‘A Line Made by Walking’ by Sara Baume – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads 25-year-old Frankie is living in Dublin and working part-time in a public gallery. But increasingly anxious, she abruptly quits her bedsit to live in her deceased grandmother’s creaking house in rural Ireland, close to her family. With an artist’s gift for observation, Frankie recounts the beauty and the obliteration of the world …

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‘Heartstopper Volume One’ by Alice Oseman – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be something more...? Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. The past year hasn't been too great, but at least he's …

‘American Panda’ by Gloria Chao – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads At seventeen, Mei should be in high school, but skipping fourth grade was part of her parents’ master plan. Now a freshman at MIT, she is on track to fulfill the rest of this predetermined future: become a doctor, marry a preapproved Taiwanese Ivy Leaguer, produce a litter of babies. With everything …

‘Solitaire’ by Alice Oseman – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads In case you’re wondering, this is not a love story. My name is Tori Spring. I like to sleep and I like to blog. Last year – before all that stuff with Charlie and before I had to face the harsh realities of A-Levels and university applications and the fact that one …

‘Rewrite the Stars’ by Emma Heatherington – ARC Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads It’s never too late to say I love you… A stunning Christmas romance for fans of One Day in December and Jojo Moyes From the moment they meet one December day there’s something between Charlotte Taylor and her brother’s best friend, Tom Farley. But Tom’s already taken and Charlie has to let him go… …

‘How It Feels to Float’ by Helena Fox – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Biz knows how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, who loves her so hard, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell anyone anything. Not …

‘Adults’ by Emma Jane Unsworth – eARC Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Jenny McLaine is an adult. Supposedly. At thirty-five she owns her own house, writes for a cool magazine and has hilarious friends just a message away. But the thing is: She can’t actually afford her house since her criminally sexy ex-boyfriend Art leftHer best friend Kelly is clearly trying to break up …

‘Sadie’ by Courtney Summers – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads A missing girl on a journey of revenge. A Serial―like podcast following the clues she's left behind. And an ending you won't be able to stop talking about. Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best …

‘Unexpected Lessons in Love’ by Lucy Dillon – eARC Book Review

Blurb from Penguin Books From the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of Where the Light Gets in and All I Ever Wanted'No one tugs at the heartstrings quite like Lucy Dillon' Red magazine What happens when 'I do' turns into 'I don't know'? Jeannie always wanted to fall in love, and now she’s finally got the whirlwind romance she dreamed …

‘Everything Here is Beautiful’ by Mira T. Lee – Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Two Chinese-American sisters — Miranda, the older, responsible one, always her younger sister’s protector; Lucia, the headstrong, unpredictable one, whose impulses are huge and, often, life changing. When Lucia starts hearing voices, it is Miranda who must find a way to reach her sister. Lucia impetuously plows ahead, but the bitter constant …