IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU – CHARLOTTE LEVIN

**Spoilers Ahead, Read On With Caution** I feel I should start by saying that the main reason I read this book was because whilst at work, the cover grabbed me because of its creepy newspaper cuttings, and then the first couple pages got me. I legitimately stood reading it for about ten minutes before realising you’re not actually meant to do that at work (bookshop myth busting - you cannot actually read at work, like ever). So naturally...

OUT OF LOVE – HAZEL HAYES

**Spoilers Ahead, Read On With Caution** Often times, I dip in and out of books I know are going to upset me somehow, or cause visceral reactions that I’ll carry and hold onto for a few days. Meaning, I’ll read one, get emotionally invested and then cannot read something else emotional for a while without feeling utterly drained. OUT OF LOVE is not only visually beautifully because of its cover, but also poetically beautiful in its story telling. The plot structure...

BULLY – PENELOPE DOUGLAS

**Spoilers Ahead, Read On With Caution** So I’ve never read anything by Penelope Douglas before, and had some pretty good expectations as it seemed up my alley, and also because authors I’ve read and enjoyed also rated it highly. It took a couple days for me to read, as I just couldn’t seem to fully get myself on board with the protagonist, or the bully...

BLACK TANGLED HEART – SAMANTHA YOUNG

**Spoilers Ahead, Read On With Caution** It’s been a while since I read or reviewed anything by Samantha Young, and honestly, I’d quite stupidly put off reading as I was a little scared to read it incase I didn’t like it. Completely irrational fear, and completely incorrect as I actually really enjoyed it and basically read it in a day. Reading a book you’re really immersed in, and continuously having to return to work from your breaks is a real killer...

RIOT HOUSE – CALLIE HART

**Spoilers Alert, Read On With Caution** This was a book that GoodReads recommended to me, and I read about the first five percent, and then stupidly let a few lukewarm reviews deter me from carrying on. I switched to reading THE HAPPY EVER AFTER PLAYLIST, finished it, and flipped back stumbling on gold. RIOT HOUSE is so insanely clever, thought out and intense! I wasn’t expecting the plot to have half the twists that it did, or for it to be so complex at times with its plot. I was expecting a bully/hate-to-love romance in a boarding school, and yes we got that, but also a heavily foreshadowed...