Genre: Thriller

Book Review | The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy

Posted January 24, 2023 by Emma in 2023 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 2 Comments

My first book review of 2023 and it’s a 5 star read!!! What a way to kick off my reading for this year. The Midnight Game by Cynthia Murphy is everything I needed and more from a gloriously twisty, scary, thrilling horror YA. One of my goals this year is to read as many 2023/ARCs as I can so I started with Cynthia Murphy’s latest release The Midnight Game and it was the best choice I made. I read Last One to Die a few years ago which I loved. Cynthia has a way of writing that you can’t put […]

Mini Reviews – A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik, Nothing More to Tell by Karen McManus and Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot

Posted November 14, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, 4 Stars, 4.5 Stars, 5 Stars, Book Review, Bookish Post, Mini-Review, UKYA, YA / 2 Comments

Hellooooooooo my lovely bookworms. The last time I posted was middle of the summer and now it’s Autumn. Bring on the cosy nights of reading with blankets, slipper boots and autumn drinks. I’m sorry it’s been so long , neglecting my blog, something I absolutely love, but since I went back to work, it’s just been extremely busy. But I’m back slowly. I’ve trying to be more organised and forward planning some content as well. Whilst I may have been absent, I haven’t stopped reading even if it has been a chapter or 2 a day, I still reading so […]

Book Review – Truth or Dare by Sophie McKenzie

Posted April 27, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, Book Review, Bookish Post, Mystery, Thriller, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

Welcome welcome, as you can see I am catching up with a lot of reviews on my blog at the moment. This particular book got me out of a reading funk that I had been in for about 3 weeks. So let’s get straight onto the review shall we? But first here is a little bit more about the book. My Thoughts CAWPILE – 8.14 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s been a while since I read a Sophie McKenzie book – the last one being Sweetfreak a good few years ago. Both times are when I have met Sophie as part of […]

Twenty Twenty One – My Top 10 Books of the year

Posted January 3, 2022 by Emma in 2021 Books, 5 Stars, Best Books, Blog, Book List, Bookish Post, UKYA, Wrap-Up / 0 Comments

Hello it’s me again, I am on a roll at the moment with blogging and I am loving it. I’m starting as I mean to go on. So today is all about the books I loved during 2021. I have to say the it’s quite varied and I love seeing how my tastes have changed. I can’t wait to see what my reading is like year! So let’s get to the nitty gritty part of the post with my top 10 books of the year! As my reading is drastically lower than normal with life and I haven’t reviewed every […]

Blog Tour | Spotlight – Lies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Posted September 14, 2021 by Emma in 2021 Books, Bookish Post, Murder, Mystery, Thriller, YA / 0 Comments

Happy Tuesday evening my lovely bookworms. Hope your doing good. I’m back today with another spotlight for a YA Mystery Thriller that is perfect for this season. I find I love them more in the autumnal/spooky season don’t you? I’m really excited to be part of the #UltimateBlogTour with The Write Reads – they are seriously the best tours. Today’s spotlight is for Lies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez that I really excited to read. I would have been reviewing today but with buying an apartment my reading has taken a back seat and I’m dipping in and out […]

Book Review | Every Line of You by Naomi Gibson

Posted August 26, 2021 by Emma in 2021 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, YA / 1 Comment

Naomi Gibson’s debut is unputtadownable! It pulls at the heart strings, full of tension and leaves you wanting more. All this from Every Line of You a new YA Thriller. Want to know more. Read on for my review. Everything was taken away Lydia when her brother died in a car crash. Then her father left as she reminded him of the son that was taken away in the crash. Grief has consumed Lydia and the only thing she knows what to do, to copy is to code her way through it like her dad taught her. She puts all […]

Sunday Spotlight | Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone

Posted July 4, 2021 by Emma in 2021 Books, Adult Fiction, Bookish Post, Psychological Thriller / 1 Comment

An Update – Happy Sunday my lovely readers. It’s been a while hasn’t it?! I feel I’m here but not here these days and I’ll be honest I hate that. I need to get to the end of term and I will be back as I’m on summer holidays for 5 weeks. But until then I will try and post more as I have so much to update you on and I’m finally coming out of my reading slump. So that was a tiny update but today I’m excited to be part of The Write Reads – Ultimate Blog Tour for […]

NEW Sunday Spotlight | Things to do Before the End of the World by Emily

Posted May 16, 2021 by Emma in Blog Tour, Bookish Post, YA / 1 Comment

Happy Sunday my lovely readers. I’m posting on a Sunday, it’s very rare but I’m thinking this could be a regular occurrence. Today I’m excited to be part of The Write Reads – Ultimate Blog Tour for Emily Barr’s latest book Things to do Before the End of the World. It is also the last day of the tour and whilst I was going to review it, I’ve been mood reading a lot this month so I decided to read it a bit later on and do a spotlight of the book as well. This also inspired a new blog […]

Blog Tour Book Review | What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson

Posted April 8, 2021 by Emma in 2021 Books, Blog Tour, Book Review, YA / 4 Comments

Hello my lovely readers! How are you? Once again I’ve left you for a good few weeks, work has been relentless and now I’m on Easter Holiday’s which I’m loving and hopefully will get my blogging mojo back. I’m starting off my return with the Blog Tour with The Write Reads of What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson and what a book!? Honestly I’m finding so many amazing books with these tours so let me get on the review the latest one. Before that here is a bit more about the book. My Review I went into this book completely […]