Whenever a book has a lot of hype revolving around it – I’m nervous. I spend a lot of time trying to find why everyone loved it so much that I often end up missing the bits which make it such a powerful and great book. This wasn’t the cast with The Winner’s Curse. I …
Trenton Maddox is a bad boy with the reputation he most definitely deserves. Girls want to tame him and but when he turns him attention on bartender Cami, she has no intention of become just another notch on his bed post. There’s a spark between them but Trenton isn’t what a girl like Cami is looking …
Clementine Darcy is just starting year 9 and finds herself a little disappointed by Ms Hiller’s philosophy class. Expecting to be devouring great works by influential thinkers, Clementine doesn’t see the point in being told to write whatever comes to her head. But as the year goes on Clementine finds herself sharing the highs and lows …
Flirty Dancing is just as cute as the title suggests. Beatrice (Bea) Hogg is excited when TV dance competition is looking for talent. She’s danced as long as she can remember but when her BFF Kat enters as part of a team which doesn’t include Bea, it seems like all hope of taking part is lost. But …
“The only thing I’m afraid of is a life without you, Pigeon.” Abby Abernathy and Travis Maddox had a hard time of it in the Beautiful novels (Beautiful Disaster & Walking Disaster). But somehow they managed to get it all worked out and be together. A Beautiful Wedding is the novella chronicling their impromptu Vegas nuptials. It’s …
Life is never boring for Scarlett Martin. The amateur production of Hamlet held in the ballroom of her family’s hotel ballroom may be over but her job as assistant for Mrs Amberson is only just beginning. On call to the former actress/now talent agent is a 24/7 job with Scarlett running all over the city …
Set in an alternate version of the late 1800’s, The Peculiars is an interesting tale of one girl’s quest to know more about her father and just why she is so different. Born with abnormally long fingers and toes, Lena Mattacascar has always been a little odd. Her grandmother claims Lena is part-goblin, a Peculiar. …
Sci-fi isn’t usually my kind of thing but Spark looked interesting and I am so glad I gave it a go. This book is fantastic. There’s action and romance with moral dilemmas and all sorts of secrets behind the scenes. Evie’s transition from regular teenage girl to suped up genetic protector could have gotten confusing. …
Sometimes it Lasts is a continuation of Cage and Eva’s story which began in While it Lasts. It’s not essential to read the other book before this one but I think it would help. Going into this book blindly meant that I didn’t know about previous relationships or certain elements in characters pasts which might …
When a flood took the lives of half the town, Tom (also known as Holly the tom boy) lost her parents and sister. With the only family Tom had left being her elderly grandmother in a nursing home, Tom gets taken in by one of her father’s friends, Bill. It’s an odd situation and one which …