Book Review: Act Cool – Tobly McSmith

September 23, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

A wonderful story of a young man trying navigate being trans and discovering what it means to be true to yourself.

Book Review: The New Boy – Paula Rawsthorne [YA]

March 3, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

There’s a new boy at Zoe’s Sixth Form College. What’s so unusual about that? Perhaps all is not what it seems…

Blog Tour and Book Review: The Year After You – Nina de Pass

February 5, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Synopsis On New Years Eve in San Francisco, Cara is in a deadly car crash. Incredibly, she survives, but her best friend Georgina is not so lucky. Consumed by guilt and grief, Cara is sent to a Swiss boarding school by her mother, believing it will be the fresh start Cara needs. But Cara knows […]

Mini Book Review: Two Can Keep A Secret – Karen M. McManus

January 19, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Title: Two Can Keep A SecretAuthor: Karen M. McManusPublisher: Penguin BooksPublication date: Out now Blurb Echo Ridge is reeling. This picturesque town, nestled near the Canadian border, experienced its first tragic loss in 1995 when high-school senior Sarah Corcoran vanished while walking home from the library. Then five years ago, homecoming queen Lacey Kilduff was […]

Book Review: Brave Enough – Kati Gardner

July 23, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

Synopsis Brave Enough follows the story of two teenagers: Davis, a cancer survivor who turned to recreational drugs to deal with the psychological effects and is now trying to stay sober, and Cason, who has the potential to be a world-famous ballerina but discovers she has a form of cancer in her leg which could […]