Illumicrate Unboxing; May ’19

The May Illumicrate box was of course the Aurora Rising box! It was announced that AR by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff would be included as well as some exciting fandom inspired items. I couldn't resist a sci-fi themed box, here's a full unboxing; 》 Aurora Rising signed by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, with…

Tattooist of Auschwitz; Review

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/ 5 Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris Synopsis The heart breaking true story of love and survival during WWII. Lyle arrives in Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, soon he became the resident tattooist. His role was to permanently mark each prisoners arm with an identification number. The day he began tattooing the arms of women was…

My Heart Goes Bang ; Review / YALC TBR

🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 My Heart Goes Bang by Keris Stainton Keris Stainton has a fair few YA novels under her belt but this is the first book by the author that I have read. Synopsis: Five girls: Ella, Lou, Issey, Liane and Paige. Their second year of uni. One house. The girls are determined to right the…

Bookshop Girl ; Review

🌟🌟🌟/5 Bookshop Girl by Chloe Coles A YA debut book by Chloe Coles about saving the day, books by the shelf load and a beautiful boy... it sounds like a fangirls cliche dream. Synopsis: Bookshop Girl is the tale of sixteen year old Paige Turner, she's a confident and stereotypical teen who has a part…

Just Don’t Mention It ; Review / Blog Tour

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Just Don't Mention It by Estelle Maskame Synopsis: Tyler Bruce – hell raiser and bad boy – tells his story in his own words. Alternating between past and present, Just Don’t Mention It is narrated from Tyler’s perspective. We see his life as a twelve-year-old boy suffering physical abuse at the hands of his…

Neverworld Wake ; Review / Blog Tour

Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 Synopsis: Beatrice and her six best friends were the cool kids at school, the beautiful ones, until the shocking death of Jim, the creative genius of the group and Beatrice's boyfriend, changed everything. A year after graduation Beatrice is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery of…

From Twinkle, With Love ; Review

From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon 🌟🌟🌟🌟/ 5 My expectations for this book were lower than most people's due to the fact that Sandhya Menon's debut book When Simple Met Rishi left me feeling rather disappointed, but that's a review for another time. However this book, From Twinkle, With Love was such a cute,…