Honestly, I just want to pop into the book and befriend all of these characters. They’re hilarious, ridiculous at times, full of fun, and they just breathe life. Alice’s narration made me grin and laugh out loud more than once, Max is dreamy yet down to earth at the same time, and even the side […]
After hearing all the raves on The Wrath and the Dawn, I wanted to love it so much. But why do I have to overthink things? Why can’t I just enjoy a story for what it is? There were so many things that irked me about this book. Let’s start with the good bit. The sumptuous, atmospheric Arabian nights […]
Beautiful Broken Things had the potential to be great but, unfortunately, I was completely underwhelmed and frustrated with the story and its characters. While the book did have some good moments, I couldn’t get past the annoying characters and slow-moving plot to enjoy it. In this book, we meet 16-year-old Caddy, a girl who thinks […]
This book was fast-paced, fun, and full of action! Future Shock brings a cast of characters together to go into the future and bring back information on what’s happening over there. Elena is an orphan, and we start the book with her being rejected from yet another job. Thus, when Aether Corporation provides an opportunity […]
Indulgence Insider is our version of Stacking the Shelves, Bought, Borrowed & Bagged and the Sunday Post, bringing you this week’s haul, bookish news and discussion posts from around the blogosphere! So on Friday night I went to Penguin Teen Australia’s YASquad event and it was so much fun! We had four Aussie authors, Will Kostakis, […]
When the whole blogosphere tells me that I will love a book, I tend to approach it with wariness. That’s what happened with Passenger – with the the hype leading me to be extremely wary about the book. The start of Passenger is exciting and fast paced, but it slows down to a staggering pace as Etta starts time […]
If you’re looking for a quick LGBTQ+ story, this is the one for you. Ask the Passengers was a wonderful book about a girl who’s discovering herself and trying to break free from the labels that others place on her. Astrid is still discovering who she is. She’s attracted to a girl she works with but isn’t sure […]
The premise of this book, which is a YA retelling of A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, features the conflicting sides of light versus dark. The winning factor of it all, in my opinion, is my YAWN, which is ultimately why I could not go on with this book. I’ve sectioned out the main factors […]
How did we get to March? I’ve been in a reading slump and have had lots going on in life at the moment. We’re still intermittently looking to buy a house and it’s been way too stressful, so we’re on a break from that at the moment. I’m hoping it calms down soon, because I’ve been quite stressed […]