Synopsis from Ignorance is bliss… And in Pearl’s case bliss is all she has ever known or at least a manufactured version of it. Being Pearl, is like being a prisoner of the mind, except that this mind is not her own. It has been shaped into everything she is not and although it…
Category: Young Adult
Book Review: “The Rest Of Us Just Live Here” by Patrick Ness
Synopsis from I am nearly tempted to set everyone a challenge and dare you to name just one book, just the one that somehow comes close to being anything like “The Rest Of Us Just Live Here”. Something tells me that it will not be an easy task. You see, we always make our…
Book Review: “Banished” (The Blackhart Legacy Book 1) by Liz de Jager
Synopsis from This was my first time coming across a book looking at the world of Fae as warriors. I am sure that they are plenty out there but for me that was quite a refreshing read. I have been so used to the vampire werewolf and witch trio being always at war that…
My take on #ReadRedRising so far…
Hello everyone, So I answered the call to #readredrising last week! It is still going on on Twitter at the moment so if just like me you have had Red Rising by Pierce Brown on your TBR for a while, it is the best time to just jump in and take part or you…
Book Review: “We Were Liars” by E.Lockhart
Synopsis from Marmite! Yes, it’s the first word that comes to mind, and that is after looking at a few reviews of this book. Apparently most readers either loved it or hated it! No real middle ground here. Keeping in mind that I read this novel a year and a half after its release (in…
Book Review: “The Curious Tale Of The Lady Caraboo” by Catherine Johnson
Surely, they are some of us out there who have experience it! The overwhelming feeling born out of a situation so distressing, that you would wish the earth to open up and swallow you whole… and you can just simply disappear… From those of us who have encountered very amusing and embarrassing moments…