Month: May 2017

Review: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Posted May 5, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 1 Comment
Review: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Published by Walker Books on April 6th 2017 Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult Pages: 438 Format: Paperback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed. Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, this is a powerful and gripping YA novel about one girl’s struggle for justice. Wow. I don’t even know where to begin with The Hate U Give. If I just said it was amazing and you all need to read it, would that suffice? No I didn’t think so. Here it goes. There […]

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Review: Night Shift by Charlaine Harris

Posted May 3, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Night Shift by Charlaine Harris

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Night Shift by Charlaine Harris Series: Midnight Texas #3 on May 3rd 2016 Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal Pages: 320 Format: Hardback Source: Publisher Buy on Amazon Goodreads From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels—“the Mark Twain of things that live under your bed”*—comes a new novel of Midnight, Texas, the town where some secrets will never see the light of day… At Midnight’s local pawnshop, weapons are flying off the shelves—only to be used in sudden and dramatic suicides right at the main crossroads in town.   Who better to figure out why blood is being spilled than the vampire Lemuel, who, while translating mysterious texts, discovers what makes Midnight the town it is. There’s a reason why witches and werewolves, killers and psychics, have been drawn to this place.   And now they must come together to stop the bloodshed in the heart of Midnight. […]

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Blog Tour / Review: The Wild Air by Rebecca Mascull

Posted May 2, 2017 by Charlotte in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments
Blog Tour / Review: The Wild Air by Rebecca Mascull

The Wild Air by Rebecca Mascull Published by Hodder & Stoughton on May 4th 2017 Genres: Fiction, Historical Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads In Edwardian England, aeroplanes are a new, magical invention, while female pilots are rare indeed. When shy Della Dobbs meets her mother’s aunt, her life changes forever. Great Auntie Betty has come home from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, across whose windswept dunes the Wright Brothers tested their historic flying machines. Della develops a burning ambition to fly and Betty is determined to help her. But the Great War is coming and it threatens to destroy everything – and everyone – Della loves. Uplifting and page-turning, THE WILD AIR is a story about love, loss and following your dreams against all odds. If you love historical fiction then The Wild Air is the book for you. This is a book about women ahead on their time and what adventure means to different people in the world of aviation. Follow your dreams people else you will always regret it. I loved the details and the background to this […]

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Review Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer

Posted May 1, 2017 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer Published by Bloomsbury Children’s on April 6th 2017 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Pages: 393 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Juliet Young has always written letters to her mother, a world-traveling photojournalist. Even after her mother’s death, she leaves letters at her grave. It’s the only way Juliet can cope. Declan Murphy isn’t the sort of guy you want to cross. In the midst of his court-ordered community service at the local cemetery, he’s trying to escape the demons of his past. When Declan reads a haunting letter left beside a grave, he can’t resist writing back. Soon, he’s opening up to a perfect stranger, and their connection is immediate. But neither of them knows that they’re not actually strangers. When real life at school interferes with their secret life of letters, Juliet and Declan discover truths that might tear them […]

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