Where I chronicle my attempts to get through hundreds of kindle books, my personal library, library books and my NetGalley requests
Thanks to Simon and Schuster UK and Netgalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
When I was a young whippersnapper of around 16 years old there was a tv show I loved and adored. It was witty, sexy, dramatic, action-packed and for me was quite simply streets apart from everything else. This show was Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Thanks to Pan Macmillan and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
So first of all, a confession. I am obsessed with the French Revolution. I collect books about this period of history including some really rare out of print French books. I even have a book written by Marie Antoinette’s hairdresser printed in the 1800s. I say this not to boast, but to highlight how much of a big deal this period is to me.
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I’ve read some very disappointing contemporary YA novels lately, but I knew from the start that this book was going to be different. I haven’t read the author’s previous novel which concerns some of the same characters, but I don’t feel like I had to in order to appreciate this one. Continue reading ““Fierce Fragile Hearts” by Sara Barnard”
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I actually finished this book a few weeks ago but felt I needed some time to ruminate about it before writing my review. This book deals with some really tough subjects and issues that have also affected me. It’s raw, unflinchingly honest and personal and I think many other women will feel the same affinity with the author whilst reading it. Continue reading ““Notes to Self” by Emilie Pine”
Thanks to Hot Key Books and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
This short novel has an interesting premise, Martha, a seventeen year old girl can sense emotions and memories just by touching people’s clothing. Different clothing evokes different feelings and Martha developed this unusual ability after losing her eye falling from the eponymous Twisted Tree at her grandmother’s house. Already we can see some allusions to one-eyed Odin and Norse mythology is strongly interwoven throughout this story. Continue reading ““The Twisted Tree” by Rachel Burge”
Thanks to Simon and Schuster UK and NetGalley for the Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
This short YA novel follows the story of Stella and Will, two characters suffering from Cystic Fibrosis (or CF) who meet whilst undergoing treatment in hospital. The novel follows their burgeoning relationship and the struggles they both experience with their individual forms of CF. Continue reading ““Five Feet Apart” by Rachael Lippincott”
Thanks to Penguin Random House UK and NetGalley for providing me with an Advance Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.
This novel follows the early life of Mary Godwin (Mary Shelley to be) and Percy Bysshe Shelley as well as some of their more well-known family members and friends such as Claire Clairmont and Lord Byron. This book is based on the lives of real historical figures who have been dead for nearly 200 years and many of the events of their fascinating lives are relatively well known, particularly as there has recently been a Mary Shelley movie starring Elle Fanning. With that in mind there may be some light spoilers in this review.
