Book Review: “The Serpent King” by Jeff Zentner

I could summarise this novel into one very well-known idiom we surely have all come across or even used while conversing in a social setting. “The apple does not fall far from the tree”. However, how true is this? Dillard Early has his whole life ahead of him, but the only thing he sees at…

Chouett Q&As: Making waves with Chris Vick author of “Kook”

Hello everyone, Today, I am welcoming Chris Vick to Chouett.com . Chris is the author of “Kook”, where love, surfing and the complexities that comes with teen love are explored.  His recently released debut is already making waves in the UKYA world. I would like to thank Chris who has “kindly :)” been subjected to…

Book Review: “Under The Udala Trees” by Chinelo Okparanta

Seeing love through the eyes of a child. As I look back on this novel, the intensity of first love and its innocence is what comes through the most. At the tender age of 11, Ijeoma’s childhood is cut short. Soon abandonment becomes all but a too familiar constant in her life. Abandonment from Nigeria,…