Category: Mystery

REVIEW – A PLACE CALLED PERFECT by Helena Duggan

Posted October 15, 2018 by Emma in 2017 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Fantasy, Featured, Helena Duggan, Middle Grade, Mystery, Usborne Publishing / 0 Comments

A book that will haunt you in the best way possible weeks after you’ve read it. A Place Called Perfect (Perfect #1) by Helena Duggan Publisher – Usborne Children’s Publishing Release Date – August 1st 2017 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Violet never wanted to move to Perfect. Who wants to live in a town where everyone has to wear glasses to stop them going blind? And who wants to be neat and tidy and perfectly behaved all the time? But Violet quickly discovers there’s something weird going on – she keeps hearing noises in the night, her mum […]

📚RELEASE DAY REVIEW – NOT IF I SAVE YOU FIRST by Ally Carter

Posted March 27, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, 4 Stars, Ally Carter, Book Review, Conspiracy, Girl Power, Mystery, Orchard Books / 0 Comments

Not If I Save You First by Ally CarterPublisher – Orchard BooksRelease Date – March 27th 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Dear Logan,Someday I’m going to write a book: How Not to Die in Alaska – A Girl’s Guide to Fashionable Survival.I bet you don’t know that a hair pin can make an excellent fishing hook. You may think you can use just any kind of mud for mud masks, but trust me, you CAN’T! In a pinch, nothing starts a fire like nail polish remover. Alaska is tough. You might know this, if you ever replied to my letters. […]

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 […]

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 […]