Review: Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Synopsis: Lola Nolan is a budding costume designer, and for her, the more outrageous, sparkly, and fun the outfit, the better. And everything is pretty perfect in her life (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the neighborhood. When Cricket, …

Review: Check Mates by Stewart Foster

I was very kindly gifted a copy of Check Mates by Stewart Foster and Simon & Schuster so thank you to them! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Release date: 27th June 2019 Age: Middle Grade Synopsis: Felix is struggling at school. His ADHD makes it hard for him to concentrate and his grades are …

Review: Frozen Charlotte By Alex Bell

I read Frozen Charlotte back in late 2018 and so I've had this review sitting here for a while. TIme to actually post it. Rating: 2 out 5 stars Synopsis: We're waiting for you to come and play. Dunvegan School for Girls has been closed for many years. Converted into a family home, the teachers …

Review: Fierce Fragile Hearts by Sara Barnard

(Gifted) Thank you to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for an eARC of this book. Please note: this book is the companion novel to Beautiful Broken Things and maybe therefore contains spoilers for that book. Other than that, this is a spoiler free review of Fierce Fragile Hearts. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Release Date: …

Review: Beautiful Boy by David Sheff

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Synopsis: What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted David Sheff’s journey through his son Nic’s addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery. Before Nic became addicted to crystal meth, he was a charming …

Review: Damage by Eve Ainsworth

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Synopsis: Outwardly confident, skater girl Gabi cannot move past a traumatic incident - and turns to self harm to take away the pain. (Goodreads) Trigger Warnings: Self-harm (There is mentions of self-harm in this review so if that's something that triggers you or makes you feel uncomfortable, please just …

Review: Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

I want to say a massive thank you to Bloomsbury Publishing for both offering and sending me an ARC of Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Release date: 21st February 2019 Synopsis: Jasmine and Chelsea are sick of the way women are treated even at their …

Review: Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Synopsis: Dear Evan Hansen, Today's going to be an amazing day and here's why... When a letter that was never meant to be seen by anyone draws high school senior Evan Hansen into a family's grief over the loss of their son, he is given the chance of a …

Review: Geek Girl by Holly Smale

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Synopsis: Harriet Manners knows a lot of things. She knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear, a "jiffy" lasts 1/100th of a second, and the average person laughs 15 times per day. What she isn't quite so sure about is why nobody at school seems to …

Review: Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Synopsis: This is a love story. It's the story of Howling Books, where readers write letters to strangers, to lovers, to poets. It's the story of Henry Jones and Rachel Sweetie. They were best friends once, before Rachel moved to the sea. Now, she's back, working at the bookstore, …