Tag: #yafiction

Book Review | The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman

Posted January 24, 2022 by Emma in 2022 Books, 5 Stars, Book Review, Fantasy, Magic, YA / 0 Comments

My first book of 2022 is a five star read! What a way to kick off this new year! I went into this book completely blind and I love when you have no expectations and it blows you away. This particular fantasy book reminded of another by the same publisher Thorn by Intisar Khanai and I would say if you enjoyed that, you’ll love this and vice versa. I had the exact same feels for both books, so that must be saying something. The Ivory Key follows four siblings, Via, Ronak, Rita and Kaleb. Each of the have gone their […]

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 […]

Blog Tour | Spotlight – Wicked Little Deeds by Kat Ellis

Posted August 20, 2021 by Emma in 2021 Books, Blog Tour, Bookish Post, UKYA, YA / 0 Comments

Happy Friday evening my lovely bookworms! Today I am part of the blog tour for Wicked Little Deeds by Kat Ellis hosted by The Write Reads. Last year I read Harrow Lake and it is one of my favourite YA horror books that I’ve read in a long time. Her latest YA book, will be coming on holiday with me and I can’t wait to read it. So today’s post is a spotlight for you add this book to your TBR straight away! If you would like to read my review of her previous book to get a sense of […]

9 Years of Never Judge a Book by its Cover! | 9 Favourite books I discovered from being book blogger

Posted July 21, 2021 by Emma in 5 Stars, Bookish Post, Discussion Post, Favourite Author, Favourites, UKYA / 7 Comments

TODAY MARKS 9 YEARS of my blog and being a book blogger. Honestly where does the time go!? I feel when I get to the 10 year mark it will certainly be a huge milestone for me and my blog. It’s funny but I started this blog 9 years exactly to the day as I started this blog for my Summer Holidays and today is the last day of term! So it curtly feels like an occasion to celebrate and to definley make the most of my blog during the summer once again. I do have an Update post shortly […]

Blog Tour: Spotlight & Interview | Hexed by Julia Tuffs

Posted July 7, 2021 by Emma in 2021 Books, Blog Tour, Bookish Post, Interview, UKYA, YA / 1 Comment

It’s me again my lovelies. I know another post, I admit it is a blog tour BUT I feel I’m really getting back into the swing of blogging again and I’m loving it. Anyways, today I’m really excited to be part of the blog tour for a witchy, empowering YA debut HEXED by Julia Tuffs. As you know I am mood reading at the mo and I haven’t got around to reading it yet, but it’s top of the TBR and I can’t wait. I’m also meeting Julia virtually next week at my school which I’m very excited by. My post […]

Blog Tour – Review & Spotlight | The Monstrous Design by Kat Dunn

Posted June 5, 2021 by Emma in 2021 Books, 5 Stars, Blog Tour, Book Review, Bookish Post, YA / 0 Comments

Happy Saturday my wonderful booklovers. The sun is shining and I can’t wait to relax and read in the park this afternoon. Today I’m bring you Part 1 of my post for the blog tour of Monstrous Design by Kat Dunn. My stop will have a Q&A but it’s not quite ready yet, so I thought I would share with you a short review of Dangerous Remedy and why you should put this book on your TBR. Thank you to Zephyr Books for sending me both copies exchange for honest review. My Review First of all can we just appreciate […]

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 […]