On the Other Side Review

On the Other Side
Rating: 5/5
Buy or Borrow: Buy
Source: Bought from Waterstones (released July 14th 2016)

Evie Snow is eighty-two when she quietly passes away in her sleep, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. It's the way most people wish to leave the world but when Evie reaches the door of her own private heaven, she finds that she's become her twenty-seven-year-old self and the door won't open.

Evie's soul must be light enough to pass through so she needs to get rid of whatever is making her soul heavy. For Evie, this means unburdening herself of the three secrets that have weighed her down for over fifty years, so she must find a way to reveal them before it's too late.

As Evie begins the journey of a lifetime, she learns more about life and love than she ever thought possible, and somehow, some way, she may also find her way back to her long lost love . .
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Week 6: Everything Everything


Everything Everything - Nicola Yoon
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Frostblood Review

Frostblood
Rating: 5/5
Buy or Borrow: Buy
Source: Uncorrected proof from publisher (released 12th January 2017)

In a land ruled by frost and ice, Ruby lives in constant fear. She’s a Fireblood, born with the dangerous ability to manipulate fire.

She’s spent her whole life in hiding.

Until the day Frostblood soldiers raid her village and kill her mother. The day she swears to avenge her people.

But first she must learn to control the fire that rages within her. She must travel to the heart of the empire, to the court of the Frostblood King – a place where her very existence is a crime. Her only ally is Arcus, a scarred Frostblood warrior who despises the King, albeit for his own reasons…
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Glossybox: July 2016 Unboxing

So this month I tried Glossybox. This is a box of 5 beauty products shipped to you once a month for £10. 
At the moment, they have a 2-for-1 deal so you get 2 boxes for the price of 1! This is the first one and the second one is on its way. If you want to pick up this deal, follow this link:
2-for-1 Glossybox deal!

So it arrived and it was in a beautiful box like this:

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Book and a Brew: July 2016 Unboxing

This month I placed my first order at bookandabrew.
Every month they send you a box of a tea and a new hardback book.
At only £12.99 a month, I honestly wasn't expecting much as I know how much some other subscription boxes charge for a similar product so I was extremely happy with what I was greeted with. The boxes are sent every month on the 15th and I received mine today. It looked like this:



Isn't it gorgeous? Already, I was excited. I do love a fancy box. 
When I opened the box, it looked like this: 
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Week 5: The Potion Diaries


The Potion Diaries - Amy Alward
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Nerdy Bookworm Box: July 2016 Unboxing (Book Boyfriends)

This month I ordered a Nerdy Bookworm Box from nerdybookwormbox!
It was £29.99 (or £27.99 if you're subscribed) and I received it today. I've seen many unboxing of subscription boxes and it seems they're not worth the money for what you get but this is definitely not the case for this box.

I received the box and it was absolutely gorgeous:

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Concentr8 Review

Concentr8
Rating: 3/5
Buy or Borrow: Borrow
Source: Copy courtesy of Bloomsbury (released in paperback 30th June 2016)

In a future London, Concentr8 is a prescription drug intended to help kids with ADD. Soon every troubled teen is on it. It makes sense, doesn't it? Keep the undesirable elements in line. Keep people like us safe from people like them. What's good for society is good for everyone.

Troy, Femi, Lee, Karen and Blaze have been taking Concentr8 as long as they can remember. They're not exactly a gang, but Blaze is their leader, and Troy has always been his quiet, watchful sidekick - the only one Blaze really trusts. They're not looking for trouble, but one hot summer day, when riots break out across the city, they find it.

What makes five kids pick a man seemingly at random - a nobody, he works in the housing department, doesn't even have a good phone - hold a knife to his side, take him to a warehouse and chain him to a radiator? They've got a hostage, but don't really know what they want, or why they've done it. And across the course of five tense days, with a journalist, a floppy-haired mayor, a police negotiator, and the sinister face of the pharmaceutical industry, they - and we - begin to understand why...
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Week 4 - Billy and Me


Billy and Me - Giovanna Fletcher 
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Last Kiss Blog Tour: Publication Day - Guest post by Laurelin Paige


I was asked if I'd liked to be part of the book tour for Last Kiss, a new release from Laurelin Paige. I devoured this book in a day and it was simply incredible so I feel extremely honoured to be part of her book tour and the most exciting day too...publication day!
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Burning Review

Burning
Rating: 5/5
Buy or Borrow: Buy
Source: Uncorrected proof from Bloomsbury (released 7th July 2016)

After three years in Juvie, Angela Davis is just three months shy of release. She’ll finally see her little brother again. And she’ll get the hell out of the pit that is Brunesfield Correctional Facility.

But then Jessica arrives. She’s young, only ten years old, and she’s brought to Brunesfield in shackles under the highest security possible. She doesn’t speak and is placed in the segregation ward. No one knows what she did to end up there, but there are plenty of rumours. Soon creepy things begin to happen to Angela and her friends, that can only be traced to the new girl’s arrival and it becomes clear that Jessica is more dangerous than anyone ever expected…
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Week 3 - Beautiful Broken Things


Beautiful Broken Things - Sara Barnard

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Stealing Snow Review

Stealing Snow
Rating: 5/5
Buy or Borrow: Buy
Source: Uncorrected proof from Bloomsbury (released 6th October 2016)

17-year-old Snow lives within the walls of a high security mental hospital in upstate New York. Deep down, she knows she doesn’t belong there, but she has no memory of life outside, except for in her strangest dreams. So when a mysterious, handsome man leads her to open a door, Snow knows that she has to leave…She finds herself in icy Algid, her true home, with witches, thieves and a strangely alluring boy named Kai. Secret after secret is revealed and Snow discovers that her choices of the heart will change everything. Heroine or villain, queen or broken girl, frozen heart or true love, Snow must choose her fate…
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