UK Publishing Date: 25 Feb 2016. 400 pages. “Hello. I hope somebody is listening…” It had been a pretty poor week for YA books for me or at least it was until I picked up Radio Silence by Alice Oseman. It left me grinning like the Cheshire Cat. The book […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
UK Publishing Date: 24 Mar 2016 416 pages When I heard that Cecelia Ahern had written a YA book I was intrigued. She’s a writer that I’ve read many times and I have spent days lounging by a pool on holiday reading her contemporary chic lit stories. Perhaps that is […]
Estimated reading time: 1 minute
UK Publishing Date: 11 Feb 2016 336 pages Beautiful Broken Things will resonate with any woman who had a best friend to share their secrets with during their teenage years. Marketed as a YA book this debut by Sara Bernard explores the relationship and friendships between three sixteen year old […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
UK Publishing Date: 25 Feb 2016. 416 pages. I had to keep coming back to this book (read over the course of a month with other books in between) and for me it was just a difficult and frustrating read. Jules Bright gets a knock on the door and it […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
“Naked” is an interesting read because it’s not just a straightforward romance. It tries to tackle the very complex issues of body image and the effect that they can have on someone’s life and wellbeing. Violet Walker is in hiding from life in general. She’s currently content to live in […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
UK Publishing Date: 14 Jan 2016. 480 pages. One of my favourite books of last year was the beautiful and haunting “What Milo Saw” by Virginia Macgregor. When I realised that she had a second book out this year there was a certain amount of trepidation on my part because […]
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes