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Such a cute book! | Fangirl

Hi bros! 

With this blog being fairly new I thought I'd go back and review some of my favourites. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell caught my eye as soon as I stepped into waterstones and I just had to buy it! 

My Poor Heart! | All the Bright Places

Hi everyone, today I'll be reviewing "All the Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven, a book which pleasantly surprised me! 

I picked up this book due to the title, expecting a happy laid back read and I couldn't have been more wrong. This story is an unexpected love story where Violet Markey and Theodore Finch meet at the bell tower where they are both contemplating whether life is for them.

I loved the cover design for this book, the bright colours and simplistic pattern relates to the theme of the sticky notes in Finch's bedroom.

I thought the was which mental illness was portrayed couldn't be more true. Yes ok some people didn't treat their problems as real but this happens often in real life too. I know that a lot of people will be able to relate to this book and I find this brilliant.

Slowly then all at once they fall in love, just like John Greens TFIOS, but their love has complications. After Violet stays out all night her protective dad prevents Violet from seeing Finch or going on their daily "wanderings"

The story takes a sad twist when Finch is spotted at a suicide help group after swallowing too many sleeping pills in an attempt to take his own life. His second to last chapter just says "I am in pieces" and this is when you realise this book isn't going to have a happy ending. I can't say I've ever been as angry at a book than I was with this. TFIOS didn't get a reaction nearly as heart felt from me than this did. I wanted him to be happy and I thought he might have been.

I honestly recommend that anyone who likes love stories reads this as it's beautiful and brilliantly written as well as being captivating, just ensure you have a box of tissues with you.

Song of the day : Cell Block Tango - Chicago 

Danni x

Plot Twist! | Tape

                           
Hey bro,

Today I'm going to be reviewing Tape, which I had mixed opinions on, I particularly liked the cover art but the book in itself was disappointing. 



I was drawn to the book's bright cover when in the young adult section in WHsmiths last week. Upon seeing the cover up closely I imagined the book was just going to be another ordinary romance book but it really isn't. It's about about a girl, Ameliah who finds a tape in her new house, when she lays it she hears a boys voice which she believes is speaking to her. The boy is Ryan who talks about his hopes, dreams, fear and most importantly his love for a girl who doesn't know he exists. 

The cover reminded me of the first few chapters of 'Eleanor and Parc' by Rainbow Rowell because of the importance of tapes in their relationship when it starts to grow, along with comic books. The curly hair of the girl is also how I imagined Eleanor. If you've read this please tell me if you thought the same!

I must say I really did give this book a chance, I wanted to like it so badly, there was an original idea with interesting characters but the story line just wasn't interesting enough. Needless to say I finished it, in hope that it would get better but it didn't. Not much happened and that's why it took me so long to finish it. Normally with a book you count down the minutes until you can pick it up again but I just didn't feel that with this. I'm sorry if you feel I've been to harsh but these really are just my opinions. 
That's all, see you guys soon!

Song of the day : Silver Lining - Hurts

Danni x

Again, Again! | Since You've Been Gone

Hello everyone, 

 I've just finished reading this book  (Since you've been gone by Morgan Matson) for the third time, yes the third time, it's that amazing. I bought it last year when visiting waterstones in London (which is the most amazing book shop I've ever been to) and this caught my eye. I've got a feeling that this book is going to be very successful. 

Firstly, the cover design is amazing. It depicts exactly how I'd imagine the main characters Sloanne and  Emily. It's an eye catching and original design with the name clearly stated. 

Basically Sloanne has disappeared, Emily has no idea where she is and will do anything to try and get her best friend back, then one day she finds a to-do list in Sloanne's hand writing. It states all sorts of absurd things out of her comfort zone that she must do before the end of the summer. Whilst on her mini adventure she meets new friends and gets multiple love interests throughout. Her last and final one is unexpected but I ship it! 

I ended up reading this in two days and I would have finished it earlier if they hadn't been school days. Every chapter was interesting and all in all the book inspired me. It made me hint about what I can do to enjoy my self and what I can do that's out of my comfort zone to gain confidence. 

The character development of Emily from start to finish is amazing, she becomes so much more self aware and confident, she realises just how important she is and that she doesn't need other people to define her, and can we talk about Morgan's writing skills?! This book is written phenomenally, and I would absolutely love a sequel! 

One thing I would improve is the ending, though it was written well, it broke my heart! Why would you do that to me? (No-one dies don't worry) . It completely changed my view of Sloanne and I really wanted them to be able to be best friends forever, even though it didn't turn out too badly for the pair! 

The book is interesting, funny, emotional, I laughed and cried and I really recommend reading it (though maybe not in public as some bits might make you look insane). It's my favourite book along with Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas. If any of you have read it, send a message my way and we can fangirl/ fanboy together about it :-) .

I hope this post was interesting, let me know if any of you have any books you'd like me to read and review I will read any genre! 

Song of the day : Lips are moving - Megan Trainor

Au revoir ☕️❤️