Please take note of the trigger warnings before delving into this book because the depictions are incredibly detailed and dark. Trigger warnings: child rape and sexual abuse, date rape, drug and substance use, overdose, self-harm, murder, blood, gore, PTSD and grief Like most of the blogosphere, Ninth House is one of our most highly anticipated books […]
You might have heard that Frankly In Love features a Korean-American teenager looking for love. And you might also have heard that Frankly in Love also features the much loved fake-dating trope. Both of these reasons is why I picked up the book. So what did I think about it? My thoughts on Frankly in Love are […]
What an unexpected surprise! I was completely hooked from beginning to end with Hive, as we find out about the cult-like world that Hayley lives in. It starts with a bee going where it shouldn’t, a drip from the ceiling and secrets that shouldn’t be told, and from there, Hayley’s life is thrown into turmoil. […]
We have no shortage of amazing writers in Australia – after all, there’s an entire hashtag dedicated to it under #LoveOzYA! Two recent anthologies focus on stories from our amazing #LoveOzYA authors – Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories and Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories. Kindred obviously focuses on queer #ownvoices authors, while Underdog features stories from new authors that were […]
This review may contain slight spoilers for the Stalking Jack the Ripper series. Ahhh, another satisfying end to a series and my heart is so full! Capturing the Devil is everything I wanted in a conclusion to the Stalking Jack the Ripper series – a return to everything we loved in the first two books, lots of […]
I’ve just finished the last book in the Stalking Jack the Ripper series and I was left with such a warm, fuzzy feeling upon finishing the epilogue of the book. When I look back at it, there’s not a lot of series that lead to such a satisfying feeling – which lead me to think, […]
I am deceased. I am a living husk of a human and no longer have any control over my limbs. That’s the typical reaction for someone after finishing The Poppy War, and being my second time reading it, I’m now completely devoid of emotion because the book TOOK THEM ALL AWAY. If you’re anything like me, you’re […]
Annnnd we’re back from our first family trip together! We headed up to Mackay in North Queensland for the Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival and had an incredible time. Late last year, I was asked by the Whitsunday Voices team to become a speaker at the event to speak about book blogging, and I was […]
I don’t know how Wai Chim does it, but The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling captures so much of my life growing up. From having strict, traditional Chinese-Australian parents, to the mental illness stigma and a sister having to take care of her siblings, there’s so much here that captures life for me and my […]