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I had no idea what this book was about going in to it, I just knew I wanted to read it because Nina Lacour writes such beautiful stories. This book follows Mila, a young girl who has aged out of the foster system and been given the opportunity to live and work on an isolated farm with other kids and adults who have also been through traumatic experiences like herself.  This book goes back and forth through Mila's memories of the past and her present and you see her find the family she needs. This book is also paranormal which I was not expecting (this is what happens when you don't read the summary) but I absolutely loved that. It really fit with the vibe of the book. Nina has such a way with words and creating atmospheres that this book truly feels like a cold autumn day. Every time I picked up this book, I was transported to a cold gloomy day and I just wanted to curl up with something warm. If you live in the northern hemisphere, now is the perfect time to pick up this book ...

This book was absolute perfection! I laughed, I cried, I laugh cried, you get the idea. I wish this book had been longer or that there is a sequel on the way because I need to hear more about Kimi's life. I need to know what happens next. I'm so invested in her life and her family. Plus the way the author describes food and art in this...oh my! This book follows Kimi and her realisation that perhaps she doesn't love art as much as she thought she did or as much as her mother does. She loves clothes! She loves creating clothes, wearing clothes, transforming clothes, basically anything to do with clothes she loves it. Her mother just does not understand and thinks Kimi is wasting her time when she should be focusing on working on her portfolio for the prestigious art academy she has been accepted to. They get into a huge fight! When she receives a letter from her estranged grandparents in Kyoto inviting her for spring break, she takes the chance to get away from all ...

First of let me say that I loved this book! It had everything I could ever want in a book. A road trip, a treasure hunt of sorts, a soft boy and a couple of my favourite tropes. Oh look there is only one room left in this hotel and only one bed in this room. Can you say swoon! This book was so fun but it wasn't all good times and happiness, in fact it mostly wasn't either of those things. This book follows Ali, whose absent father has passed away and left her with his prized possession, a 1968 firebird convertible. Ali plans on selling the car in the hopes that the money will be enough to save her childhood home from being repossessed. She finds a buyer who offers her enough money however he lives 300 miles away and she can't drive a stick shift. Enter, Nico, the ex-boyfriend who volunteers to drive her whilst trying to convince her that she can earn the money she needs another way via 'trading up' items instead of selling her father's car. Ali is aga...

tw: this book has mentions of sexual abuse, rape Just by reading the synopsis of this book you might think that this book is a fun contemporary about April pretending to be Gretel, the perfect women that all men want in order to try and find someone that will stick around past date 5 but this book is so so much more! This book is quite confronting and is honestly hard to read at times and leaves you feeling exhausted but it is also uplifting. Just reading through the chapters and all the things mentioned that men expect women do/be and all the things that women do in order to try and keep that said someone honestly leaves you drained. However the girl power chapters definitely uplift you and inspire you to just be yourself. Holly Bourne has an amazing ability to write realistically relateable characters and to normalise mental health which I wish more authors would do. If this book is not something you can think you can handle based on the trigger warnings then I would urg...

Firstly, I loved this book! It was just so so good and exactly what I needed. I flew through this and immediately added a bunch of Jenn Bennett books to my TBR. Her stories are just so...and her writing...I love! Secondly this book made me want to go camping. My idea of camping is a 2 star hotel...just kidding...or am I... Anyway, Jenn Bennett's writing makes you feel things and not just emotions. I felt like I was right there with Zorrie and Lennon in the wilderness, I could practically smell nature coming off the pages and honestly it just made me feel calm and at peace with the world. Nature will do that to you. So will good writing. Thirdly imagine being stuck in the woods with the guy you hate but actually secretly love...yeah - this story is just straight up fabulous and deals with a lot more than you would expect. Also the parents in this (except for one - you know who you are) are just *chefs kiss.* In conclusion, this book is amazing and you should pick it up...

What a fun quick read this was! I love Emma Mills's writing so I was really looking forward to reading this and it did not disappoint.  It follows Nina who joins a radio broadcasting class in her final year of high school where she ends up in a group with her neighbour/childhood friend Jamie. Someone who she has been avoiding for the past few years because of an incident that happened when they were younger. Nothing seems to be going right her, the radio show is a disaster, her mother is getting remarried which means a lot of changes and she has to spend a lot of time with Jamie, who she may or may not still care about. I loved the relationship Nina had with her sisters, they joked around and annoyed each other but were ultimately there for each other whenever they needed each other. It was a very realistic portrayal of sisters. I also loved their sarcasm and humour. I liked how, yes this book was about a radio show but also so much more. Every character had a side sto...

This is the debut novel by Casey McQuiston and my gosh is it amazing! This book is everything. It will give you ALL the feels! It follows Alex, the First Son of America as he falls in love with his sworn enemy Prince Henry of Wales. This was the cutest story and made me squee so many times. After a confrontation with Henry at his brother's royal wedding, Alex and Henry are covered in a very expensive wedding cake and both sides have to do damage control. Plan of action. Make it look like Alex and Henry are best friends. After a weekend in England doing interviews and staging fake photos, Alex discovers that perhaps Henry isn't the uptight royal he believed him to be. Perhaps there is more to him than meets the eye. A friendship soon blossoms and the back and forth texts between the two would unfreeze any cold dead heart and if that isn't enough, the secret romance that soon begins will have you heating up and keep you turning the pages. I loved everything abo...

Happy Glass is a lover of all things French! She dreams of the day when she can go to Paris and experience the magic it has to offer.  Happy has no plans for her school break. She has no friends since moving to Brisbane. Her best friend Rosie lives in Sydney and isn't around for her like she used to be. Having just won a french essay writing competition she decides to use her earnings to get a french tattoo. That would hopefully get Rosie's attention but at the tattoo parlour she meets Alex, a sexy french tourism intern. Soon after she meets girl Alex, a gardener for Professor Tanaka and they both recruit her to help them find the cure for Paris Syndrome, a syndrome they both fear that she has.  Happy does not believe she has Paris Syndrome but offers to help as she uses looking for a cure to spend time with boy Alex. To save from confusing the Alex's she names them Alex One (boy) and Alex Two (girl).  After kissing boy and girl Alex she is soon confused abou...

  This novel opens in 1944, Molly Meade trying to cheer up her friends with ice cream while they wait for their boys to return from war, has just created the ultimate flavour and thus begins Meade Creamery. Fast forward to present day, Amelia has spent her summers working at the ice cream stand and is just about to start her summer as 'Head Girl.' Amelia can't wait to begin. She loves everything about working at the stand, the ice cream, the friendships she has made with the other 'Meade Girls', the responsibilities, heck she doesn't even mind the cleaning that much.  Unfortunately the day before she is set to begin, she finds Molly has passed away and Amelia is afraid that is the end of Meade Creamery and her summer job. Enter Grady, Molly's grandnephew who has inherited the place and is set to reopen the stand and asks if Amelia will help. While Amelia is unsure how the stand will go on without Molly and worse with a male in charge she loves the...