Review - "The Boy Most Likely To"

The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick rating:☆☆☆ published: 9th June 2016 spoilers? yes Goodreads It’s not rocket science, Nan. You show someone they matter to you—do whatever it takes to show that. Galley provided by publisher. This is the first book by Huntley Fitzpatrick that I have read,...

Review - "The Walled City"

The Walled City by Ryan Graudin rating:☆☆☆☆ published: 4th November 2014 spoilers? no Goodreads There are moments you wait for. And then there are moments you wait for. Moments you spend every other moment preparing for. Points of your life that click and turn. Push you in a completely new direction. Before...

Review - "Jane Steele"

Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye rating:☆☆☆ published: 22nd March 2016 spoilers? yes Goodreads When we tell the truth, often we are callous; when we tell lies, often we are kind. Through it all, we tell stories, and we own an uncanny knack for the task. Galley provided by publisher. When I read Jane Eyre...

Review - "Rush Me"

Rush Me, New York Leopards #1 by Allison Parr rating:☆☆☆ 1/2 published: 8th April 2013 spoilers? yes Goodreads You only get hurt that badly when you're doing something that matters. Something impossible. Taking a risk. Investing yourself. This book was frustrating to say the least. I definitely enjoyed...

Review - "The Winner's Kiss"

The Winner's Kiss, The Winner's Trilogy #3 by Marie Rutkoski rating:☆☆☆☆☆ published: 24th March 2016 spoilers? no Goodreads He told himself a story. Not at first. At first, there wasn’t time for thoughts that came in the shape of words. His head was blessedly empty of stories then. War was coming....

Review - "Him" and "Us"

Him and Us, Him #1 and #2 by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy rating:☆☆☆☆ published: 28th July 2015, 8th March 2016 spoilers? yes (minor ones) Goodreads: Him, Us But here’s the thing about family, Ryan… blood doesn’t mean shit. You just need to surround yourself with people who do love you, and they become...

Review - "Winging It"

Winging It by Ashlyn Kane and Morgan James rating:☆☆ 1/2 published: 20th February 2015 spoilers? yes (minor ones only) Goodreads Gabe rolled his eyes. “You are the most ridiculous human being I’ve ever met.” He put his hand over Dante’s face and gently shoved him away. You know those times where you...

Review - "South of Sunshine"

South of Sunshine by Dana Elmendorf rating:☆ published: 1st April 2016 spoilers? yes Goodreads How do you expect anyone to accept you if you can't accept yourself? Galley provided by publisher. You know how, when you're watching a crap TV show, one of those ones that's horrifyingly bad - so bad you...

Review - "The Star-Touched Queen"

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi rating:☆☆☆☆☆ published: 26th April 2016 spoilers? yes Goodreads That night, I dreamed of locked doors and baying hounds, rooms that were night-dark and a beast-king that smiled and laughed around a mouthful of broken stars to sing one phrase over and over:...

Review - "The Gods of Gotham"

The Gods of Gotham, Timothy Wilde Mysteries #1 by Lyndsay Faye rating:☆☆☆☆☆ published: 15th March 2012 spoilers? no Goodreads He wasn't in front of me any longer. He was a thousand and a thousand and a thousand miles away. It was a ransomed look. One he'd never before showed me. And since he'd never...

Review - "Understatement of the Year"

Understatement of the Year, Ivy Years #3 by Sarina Bowen rating:☆☆☆☆ published: 29th September 2014 spoilers? no Goodreads He kissed me between the shoulder blades. “Getting along together was never the problem with you and me,” he said. “We’re both easy. It’s just the rest of the world that’s hard.” Honestly,...

Review - "The Wall of Winnipeg and Me"

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata rating:☆☆☆☆☆ published: 29th February 2016 spoilers? no Goodreads "What no one tells you is that the road to accomplishing your goals isn’t a straight line; it looks more like a corn maze. You stopped, you went, you backed up, and took a few wrong turns...

Review - "The Book of Phoenix"

The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor rating:☆☆☆ published: 5th May 2015 spoilers? no Goodreads "To know someone's pain is to share in it. And to share in it is to relieve some of it. Who Fears Death has been on my to-read list for a while, and I picked this one up in the bookshop, not realising it...

Review - "You Know Me Well"

You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan rating:☆☆☆☆☆ published: 6th May 2016 spoilers? yes Goodreads "The heart is a treacherous beast.""But it means well." Galley provided by publisher. Back at the end of last year, I was scrolling through my Twitter feed when I saw a link to the first...

Review - "The Square Root of Summer"

The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood rating:☆☆☆☆ published: 6th May 2016 spoilers? yes Goodreads This is what it means to love someone. This is what it means to grieve someone. It's a little bit like a black hole. It's a little bit like infinity. Galley provided by publisher. The Square...

Review - "Willful Machines"

Willful Machines by Tim Floreen rating:☆☆ published: 20th October 2015 spoilers? yes Goodreads I don’t think I chose to be gay, if that’s what you mean. In fact, I didn’t choose a lot of things. Like being the son of the president. Or coming to Inverness. Or even being in the closet, really. All in...

Review - "Signs Point to Yes"

Signs Point to Yes by Sandy Hall rating:☆☆☆ published: 20th October 2015 spoilers? no Goodreads She knew she needed to get home before anyone noticed her absence, but each of her limbs felt like it weighed a thousand pounds, and her brain was clouded with worry. She sat on the bench a little longer. I've...

Review - "Cambridge Blue"

Cambridge Blue, DC Gary Goodhew Mystery #1 by Alison Bruce rating:☆☆ published: 1st January 2009 spoilers? no Goodreads You lose a child and you do understand each other's grief at first, but if you get out of step with each other, it's all over. Suddenly each of you is alone. To be honest, I only...

Review - "Kulti"

Kulti by Mariana Zapata rating:☆☆☆☆☆ published: 20th March 2015 spoilers? no Goodreads When something is broken into too many pieces, you can’t stare at them and try to glue them back together; sometimes you just have to sweep up the pieces and buy something else. All hail Mariana Zapata, queen of...