ONE DAY IN DECEMBER – JOSIE SILVER

**Spoilers Ahead, Read On With Caution** “If anyone ever asks if I've ever fallen in love at first sight, I shall say yes. For one glorious moment on the 21st of December 2006.”  Who doesn’t want to read a Christmas book in August? For some reason, I absolutely can’t and hate to read Christmas books in December. I think it’s mostly to do with me working constantly throughout November and December, missing all of the festive lightness and nostalgia, and instead face two months of bitter, tempered and rushed customers blaming me for things being out...

THE REBEL OF RALEIGH HIGH – CALLIE HART

**Spoilers Ahead, Read On With Caution** Long time coming for this read, as I enjoyed RIOT HOUSE so much, I just knew that I would need to read another. THE REBEL OF RALEIGH HIGH seemed the perfect next read of Callie Hart, as it was similar sounding to the All Saint’s High books of being in high school, but with way more mature content and context. I didn’t want to...

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...

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...