Month: August 2016

REVIEW – BILLY AND ME by Giovanna Fletcher

Posted August 30, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 13 Comments

Billy and Me (Billy and Me #1)
by Giovanna Fletcher
Publisher – Penguin 
Release Date – May 23rd 2013
Buy – Amazon | Book Depository

Sophie May has a secret.

One that she’s successfully kept for years. It’s meant that she’s had to give up her dreams of going to university and travelling the world to stay in her little village, living with her mum and working in the local teashop.

But then she meets the gorgeous Billy – an actor with ambitions to make it to the top. And when they fall in love, Sophie is whisked away from the comfort of her life into Billy’s glamorous – but ruthless – world.

Their relationship throws Sophie right into the spotlight after years of shying away from attention. Can she handle the constant scrutiny that comes with being with Billy? And most of all, is she ready for her secret heartbreak to be discovered and shared with the nation?

 My Review
I stumbled upon this book when I saw an interview with McFly’s Tom Fletcher not really knowing that his wife Giovanna was an author and I guess I was very much intrigued to see what this was like. Then I saw this book on Zoella’s WHSmith Book Club picks and although I’m not really a massive fan of her generally, it made me even more curious and it quite simply is unputtadownable. 
In a small village of Rosefont Hill, Surrey Sophie May is incredible shy, after a very emotional ordeal in her childhood – her grief over her father and problems with her mother at home, she has felt very reserved and basically held off all of her dreams of travelling and going to university because of it. However a small, quaint little tea shop of the hill saved her more than she could ever imagine. When Billy Buskin, teen heartthrob actor ends up in Rosefont filming as Darcy in Pride and Prejudice he really didn’t know what to expect of a small town. Probably something very boring to everything else he has in London or LA. But when he enters the little tea shop, he didn’t know that a slice of lemon drizzle cake is the only thing he was going to enjoy but also the person who served it. 
I loved Billy and Me, have I said that!? You really are drawn right fro page 1 and you can’t put it down. Fletcher has such a way with words but also how infectious the types of characters their were. I adored Billy and Sophie, it was how a passion for something else both drew them together but also filling the void that they’ve lived with all their lives. They were literally suited each other two a tea. Despite all the “famous stuff” it was evident that their would be trouble ahead but nothing that a cup of tea and a slice of cake won’t help. But for me, Molly was my favourite character, owner of the Tea on the Hill, she has literally saved so many lives including Sophie’s, mending Billy’s and influencing so many other villagers including Sophie’s mum at finding love. Molly is just such a character really, she is the town’s gossip as well as being the most loving, caring, vibrant personality of the entire book. It’s what every village and ever novel should have. Molly is basically the Guardian Angel of Billy and Me! Her shop Tea on the Hill is where love begins, thrives and has infinite possibilities. 
It’s been a long long time since I read anything like this and it was such a refreshing change. What I loved about it was the innocence of it. It was just your simple, heart-stopping and beautiful romance between a girl and a boy who quite simply found each other.  I really did love it. The characters, the story and also the setting it really was a sweet and cute romance that you can’t help but curl up with. Oh and some tissues maybe in order to sob into at the end. It’s your perfect escapism.
Rating – 5
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HOT NEW YA COMMUNITY by Simon & Schuster called…

Posted August 24, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 0 Comments
HOT NEW YA COMMUNITY by Simon & Schuster called…

Twitter: @hashtagreads Facebook: www.facebook.com/hashtagreads Tumblr: http://hashtagreads.tumblr.com/ Hello Everyone, I haven’t been around much as I’m enjoying my time off. But Simon & Schuster asked me to post about their wonderful community for the fans of YA just like me. So don’t stop reading when you hear about competitions and big authors such as Cassandra Clare on your screen.  YES YES YES!!!! If you haven’t heard of it already then now you have – right now! It’s a great place for readers to find out about the latest YA reads, hear more from their favourite authors, read exclusive material and enter the hottest competitions. If you love the Shadowhunter […]

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REVIEW – WHAT’S A GIRL GOTTA DO? by Holly Bourne

Posted August 7, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 22 Comments
REVIEW – WHAT’S A GIRL GOTTA DO? by Holly Bourne

What’s A Girl Gotta Do? (The Spinster Club Series #3)by Holly BournePublisher – UsborneRelease Date – August 1st 2016Buy – Amazon | Book Depository HOW TO START A FEMINIST REVOLUTION: 1. Call out anything that is unfair on one gender 2. Don’t call out the same thing twice (so you can sleep and breathe) 3. Always try to keep it funny 4. Don’t let anything slide. Even when you start to break… Lottie’s determined to change the world with her #Vagilante vlog. Shame the trolls have other ideas… My Review And so the third book of the most inspiring, kick […]

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MONTHLY RECAP – I got a new job!!!!

Posted August 2, 2016 by Emma in Blog / 7 Comments
MONTHLY RECAP – I got a new job!!!!

Hi Everyone, So I guess I never do one of these sorts of posts but it has been a crazy and surreal month for me and all because… I GOT A NEW JOB! *Queues happy dancing*  It was even time for a GIF because right now I have never been so happy in my life to leave my job for a brand new and exciting adventure. I have been buzzing for the whole month and still am as I’m 7 working days away from leaving my job in the library service. But do not fret people I am now moving […]

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