Book Review – The Bronzed Beasts by Roshani Chokshi

Pages: 400 Published: 21st September 2021 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy After Séverin's seeming betrayal, the crew is fractured. Armed with only a handful of hints, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos and Zofia must find their way through the snarled, haunted waterways of Venice, Italy to locate Séverin. Meanwhile, Séverin must balance the deranged whims of the Patriarch of the Fallen …

Book Review – The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Pages: 368 Published: 30th August 2022 Genre: Young Adult Mystery Trigger warnings: Suicide references To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it …

Five Books On My TBR – April 2023

Hello everyone, The days are brighter again and that immediately makes me happier. To be typing this at almost 7pm UK time and for it still to be light outside is a very good feeling that breathes positivity. At the same time, my TBR gets higher and higher. There are three reasons for this: 1) …

Book Review – These Deadly Games by Diana Urban

Pages: 397 Published: 1st February 2022 Genre: Young Adult Thriller Trigger warnings: Child abduction, child death When Crystal Donovan gets a message on a mysterious app with a video of her little sister gagged and bound, she agrees to play the kidnapper’s game. At first, they make her complete bizarre tasks: steal a test and stuff it in a …

Book Review – The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

Pages: 369 Published: 22nd January 2019 Genre: Young Adult Mystery Trigger warnings: Child death All Stevie Bell wanted was to find the key to the Ellingham mystery, but instead she found her classmate dead. And while she solved that murder, the crimes of the past are still waiting in the dark. Just as Stevie feels she’s on the cusp …

Five Year Blogging Anniversary – Top 10 Books

Hello everyone, This month marks five years since I started book blogging! In January 2018 after I had set myself a Goodreads Challenge for the first time, I decided to repurpose my existing miscellaneous blog and focus primarily on books - which was the right decision for so many reasons. In that time I have …

Top 10 Books I Read In 2022

Hello everyone, I hope you have all had a wonderful holiday season. Today I am sharing my final post of the year and it is time for THE list - the top 10 books I have read in 2022! While I have had fewer five-star reads than in previous years, it feels like I have …

Book Review – Threadneedle by Cari Thomas

Pages: 554 Published: 27th May 2021 Genre: Urban Fantasy Trigger warnings: Bullying, Fatphobia, sexual references This was a buddy read from my amazing friend Pauliina @ The Bookaholic Dreamer, and it was a long book which provided lots of joyful discussions! Ever since Anna can remember, her aunt has warned her of the dangers of magic. She has taught …

Book Review – Nothing More To Tell by Karen M. McManus

Pages: 352 Published: 30th August 2022 Genre: Young Adult Mystery Trigger warnings: Alcohol dependency, PTSD This was a buddy read with Ellie @ Read To Ramble, the fourth time we have read a Karen M. McManus book together. Cue lots of fun discussions! Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favourite teacher. …

Book Review – Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Pages: 416 Published: 16th January 2018 Genre: Young Adult Mystery Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. “A place,” he said, “where learning is …