Pages And Co Tilly And The Bookwanderers by Anna James

In this book Tilly lives with her grandparents in their bookshop home after her mother left her and In this book Tilly discovers not only why she left but also where she disappeared to and who her absent father is!

This book was magical, full of drama and such clever plot points too! I loved the idea of being able to go in and out of stories and how they can go to a very special library just for them! There idea and cast of characters were brilliant to get into and the villainous Mr Chalk made a perfect creepy enemy!

The Land Of Roar by Jenny McLachlan

Arthur and Rose grew up playing together inventing The Land Of Roar only now they're older, Rose and Arthur no longer play those games however when Arthur and his grandad discover Road is real and get into trouble while reuniting with old friends, Rose too ventures into the land and everything changes as they discover their world is real!

This book is for anyone who wishes the places they invented when they were kids existed and for a fantasy book it seemed to flow better than others I've tried to read with a good amount of action and great world building there's something to intrigue everyone!

The Vintage Ice Cream Van Road Trip by Jenny Oliver

Annie and Matt are happily together, but Holly their friend is changing her life...

Holly was an Olympic rower now, a coach alongside her dad.
As she finds out she's pregnant she sets her sights on running an ice cream van. As the man gathering her child is old school friend Emily's brother, what will they do?

From attending events to road tripping to France, it's a sweet romance about finding an unexpected happiness.

My Secret Guide To Paris by Lisa Schroeder

In this book we meet Nora who's fashion obsessed hard working grandma and her love Paris and plan a trip together to there!

Only after disaster strikes, the trip becomes jeopardized and it's down to Nora to make it happen and also find the strength to accept and help her family to move on...

Making new friends, accepting hard loss and finding joy in a place you've never yet been to sure shows how much Nora can handle at a young age as she sets her mind on making her promise to enjoy Paris come true even if her new buddy isn't the companion she expected for the trip. The aspect of a hidden treat for her and her mum also made a great twist to the tale and shows how family ties how even when time had become tough and tense. A heartfelt read that may leave you needing tissues by the end.

Rosie Loves Jack by Mel Darbon

In this book, we meet Rosie a girl with Downs syndrome whom is in love with her boyfriend Jack. The only trouble is her dad who wants them to split up as Jack has anger issues due to his head being hurt as a baby.

So when Jack gets sent away to deal with his anger, he writes to Rosie via postcards her dad hides away but she discovers.

Using her initiative and wanting to be with Jack, Rosie plans with her friend Lou's help, a way to get to Brighton and sets off with her bag of belongings including her birthday money to fund her trip.

Only things don't go to plan and she finds herself encountering kind strangers, new friends, kind mum's, then a darker world of secret work and the dangers it can lead you into to, especially when you can't escape...

Rosie is determined, brave and severely in love. This book was amazingly bold and daring whilst it captivated me from the start with the unique collision of characters and plot. We go on a journey with a smart protagonist proving her parents she able to do things and not giving up on love especially.

An absolutely astounding debut from a brand new author in YA!

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

Stella is an autistic econometrist, whilst her mum believes she works too hard and should find a partner, Stella craves closeness to someone and so chooses an escort from a company to help her and teach her how to be good at relationships and sex.

As Michael helps Stella, he refuses to take her pay despite his family being plagued by money worries at lot due to his mother's ill health as she has cancer.

The pair have a sizzling chemistry and it's a very sex heavy book, obviously due to the subject nature of the book! The couple were amazing, so different but that's what worked as Michael was so understanding where Stella felt insecure and unsure. I liked that Michael was a clothing designer too as it showed he took care of his craft and was passionate about something just like Stella and her numbers and figures. A great contrasting pair with a relationship that is almost dreamlike sounding how it comes about.

We Come Apart by Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan

In this book we meet Jess, caught shoplifting when out with her so called friends whom help to really put her in the mess she winds up in. Unhappy at home with her mum and stepdad whom seems a sleazy guy whom commits severe domestic abuse.

We also meet Nicu, escaped to Britain whilst his parents try to find him a wife back home for him who's suitable for which they'd return home eventually for them to marry after earning enough money.

As the pair both partake in an ordered community service charge of cleaning the community they meet, but both hide their secrets from the other until they start to hang out more, coming together before they get brutally ripped apart by a tragic act of self defence but too serious to ignore...

A tragic love story of right blooming out of wrong doing as the pair fall into their very short love story. Told in verse it was quick to read and the action flowed featuring an array of important topics from refugees, immigration, kleptomania, domestic abuse and general life wrong from right.

This book will haunt your memories of books you've read as you'll never find one like it again, I'm sure.

The Geography Of You And Me by Jennifer E. Smith

Lucy lives in a block in Manhattan with a crush on the new boy, Owen who moved in with his father.

When she gets stuck in the lift with him in their building, it sparks a new friendship which progresses despite both of them facing moving apart, Lucy to Edinburgh and Owen to Lake Tahoe. They keep in touch at first by postcard but eventually the contact between the two fades and weakens as Lucy grows close to Liam, a boy she meets on her first day at school in Edinburgh she questions her feelings on the situation with Owen and Liam and what about Liam meeting a new girl too as Paisley enters his life when he moves...

Can love stands geographical challenges?

This was a great story which I loved for the fact that they didn't just rely on email but postcard sending too which is a lost art to me as no one really does send them anymore. The way they are forced together and then apart made it seem brutal but their hearts kept growing fonder for sure making it a cute read.

Girl In Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

Known for being the silent girl in treatment, as she suffers with selective mutism. Charlie Davis is a self harmer who has been through a lot.

We see snippets of her life whilst she tries to heal from her self harm addiction whilst in hospital. Upon being released, we see her mum give up on looking after her and so she goes to move to where here best friend Mikey lives.

She struggles a lot throughout the book and as we learn deeper into the background with her parents and her running away from home and living on the streets it becomes clear how much it has messed up her views as she disassociates a lot during tough times and even at one point tries to self harm again when things don't go as she planned them to.

Her job she gets at True Grit a sort of coffee house and restaurant, doesn't pay to great but she does get closer to older man and rocker style guy Riley whom is a heavy drunk and drug addict.

The book focuses on how she copes with life despite all the bad, the storylines of suicide, addiction and death only make the emotional journey in this more realistic and necessary to modern day as many turn to self harm to cope with problems instead of choosing to speak out about them instead.

Windfall by Jennifer E. Smith

For eighteen year old Alice, buying a lottery ticket for the first time she was shocked to hear just how much you could win, way, way up in the Millions.
Growing up since age nine with her cousin Leo's family after her parents passed away, Leo is like a brother and she looks out for him through all his boyfriend issues alike he looks out for her back with her college application and her huge crush on Teddy their other friend whom she buys the lottery ticket for as it's his eighteenth birthday.

The next day after the draw all their lives have changed and a kiss between Teddy and Alice keep us rooting for their budding romance.

Teddy does buy a lot and get swept up into the media spotlight and for a start, his gambling father reappears however Alice can spot trouble ahead after all the bad in hers and Teddy's pasts.

The novel was beautifully written and showed the good and bad of a young lottery win but proves that romance can hide itself well until situations reveal the real you to each other and you support each other through huge life changes.

It's heartwarming and a lovely read about the issues of gambling, luck, love and loss.

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