“Impostors” by Scott Westerfeld

Although I was dimly aware that a new book in the Uglies universe was coming out this year, I hadn't paid a whole lot of attention to Impostors, so it's mostly chance that I stumbled upon it in the library less than a month after publication. (I'm surprised my library had it so quickly, to …

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“Tempests and Slaughter” by Tamora Pierce

Although this book first came out in February, it was released in the UK yesterday (September 20th), because I'm organised and definitely planned this. I don't know why you're looking at me like you don't believe me; I'm a professional. I requested this from NetGalley because I've heard a lot about Tamora Pierce, and mostly, …

“Three Dark Crowns” by Kendare Blake

I'm very late to the party with this series. I've seen a lot of people raving about them online, mostly on Goodreads and Instagram, since those are the main places I interact with other YA readers. But I'd never got around to reading them, and I don't think I heard about it much when the …

“Things A Bright Girl Can Do” by Sally Nicholls

I picked this up at the library on a whim, because sometimes when you have a mountain of ARCs waiting to be read and reviewed, all you want to do is cheat on them with other books. A couple of months ago I read The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt and, while I really enjoyed …

“Reboot” by Amy Tintera

I borrowed this from my library's fairly limited selection of ebooks (because I was too lazy to leave the house and actually go to the library). Did you know libraries often have ebooks? I feel like it's an underutilised resource, but if they're anything like my library, they don't have all that many and you …

“Blood For Blood” by Ryan Graudin

I reviewed Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin quite a while ago now, after picking it up in Waterstones on a whim. It's taken me a long time to get around to reading its sequel Blood for Blood, despite enjoying another of Graudin's books (Invictus) in the meantime. I have no excuse whatsoever -- I …

“I Was Born For This” by Alice Oseman

I finished reading this book at about 4am, which proves two things: (a) that I liked it and (b) that I make poor life choices. By the time I had enough brainpower to sit down and write a review, of course, I'd forgotten all the pertinent details... and now, a few months down the line, …

“A Thousand Perfect Notes” by C.G. Drews

SO. I had a horrifying realisation just now, while scheduling August's reviews. (Yes, I'm writing this on August 2nd. I'm trying to get my life in order, okay.) I realised that I never actually posted my review of A Thousand Perfect Notes. Oh, sure, I posted it on Goodreads, but I never posted it here. …

“The Authentics” by Abdi Nazemian

I've had this lying around on my Kindle for ages -- I received an ARC via Edelweiss -- but I kept failing to get around to reading it. It's been long enough now that I can't remember why I initially requested it, and also that I remembered literally nothing about it when I began. I …

“Starfish” by Akemi Dawn Bowman

I don't even know why I bother mentioning in reviews that I read a book extremely late at night and therefore might not be very coherent. I ALWAYS read books late at night and I'm NEVER coherent. It would be more unusual for me to have a functional sleeping pattern and write reviews as and …