Category: YA

Book Review | Girl, Ultra-Processed by Amara Sage

Posted May 8, 2025 by Emma in 2025 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, I have a lot of books to review and catch up on and what better way than to start with my first 5 star read of 2025, Girl, Ultra-Processed by Amara Sage. It’s no surprise as I completely loved her debut Influential a couple of years, I met her a couple of years ago at YALC as l’m just a huge fan of her writing. There is something about relatable YA Contemporary like Influential and Girl, Ultra-Processed that I just love and I find it so unique, so special. These books give us hope, they strip […]

Best YA Books of 2024

Posted December 29, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, 5 Stars, Best Books, Book List, Bookish Post, YA / 1 Comment

Hello, my lovely readers! As 2024 is drawing to a close, it’s time for me to recap my year of reading and select my top ten books of 2024. This year, choosing my favorites was surprisingly easy. I’ve discovered incredible new writers, stumbled upon underrated YA gems that deserve much more attention, and found books that were not only unforgettable but ones I’ll recommend forever. Best of all they are all 5 star + reads! I couldn’t keep it to 10 unfortunately, it was too hard. I feel incredibly fortunate to have met some of these authors throughout the year […]

Book Review | Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr – A must read for fans of The Cruel Prince

Posted December 12, 2024 by Emma in Book Review, Bookish Post, YA / 2 Comments

Hello my lovely readers, today I have the perfect recommendation not only for The Cruel Prince lovers but also it’s perfect reading to snuggle up this season. This book gave me so many feels and I haven’t felt this way for a series since The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. That’s a big statement I know but it’s so very true. So here is my review of the first in the Wicked Lovely series. Wicked Lovely first published around the time I was reading Twilight. It was a book that completely passed me by then as I was very much […]

Book Review | Let’s Split Up by Bill Wood – Meet your next nostalgic Scream x Scoody Doo YA horror you all need to read

Posted November 25, 2024 by Emma in Book Review, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. Have you read any spooky books this season, I read some amazing books and this particular book is one of my favourites of the horror, thriller genre. Meet your next nostalgic Scream x Scoody Doo YA horror you all need to read. I’ve been looking forward to reading this book for a while, especially during this cosy spooky season. Whilst I did read it after Halloween I had just finished my Screamathon and I was was the perfect mood for this book. Let’s Split Up follows Cam, Jonesy, Amber in a small town of Sanera. Nothing […]

Under the Cover #12 with Anna Zoe Quirke – author of Something to be Proud of

Posted October 17, 2024 by Emma in Bookish Post, Interview, Under the Cover, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms, I am back with another author interview with one of my favourite books of 2024, Something to be Proud of by Anna Zoe Quirke . I read this book back in the summer and it had such a profound effect on me, it brought such smiles, laughter and made me cry. It’s such an inspiring book that I couldn’t put it down. So I instantly asked if I could do an author interview and here we go. Under the Cover is where I interview some of favourite authors and authors I’ve recently read and discovered. I’m trying to […]

Book Review | A Sea of Wolves by Sarah Street

Posted October 15, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, YA / 3 Comments

Hello my lovely readers. It’s been a while and I’m catching up on some overdue reviews from the Summer. Ooops. Today I’m really excited to be reviewing my most anticipated read this year. This was my holiday read and it was the perfect story to read by the sea. So lets get straight onto the review… A Sea of Wolves is one of my anticipated reads this year and it didn’t disappoint. After devouring A Curse of Salt last year and naming it one of my favourite reads of 2023. I met Sarah last year as well at YALC completely […]

Under the Cover #11 with Ginny Myers Sain – author of One Last Breath

Posted August 30, 2024 by Emma in Bookish Post, Interview, Under the Cover, YA / 0 Comments

Hello my lovely bookworms, I am currently in my mystery era of YA books and I am excited to be bringing you a new to me author that I read recently, Ginny Myers Sain to my blog to talk about her twisty , supernatural YA mystery – One Last Breath. I recently reviewed this book which you can check out it here. Under the Cover is where I interview some of favourite authors and authors I’ve recently read and discovered. I’m trying to refresh my blog and I love interviewing authors and getting an insight into their storytelling, hence Under the Cover was […]

Mini Book Reviews: The YA Romance Edition | The Love Interest by Helen Comerford & Slowcoach by Bethany Rutter

Posted July 29, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, Book Review, Romance, YA / 0 Comments

Good morning my lovely bookworms. It’s even a while. End of term was brutal for me and I just needed some time for myself and reset I guess. But it’s the start of my summer holidays and I intend to return my blog and bookstagram and I have a lot of books to catch up on so over the next week or two you have will have see some mini-reviews starting off with 2 week YA Romance reads. Me and romance reads, I know I very rarely read or review some but here we are. They are so different and […]

ARC Book Review | Find Me After by A.Connors – The best book of the year so far.

Posted June 7, 2024 by Emma in 2024 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Dearest Readers, today I am so excited to bring you my book review of one of my most anticipated reads of 2024. Last year I read an incredible debut that was my favoruite book of last year, The Girl Who Broke the Sea. It’s a book that I haven’t stopped recommending. So today I’m bringing you my glowing review of Adam’s second book, Find Me After – which is out in July. *First off I want to start by saying HUGE thank you to Scholastic who has gifted me a pre-proof ARC copy that I read as soon as I […]