Something Like Happy by Sasha Greene

Nick tries to commit suicide driven by his depression and unfulfilling job, he climbs to the edge of a building...

Then Jade stops him, bearing the weight of her sister's suicide she wants to prevent anyone else going the same way.

Jade gets Nick to meet up with her and pursue her happy list from days out with Archie an old man
from an elderly folks home, to yoga and dinner dates together the pair find a unique kind of happy from such a horrible situation. But can it last?

This was a fantastic book all about the impact and choice of suicide. It was a deep and tearful read to get through but so much happened I flew through it in a day. A fabulous debut about an ever important topic.

Isadora Moon Has A Birthday by Harriet Muncaster

In this book Isadora wants a normal human birthday party but as her vampire dad and fairy mum plan it we can expect a lot of non traditional party antics especially a cloud bouncy castle that goes awry!

This story was so fun! The adventure they have at the party is crazy cool I only wish such a party could exist!

Isadora Moon Goes To School by Harriet Muncaster

Isadora has to try out both fairy and vampire school in this fun little book as her parents are a vampire and a fairy mix and needs to find where she fits!

Isadora is a fab character the illustrations made her come alive as this story was a great beginning to her story truly unique and wonderful debut!

The Mummy Bloggers by Holly Wainwright

Abi was married to Adrian who's now married to Elle.
Leisel is Abi's sister in law. Grace is her sister.

Elle thrives on order and loves her beauty treatments up and push away her family, while Abi is about keeping it as natural and nature related as possible, for Leisel, her career is everything even though she has no spare time at all, they my be very different blogger but they're all nominated for a blog-ahh award for their separate blogs;

Elle: The Stylish Mumma
Abi: The Green Diva
Leisel: The Working mum

However its not easy as Leisel gets hassle at work over creepy phone calls and packages taunting her for her blog and supposed being ungrateful for her kids. Things take a serious and sinister turn when she gets stabbed...

Elle plotted her life from escaping her home to forging a happy marriage with a finance worker she met when she worked as a personal trainer. Even if now her life is fake as she forces her beloved husband into faking he has cancer for hits on her blog...

While Abi faces backlash for a podcast she did which gained news domination after she changes her expressed reviews and it causes her followers harm...

As the awards get going, Elle's visit to her hometown brings some shocking realities to light about her father she uses selfishly to gain popularity and as Zoe her sister teams up with Grace after a previous betrayal by her sister Elle, Leisel's sister and Abi they set about letting the world know the truth about Elle once and for all...

Elle causes the most drama in this book undoubtedly even betraying her husband and alienating everyone she comes across as a real hard unempathetic bitch who worked hard but at a fake life and I hated her character but she was a great thought of character! Leisel was my favourite as she seemed genuinely down to earth and hard pushed to make everything work and I have to say this book was a total true seeming look at life as a mummy blogger as I imagine from worrying about day to day life to also having danger lurk all round. It was a hypnotic read I couldn't put it down at all!

Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them and to partake in the blog tour!

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The Rumour by Lesley Kara

When Joanne moves back to her hometown of Flinton with her young son Archie the last thing she expects to hear is a rumour going round about child murderer Sally now living in the area too.

Sally killed a younger boy when she was ten years old after being subject to abusive parents after playing outside with the boy, his sister and their other friend's.

As things get heated among the community, Joanne starts to find herself being scared and panics for her son's safety after a creepy Twitter account and a doctored photo show Archie could be in danger.

However her journalist partner Michael moves back in and is intrigued in the mystery wanting to write about Sally's life and how she's coping now after being locked away then having ever changing identities over the years.

Only when they discover who Sally is and where she is, everything comes crashing down...

This book was blooming amazing, the mystery never stops at all and you'll have reason to suspect everyone Joanne comes into contact with or at least I know I did! The killer was a surprise in this case though it shows how you can think you know someone and have it turn out you don't really!

Love Among The Treetops by Catherine Ferguson

When Twilight meets Theo on a train as well as Olivia a clean eating fanatic who turns out to be now friends with her old school bully, Lucy, who made her life hell then and soon again, now. She also stole Twilight's first love away, Jason.

Her dad is fighting cancer while her mum and him are falling into debt. However she has a plan to help them by setting up her own business as a cafe as she loves to bake, it's her passion.

Also happening in this book, Paloma her best friend lost her mum and now wants to find her birth mum while Twilight gets on with her cafe plan, Lucy and Olivia open the clean food cafe and try to sabotage her in some truly rotten acts only Twilight learns it's her old love Jason who has all the answers to Lucy's behaviour.

With a huge but powerful twist at the end for Paloma, Theo and Twilight which changes all their lives the book just kept giving and you can't help but slowly fall in love with The Treetop Cafe!

Summer Under The Stars by Catherine Ferguson

Thirty two year old Daisy has just lost her mum eleven days before her birthday musical treat was going to happen when we meet our main character.

Disappointment is evident in the beginning of the novel but also hope, she was adopted and so out there is her birth mum she would love to know about.

An aspiring writer too, her mum encouraged her and so she enters a competition in a magazine only her boyfriend Tom is always busy with work and hardly gives her attention even on his birthday glamping trip she takes him on for his thirtieth. He makes it evident he'd prefer something upmarket and high class.

Only it's in the same village she was originally adopted from and with old friend Clemmie's help they might make a discovery...

It's set to be a memorable holiday with the arguing couple in the tent next door, a handsome writer called Jake she meets in the woods and a posh hotel her boyfriend approves of over the tent just metres away, ran by a nice lady called Sylvia...

A fun read for under the sun or stars, I love the way Jake and Daisy met it was normal but funny as the story goes on I also enjoyed how Tom got the push as it was very deserving and Daisy was such a strong independent character for the choices she had to face in the novel. I also liked how we were kept guessing whom her birth mum was as it was never made obvious and came as a great shock, the best way a story can be!

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

We Won An Island by Charlotte Lo

In this book we focus on the life of Luna, her sister Margot younger brother Fabien, their hard working mum and depressed after losing his mum, dad as they face eviction and find themselves homeless.

However after entering a competition they see advertised by a millionaire they find their luck changing...

From finding the house in a sorry state and working to fix it, struggling to make friends with the locals, opening a yoga retreat, discovering old treasure and Luna's dream of opening an animal sanctuary there's plenty of action packed into this quick read book but the best bit is the children's surprise for their parents in a bid to make their dad happy once again...

This is a holiday read for a bit of fun but also deals with a lot of serious issues from making friends, dealing with depression and
moving home it touches on issues a lot of children can probably relate to in some way. There's fun to be had from reading this book for everyone from crazy animals to silly behaving siblings you'll not regret picking up this book!

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

Being Miss Nobody by Tamsin Winter

Rosalind has selective mutism and can't talk in front of people or struggles so much she can perhaps only get a single word or two out instead. She is fine around her mum and dad but in school it has always marked her out as the weird one and gotten her bullied. However, she is a very bright girl who loves to read and play with her brother whom unfortunately has leukaemia.

After starting her new high school, she soon gets bullied by Connor, Maisy and others whom do and say despicable things to her as thwy know she won't fight back or speak up for herself.

This angers Rosalind and despite finding solace in hanging out in the library and helping with upcoming book events, she can also write in her notebook blog posts for her new blog she starts with Seb's help. Her blog is titled Miss Nobody as she is made to feel that way by the bullies. On there, she names and shames and gets students to stand up for the ones being picked on which eventually sees the bullies turn on each other too.

Throughout the last half of the novel, Aisla is a new student who gets paired with Rosalind and thankfully she helps stick up for Rosalind and she's kind and patient with her.

Seb worsens throughout the novel and we can guess what we expect to come for him in the story heartbreakingly as he had so much spirit and a warm character.

Being Miss Nobody was a great book and I really enjoyed it for the uniqueness of Rosalinds life situation and how she manages to cope with her SM and everything her family is going through, which is tough enough on anyone let alone Rosalind despite the bullies trying to cut her down some too from being ignorant to her struggle.

Tamsin is a great new author to watch for sure!

Bookshop Girl by Chloe Coles

Threatened with closure to make way for new retail units, Bennett's bookshop is at risk of being closed down.

With her Mum on jobseekers, choosing a future university for herself and sporting a hot guy in the street, her mind is full of things but at the top, saving Bennett's takes over. Working there with best friend Holly is amazing for them both and they set up an online petition to stop the closure going ahead.

After taking part in a life drawing class, the cute boy Paige likes turns up again at the bookshop, only as the closing down sale begins, the petition grows stronger as they use more social media outlets to spread the word through, so they then discover stock is going missing.

As friendship fall outs, dates, chance meetings and campaigning as well as reaching out to an author for help with the petition happen, Paige's life gets very busy as the final countdown to closer looks ever closer...

I liked the concept but found the storyline could've been better executed as there were often things that started but not played out, many characters could've had more input in the action but didn't seem as into the petition and campaigning to save their own jobs and the language was very feminist teenage angst and immature at times. Don't get me wrong, there's funny moments and darn weird happenings but it didn't completely work for me.

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

The Lido by Libby Page

Rosemary and Kate pass by each other unknowingly, going about their separate lives but that's just the start of this story.

Kate is a busy journalist new to Brixton, Rosemary now an elderly lady a member of a tower block community where she lived with her husband once upon a time who can see her beloved lido from her window. She also still keeps up her seven am swims and meeting with her oldest friend, Hope and reminisces over the olden days gone between them before along with remembering her husband and believing she is still young.

So when Rosemary and Kate, covering the story for the Brixton News join forces to save the Lido when threatened with closure, they jointly set about proving it's the hub of the community and worth more than earning some company more money by becoming a private gym. From leafleting and making newspaper headlines and protesting to the council, we hear from all the community members the lido effects in some way and how lives have changed from their encounters there.

Both main protagonists are sad and lonely from absence and loss of members in lives but by joining forces a bond is created between them despite the generational differences they face. Both Rosemary and Kate's confidence grows and her anxiety/panic attacks lessen and as they cross paths with more people thanks to the lido, friendships are made and even a relationship for one of them!

I loved how we looked into so many lives during the novel and got an essence of how everyone in the community was despite their own separate lives how they all came together was so positive and lovely and gave everyone a support network and acceptance which is so good and needed in more real life communities. A touching read for all ages.

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

A Life Without You by Shari Low

Set in Glasgow focusing on the lives of two friends since they were five years old, Dee and Jen.

They run a business together now all week except Sunday's or probable party day considering when we meet them!

However, a crime on the doorstep and a one in a million accident sees us watch as Dee tries to save little Archie a young child from a car hitting him, thus instead we see Dee through Jen's horrified eyes and how she comes to term with what she's not just witnessed but just whom she has now lost.
We see Jen go through the motions of grief and the support she has from everyone including Pete, her boyfriend as well as seeing Dee's family including her husband coming to terms with their sudden tragic loss.
But then Jen's life is changed once again only this time on the day of her best friends funeral in a way she didn't see coming.

The romances in the book and the actions of our characters display all the usual chick lit traits and I also enjoyed the a split perspectives amongst the group of friends and family around Jen and Dee.

This was a great book from a lovely new author to me, I can't wait for more to come in the future from Shari.

Thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!