How would you feel if everything that you knew about your life changes in an instant? Anything But Fine, of course! In this #LoveOzYA contemporary book, that’s exactly what happens to Luca, when he trips over the stairs of the ballet school and shatters his ankle. Everything he knows disappears in an instant – his promising ballet […]
The Good Things This review is hard to write because I don’t know if I can find the words to do this story justice. I finished it a week ago and am still in a book hangover from it. This is an adult literary fiction novel by an Aussie author! Standalone. It’s so different to […]
One of my most highly anticipated books The Prison Healer is out this week, and I had the opportunity to interview Lynette Noni for one of her virtual book launches at Kinokinuya Sydney! I was super excited to receive an early copy of this, having first heard about it about 2 years ago. So what is […]
The concept behind Havenfall was so fascinating – it’s a magical inn between the cross-roads of 4 unique realms, and I loved that about it! I really appreciated the description of each of these realms at the start of the book as well and it was easy to refer back to it as the plot […]
Being a massive superhero fan, especially one of the Batman universe, I had to pick up Catwoman: Soulstealer. As with the other DC Icons books, it follows our beloved superheroes during their teenage years, featuring unique stories that we haven’t read before. Catwoman: Soulstealer brought out so much of what we love about the snarky, super villain that […]
Trigger Warnings: emotional abuse, physical abuse, bullying The Dangerous Art of Blending In is, on paper, my cup of tea. It’s an #ownvoices book, with some heavy and emotional themes, and I thought that I would love it more than I actually did. I enjoyed the story and themes but I couldn’t really engage with it as […]
I feel like The Hazel Wood is definitely a hit or miss kind of book. Readers will either be enchanted by it or not care either way, like I did. The first half of this book was really hard for me to continue: it was slow and tiring and full of dialogue with no explanations. […]
When a deadly virus takes over the world, what do humans do to combat it? With the help of gene therapy, biotechnology and DNA manipulation, Catarina’s dad has created a cure to save the world from being infected. It takes a lot to surprise a zombie aficionado such as myself, but This Mortal Coil definitely surprised me, […]
Today I’m participating in the blog tour of The Build-Up Season, a new LoveOzYA book that will be released next week by Penguin Random House Australia. I think the author provided some honest, thoughtful answers below and I hope you enjoy reading it! AUTHOR Q&A 1. What was your inspiration behind The Build-Up Season? I […]