October Wrap Up

So I had my first 2 weeks of placement this month which was just absolutely exhausting. I don't know how I got up and went to school every day as a teenager. Apart from that I think I've had a pretty slow month. I've mainly been working on my essay that was due on Monday …

There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins – All Romance and Barely Any Horror

Thank you to netgalley and Pan Macmillan for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Makani has moved to Nebraska after an incident in her home of Hawaii but her classmates are being killed off slowly, one by one. The town is in complete shock as it is a …

The Tiger’s Watch by Julia Ember – Gender Fluidity Rep Let Down by Poor Plot

I have a lot to say about this book. Thank you to netgalley and Xpresso Book Tours for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Please be aware that there is misgendering in this book and there is violence. Tashi has to escape the capital as their life is in danger. …

The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan – Everything’s Kicking Off

Annabeth has gone missing and it's all kicking off. Percy and the newly awoken Thalia need to go find her with some new friends added to the mix. I liked the change up in this novel of it not being set in the summer, it made it less repetitive. I don't mind when novels are …

Like Water by Rebecca Podos

Thank you to edelweiss and Harper Collins for sending a me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Vanni had always planned to leave her small home town that everyone else gets stuck in, but then her dad get's diagnosed with Huntington's, which can be passed to the next generation. So …

Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson & Robin Wasserman

On the whole I really liked this anthology of Simon at Shadowhunter Academy stories, spoilers if you didn't know Simon is a shadowhunter. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about other people writing CC's characters along with her but I think in this context it really works because it's a different point of view to …

Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh

Thank you to netgalley and Hodder and Stoughton for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This was also the fairyloot book for May so I was inundated with copies, but I'm not complaining. The cover for the UK paperback has just been revealed as well and I kind of need …

The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr

Thank you to netgalley and Penguin Random House Children's for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Flora Banks has no short term memory and her parents have had to leave the country to look after Flora's dying brother. However Flora has one recent memory, and that's of kissing Drake. So …

The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee

This is one of the most fun books I’ve read all year. Thank you to netgalley and Abrams Kids for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review. Genie is focussing on getting into college until the new kid in school, Quentin, starts telling her all these wild tales about how she's actually …