All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis

All Rights Reserved – Gregory Scott Katsoulis

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Read Dec 18

I can confidently say that this is one of the most unique books I’ve ever read! The idea of charging for the words we speak is so unusual and frighteningly possible. The world-building and how everything is so connected is astonishing and I commend the amount of work that went into it.

The world was so incredible that some of the characters fell a little flat, our main character Speth in particular. I’d like to see a non-verbal character written right and this wasn’t it. Speth was just not very smart and made some very poor decisions including betraying one of her few friends.

4/5 stars

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I Never Lie by Jody Sabral

I Never Lie – Jody Sabral

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Read Dec 18

I will start by saying that it seems like every female thriller main character is single, desperate for a child and has a drinking problem. It’s boring and I want to see it less! As for the actual plot it was interesting and held my attention, but it wasn’t exactly exciting.

I wish we had seen more of Sarah’s story, the snippets we heard were very interesting. In fact, several of the side characters were more interesting than Alex. The ending like many thrillers was weak and seemed incomplete. Also are blackouts really that much of a thing? That you can do that much and seriously not remember? It seemed a bit of a stretch to me.

3/5 stars

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Just Don't Mention It by Estelle Maskame

Just Don’t Mention It – Estelle Maskame

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Read Dec 18

So, I haven’t read the series that this accompanies but now I want to! I just want to give Tyler a massive hug for what he went through! I do feel like after the sort of trauma he went through that there should be some kind of mandatory counselling to help him at east start to deal with what happened,

The flashback chapters were heart-breaking, and the later ones made me start to tear up. Tyler also didn’t seem to have any genuine friends to care about him until Eden. Well, someone called Dean was sort of around but not enough to notice. Tiffani was a psycho and needed to be called out on her crap sooner.

4/5 stars

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The Universe is Expanding and So Am I by Carolyn Mackler

The Universe is Expanding and So Am I – Carolyn Mackler

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Read Nov 18

Virginia is a fat character! She is fat and proud and confident when he family would make it so easy for her not to be. Heck none of the people around her seem to be particularly there for her over a difficult summer. Byron’s rape situation is handled fairly sensitively but there is a ‘money can fix anything’ kind of vibe around it.

I loved Anais and her “love is love is love” attitude, I wish her character could have been explored more. I loved Sebastian though! He was small and sweet, and he loved Virginia for who she was, curves and all! They had a great relationship. Overall sweet but short and there didn’t seem to be a clear ending.

4/5 stars

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Final Draft by Riley Redgate

Final Draft – Riley Redgate

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Read Nov 18

This one was amazing! I love reading books about writers and this one is one of the best! I love Laila! She was so relatable in her obsessiveness, her lack of confidence and just ahh! The representation was amazing – Laila was biracial Ecuadorian who describes herself as pansexual (brief fist-pump yes! Moment), one friend is Brazilian, and another is a Korean lesbian! It just makes my heart sing.

I also loved Laila’s relationship with her teacher, it was so sweet the way he supported her unconditionally. I appreciate that Nazarenko encouraged her to push herself but her behaviour within that worried me, especially the way she cut her friends off. I did love the ending though! Squee!

5/5 stars

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Too Close by Natalie Daniels

Too Close – Natalie Daniels

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Read Nov 18 

I thought that this was an interesting book, but it seemed confused in places. I really liked Connie and definitely sympathised with her. I enjoyed the fact that the story was revealed slowly although the differing points of view were slightly confusing, and I wasn’t sure as to the relevance of Dr. R’s (Emma) chapters.

It seemed a part of Connie’s hospital stay and seeing Emma was to judge if she was fit to stand trial but then that wasn’t mentioned. She had a diagnosis slapped on her and then the book kind of ended rather weakly. I also didn’t feel like the daughter’s diary added much beyond a vague connection to home for Connie.

3/5 stars

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Killer T by Robert Muchamore

Killer T – Robert Muchamore

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Read Nov 18

This book is confused. The blurb places a lot on a virus that kills 90% of people yet in the book this is all a minor event in the background. The main story follows Harry a wannabe journalist and Charlie who gets sent to juvvie for setting off a bomb that while she did make it, she didn’t plant it. The pair meet by chance and Harry falls hard.

We then follow the pair through their teens as they mature and eventually couple up. Charlie with her work in gene therapy was by far the most interesting character. Harry ended up kind of boring. The time jumps were annoying and always happened on a cliff-hanger. Overall this book could have gone so much further and just fell flat.

3/5 stars

Stef Out x