Title: Take It Back Author: Kia Abdullah Genre: Thriller Publisher: HQ, Harper Collins UK Publication Date: 8th August 2019 Cover: Rating: 3.75/5 Summary: The Victim: A sixteen-year-old girl with facial deformities, neglected by an alcoholic mother. Who accuses the boys of something unthinkable. The Defendants: Four handsome teenage boys from hardworking immigrant families. All with … Continue reading Take It Back by Kia Abdullah – Review
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Educated by Tara Westover – Audiobook Review
Title: Educated Author: Tara Westover Audiobook Narrator: Julia Whelan Genre: Memoir Publisher: Windmill Books Publication Date: November 2018 Cover: Summary: from Amazon Tara Westover and her family grew up preparing for the End of Days but, according to the government, she didn’t exist. She hadn’t been registered for a birth certificate. She had no school … Continue reading Educated by Tara Westover – Audiobook Review
Meat Market by Juno Dawson – Book Review
Title: Meat Market Author: Juno Dawson Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Hachette Children's Group, Quercus Publication Date: 23rd May 2019 Cover: Summary: Jana Novak's history sounds like a classic model cliché: tall and gangly, she's uncomfortable with her androgynous looks until she's unexpectedly scouted and catapulted to superstardom. But the fashion industry is as grimy as … Continue reading Meat Market by Juno Dawson – Book Review
The Night Before by Wendy Walker – Review
Title: The Night Before Author: Wendy Walker Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Publication Date: 16th May 2019 Cover: Summary: Rosie Ferro and Laura Heart are sisters, but as different as it is possible to be. One is lucky in love and has a conventional family: a husband, and a small son. The other has … Continue reading The Night Before by Wendy Walker – Review
The Boy Who Steals Houses by C. G. Drews – Review
Title: The Boy Who Steals Houses Author: C. G. Drews Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Hachette Children's Group, Orchard Books Publication Date: 4th April 2019 Cover: Summary: Can two broken boys find their perfect home? By turns heartbreaking and heartwarming, this is a gorgeously told, powerful story. Sam is only fifteen but he and his autistic … Continue reading The Boy Who Steals Houses by C. G. Drews – Review
The Choke by Sofie Laguna – Review
Title: The Choke Author: Sofie Laguna Genre: Fiction Publisher: Aardvark Bureau, Gallic Books Publication Date: 28th March 2019 Cover: Summary: from Amazon "I never had words to ask anybody the questions, so I never had the answers..." Abandoned by her mother and seldom visited by her unpredictable, violent father, 10-year-old Justine is raised by her … Continue reading The Choke by Sofie Laguna – Review
Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson – Review
Title: Before She Knew Him Author: Peter Swanson Genre: Psychological Thriller Publication Date: 7th March 2019 Cover: Summary: 'They had a secret, the two of them, and there was no better way to start a friendship than with a secret.' When Hen and Lloyd move into their new house in West Dartford, Mass., they're relieved … Continue reading Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson – Review
