The Good Things A YA fantasy retelling of The Goose Girl, and a reread for me! The plot had quite a few darker and brutal moments that I’d completely forgotten about (specifically the snatchers, Thorn’s brother, and the thieves). Written in present tense first person POV, so it was really easy to get into. Also […]
This review contains minor spoilers for the first book, The Cruel Prince. Read the review for the first book here. It’s always hard to review such a hyped up series, especially one that you loved so much that you don’t have the appropriate vocabulary to describe your thoughts and emotions. But I’m definitely going to try and […]
I have a penchant for devouring YA thrillers, so when I heard about the mystery behind The Leaving, I had to pick it up. Five teenagers get dropped off home with no knowledge for the past 11 years. They have procedural memory, but they have no memory of their relationships with each other, or what they’ve done […]
With time travelling pirate ships, a lush tropical Hawaiian setting and multi-cultural characters, The Girl From Everywhere had many interesting elements, but unfortunately the sheer volume of these things made it messy, unfocused and hard to follow at certain points. The journey featured the search for a map to guide the time travelling locations of the pirate ship, but […]
Deep, heavy and depressing, Paperweight certainly packed a punch when it came to the feels. I picked this up, knowing it was about a girl suffering from an eating disorder, but little did I know, the multiple triggers the book would cover. Grief, physical and emotional abuse, suicide, depression, toxic friendships, negative body image, drinking and family […]