Month: March 2018

๐Ÿ“šRELEASE DAY REVIEW – NOT IF I SAVE YOU FIRST by Ally Carter

Posted March 27, 2018 by Emma in 2018 Books, 4 Stars, Ally Carter, Book Review, Conspiracy, Girl Power, Mystery, Orchard Books / 0 Comments

Not If I Save You First 
by Ally Carter
Publisher – Orchard Books
Release Date – March 27th 2018
Buy – Amazon | Book Depository

Dear Logan,Someday I’m going to write a book: How Not to Die in Alaska – A Girl’s Guide to Fashionable Survival.

I bet you don’t know that a hair pin can make an excellent fishing hook. You may think you can use just any kind of mud for mud masks, but trust me, you CAN’T! In a pinch, nothing starts a fire like nail polish remover. Alaska is tough. You might know this, if you ever replied to my letters.

After Maddie’s Secret Service dad takes a bullet for the president, he takes Maddie somewhere he thinks they’ll be safe – far away from the White House and the president’s son, Logan.

But when Logan comes to Alaska, so does the danger.

If there’s one thing Alaska has taught Maddie, it’s how to survive. And now her best friend’s life depends on it …

This book took me back – Ally Carter was the highlight of my teen years with The Gallagher Girls series and then All Fall Down a good few years later. Carter likes a good mystery and/or conspiracy especially within the the famous White House, and it doesn’t disappoint in her latest conquest.

Her latest novels takes of the shape from a dual perspective, the President’s son and his best friend; Logan and Maddie. They are inseparable, always finding new tunnels or secrets doors to explore, whilst running rings around their security. That’s just what you do when you live in the White House. Maddie’s dad is the President’s secret detail, the guy that will stop a bullet and protect the the most sort out family in the United States. That’s exactly what happens, the Russian’s nearly kidnap the First Lady and her dad gets shot, to protect him, his family Maddie had to move away, to furthest, most secluded place in the world, Alaska. Logan and Maddie were inseparable, now they’ve been apart for 6 years, until Logan comes to stay, to stay out of trouble, trouble soon finds them once again.

If you want a book full of girl power, you’ve come to the right place. You can’t get anymore than that. Maddie is the epitome of badassary, girl power, flare, feisty and she is not afraid of being more than just a teenage girl. She’s had to become strong, a survivor of the fittest, she has learnt the hard way by growing and shying away from the 10 year old girl raised in DC that she used to be. Alaska isn’t for the faint of heart, it’s hard, it’s cold, it’s rough, full of predators both animals and humans and totally devoid of all technology. It’s only the letters that she sends to Logan that even have some semblance of the life she used to have.

What I loved behind all of Carter’s books is the premise of friendship and danger all-in-one. Logan and Maddie had something special once, but one day destroyed all of that. Maddie wanted to hang on to it, Logan dismissed it, he felt that he didn’t deserve to have a friend when it was his family that sent her away. Logan was a tricky character for me to like, he’d changed so much and then when they finally found each other again, Logan and Maddie whilst a tense beginning seem to unravel and find a mutual ground where they both knew each other but also getting to know each other once again.

Ally always knows a way to a girls/readers heart, her characters and stories are always fashionable, relatable, funny and for me a breath of fresh air. It’s one of those books that is just a guilty please reliving my teen years all over again. ๐Ÿ“š

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Thank you to Orchard Books for providing a proof copy in exchange for an honest review. 

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๐Ÿ“š REVIEW – THE WITCH’S TEARS by Katherine and Elizabeth Corr

๐Ÿ“š REVIEW – THE WITCH’S TEARS by Katherine and Elizabeth Corr

The Witch’s Tears (The Witch’s Kiss #2)by Katherine and Elizabeth CorrPublisher – HarperCollins Children’s Release Date – February 2nd 2018Buy –  Amazon | Book Depository Can true love’s kiss break your heart…? It’s not easy being a teenage witch. Just ask Merry. She’s drowning in textbooks and rules set by the coven; drowning in heartbreak after the loss of Jack. But Merry’s not the only one whose fairy tale is over. Big brother Leo is falling apart and everything Merry does seems to push him further to the brink. And everything that happens to Leo makes her ache for revenge. So […]

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BLOG TOUR: GUEST POST – THE WITCH’S BLOOD by Katherine and Elizabeth Corr

BLOG TOUR: GUEST POST – THE WITCH’S BLOOD by Katherine and Elizabeth Corr

Hi Everyone, it’s all about The Witch’s Kiss series by Kate and Liz Corr this week. Earlier this week, I finally reviewed my reread of The Witch’s Kiss, which you can find here. From the middle of February I have only been reading this series as the final book, The Witch’s Blood has finally been released. There’s something about reading a series from start to finish as well as the waiting an excruciating year for the next book. Anyways, I’m so excited to be part of this blog tour which I’ve been part of from the very first book. Kate […]

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๐Ÿ“š REVIEW – THE WITCH’S KISS by Katherine and Elizabeth Corr

๐Ÿ“š REVIEW – THE WITCH’S KISS by Katherine and Elizabeth Corr

The Witch’s Kiss (The Witch’s Kiss #1)by Katherine and Elizabeth CorrPublisher – HarperCollins Children’sRelease Date – June 30th 2016 Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Sixteeen-year-old Meredith is fed-up with her feuding family and feeling invisible at school โ€“ not to mention the witch magic that shoots out of her fingernails when sheโ€™s stressed. Then sweet, sensitive Jack comes into her life and she falls for him hard. The only problem is that he is periodically possessed by a destructive centuries-old curse. Meredith has lost her heart, but will she also lose her life? Or in true fairytale tradition, can true loveโ€™s […]

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๐Ÿ“š ARC REVIEW – TO KILL A KINGDOM by Alexandra Christo

๐Ÿ“š ARC REVIEW – TO KILL A KINGDOM by Alexandra Christo

To Kill a Kingdomby Alexandra ChristoPublisher – Hot Key BooksRelease Date – 8th March 2018Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe mostโ€”a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elianโ€™s heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human […]

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โœจ๐Ÿ“šBLOG TOUR – ORPHAN MONSTER SPY by Matt Killeen

โœจ๐Ÿ“šBLOG TOUR – ORPHAN MONSTER SPY by Matt Killeen

Hi Everyone, What a way to start March and also to celebrate Matt’s debut novel, Orphan Monster Spy on World Book Day. I can’t honestly wait to sink myself into this book, with current affairs in the world at the moment OMS is the book to watch out for and really resonates with the celebration of female heroes. We certainly need more of them.  As I said I still need to read this book, so my review will be up a little later in the month. So today Matt has written a guest post about the a female hero called […]

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