Category: YA

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 […]

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. […]