Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trigger Warnings: Cancer; Death; Drug Abuse; Drug Use; Gun Violence; Racism; Murder; Terminal Illness Double Cross follows the life of Tobey Durbridge, a minor character in Checkmate, throughout his struggles against Meadowview's dark side and hardened criminals. As Tobey was a minor character in Checkmate, I really enjoyed having an insight into his… Continue reading Day 6! Review: Double Cross – Malorie Blackman
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Day 5! Review: Checkmate – Malorie Blackman
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trigger Warnings: Alcoholism; Cancer; Physical Abuse; Police Brutality; Pregnancy; Racism; Rape; Sexual Content; Suicide; Suicide Bombing; Terminal Illness; Toxic Relationship; Violence Checkmate, the third book in Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses Series follows three storylines: Callie Rose's childhood; Sephy and Callie Rose attempting to reconcile; and the nailbiting tension between Jude McGregor and… Continue reading Day 5! Review: Checkmate – Malorie Blackman
Day 4! Review: Knife Edge – Malorie Blackman
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trigger Warnings: Bullying; Child Death; Grief; Gun Violence; Hate Crime; Kidnapping; Medical Trauma; Murder; Physical Abuse; Pregnancy; Racism; Suicidal Thoughts; Violence As detailled in Malorie Blackman's foreword, Knife Edge is a book surrounding the theme of hate. This pretty much summed up Jude in a nutshell - everything he did was fuelled by… Continue reading Day 4! Review: Knife Edge – Malorie Blackman
Review: Mistletoe and Murder – Robin Stevens
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trigger Warnings: Blackmail; Car crash (past); Death of parents (past); Murder; Racism; Sexism It has become a tradition that every year, I read Mistletoe and Murder from around the 20th of December, so that I finish it on Christmas Eve. Even though this is the fifth time that I am reading this book,… Continue reading Review: Mistletoe and Murder – Robin Stevens
Day 6! Review: A Spoonful of Murder – Robin Stevens
Day 5: Murder Most Unladylike Challenge Timescales: DatePostJuly 27thMurder Most Unladylike ReviewJuly 28thArsenic for Tea ReviewJuly 29thFirst Class Murder ReviewJuly 30thJolly Foul Play ReviewJuly 31stCream Buns and Crime ReviewAugust 1stA Spoonful of Murder ReviewAugust 2ndThe Case of the Missing Treasure ReviewAugust 3rdDeath in the Spotlight ReviewAugust 4thTop Marks for Murder ReviewAugust 5thThe Case of the Drowned… Continue reading Day 6! Review: A Spoonful of Murder – Robin Stevens
Review: Library of Souls – Ransom Riggs
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trigger Warnings: Bombings; Death of a grandfather (recounted); Gun violence; Substance addiction; Torture I highly recommend this book to everyone who has read the first two books in this series, as I can't understand why anyone would choose not to read this book, after THAT cliffhanger at the end of Hollow City! This… Continue reading Review: Library of Souls – Ransom Riggs
Review: Hollow City – Ransom Riggs
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trigger Warnings: Animal death; Bombings; Death of a child; Death of a grandfather (recounted); Knife violence; Stabbing; War themes; World War Two I highly recommend this book to anyone who has read the first book in the series (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, as Hollow City develops the storyline further, before the… Continue reading Review: Hollow City – Ransom Riggs
Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs
Happy Easter! Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Trigger Warnings: Ableism; Ableist language; Acute Stress Disorder; Alcohol consumption; Bombings; Death of a grandfather; The Holocaust (mentioned); World War Two (mentioned) I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves fantasy, horror or mysteries. This series is not purely horror, but there are some scary elements and pictures, which resembles… Continue reading Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs
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