Category: Reality

Let’s Talk YA #3 – True Friendship, Love, & Hope

Posted April 26, 2019 by Emma in Blog, Bookish Post, Contemporary, Feature, Friendship, Growing Up, Let's Talk Books, Love, Non Pratt, Reality, Teenage Life, UKYA, Walker Books, YA / 0 Comments

Emily from A Short Book Lover and I have created a weekly feature called Let’s Talk YA. – a weekly feature simply to just share and talk about the books you love. So our posts will all be centered around amazing UKYA authors. You can see the pattern here that a lot of the author and books I’m picking are the ones that really left an impression on me and are likely to be their first book, their debut that set them on that journey. This week’s author is Non Pratt and her book Trouble. I was reminded by this book […]

Let’s Talk YA #2

Posted April 19, 2019 by Emma in Blog, Bookish Post, Contemporary, Electric Monkey, Feature, Friendship, Growing Up, Let's Talk Books, Lisa Heathfield, Reality, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Emily from A Short Book Lover and I have created a weekly feature called Let’s Talk YA. – a weekly feature simply to just share and talk about the books you love. So our posts will all be centered around amazing UKYA authors. So continuing with our feature, this week’s author is Lisa Heathfield and the first book I absolutely loved emotionally was Paper Butterflies. I picked this book today because I’m currently reading something of the same genre, and it reminded me of when I first really discovered such emotional and harrowing stories. I read this book at the beginning […]

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 – 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 […]

ARC REVIEW – PASSING FOR WHITE by Tanya Landman

Posted May 3, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, ARC, Barrington Stoke, Book Review, Historical, New Author, Reality, Tanya Landman / 2 Comments

Passing for Whiteby Tanya LandmanPublisher – Barrington StokeRelease Date – May 15th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository It’s 1848 in the Deep South of America. Rosa is a slave but her owner is also her father and her fair skin means she can ‘pass for white’. With the help of her husband Benjamin, she disguises herself as a young southern gentleman – and Benjamin’s master. In this guise, the couple flee the South, explaining away their lack of literacy, avoiding those they have encountered before and holding their nerve over a thousand miles to freedom.Inspired by the amazing true story […]

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. […]