I’ve been a very big fan of Rachael Lucas’s books ever since I read Sealed With A Kiss and fell in love with it. That meant I got super excited when I heard that Rachael was working on a YA novel. I was very lucky to get to read an early chapter of The StateRead More
REVIEW: Love Hurts, edited by Malorie Blackman
Recently I’ve loved reading anthologies, such as My True Love Gave To Me, edited by Stephanie Perkins, so when I came across Love Hurts I knew I wanted to read it. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. Here are just a few reasons why: The majority of the book was made upRead More
REVIEW: I Was Here by Gayle Forman
I’ve only ever read one other novel by Forman before – Just One Day – and I really enjoyed that. I didn’t have any expectations going into I Was Here because it sounded a lot grittier than your typical contemporary, so I was very pleasantly surprised. Following the suicide of her best friend, Meg, CodyRead More
REVIEW: Captive by A.J. Grainger
Captive is a book that everybody seems to want to read at the moment, and I’m sure the wait for 2015 will be a very long one for them. I was one of those people to begin with, and then I read Captive. I wish my expectations had not been so high. To begin with,Read More
REVIEW: Sealed With a Kiss by Rachael Lucas
Sealed with a Kiss, so called because it is set on an island where there are many cute seals, is the perfect summer contemporary to take with you on holiday whilst you’re lying by the pool, or sunbathing in your garden (that’s if Britain ever sees sunshine!). Lucas is a name you definitely need toRead More
REVIEW: The Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss
The Year of the Rat is a poignant and thought-provoking novel that discusses themes of grief and dealing with the death of a parent and how one goes about leading a normal life after that. After hearing Furniss talk at an event, and hearing part of The Year of the Rat being read, I couldn’tRead More
7 Reasons to read Keep the Faith by Candy Harper
I read Have a Little Faith last month and craved a sequel so badly so I was mega excited when I received Keep the Faith to review. It saved me from a lot of pain!Keep the Faith carries on where Have a Little Faith left off and, let me tell you, it was even better.Read More
REVIEW: The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick
I have very mixed feelings on this novel – parts I loved, other parts I thought were good but they just didn’t enthral me as much as I hoped. Nevertheless, The Good Luck of Right Now is a brilliant novel from the equally brilliant Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook. Bartholomew Neil isRead More
REVIEW: The Break-Up Artist by Philip Siegel
The Break-Up Artist immediately attracted me when I heard about it because I don’t think I’ve read a novel with the same concept before, and I wasn’t disappointed. It was original, and lots of fun. The Break-Up Artist, written in first person, is centred on the life of Becca, an American student who, anonymously, getsRead More
MINI REVIEW: Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
I thought Code Name Verity was hard-hitting, but Rose Under Fire was painful in comparison. The companion novel to the award-winning success of Code Name Verity was just as good and maybe even more emotional. Set in part in the brutal concentration camp of Ravensbrück, Rose Under Fire follows the life of American pilot andRead More
