Category: Favourites

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 […]

ARC REVIEW/ BLOG TOUR – FINAL GIRLS by Riley Sager

Posted June 20, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Adult Fiction, Blog Tour, Book Review, Debut Author, Ebury Press, Favourites, Horror, Psychological Thriller, Riley Sager / 5 Comments

Hi Everyone, I’m excited to be part of Riley Sager’s debut blog tour. Today I’m sharing with you my review. Please be aware that this is an ARC review for the UK publication of this book as it’s not released until the 13th July. If you’re in the US, there is a giveaway at the bottom of this post. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Final Girls by Riley Sager Publisher – Ebury Publishing Release Date – 13 July 2017 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Each girl survived an unthinkable horror. Now someone wants them dead… […]

ARC REVIEW – FLIGHT OF A STARLING by Lisa Heathfield

Posted June 15, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, ARC, Book Review, Comtemporary, Electric Monkey, Favourites, Lisa Heathfield, Most Anticipated, Reality, YA / 2 Comments

Flight of a Starling by Lisa Heathfield Publisher – Electric MonkeyRelease Date – 29th June 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Rita and Lo, sisters and best friends, have spent their lives on the wing – flying through the air in their trapeze act, never staying in one place for long. Behind the greasepaint and the glitter, they know that the true magic is the family they travel with. Until Lo meets a boy. Suddenly, she wants nothing more than to stay still. And as secrets start to tear apart the close-knit circus community, how far will Lo go to keep her […]

REVIEW – THE HAWKWEED PROPHECY by Irena Brignull

Posted June 7, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Book Review, Fantasy, Favourites, Hatchette Children's Group, Irena Brignull, Magic, Romance, Series, YA / 5 Comments

The Hawkweed Prophecy (Hawkweed Prophecy #1)by Irena BrignullPublisher – Hatchette Children’s GroupRelease Date – June 16th 2016 (this edition)Buy – Amazon | Book Depository The babies were born as the clock struck twelve. A bat fell from the air mid-flight. A silver salmon floated dead to the surface of the river. Snails withered in their shells, moths turned to dust on the night breeze and an owl ate its young. The spell had been cast. Poppy Hooper has managed to deceive her father into believing that there is nothing mysterious or unnatural about her. He ignores the cats that find […]

MASH-UP REVIEWS – A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES & A COURT OF MIST AND FURY by Sarah J. Maas

Posted May 14, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, A Court of Thorns and Roses series, Bloomsbury, Fantasy, Favourites, Magic, Most Anticipated, Sarah J. Maas, Series, YA / 8 Comments

A Court of Thorns and Roses & A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1 &2)by Sarah J. MaasPublisher – BloomsburyRelease Dates – May 5th 2015 & May 3rd 2016Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Feyre’s survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something […]

BLOG TOUR – CHLOE SNOW’S DIARY: CONFESSIONS OF A HIGH SCHOOL DISASTER by Emma Chastain

Posted April 26, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Blog Tour, Comtemporary, Emma Chastain, Favourites, Simon & Schuster, Teen Fic / 1 Comment

Hi Everyone, I’m so excited to be part of this blog tour for Chloe Snow’s Diary: Confessions of a High School Disaster! This is an amazing book and you should read it if you love Geek Girl, Waiting for Callback or if your older a Bridget Jones’s Diary for Teens. I posted my review of this book yesterday so click here if you want to take a look. Before I continue with my blog tour piece, here is a little bit more on the book… Fourteen-year-old Chloe Snow is about to start ninth grade when her mum announces she can’t […]

REVIEW – CHLOE SNOW’S DIARY: CONFESSIONS OF A HIGH SCHOOL DISASTER by Emma Chastain

Posted April 25, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Comtemporary, Emma Chastain, Favourites, New Author, Reviews, Simon & Schuster, Teen Fic, YA / 1 Comment

Chloe Snow’s Diary: Confessions of a High School Disasterby Emma ChastainPublisher – Simon & SchusterRelease Date – April 20th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Fourteen-year-old Chloe Snow is about to start ninth grade when her mum announces she can’t create art in suburban Massachusetts, and goes to Mexico to work on her novel. As she is left with only her (socially awkward) dad as company, Chloe faces multiple new challenges as she begins high school. Told in hilarious, heart-warming and awkwardly honest diary entries, this is Bridget Jones’s Diary for a new generation. and is set to make you […]

REVIEW – PAPER BUTTERFLIES by Lisa Heathfield

Posted March 22, 2017 by Emma in 2016 Books, 2017 Books, Comtemporary, Electric Monkey, Favourites, Lisa Heathfield, New Author, Romance, YA, YA Book Prize 2017 / 2 Comments

Paper Butterfliesby Lisa HeathfieldPublisher – Electric MonkeyRelease Date – January 12th 2017 (this edition)Buy – Amazon | Book Depository June’s life at home with her stepmother and stepsister is a dark one – and a secret one. She is trapped like a butterfly in a net. But then June meets Blister, a boy in the woods. In him she recognises the tiniest glimmer of hope that perhaps she can find a way to fly far, far away from her home and be free. Because every creature in this world deserves their freedom . . . But at what price? Paper […]

REVIEW – ALL ABOUT MIA by Lisa Williamson

Posted March 3, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Comtemporary, David Fickling Books, Favourites, Lisa Williamson, Most Anticipated, Reality, Reviews, Teen Fic, YA / 3 Comments

All About Mia by Lisa WilliamsonRelease Date – February 2nd 2017Publisher – David Fickling BooksBuy – Amazon | Book Depository From no. 1 Bestselling YA author Lisa Williamson, comes another insightful and unputdownable teen drama – All About Mia. A brilliant look into the mind of a teenager stuck in the middle. One family, three sisters. GRACE, the oldest: straight-A student. AUDREY, the youngest: future Olympic swimming champion. And MIA, the mess in the middle. Mia is wild and daring, great with hair and selfies, and the undisputed leader of her friends – not attributes appreciated by her parents or teachers. […]