Nowhere Else But Here by Rachel Cotton

Rose and everyone at school knows Theo has been missing for two days, posters are up everywhere now so when Theo lands on her doorstep with secrets to hide and Rose can keep him hidden but safe, he takes her offer.

She lies to her parents, her best friends Grace and Naya and they all notice she's acting strangely and then she meets Theo's parents in school. She also knows the reason, or a reason why Theo ran away, even if her parents later tell her they found out the real reason, along with him being in her room.

No more secret movie nights, sleeping close or shared kisses in her room, he is with his mum though now safe. But Rose is angry with her parents but relies on her friends after finally confiding what had happened.

Eventually they have to talk and realise their feelings are there between them but then more secrets come out about her ex boyfriend and Theo after the way her ex treated her.

The book was a very different concept, the way Theo just turns up and relies on Rose to keep him a secret. I can't say I found it wholly believable but I liked the idea nonetheless. I did approve of the deeper reason Theo runs away and found it understandable why he would lie though he should be able to tell Rose as she helps him so much.  I do think a split perspective and seeing Theo as his life goes back to being with his mum and possibly flashbacks to deeper worse times to back up the reasoning of running away. Aside from that, the second half they fell into a loving but intensely dramatic relationship like a lot of young first loves can be.

An intense way of discovering love suddenly.

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this for them!

All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

Finch meets Violet on a ledge, about to commit suicide they have to then meet with the school counselor after they both save each other. Yet the school rumour mill says she saved him more.

Charlie is Finch's best friend who has parents who are divorced and knows Finch well and all about trying to die before and having an abusive dad.

Violet was in an accident before and gets counseling by going to a mental health facility. She can't drive or cheer since the accident occurred as she lost her sister.
She and her sister Eleanor ran a website together in a fun magazine style while she still wears her sisters glasses since she died as she can't fully move on.

Finch and violet work on a project together and talk on Facebook where he nicknames her ultraviolet as a fun quirk.

Two broken people create a love and deep bond from misery and circumstance and while their parents banned them from seeing each other, they sneak around still to the point of throwing rocks on windows to sneak out.

But then he disappears and tragedy has struck possibly again...

This book was quite hard going in places as some parts of the story followed better than others to me and at times I did want to stop reading. Over all the storyline was great but could have been more on track with it in my honest opinion.

Libby In The Middle by Gwynth Rees

In this book, Libby is the middle child between older Bella and younger Grace.

After Bella has been bullied at school and fallen in love with boyfriend Sam whose only a year older than her, their mum and dad especially decide to move so the girls can go to a private girls school and live near to their aunt Thecla whom believes she's an artist when the reality is she hasn't ever sold a painting.

But the move can't split Bella and Sam as they take the risk of Sam squatting in an empty house in the village after their family move to another house upon seeing the state of their former New home. However after stealing money to keep him in food, Bella keeps getting Libby to lie and be her alibi for sneaking off to meet Sam. Soon enough their parents and aunt pressure them to confess to whom stole the money and the sisters realise they envy each other's position and value in their family.

It was a very realist story with the trio of sisters relationship and the young couple wanting to stay together. The move reactions are to be expected and I really liked the story for all the contributing dramas that collided.

Smart by Kim Slater

After finding a dead body floating in the river, Kieron
promises to find out whom was responsible for Colin the homeless man's murder as Jean a homeless women also helps him too a free Colin had been a kind friend to her.

It helps that his dream career is as a crime reporter like his idol off Sky News. He even gets a signed picture from him and has to hide it as his stepbrother destroys everything when he's not playing video games.

Though his home life is horrible, his grandma no longer in touch, he vows to find her and while his mum works all the time, his step dad hates him and he spends most of his time in his room sketching, inspired by Lowry creating art when he can.

His mum suffers domestic abuse from his stepdad, a lazy drug dealing thug whom doesn't even send his son to school, just letting him play video games all day long. So when things get interesting in his investigations, he finds a surprising new family member as well as revealing the true murderer.

This was a book that kept on giving when the story got gritty. I excited by the developments and the way he gets a family of true sorts back by his investigationinvestigation. A true young detective in the making he is indeed!

Ten Things We Shouldn't Have Done by Sarah Mylnowski

When April learns her father has a new job and plans to move April and her step mum with him, she puts her foot down to stay as she's loved up with her boyfriend, Noah and her best friend Vi is older and wants to stay with her.

However, Vi and April plot to live together as Vi's mum is not at home and is working away leaving the girls free to live however they wish. They gain a hot tub and cat as well as new friends whilst they learn some hash real life truths along the way about money, love and friendship.

It was unrealistic in many actions such as being given a cat and just spending money suddenly on a hot tub but relatable in the fact that STD's are real and can happen to anyone as well managing finances as an older teen, not younger and that cheating partners exist too. It was fun and it did keep me entertained with their crazy antics and many wild times.

It's About Love by Steve Camden

Luke meets Leia in his media class where teacher Noah, was once in a film he wrote himself. As Luke and Leia work together, their world's collide as Luke's brother Marc gets released from prison after he caused ABH, Like finds himself questioning whom he truly is after a few brushes with fights himself and discovering why Leia suddenly goes quiet on him after they'd been getting along so well.

It was quite slow in places but the drama about violence and aggressive behaviour from siblings was intriguing to see how it influenced their families and how it impacted them. It could be realistic for people to read about I'm certain but despite that the two main characters seemed inevitable to come together due to their names and Star Wars link. Unexpectedly great and refreshing young adult fiction.

Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver

Dara and Nick are sisters who've been torn apart by a tragic traffic accident and a broken friendship.

As Nick struggles to accept what happened and what she truly lost, all is not as it seems as a nine year old girl goes missing mysteriously and the action grips us in a psychological twister of a book!

As Nick tries to cope with moving back in with her mum, you won't expect the end twist and I didn't at all but so much did and didn't make sense due to it looking back on what I read. However, it was an amazing twist and worked okay but the missing girl part could be been so much more than we got! It kept me reading but overall I can only keep thinking of more to change and add.

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

Trying this fairytale inspired book has been a new thing for me as I struggle with reading fantasy fiction a lot. However, I was impressed with this book as we follow Alice and her mum Ella after her grandma has died whom was a fantasy author who lived in the Hazel Wood.

Only as she makes friends with fan Ellery she discovers that all is not as it seems as they try to track down a copy of her grandma's book, she finds herself discovering the world is not as she though at all as she finds herself in the fairy tale world for real...

A suspenseful book with many twists I didn't see coming so the mystery intrigued me whilst the fantasy side of things lost me. It was enjoyable and very much a good read it just didn't thrill me as much as I hoped it would do.

Zoe Letting Go by Nora Price

When sixteen year old Zoe's mum leaves her at Twin Birch, an inpatient recovery for eating/mental disorders, with six girls staying for six weeks. She finds herself with Caroline as a roommate.

As Alexandra her therapist encourages her to write letters and
Journal, she feels like Elise will be there for her but as she grows erratic at getting no replies from her best friend, Zoe finds herself being outcast by a fellow inpatient after she reads her folder and finds out what truly happened to Zoe and Elise.

A mystery interwoven which was half expected to be truthful as unfortunately cases as in this book are tragically true whether in person or online friends. The issues raised where approached sensitively but I would've liked more input into Zoe's mum's life and her views as she wasn't really in the book much.