Title: Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda Author: Becky Albertalli Page count: 303 Date published: 7 April 2015 Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Rating: (out of 5 stars) Synopsis Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised. With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met. MY THOUGHTS I picked this book up because the movie is coming out and I’ve heard is adorable and it certainly did not disappoint. I was…

Title: The Raven King Series: The Raven Cycle Book #4 Author: Maggie Stiefvater Page count: 438 Date published: 26 April 2016 Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) Synopsis All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love’s death. She doesn’t believe in true love and never thought this would be a problem, but as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore MY THOUGHTS *SPOILERS AHEAD* Is it just me or do you feel everytime you finish the end of something you have no idea what to do with yourself? Because that’s me right now. This series is over and now what?! But this was also the best conclusion I could have asked for and honestly just more perfection. It’s so hard to put my feelings into words. I just devoured this book. In literally 24 hours as you can see because I like just posted my BLLB review. Argghh I’m so sad it’s over. This book had me scared silly. I was so nervous as to what was going to happen to my precious babies. Let’s quickly talk…

Title: Blue Lily, Lily Blue Series: The Raven Cycle Book #3 Author: Maggie Stiefvater Page count: 389 Date published: 21 October 2014 Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) Synopsis Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs. The trick with found things, though, is how easily they can be lost. MY THOUGHTS *SPOILERS AHEAD* Okay so what just happened?! My mind is so mashed up that it all seems like one book. I adored these books. There were so SO MANY GREAT SCENES that I’ve been wanting and it was all just given to us. Argghhh. Of course I loved it and I just want to gush all the time. SO GOOD. Pynch is a thing and I’m excited for it to happen. They’re so cute and I’m pumped for it to happen. The fact that they spend so much time together is a clear sign. Also, Ronan is growing on me. He just throws swear…

Title: Wonder Woman Warbringer Series: DC Icons Book #1 Author: Leigh Bardugo Page count: 369 Date published: 31 August 2017 Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Thank you to Penguin Random House SA for sending this my way Rating: (2.5 out of 5 stars) Synopsis She will become a legend but first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight is just beginning… Diana is desperate to prove herself to her warrior sisters. But when the opportunity comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law to save a mere mortal, Alia Keralis. With this single heroic act, Diana may have just doomed the world. Alia is a Warbringer – a descendant of the infamous Helen of Troy, fated to bring about an age of bloodshed and misery. Diana and Alia will face an army of enemies, mortal and divine, determined to destroy or possess the Warbringer. To save the world, they must stand side by side against the tide of war. This is also the TOPPING THE TBR November book of the month which book club I host along with a few other friends  – here are some links if you’d like to know more: Goodreads…

Title: The Dream Thieves Series: The Raven Cycle Book #2 Author: Maggie Stiefvater Page count: 450 Date published: 5 September 2013 Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) Synopsis Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Meanwhile, some very sinister people are looking for some of the same pieces of the Cabeswater puzzle that Gansey is after… MY THOUGHTS Now I have to be honest, I was afraid that I wouldn’t like this book because some were saying that it’s very slow and boring, but in reality it’s NOT that. I loved, loved, loved, loved this book and I’d like to type that out more but we might be here a while. The whole story was taken to a whole other level and it had basically everything I wanted which at times included lots of confusion and theorising. It’s great and amazing and please stop reading NOW to avoid spoilers and then come back when you’re finished (which shouldn’t take…

Title: The Raven Boys Series: The Raven Cycle Book #1 Author: Maggie Stiefvater Page count: 419 Date published: 19 September 2012 Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) Synopsis Even if Blue hadn’t been told her true love would die if she kissed him, she would stay away from boys. Especially the ones from the local private school. Known as Raven Boys, they only mean trouble. But this is the year that everything will change for Blue. This is the year that she will be drawn into the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys. And the year Blue will discover that magic does exist. This is the year she will fall in love. MY THOUGHTS **WARNING… SPOILERS AHEAD** So my previous post was about all the popular books I needed to read. Well that was fast wasn’t it?! *cue nervous laughter* I devoured this book and now we’re here. Loved it, as you can see by my rating. I should probably be reading the second book, but again here I am. Okay, Blue is amazing and I really loved her character. I love her style and her personality. I really liked her family and that…

Title: Almost Midnight Author: Rainbow Rowell Page count: 144 Date published: 2 November 2017 Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Thank you so much to Pan Macmillan SA for sending this book my way! Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) Synopsis: Midnights is the story of Noel and Mags, who meet at the same New Year’s Eve party every year and fall a little more in love each time . . . Kindred Spirits is about Elena, who decides to queue to see the new Star Wars movie and meets Gabe, a fellow fan. MY THOUGHTS (SPOILERS AHEAD) I really LOVED Midnight. I love the writing and I’ve actually missed her stories. Rainbow is just so good at captivating the reader’s attention. I loved Mags as a character. This story was just so enjoyable. The illustrations were great. The story flowed so well and it was just utter perfection! I enjoyed Kindred Spirits but not as much as the first story. I like Star Wars but I’m not the biggest fan that exists, but I definetly can relate to loving a fandom that much. I’m also not the biggest Instagram poster so that wasn’t my thing. But I did really like Gabe.…