Category: Romance

REVIEW – INVICTUS by Ryan Graudin

Posted September 25, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Book Review, Favourites, Hatchette Children's Group, Historical, Romance, Ryan Graudin, Science Fiction, Time-Travel, YA / 1 Comment

Invictusby Ryan GraudinPublisher – Orion Children’s BooksRelease Date – September 21st 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Time flies when you’re plundering history. Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time-traveling Recorder from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in Rome in 95 AD, Far’s birth defies the laws of nature. Exploring history himself is all he’s ever wanted, and after failing his final time-traveling exam, Far takes a position commanding a ship with a crew of his friends as part of a black market operation to steal valuables from the past. But during a […]

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 – 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 […]

RELEASE DAY REVIEW: WINDFALL by Jennifer E.Smith

Posted May 4, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, ARC, Book Review, Comtemporary, Jennifer E. Smith, Most Anticipated, MyKindaBook, Romance / 2 Comments

Windfallby Jennifer E. SmithPublisher – Pan MacmillanRelease Date – May 4th 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Alice doesn’t believe in luck—at least, not the good kind. But she does believe in love, and for some time now, she’s been pining for her best friend, Teddy. On his eighteenth birthday—just when it seems they might be on the brink of something—she buys him a lottery ticket on a lark. To their astonishment, he wins $140 million, and in an instant, everything changes. At first, it seems like a dream come true, especially since the two of them are no strangers […]

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 […]

BLOG TOUR & GIVEAWAY- LONG WAY HOME by Katie McGarry

Posted February 3, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Blog Tour, Romance / 4 Comments

Hello Everyone, Today I’m part of the Long Way Home blog tour, and I have for you an excerpt. Sadly I was meant to do a Review also but I’ve been doing lots of events at school and Harry Potter Book Night that I haven’t had the time sadly. This is one of my favourites from her in comparison to the Pushing the Limits series. So before I share my except, here is a brief description of the this wonderful instalment to the Thunder Road Series… Seventeen-year-old Violet has always been expected to sit back and let the boys do all the […]

ARC REVIEW – WAITING FOR CALLBACK: TAKE TWO by Perdita & Honor Cargill

Posted January 18, 2017 by Emma in 2017 Books, Favourites, Most Anticipated, Perdita & Honor Cargill, Reviews, Romance, Waiting for Callback / 3 Comments

Waiting for Callback: Take Two (Waiting for Callback #2)by Perdita & Honor CargillPublisher – Simon and Schuster UKRelease Date: 26th January 2017Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Elektra has finally landed a part in a film. It’s the dream. Well …until she works out that Straker is a movie so dystopian that within weeks most of the cast and all of the crew wish that the world had actually ended (preferably in scene one). And while it’s obviously great news that she’s moved from the friend-zone with Archie to become his almost-girlfriend, it would be better if he hadn’t immediately relocated […]

MINI-REVIEWS Part 1….

Posted January 9, 2017 by Emma in 2016 Books, Dystopian, Fantasy, Mini-Review, Reviews, Romance / 4 Comments

…of all books I didn’t get to review in 2016! (So due to loads of things last year, there was some really great books that I never got to review so I thought I would so some really short reviews that would make me feel better for reviewing them and showing you just how amazing they are!) Did I Mention I Miss You (DIMILY #3)by Estelle MaskamePublisher – Black and White PublishingDate read – September 2016Find my reviews for book 1 and book 2 Review – This is it, the end of the most addictive and sensational contemporary novel to […]