Genre: Contemporary

#BookReview: JUST ONE OF THE ROYALS by Leah and Kate Rooper

There were four big reasons I had to read this book. Four things I love separately that came together to form a book I could not resist, despite having a TBR already heaving for June. (No seriously, there are 23 more books I need to read and review this month because I’m cray cray.) But anyway, what tropes lit up in my Must Have It brain centres as I read the blurb? Ice hockey romance Friendship to romance Secret royal expected to take the throne, a la The Princess Diaries 1 & 2 Fake relationship Sign. Me. Up. As the […]

Posted June 5th 2018 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Giveaway, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: AIRPORTS, EXES, AND OTHER THINGS I’M OVER by Shani Petroff

My review This was always going to be a risky book for me to read because it mentions cheating. Cheating is a big no-no for me. I’ve dealt with it enough in reality that I try to avoid it in fiction. Despite this, I was drawn to this book, though. Admittedly, what I expected was nothing like it turned out. I thought everything would happen on the trip home, as in some big, bad cheating would happen during the holiday. But actually, it all happens before, and it’s a kiss. Sari decides to still go on her trip, as does Zev, […]

Posted May 18th 2018 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 2 Comments

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#BookReview + #Excerpt: PERFECTLY MISUNDERSTOOD by Robin Daniels

My review Two hate-to-love stories in a row! I do love this trope. Ok, I completely forgot the blurb when I picked this book up. I could remember it was a HTL about two high school students paired up for class who are complete opposites, but I forgot that the female character’s name was Jayden. Because the only Jaydens I’ve ever known have been guys… So I read the first few pages thinking Jayden was the guy. To be fair, I did originally read the first couple lines of the blurb thinking this might be a gay romance, until I […]

Posted May 16th 2018 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 1 Comment

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#BookReview: THE GAME CAN’T LOVE YOU BACK by Karole Cozzo

This one hooked me very quickly. Ambitious, single-minded female athlete vs cool player (in more ways than one), both vying for the same position on the baseball team? Yes please. I don’t even care about baseball (sorry, I’m a rugby girl). I was just in it for the competitiveness. There was something kind of ruthless about Eve. She was so focused on winning, and it wasn’t even really about proving a point. It just was what it was: she played baseball because her older brothers played baseball. But even if proving a point wasn’t her main driver for getting onto […]

Posted May 15th 2018 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 2 Comments

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#BookReview: LOVE BEYOND OPPOSITES by Molly E. Lee

I’ll be honest and say I was a little hesitant coming into this book. Based solely on the blurb, I was definitely intrigued. As a high school nerd myself (science, not maths), I definitely found myself crushing on the musicians (I was more of a drummer girl myself, which is good since the Boyfriend is a drummer). But… I didn’t get on with the second book in the series, Love Between Enemies. Luckily, this one was a lot better for me! Jade is a Mathlete preordained to go to a prestigious school and then do research at the same place her parents […]

Posted May 8th 2018 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: THE POET X by Elizabeth Acevedo, plus my favourite slam poetry performance

Full disclosure. This is the first book written in verse that I’ve ever read. (I’m not including plays and straight-up poetry books.) And I don’t think I could have been inducted into this style with a better book. It was lyrical, impactful, rhythmic, and that’s just thanks to the style. The content, the characters… it was an incredible story in itself, the perfect story to be told in verse. Xiomara is the miracle child of a devoutly religious mother and reformed father who thought they wouldn’t be able to have children. A teenager, she is caught between these weighty expectations […]

Posted March 14th 2018 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Reviews, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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#BookReview: WICKED CHARM by Amber Hart

Trigger warning: murder, including descriptions of the bodies and some violent scenes towards the end, plus mention of suicide Wicked Charm is a book of two stories running parallel. What the blurb makes you think is that a wicked but charming boy is somehow involved in a series of murders, and I even thought there might be something a touch paranormal here, what with the swamp vibes. But there is also the love story between the wicked boy and the girl who moves in next door. What I liked most about Wicked Charm is that Hart infused it with an atmospheric […]

Posted February 16th 2018 in Blog Tours, Contemporary, Romance, Thriller, Young Adult / / 0 Comments

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