In Paris With You by Clementine Beauvais

Tatiana and Eugene met years ago as teenageers, thanks to Tatiana's sister Olga and her boyfriend, Lensky.

For Tatiana it was love at first sight of the young man Eugene.

However years later after the crush has faded, Eugene is the one infatuated if not obsessed with Tatiana but as she is set to move for a new job, will the pair staying Paris or leave together?

A very different and emotive book, it was not what I was expecting and was more poetic than young adult novel like though the expressionism was appreciated and enhanced the novel greatly padding it out else it would simply be a love story with a tragedy partly reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, only in modern day. I did enjoy it but not the expected hype build up I'd seen online about it and it seemed more of an adult fiction that young adult fiction.

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

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

Astrid and Nicole are best friends but separate hobbies cause the pair to split ways as Nicole prefers ballet over Astrid's admiration for the roller derby girls especially her idol Rainbow Brite.

As Astrid settles into Derby camp, she has to find the courage to not give up, make new friends such as, Zoey after Rachel her enemy steals Nicole away at ballet camp.

From becoming a new roller derby self dubbed Asteroid, she dyed her hair becoming bolder as she discovers herself over the course of the novel. All about growing up, acceptance and learning the way friendships can play out, it's certainly an inspiring and awe inducing read.

The Vlogger diaries by T Collins

Emma the new girl gets taken in by Olivia paying her to be the face of her YouTube channel as Olivia needs to make money to afford the school New York trip.

Between the girls they want the Destiny channel to be a success while Emma hopes Olivia will be so grateful she'll allow her to join her group at school called the Swans a popular friendship group everyone envies.

It was a fun read as she faces being outed by a boy at her school and humiliated in front of an audience. It was full of drama and friendship faux pas. All about learning to be confident and happily you had never been more important or needed in Olivia's case!

Some Girls Bind by Rory James

Jamie is gender queer binding her chest and hiding her secret from her friends Levi, Nora and Eric as well as her family and brother Steve in this novel told in verse.

Over the course of the novel we witness her friends come out to mixed reactions and approval as well as disapproval too.

Jamie is a good, bold and proud character whilst also being anxious over reactions she could face. The book raises issues straight to the point around gender and sexuality and the fluidity people can have freely now. It is a good bold read and will surely open eyes to the subject matters raised.

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

Seven Days Of You by Cecelia Vinesse

Sophia is a young half polish, half French teen girl, with her dad remarried in Paris with a wife and two kids, she lives in Tokyo with her mum and sister.

Seven days before they're due to relocate back to another continent, David and Mika, her friends, inform her that Jamie is coming back home from boarding school.

This would be great if she and him got along, he knew how she felt about David yet he's loved up with Caroline, who is the opposite to our nerdy Sophia.

There are a lot of revelations about the relationships between the group of friends and more drama with Sophia and Alison's dad. It highlights how seemingly simple relationships can change over time whether you notice or not at first.

Watch for Jamie and Sophia too as they hang out more and the ending highlights that the end can still be continued on from in the future if you keep hoping.

Overall I really loved this book, plus, being set in Tokyo I loved all the references to their culture such as Pokemon, Totoro, Studio Ghibli and their various candies and games.

Thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review it!

Are We All Lemmings And Snowflakes? By Holly Bourne

In this book we meet Olive, she suffers bouts of hyper activity when she can run all the time, desire and crave sudden sex, have erratic thoughts and get by on no sleep at all until she crashes into the blackness and could sleep forever.

Olive doesn't know her mental health diagnosis but after getting hospitalised again, she winds up at a trial teen camp catering on helping mental illness.

There for four weeks, she meets, Lewis and Jamie two boys she becomes friendly with, has a breakthrough about prevention of mental illness and also spirals. We see through her photography and kindness project how passionate she can be about change and awareness of mental health as she begins a movement to raise awareness of helping mental health.

It was an eye opening idea about how teens could be treated for mental health conditions and also shows the extent of the severity of what they face can be like as we see how scary and daunting it was for Olive to face. It handles the subject sensitively and with care making it one of the best YA mental health reads I've discovered this far.

Jelly by Jo Cotterill

Jelly is the school class clown as we discover her insecurity at being the bigger girl at school. She suffers from some bullying comments made towards her many times about her weight building her insecurity as she lets out her anger against people by writing some rather emotional short poetry as a hobby.

She also has to battle with her mothers bad taste in boyfriends as they use her and treat her badly until by chance her mum finally meets a decent guy whom might just also make Jelly happy too.

As Jelly deals with puberty and entering the school talents show with her rather brilliant impersonation act, we see a brave girl emerge as she turns the cruel words said to her into a work of art and owns the stage for her performance.

The book cleverly shows how bullying can effect someone but also how it can in turn inspire them as well. It also shows how a plus size teen is a great choice of main character as Jelly is a normal teenager dealing with an array of issues like any teen of any size a first for teen fiction and I commend Jo for this!

The Polka Dot Shop by Laurel Remmington

This book is about vintage clothes and the joys of used and unused but quality clothing as we soon see...

Andy hates her mum's shop with a passion as she is forced to wear second hand unfashionable clothing her mum brings home for her. Wanting desperately to buy her own new quality clothes, she just may get her wish when she unearths a bag full of designer clothing when helping out in her mum's shop...

As she befriends next doors cute boy, the pair set about transforming her mum's shop whilst she goes on holiday to save the business and turn it into a prosperous and hip shop from the dud rubbish shop Andy thinks it is.

The book features issues from transgender to disability, depression and family troubles as well as showing how businesses can be turned around into prosperous prospects once again. We see how bright young teens can be and how dedication to an idea can really pay off especially for the future and change a life!

It was a fun story and extremely likable Andy was great and following the journey of the transformation was super!

#Find The Girl by Lucy and Lydia Connell

In this debut by great YouTube stars Lucy and Lydia along with author Katy Birchall, we focus on twins Nina and Nancy and how they have to put differences aside so that they can both go to separate events in London they want to attend but the only way is with each other as their mum can't accompany them.

While Nina wants to see a composer and get her book signed by him, Nancy wants to see her favourite band and crush Chasing Chords live and if she can, meet him too.

Only when a chance meeting for the wrong girl to meet Chase from the band, Nina finds herself having a connection like no other with the boy of her sister's dreams!

As the hashtag find the girl goes viral we see Nina struggle to stay hidden with her relationship and Nancy believe she's the girl he's searching for, it's not a simple life for these twins!

As the drama escalates and Nina hides her relationship from her sister, we see the drama explode when the press discover the mystery girl...

I loved this book, Katy is a fabulous author I've loved her books before but as Lucy and Lydia debut book this is great work. The story is gripping and packed with drama you can't help but root for the secret couple as they're sweet and just go together naturally coming together as a couple over the course of the novel. We really get the feel for each twin and their personalities come across really distinctly in the book too, amazing work.

What Lexie Did by Emma Shevah

Lexie and Eleni are as close as twins, growing up together after spending their lives literally by each others sides as Lexie helped Eleni stay alive after she had to have many operations on her heart as a young baby.

Now, their huge Greek family is divided after a lie and secrets hidden from the family by Lexie. Also missing Eleni as she becomes best friends with new girl Anastasia Lexus feels left out and a bit lonely.

As she tries to get her mum talking to her sister and her family again to reunite the two halves of their huge family once again, she comes to realise how different life could've been growing up but more importantly that the truth is always best and lying is the worst thing ever not to mention how her grandma and God would feel watching her lie to everyone...

A family divided by a lie this book shows how harmful lies can be and the impact they have on all those effected not just the one person telling the lie. We see how friendships can be changed and how death can cause people to react differently. It's an emotional and honest book sure to win your heart.

Diary Of A Parent Trainer by Jenny Smith

As her mum gets a new boyfriend after their father's death, Katie and her older sister and younger brother set to jeopardize the relationship as Stuart is a tragedy in dodgy clothes, cars and hobbies. As he changes their mum, the three are horrified and Katie is even more infuriated when her best mates also go boy crazy too especially as one of them starts dating the boy Katie likes.

Let's not forget of course that their home is in Bridletown where all their family live too.

There's plenty of fun to be had from this diary entry style book as it consists of tips to control your human better and how to handle their moods and anything they may do, really. As it is it's actually quite realistic and funny due to that fact and the points being proved true throughout! All about the joys and woes of rebuilding a family in a different way to before and accepting new people.