans and magic with spell books, potions and cauldrons. The Hawkweed Legacy, the sequel to The Hawkweed Prophecy (find my review here) was […]

REVIEW – AFTER THE FIRE by Will Hill

Posted June 30, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Book Review, Debut Author, Family, Favourites, Love, Most Anticipated, New Author, Reality, Religion, Thriller, Usborne Publishing, Will Hill, YA / 2 Comments

After the Fireby Will HillPublisher – Usborne Publishing LtdRelease Date – June 1st 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository The things I’ve seen are burned into me, like scars that refuse to fade. Father John controls everything inside The Fence. And Father John likes rules. Especially about never talking to Outsiders. Because Father John knows the truth. He knows what is right, and what is wrong. He knows what is coming. Moonbeam is starting to doubt, though. She’s starting to see the lies behind Father John’s words. She wants him to be found out. What if the only way out […]