Genre: Romance

#BookReview: WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI by Sandhya Menon

After seeing this all over Twitter, I knew I needed to read it. And I’m glad I did! There were a lot of things to like about it, though it wasn’t perfect for me. Things I liked Yay, diversity! While I’m super happy that there is a bit more representation of Indian Americans in YA thanks to this book, it is not the only reason it’s good. (That being said, I did talk to an Indian classmate about it, and she thought it was a bit stereotypical in its representation of Indian parents.) Dimple is quirky and stubborn, likes programming, […]

Posted July 4th 2017 in Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 6 Comments

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#BookReview: LOVE & GELATO by Jenna Evans Welch

I love gelato. I love love. Of course I wanted to read this book, so thank you to Walker Books for sending me a copy! I’ll admit, it took me a little while to get into, but then I couldn’t sleep until I’d finished the second half of it. I got completely wrapped up in the journal, but mostly Ren. I liked how the journal gave us two stories to follow; we followed Lina in the present, but also her mom 17 years before. (Also, this book has turned me on to journalling. Let’s see if I can stick with […]

Posted June 21st 2017 in Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: SONG OF THE CURRENT by Sarah Tolcser

Before doing my Masters, I could easily read books in a couple of days. As a student, it now often takes me a couple of weeks, if not longer. But Song of the Current demanded to be read in a few days once I’d started. It kept pulling me back in, despite a few flaws. I mean, it is filled with dodging pirates while enduring highly entertaining banter. The first thing I noticed when I opened the book was the map. I love maps, especially illustrated ones with embellishments. This one even had a drakon, plus little pictures of the two main […]

Posted June 17th 2017 in Fantasy, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 2 Comments

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#BookReview: THE SUMMER OF CHASING MERMAIDS by Sarah Ockler

Let’s start off with a big thank you to Jamie from Books and Ladders for gifting this book to me. She read it in December of last year and thought it would be perfect for me, and she was soooo right. But then she always is when it comes to choosing books for me. I actually have a few of Ockler’s books, but this is the first of hers I’ve read. (I think I’ve read maybe 20% of the books in my flat…) What a huge mistake. I should have started reading her work sooner, as she is a brilliant […]

Posted June 10th 2017 in Contemporary, New Adult, Reviews, Romance / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: SEVEN DAYS OF YOU by Cecilia Vinesse

I never, ever, ever thought I’d find a book that I could relate to as much as this one. So many contemporary YA books are set in the US, with your typical American high schools. And yeah, you’ll have the ones set in “exotic” places when the characters go on holiday. On the rare occasion, you’ll find one set in a boarding school somewhere in Europe. But you see, I’d lived in four countries by the time I turned 18. I spent my high school years in Yokohama, Japan, which is right next to Tokyo. I did not think I’d […]

Posted May 29th 2017 in Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: HUSHED by Joanne Macgregor

I don’t get much time to read these days, but I had to make an exception for Joanne Macgregor’s latest novel, Hushed, after enjoying her others. While I think this isn’t as good as Scarred or her Recoil trilogy, I still had fun reading Hushed, drawn back to it repeatedly around my assignments. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I heard it would be a contemporary retelling of The Little Mermaid, but I enjoyed recognising snippets of dialogue and lyrics from the movie in the book. The story is loosely based on the film: a young woman (this time […]

Posted April 23rd 2017 in Contemporary, New Adult, Reviews, Romance / / 1 Comment

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#BookReview: OPTIMISTS DIE FIRST by Susin Nielsen

This is a tough one to review. In some ways, I really enjoyed it. However, it also had its limitations, and I’m not sure how well the good outweighed the not so good. On the positive side of the seesaw, the characters were all very quirky. I started out really enjoying it, particularly Petula’s pessimism. I could relate to it a whoooole lot. I mean, I like to call my personal strain of pessimism “realism”, but it’s essentially the same. Prepare the worst mentality, you know, except Petula took it a lot further than I did. I also liked the […]

Posted February 20th 2017 in Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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