Caramel Hearts is a coming-of age story with feelings packed into the pages like the apples in a Fruity Custard Pastie (recipe on p222). That’s right, Liv’s story is scattered with delicious recipies for sweet treats, from her mum’s Recipes to Make Happiness Bloom cookbook. Liv’s Mam is currently in rehab,… Read more »
Could the Apocalypse really be coming to everywhere except Eden Valley? Alba is a comic artist and massive fangirl. She’s often away with the fairies, working on her Cinnamon Girl comic strip – a character she developed for her mum’s bakery. She’s been tight with her best friend Grady since… Read more »
– A story of self-discovery and faith, sometimes brutal but never overwhelming. Okay, where to begin with this book? I knew going into it that it was going to involve a cult, and brutality at least involving the removal of a girl’s hands. I was a bit nervous to start!… Read more »
This book had me hooked from the opening pages. A seemingly wired teenager is stopped at the Dover border with a bag full of marijuana, some cash and an urn containing the remains of one Mr. Peterson. The search for the boy and Mr. Peterson has been all over the… Read more »
“My daddy always said being brave wasn’t not being scared. Being brave was keeping going when you were.” Although I don’t usually like comparing one book to the other (especially when it is a classic) Whistling Past the Graveyard reminded me a lot of To Kill a Mockingbird. Whoa! Those… Read more »
