My Thoughts: There are very few times that a review of a book hypes me up as much and this review hyped me for this book. This is one of the few books I knew about and wanted when I opened my Owl Crate Box in October. I knew I wanted to read it and […]
REVIEW: Dark and Deepest Red
My Thoughts: I cannot even begin to tell you exactly how much I love this book. Which really should not surprise you as Anna-Marie McLemore is the deity of Magical Realism. Their writing style is so beautiful and evocative it makes our own world feel a tad bit more magical. Dark and Deepest Red was […]
REVIEW: Cannonball
My Thoughts: This is such a hard review to write because on one hand I really enjoyed many aspects of this story. One the other I absolutely HATED the main character. She treats her friends as rubbish, she’s elitist and entitled. Even when she has succeeded she’s bitter and grumpy. I just wanted to shake […]
REVIEW: Heartstopper Volume 2
My Thoughts: So it’s no secret that for the most part, I loved Heartstopper Volume 1, and for the most part, was just disappointed in the ending. Luckily Volume 2 picks pretty much right up after that and we don’t lose any time. I am o happy with everything that happens in this volume and […]
Waiting For Wednesday: The Gravity Of Us
I’m honestly a bit surprised that I haven’t already posted about this. I have been hearing about it everywhere for ages. I was so positive that I had already posted but think I got confused with Something like Gravity. As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is used to […]
REVIEW: Wayward Son
My Thoughts: This is a hard book to review because while I like it a lot, I’m not sure many readers of Carry On will. Don’t get me wrong it is a very good book, but also a very different type of book from Carry On. Which I think is appropriate. Simon, Penelope, Agatha, and […]
Waiting For Wednesday: We Unleash The Merciless Storm
We Set The Dark On Fire was one of the best books I read this year so far. I think of it all the time and I loved the way it was written. So, of course, I am thrilled about the second book! Being a part of the resistance group La Voz is an act […]
REVIEW: Heartstopper
My Thoughts: This sweet graphic novel came highly recommended by Sarah of Sarah Says, during our Queer Book Chat over on the AusYABloggers Blog. She is definitely someone I trust so I just had to pick it up! I am so very glad that I did, first of all, the art style is so very […]
REVIEW: Sorcery of Thorns
All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. […]
REVIEW: Wilder Girls
It’s been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since the Tox hit and pulled Hetty’s life out from under her. It started slow. First the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their bodies strange and foreign. Now, cut off from the rest […]
REVIEW If I Was Your Girl
Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret, and she’s determined not to get too close to anyone. But when she meets sweet, easygoing Grant, Amanda can’t help but start to let him into her life. […]
REVIEW: These Witches Don’t Burn
Hannah’s a witch, but not the kind you’re thinking of. She’s the real deal, an Elemental with the power to control fire, earth, water, and air. But even though she lives in Salem, Massachusetts, her magic is a secret she has to keep to herself. If she’s ever caught using it in front of a […]
LGBTQIAA+ Representation in Dystopian and Utopian Fiction
I love Dystopian and Utopian fiction, I would even say that it might be my absolute favourite genre. Some of my favourites fall within this genre, The Giver, Hunger Games, Uglies, and Divergent. I could go on and on. Something that has really been bothering, especially in those books where the dystopia is hidden as […]