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Monuments by Will Kostakis | Semi-Spoiler Book Review

Heyo Bookaholics! There may be spoilers ahead! I picked up Monuments as it was The YA Room's book club pick for the month of September. I had met the author, Will Kostakis, and really liked listening to him talk. He rambled about writing, identity and being an author which just made me want…

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Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff | Spoilery Book Review

Heyo Bookaholics! I still can't believe I've finished this book... I don't know how to review this. Godsgrave is such a novel that you have to just devour and take in with everything you have. Anything Jay Kristoff writes is beautiful, dangerous and so utterly addictive. Blurb: Assassin Mia Corvere has found her…

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Heartstopper Volumes 1 & 2 by Alice Oseman | Comic Book Review

Heyo Bookaholics! Absolutely perfect and positive! Aghjsidsl!!!! Heartstopper is everything my heart wants, needs and yearns for. This comic series is so very queer, positive Blurb Charlie, a highly-strung, openly gay over-thinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school. Friendship blooms quickly, but could there be…

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Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte | Spoiler-Free Book Review

Heyo Bookaholics! You never really know what's coming with this novel. I kept thinking about that one quote from the book launch where Astrid, prompted by a Harry Potter loving Amie Kaufman, said that Four Dead Queens is a novel about a "Slytherin dragging a Hufflepuff on an adventure". Blurb: Seventeen-year-old Keralie Corrington…

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Wilder Girls by Rory Power | Spoiler Free Book Review

Heyo Bookaholics! It's a true cover buy. Let's begin with the most positive thing here, the cover of this novel is absolutely stunning! This is truly a book you'll see on the shelf at a bookstore, admire the cover and pick it up hoping to display it on your shelf because your TBR…

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Dark Blade by Steve Feasey | Spoiler Free Book Review

Disclaimer: I received an advanced copy of this novel from Bloomsbury publishing prior to the July 11th (UK)/ August 15th (ANZ) release. Heyo Bookaholics! The perfect new middle-grade obsession! Dark Blade by Steve Feasey is a well-executed, quick read of a novel, and although flawed, I find that many middle-grade novels are in…

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Once & Future by A. Capetta & C. McCarthy | Non-Spoilery Book Review (YOU NEED TO READ THIS ONE!)

Disclaimer: I received this novel from Bloomsbury publishing as an arc in exchange for a review. once & future was published on 3rd of June 2019. Heyo Bookaholics! What do we want? A gender-bent King Arthur retelling! When do we want it? Like right now!! You can actually have it!! If you follow…

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Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu | Spoilery Review

Heyo Bookaholics! Malec are back! Oh my gosh, I really do not know where to start with this review because I didn't even know if I could make it through this novel without breaking down into a giant ball of feels! Let me just say that if you want to read this novel,…

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The Astrid Notes by Taryn Bashford | Spoiler Free Review

Disclaimer: I was sent this novel by Macmillan aus in exchange for an honest review prior to publication date (23rd July 2019). Heyo Bookaholics! Aghhhh this novel was so sweet!! I agreed to review this novel for its release today because I know that Pan MacMillan Australia never ever let me down! So…

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Someday by David Leviathan | Spoiler Book Review

Heyo Bookaholics! This book took me a whole month to finish...Why?! SPOILERS AHEAD! If you want to read, this may not make sense unless you've read Every day by David Leviathan, the first book in this trilogy. Someday is the third book in the Every Day series, and the sequel to the first…