This is not a light-hearted read. I’m starting the review off like this because I wish that I had known all of the trigger warnings in this book before I started reading it. I knew it was about mental health, so I had prepared myself for that trigger, but the rest of them? I had no idea. So, here you go.
Trigger warnings: bulimia, anorexia, eating disorders, purging, self-harm, parental neglect and abandonment.
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This Mortal Coil was another library find for me! I hadn’t been to the library in so long, and I ended up coming out with about ten books (it’s a good job that I took quite a few tote bags with me!) …
Another brilliant book from Sandhya Menon! When I read When Dimple Met Rishi last year, I enjoyed it so much, and Menon became one of my favourite new authors. So, when I got the chance to have an ARC of From Twinkle, with Love, I jumped at the chance and I read it straight away (which doesn’t happen often with me.) …
After hearing William Sutcliffe talk about We See Everything at the 2018 YALC convention, my interest was automatically piqued. I love a good dystopian novel, and this one just sounded so interesting! …
Yes, I know that I’m like a billion years too late in reading this. My TBR IS MILES AND MILES long, and if I’m being completely honest, I only read this when I did because Samantha Shannon was at YALC so I probably wouldn’t have read it for another billion years. BUT IT’S OK! I’ve read it now! And I can honestly say that I’m really sad that I didn’t read beforehand, because I really really enjoyed it. …
I was perusing my library one afternoon when I came across this book sitting on one of the shelves. I had never heard about it before, but after reading the book, I was instantly intrigued.
Ahhhhh, here it is: the final book in the Rebel of the Sands trilogy. I feel like I have been waiting for this all my life. I read Rebel of the Sands when it first came out, and following Amani on her journey across the desert, into the Sultan’s palace in Traitor to the Throne, and back across the desert, has been a delightful (and not so delightful) journey.
*Because this book is the third and final in the series, there ARE going to be spoilers, because I don’t think I can write this review without them…* …
Wow… Just wow… I am completely and utterly blown away by this novel. I managed to snag a copy at YALC in the summer and the day after YALC, I went straight on holiday to Malta, so naturally, I thought that would be the perfect place to take Girls of Paper and Fire and to relax by the pool and read it.
The Stalking Jack the Ripper series is one of my favourite series of all time. I just can’t get enough of the writing, the characters, the romance, the mystery… Just everything about it is amazing. So when the cover, the premise and the title was revealed for Escaping from Houdini, I was SO SO SO excited!
I was browsing my local library one day when I came across The Lantern’s Ember. I had heard a lot of hype surrounding it, and I was actually surprised that my library had a brand new release! I also had been sent a copy by the publisher, so at least I could read the physical and the e-book version. The cover was gorgeous and the premise sounded right up my alley, so I decided to take it home and dive right into it. …