The Museum Of You by Carys Bray. Review.

This is the story about a girl called Clover and her dad . Growing up without a mum  is hard , especially being a girl and going through girl problems.  Clover's interest in her mother and her own arrival into the world really intensify's over the duration of the story . We see the story from the prospective of Clover's parents when she was a baby giving us a better idea of what was going on that Clover did not know. The story is also told in present day . I really liked Clover's dad , he was doing his best with his daughter and really was to be admired even if all the the things he did were not the wisest  . The quirky neighbours, friends and family all made this book very hard to finish as I did not want it to end. I wanted this to continue as it is a gorgeous feel good book that gives you all the feels. 

Funny and sad in equal measures this is a story to take your time over and get to know these wonderful characters and this special story about family,  love, and loss . 

I received this book for review from the lovely people over at Lovereading.co.uk

This book is being published June 2016 and will be available from Lovereading and all other good bookstores then.

Below please find a link to this book on their website:

http://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/15979/The-Museum-of-You-by-Carys-Bray.html

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry . Review

The story begins with the death of Michael Seaborne , he leaves behind his son Francis and wife Cora. Cora is an unusual woman who is a keen naturalist which is unusual for the times she is living in. After the passing of her husband she leaves London and moves to Essex . Before her husband died , his doctor , Luke "The Imp " Garrett carried out house calls to them , then , after Michaels death a friendship develops between the two , and for one of them it has more meaning and so they keep in contact after her move through letters . 

I thought Cora was a great lead character, she went against tradition of that time to do as she pleased rather then what society expected of her. She had unconventional interests and friendships and lived her life to the full and was liked even more because of the honesty of it. She was true to herself and it was impossible not to admire that about her . I recommend this to anyone who likes a rebellious female lead character . 

I received this book for review from the lovely people over at Lovereading.co.uk

This book is being published June 2016 and will be available from Lovereading and all other good bookstores then. 

Below please find a link to this book on the Loverading website:

http://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/9781781255445/isbn/The-Essex-Serpent-by-Sarah-Perry.html

In My Mailbox

There is nothing more exciting then happy mail. Today was a great day for review books arriving . Below are the beauties I will be reading this month .

The Museum Of You by Carys Bray

Florence Grace by Tracy Rees

The Essex Serpent  by Sarah Perry

Baby Doll by Hollie Overton

The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson . Review

Having little privacy when your father is in politics is hard when you are trying to be a typical teenager with all that goes with that. When your mother has also recently died it makes it doubly hard .

Meet Andie , this is her life as the daughter of a famous congressman who is under the spotlight of a scandal . Andie has to be extra careful so as to not make the situation any worse for her dad at an already difficult  time . Andie is an independent young woman who has firm ideas about what she wants to do with her life so when everything in her life seems to alter quite quickly she has to alter with it. 

This was such a great book ! Andie is an inspiring character who has had tough times to go through , but she still manages to grow with these changes rather then let them drag her down and hold her there. I thought her love interest in the book was really cute , he was pretty special and their scenes together were a lot of fun . Overall this was an awesome feel good story. 

I received this book for review from the lovely people over at Lovereading4kids.co.uk . 

This book is published May 2016 and will be available from Loveeading4kids and all other good bookstores then. 

Below please find a link to this book on the Lovereading4kids website .

http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/12728/The-Unexpected-Everything-by-Morgan-Matson.html

The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney . Review

This is the awesome story about the Plumb family , matriarch Francie, daughters Melody and Bea and sons Jack and Leo. When Francie's husband died leaving a nest egg for his children with specific instructions about when it is to be given out , no one could have foreseen the complications it would cause amongst the family . This was a fun read as you have this fairly well off family , each member has his or her own unique set of quirks , some good , some bad  and they all need to come together. 

The two characters I loved to hate were Francie and her son Leo , I was eager to know where the plot was going to lead  in relation to him , he was a horror ! 

Overall this was a great story of a family going through the ups and downs of life and inheritance with a selfish egotistical brother at the centre of it all. 

I received this book for review from the lovely people over at Lovereading.co.uk.

This book is being published May 2016

And will be available from Lovereading and all other good bookstores then. 

Below please find a link to this book :

  http://www.lovereading.co.uk/book/15827/The-Nest-by-Cynthia-D-Apriz-Sweeney.html

Nightwanderers by C.J Flood . Review

This is the story about two friends , Rosie and Ti . Ti is a twin and comes from a large Italian family that run a restaurant in the town . Ti and her sister Ophelia have got the reputation as being troublemakers and they don't exactly help themselves with their behaviour. Likeable Ti is the complete opposite of her short tempered sister , but that does not stop her getting into trouble. Rosie can see the good in her friend Ti but she fears for her friend and what is going to happen to her if she keeps letting her sister drag her down. Ophelia is a hard character to like, she is aggressive and manipulative and Rosie can see her clearly which her sister cannot leading these two friends to reach a crossroads in their friendship . I really enjoyed this book, the idea of friends meeting up at night to get up to harmless adventures in a town while the rest of the town sleeps is a great basis for this book, the characters were interesting even if I did not love them all 100%. Great book! Loved it! 

I received this book for review from the lovely people over at Lovereading4kids.co.uk

This book is being published June 2016 and will be available from Lovereading4kids and all other good bookstores then .

Below please find a link to this book

:http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/9780857078056/isbn/Nightwanderers-by-C-J-Flood.html/noredirect

The Hawkweed Prophecy by Irena Brignull . Review

This is the story about two girls who were both born at exactly the same time. One girl is brought up in a regular house with a regular family and the other girl is brought up in a coven of witches kept apart from modern society for the most part. Poppy is brought up with a dad and  mentally ill mother and Raven is brought up surrounded by women all belonging to the same coven . Poppy has an usual gift  that draws animals to her in a way she can't explain and she can move things without touching them , these unique gifts keep on growing . 

When these two girls meet they are like kindred souls and no one could have predicted the connection they would have to one another  or what the outcome would be . This was like a fairy tale and modern story in one , the two main girls were likeable , especially Poppy. I recommend this to all YA fans who like their fiction with a bit of mystism.

I received  this book for review from the lovely people over at Lovereading4kids.

This book is being published June 2016

 and will be available from Lovereading4kids and all other good bookstores then. Below please find a link to this book on the Lovereading4kids website :

http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/9781408341704/The-Hawkweed-Prophecy-by-Irena-Brignull.html