Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth | Blog Tour

Thank you to Andersen Press for sending me a copy of Not My Problem and arranging the blog tour. Content Warnings: Alcoholism, absentee parents, toxic friendships, broken bones, helicopter parents When someone says to me "sapphic hate to love" my ears immediately prick up, so of course, I was interested in reading Not My Problem. …

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett: Reasons to Read

Thank you to Penguin for gifting me a copy of Full Disclosure to review Full Disclosure was one of the books I read in June during Pride Month, and it was one of my favourites that month and one of my favourites of the year. I didn't really know where to start with a review …

Boy Queen by George Lester | Author Guest Post

Hi everyone! Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Boy Queen by George Lester. Today I'm sharing with you a guest post from the author talking about the evolution of LGBTQ+ fiction in the last 10 years. Thank you to My Kinda Book for arranging the tour and including me! Summary  Boy Queen …

We Are Totally Normal by Rahul Kanakia | Review

Thank you to Harper 360 YA for sending me a copy of We Are Totally Normal to review. Content warnings: internalised homophobia, ableist slurs, alcohol, sexism, sex, You may have heard of this book due to the controversy that surrounded it on book twitter in February. I was already interested in this book before all …

Love From A to Z by S. K. Ali | Review

Love from A to Z is a super sweet book but it also covers some really tough topics. From Multiple Sclerosis diagnoses to dealing with Islamophobia this book doesn't hide from real life whilst dealing with budding young love. Content warnings: Islamophobia, chronic illness, death of a family member, grief, mentions of war, cultural appropriation …

Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales | Review

Thank you to St Martin's Press and Hodder & Stoughton for sending me copies of Only Mostly Devastated in exchange for an honest review. Content warnings: cancer, death, homophobia, When I first heard about Only Mostly Devastated I was already very keen to read it. It's a Grease retelling except with 2 teenage boys. Grease …

Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E. Smith | Review

Thank you to MacMillan and netgalley for sending me a copy of Field Notes on Love for review. Hugo and Mae are supposed to go on a rail trip across the states for the summer. But then Mae dumps Hugo and Hugo can't get a refund so he decides to go on the trip anyway. …

Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles | Review

Thank you to Harper 360 for sending me a copy of Not So Pure and Simple to review. Content warnings: teen pregnancy, church/practising Christianity, homophobia, slut-shaming, sexism Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing for a long time. But she's permanently taken. After Kiera breaks up with her boyfriend and decides to take some …

Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman | Review

Thank you to Ink Road for sending me a copy of Starfish. Content warnings: racism, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, parental abuse, suicide attempt Kiko Himura desperately wants to get into Prism, her dream art school. But her mother doesn't believe in her. She doesn't get in. And then her uncle who abused her as a …

Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin | Blog Tour | Review

Thank you to Wednesday Books for inviting me to be on the Foul is Fair blog tour and sending me a copy of the book. Content warnings: Please head to the author's site to check out the warnings for this novel. There's a lot. Synopsis Hannah Capin's Foul is Fair is a bloody, thrilling revenge fantasy for …