Heartstopper: Volume Four by Alice Oseman || Book Review

January 16, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

Beautifully heart-wrenching and aesthetically stunning. Another fantastic story in Oseman’s graphic novel series.

The Paper & Hearts Society by Lucy Powrie || Book Review

May 29, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Tabby Brown is tired of trying to fit in. She doesn’t want to go to parties – in fact, she would much rather snuggle up on the sofa with her favourite book. It’s like she hasn’t found her people … Then Tabby joins a club that promises to celebrate books. What could go wrong? EVERYTHING […]

Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith || Book Review

March 19, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Award-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don’t Call Us Dead opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an afterlife for black men shot by police, a place where suspicion, violence, and grief are forgotten and replaced with the safety, love, and longevity they deserved […]

Fable By Adreinne Young || Book Review

February 10, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

For seventeen-year-old Fable, the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home she has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little […]

Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur || Book Review

February 6, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

After a disastrous blind date, Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again. Love—and the inevitable heartbreak—is the last thing she wants. So she fibs and says her latest set up was a success. Darcy doesn’t expect her lie to bite her in the ass. Elle Jones, one of […]

Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman || Book Review

November 8, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Oseman’s graphic novel series puts me in such a happy and nostalgic mood; the beautiful and blossoming relationship between Nick and Charlie just melts my heart! The third volume is my FAVOURITE in the series so far … the change in scenery was a really fun surprise! And the focus on more of the side […]

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann || Book Review

November 4, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Yes … I FINALLY got around to reading Kann’s Let’s Talk About Love! The book blogging sphere seemed to have really positive thoughts about this book, so I had to give it a chance. Honestly, it’s so wholesome and adorable … once I got into the story, I couldn’t put it down. I think romance is […]

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins || Book Review

January 24, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

“And yes, sometimes you make me crazy, and we’re definitely going to have to talk about the whole high-handed thing, but . . . it’s worth it. You’re worth it.” Synopsis: Millie Quint is devastated when she discovers that her sort-of-best friend/sort-of-girlfriend has been kissing someone else. And because Millie cannot stand the thought of […]

The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky by Mackenzi Lee || Book Review

December 28, 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

“Then maybe I should have said it to you sooner–you needn’t hide around us. I’m sorry you ever felt you had to. And that the world makes you feel as though you have to.” Synopsis: In this funny and frothy novella that picks up where the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice […]

Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman || Book Review

November 14, 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

Synopsis: Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. An LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the second volume of HEARTSTOPPER, for fans of The Art of Being Normal, Holly Bourne and Love, Simon. Nick and Charlie are best friends. Nick knows Charlie’s gay, and […]