BLOG TOUR: Author Interview – Patrice Lawrence

Hello everyone! Today, I'm thrilled to be on the blog tour for Patrice Lawrence's new book, Eight Pieces of Silva. It's a tense YA book that deals with obsession and a sisterly bond. In this interview, Patrice mentions her love for Orange Club chocolate bars (one of my favourites) and also how much she's loved Six…

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BOOK LIST: A Beginners Guide to…UKYA

When it comes to YA, the majority of the books are set in America. This is all well and good but life in the US as a young adult is very different to life in the UK as a young adult. Our schools are vastly different, language and slang is different, and sometimes it's just…

BOOK REVIEW: The Darkest Minds

The wonderful team over at BKMRK sent me a copy of this book to hold a reading thread of over on Twitter. I love doing reading threads, so to do one with a book I'd been thinking of reading for a little while was a great opportunity. I actually really enjoyed this book, and can't wait…

BOOK REVIEW: What If It’s Us

I only put this book down 20 minutes before writing this review. I've never reviewed a book so quickly, but felt like I needed to put everything I felt about this down immediately. Huge thanks to Olivia over at Simon & Schuster for sending me this! Arthur is only in New York for the summer,…

Why Publishing Needs to Change

Picture the scene. You're a kid, about to head into a bookshop. You're excited because you LOVE reading and want to find a brand new book to read and love. But you can't find many books that reflect how you look. Every book you look at seems to have a character that doesn't look like…

BOOK REVIEW: SHADOW & BONE

Holy shit, I didn't think it would be possible for me to love this book as much as I did. Of course, the huge Crows fan that I am, I didn't realise there were another set of books before SOC before getting halfway through the book. I got copies for Christmas, but never got around…

BOOK REVIEW: Theatrical

Summer is here! It's been really sunny here in the UK lately, meaning I've had lots of time to read in the sunshine. I ended up re-reading lots of manga during my time off work, but also picked up a new book that was very kindly sent to me by the lovely people at Usborne.…

BOOK REVIEW – Noah Could Never

Huge thanks to Scholastic for sending out a review copy of Noah Could Never for me! If you know me, you'll know I'm a huge fan of the first book and this one is no exception. So buckle in, because I'm going to be reviewing the book that made me both laugh out loud and…

BOOK REVIEW: Radio Silence

After reading I Was Born For This and absolutely loving it, I decided to pick up the other two books Alice Oseman has written to see whether I'd love them just as much. I picked up Radio Silence first and really enjoyed it. It plunged me back into teenage years of stressing through exams and…

BOOK REVIEW: Leah On The Offbeat

Huge thanks to Penguin for sending me a copy of Leah On The Offbeat, the next book in the Simonverse! While there were parts of this book I enjoyed, there were other bits that were problematic, disappointing and also personally uncomfortable. Please be warned - there will be SPOILERS for Leah On The Offbeat. If…