Magna-Blade by Evan Aitchison

Magna-Blade

𝕀𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝟚𝟛𝟙𝟙, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕚𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕒𝕣 𝕕𝕦𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕄𝕒𝕘𝕟𝕒-𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕤, 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕥. ℕ𝕠𝕨 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪. 𝔸 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕒𝕟, 𝕂𝕒𝕕𝕠, 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕔𝕜 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕓𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕦𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕓𝕚𝕒𝕤, 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕔𝕠𝕙𝕠𝕝. 𝕌𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕔𝕚𝕣𝕔𝕦𝕞𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖’𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕪𝕖. 𝕂𝕒𝕕𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕕𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕔 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕦𝕟𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕚𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕦𝕟𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕥.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca


Genre: Adult | Sci-fi | Dystopian| Fiction

4 out of 5 stars!

Take a look at the cover! If that doesn’t pull you in enough the moment you read the synopsis you will be hooked.

I have been craving sci-fi recently and Magna-Blade was exactly what I needed. Even more of a treat when I found out it was set in a well known city in Canada!

People have survived a life changing war with some of the most dangerous weapons around – Magna-Blades. But no-ones safe just yet!….Someone knows more is coming and they are working tirelessly to stop it! Question’s are …Will they succeed?…Can they do it alone, or will they need help?

Evan has created this revolutionary setting! You still have your high, middle and lower class, people are suffering, hunger, drugs and crime are still present and a form of law enforcement is in place. It reads as if you are in today’s setting with a futuristic twist. This was a huge yes for me! I enjoy stepping out of the real world while reading but really appreciate when there is still be a relate-able feel to it. Helps to really grasp the idea and makes for an engaging read!

The characters are perfectly placed in this world. I try very hard not give any spoilers away while reviewing so I won’t give any names or details. But I will say I really connected with a few of the stronger, main characters. When they were faced with hardships or tough situations it hit hard! Evan’s characters are extremely memorable. I thoroughly enjoy a read where there is a perfect balance between the story line and the characters and I found that was exactly what Magna-Blade did. The perfect amount of detail throughout.

Now you may be wondering why I gave this read a 4 stars when I obviously enjoyed it so much. The one reason I removed a star from my rating is…. the beginning of the story is very fast paced. Almost as something you would see in a immediate scene at the beginning of a movie, to get you quickly up to date on what’s going down. Although this is fine and a lot of reads do this to give the reader some details before they really dive into the story. What got me was there were parts that had me lost or confused. I felt like I was missing a bit of the story that was critical to understanding things as you went on, perhaps details that are important and were glazed over a bit too quickly. Don’t get me wrong! As you go you will understand what is happening and you will get a glimpse of the past. I just feel some bits could have been touched on more.

All of this being said. I obviously really enjoyed this read and gave it a high rating. What makes me very excited about how this read ended off is I felt as if the story was left a bit open but also with enough conclusion at the same time. Which I really appreciate because I don’t feel like I am needing more…. yet if a sequel came of this I most definitely would be jumping at the chance to get my hands on it!

Of course I would recommend this read especially if you are a sci-fi fan. You can never go wrong with such a strong, vivid world like this!


Publisher: Independently through lulu.com

Release date: December 3, 2019


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Futuristic Book Worm

-Nichole

The Toll by Neal Shusterman

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵…

𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

𝘐𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥:

𝕋ℍ𝔼

𝕋𝕆𝕃𝕃

𝘈𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘕𝘌𝘞 𝘠𝘖𝘙𝘒 𝘛𝘐𝘔𝘌𝘚 𝘉𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘚𝘌𝘓𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘈𝘙𝘊 𝘖𝘍 𝘈 𝘚𝘊𝘠𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘙𝘐𝘓𝘖𝘎𝘠 𝘣𝘺

𝘕𝘌𝘈𝘓 𝘚𝘏𝘜𝘚𝘛𝘌𝘙𝘔𝘈𝘕

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺

𝘚𝘗𝘖𝘐𝘓𝘌𝘙 𝘍𝘙𝘌𝘌.

***Incredible Arc Cover***


“THE CONCLUSION TO NEAL SHUSTERMAN’S BREATHTAKING BESTSELLING TRILOGY IS IN YOUR HANDS….PROTECT IT”


thumbnail_IMG_4524Genre: Young Adult | Science Fiction | Dystopia | Fantasy

4 out of 5 stars

It’s always hard to review the next book in a trilogy or series without giving spoilers away.

The Toll is a book that had so many readers itching to get their hands on. Needing answers, wanting to find out exactly want happens. Thanks to Simon and Schuster Canada I received a surprise arc copy right on release day.

I have seen such a mix of reviews for this conclusion on such a hyped young adult trilogy and I am here to say I am on the positive side of these reviews.

Neal Shusterman created this incredible unique world, with such meaningful characters, a powerful underlining story and lets not forget his incredible writing.

The Toll only added to this creation. Not only does the reader receive closure on so many open moments lingering from Scythe and Thunderhead but the story adds even more twists and turns keeping you committed to the end.

The Toll does surpass 600 pages making this a longer read than your average 300-350 page novel. I may say my only small negative on this read was the filler. There were times when I did find my mind drifting and it seemed to be during those moments. Parts that aren’t necessarily crucial to the plot or characters. Although; when I pick up a larger sized book I expect there to be some filler. The author has taken all this time to create this fantastic world and they want to be sure they are showing the reader each and every corner of it.

All in all I really did enjoy this read and I look forward to what Neal has in store next.


“It is our nature… to surpass nature.”


Thank you again to Simon & Schuster Canada for sending this arc my way for review.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Release date: November 5, 2019


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Spoiled Book Worm

-Nichole

Suggested Reading by Dave Connis

ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕒 𝔼𝕧𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕡𝕒𝕝’𝕤 “𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕙𝕚𝕓𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒” 𝕙𝕚𝕥 𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕔 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕟’𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕝’𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕤. 𝕊𝕥𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕕.

𝕄𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕕 ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕒’𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖, 𝕤𝕠 𝕤𝕙𝕖’𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕚𝕥 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕕𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕒𝕟 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕡𝕒𝕝 𝕒𝕓𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣. 𝕊𝕙𝕖’𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜.

𝕊𝕠 ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕝𝕚𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕣, 𝕕𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕪 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕚𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕎𝕒𝕣. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕕𝕪 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕒𝕨 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘, ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕒’𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕚𝕥.

𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤, 𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕥𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕣?

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca


Genre: Young Adult | Contemporary

4 out of 5 stars

What a fun read! Such a great concept!

A book about books. Something all of us bookworms can relate to and enjoy!

I found Suggested Reading refreshing. With a well written plot and a character driven story it was a light-hearted read that touches on some heavy topics.thumbnail_IMG_3864

Clara’s passion for reading and her love for books was admirable. By starting the locker library she shared this love with others and impacted their lives greatly. What Clara may not have know was how much she was going to grow from this herself and the incredible friends she was going to make.

So many hidden messages within this text as well. Don’t judge people by how they look, the amount of money they have or the people they hang around with. You never know what’s going on inside peoples heads, they may surprise you. Also… never give up! When you have a passion fight for your beliefs whether you are right or succeed it’s all worth it.

Dave’s attention to detail with each book mentioned throughout Suggested Reading was impressive. You can see his time and dedication while writing his masterpiece. This only added to an already enjoyable read.

Suggested Reading also fits well with the “cancelled culture” currently circulating today.

All in all I did enjoy this book and would recommend you giving it a go. Besides I am sure you want to know just how Clara pulled this off…don’t you?



Thank you so much to HarperCollins Canada & HCC Frenzy for sending this arc my way for review.

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

Release date: September 17, 2019


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Book Hoarding Book Worm

-Nichole

Fat Camp by James Sabata

𝐅𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏


𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟓, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐖𝐚šíč𝐮, 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐌𝐜𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭… … 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐞.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

5 out of 5 stars

The slasher horror read with a deep underlining story.

Fat Camp was brilliant.

Phillip had lost so much in his close family life. Decides its time to do better by himself, runs off to camp Wasicu to lose weight. Only to lose much more than what he signed up for. Yet the strength that builds within Phillip is inspiring. He himself is a force to be reckoned with.

thumbnail_IMG_3665The slasher moments within Fat Camp were well done. They reminded me of a true slasher film. Quick, unexpected and shocking. Also not over the top, quiet realistic which only added to the chill factor.

I know the focus for most while reading this book is the murder scenes but I couldn’t help but get pulled right into the character growth as well. Existing relationships that flourished and new relationships launched. All while getting your quench of shocking, gory moments.

Moral of the story with Fat Camp. Don’t mess around with others, be careful how you wrong people. You never know who will decide to get an awful revenge!

Fat Camp was the perfect edition to my summer reads! Thank goodness my son was back from his summer camp long before I read this.

I would highly recommend this read. Sneak it in before our summer is completely gone.



“𝔽𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕞𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣, 𝔽𝕒𝕥 ℂ𝕒𝕞𝕡 𝕕𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣, 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕠𝕣, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕓 𝕠𝕗 𝕟𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕘𝕚𝕒 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕨 𝕦𝕡 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜.”



And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Gory Book Worm

-Nichole

Beds Are For Flowers by R.K. Gold

𝐀 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞-𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

𝒞𝓁𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽. 𝐵𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝑜𝓇, 𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓇𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓁 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓈. 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝑜𝒸𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓈𝑒, thumbnail_IMG_3323.jpg𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝒹𝒾𝒹𝓃’𝓉 𝒹𝒾𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝓌𝑒𝒶𝓀 𝓊𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝓃𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝑜𝒾𝒸𝑒 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐸𝓃𝒹.

𝐻𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓁𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐸𝓃𝒹, 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑔𝓊𝒾𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒞𝓁𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒’𝓈 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝒾𝓃 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓂.

𝒞𝓁𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒, 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝑜𝒻 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝒲𝒶𝓀𝑜𝒷𝒶, 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒥𝑒𝓈𝓈𝒾, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓌𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝑅𝑒𝒹 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇, 𝒿𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓃-𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝒶𝓅𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝑒𝑒 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈𝒽𝒾𝒻𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹.

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca


Middle Grade

Genre: Fantasy

5 out of 5 stars

Since Beds Are For Flowers is a middle grade read, I had the joy of getting to read this with my eldest son. We both absolutely loved this read and highly recommend it.

R.K. Gold is a indie author I met through BookTube. He has always been so inspirational and really has a way with words. When I heard he had started a middle grade series I knew I had to get my hands on it.

The middle grade world is absolutely saturated with fantasy. Making it extremely hard for an author to release something unique into the mix. Dare I say R.K. did just that! He amazed me with the world of Ganedyn.

Beds Are For Flowers is a beautiful story, with sensational characters that will take your breath away. The thought of being born into a bland, color-less world where each and everyday you are worried for your loved ones. Knowing, by facing your fears you may be able to set the pieces of the puzzle back together. Changing things for the best out come possible.

We were hooked! Eager to find out if Clarence, Jesse and Wakoba succeeded in their journey.

I often say that indie authors write some incredible gems. I can’t stress enough how important it is to support indie authors. Trust me, you may find your next top favourite read.

Be sure to check out this series by R.K. Gold!



And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Colorful Book Worm

-Nichole

The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan

𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝓃𝒶𝓃𝓃𝓎, 𝐻𝒶𝓃𝓃𝒶𝒽, 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝟣𝟫𝟪𝟪, 𝓈𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃-𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇-𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒥𝑜𝒸𝑒𝓁𝓎𝓃 𝐻𝑜𝓁𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹. 𝐻𝒶𝓊𝓃𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝓈, 𝒥𝑜 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝓊𝓅 𝒷𝒾𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝒾𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐿𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝐻𝒶𝓁𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑜𝒸𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝒽𝑜𝓂𝑒, 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹.

𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓇𝓉𝓎 𝓎𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝒥𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓊𝒷𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓁𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒, 𝒥𝑜 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝒾𝓃𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓌.

𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓃 𝓊𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝒸𝓀𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒥𝑜’𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓎𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝑔𝒶𝒾𝓃. 𝒟𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝒾𝑒𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒶𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝑒𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓎, 𝒥𝑜 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓃𝒶𝓃𝓃𝓎 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓈, 𝓌𝒽𝓎 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑒𝒻𝓉, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝒻 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇…

***Synopsis copied from amazon.ca


4 out of 5 stars

I was hooked from the very first sentence!

I have heard so many amazing things about Gilly’s writing. Personally this was my first read by her. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will for sure be check out more of her work in the near future.

Gilly had a fascinating concept, executed it perfectly and brought it to life.

thumbnail_IMG_3295Both the plot and character growth was brilliant throughout. Gilly knows exactly how to set an eerie vibe while keeping the characters completely relate-able. The moment I figured I knew exactly what was happening and who was to blame there was a shift causing me to question all of my original thoughts.

I found The Nanny extremely consumable, itching to know who the criminal was.

Now you may be wondering how I could love it so much but only have given it a 4 out of 5 stars. The Nanny was written from multiple perspectives and although I love reading novels written in this form. Moments within someones story line it would jump back and forth between the current time and the past, with a choppy transition. Not wanting to be confused, this caused me to go back and re-read a few times. Or I would keep reading in hopes that things would start to piece together, which of course it did and I was not disappointed.

A psychological thriller at its best!



Thank you so much to HarperCollins Canada for sending this arc my way for review.

Published by: William Morrow

Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers CA

The Nanny is set to release September 10, 2019. Mark your calendars, this is one you won’t want to miss out on.



And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Clever Book Worm

-Nichole

 

Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby

𝒰𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒!

thumbnail_IMG_1675𝘍𝘪𝘨, 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮. 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘨’𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳.

𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳, 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 . . . 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺.

***Synopsis copied from Amazon.ca***


“For Fig’s dad, hurricane season brings the music”.

“For Fig, hurricane season brings the possibility of disaster”.



My own description would not do this breathtaking middle grade justice! The written synopsis gives you a peak at everything you need, without giving spoilers.  

5 out of 5 stars!… No, scratch that! 10 out of 5 stars. 

You think the cover is absolutely stunning, right? Wait until you dive in! The guts of this story! How else can I put it…. you will fall in love!

There is so much emotion packed into this novel. My heart is still so full and warm from the moment I set it down.

Fig loves her father unconditionally, but hates herself when she feels anger towards him. This is completely understandable with the situation she faces. She wants more then anything to understand her father better. To know exactly where his brain goes on the “not so great” days.

Her father knows things are not perfect but is almost blind to just how bad it really is. He loves his daughter, double that!… But it’s not until things start to unwind that he realises just how bad it’s got. He will stop at nothing to make things right, to make things better!. They may not ever be “normal” or “perfect”, but he’s willing to work as hard as he needs to make it their kind of “normal” and their kind of “perfect”.

Fig and her dad are not alone! Between Fig’s best friend and the most wonderful, softhearted neighbour that just moved in. They will succeed!.. They have to succeed!

This will be a forever favourite!

Nicole Melleby has absolutely blown me away with her fantastic writing! I can not wait to see what more hits the shelves by her.


Published by Algonquin Young Readers on May 7, 2019. 

Genres: Middle Grade | LGBT | Realistic Fiction |Contemporary


Thank you so much to Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. for sending me this copy for review. Hurricane Season has quickly become one of my top favourite middle grades!


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms

#𝓶𝓸𝓶𝓼𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓪


Amy Byler doesn’t know it yet, but she truly is a super Mom!

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Working full time to keep the house afloat, while raising two children on her own. Until her absent husband shows up after three years! Offering to take care of the children for a time. Hoping to mend the lost relationships. Amy uses this as a moment to escape Pennsylvania and head to the big city of New York. Where she can explore a new…. or shall I say hidden personality.

Spending time in the city that never sleeps may have been the best thing for Amy in a very long time!

Unit she starts feeling the guilt settle in when she has to make a very important decision. Does she want nothing more than to go home… back to reality, or for this fairy-tale to never end. 

When an emergency at home helps Amy make that decision instantly! …Leaving this new episode of her life far behind.

 


5 out of 5 Stars!

Such a delightful read!

Adorable, fuzzy and incredibly refreshing… it will melt your heart!

Amy and her two kids are the absolute perfect trio! And each character in this novel will find a way to nuzzle into your heart.

Any Mother, single or not can relate to Amy Byler. I don’t think I have ever met a Mom that would say no to such an enchanting holiday as this…. I could only dream!

Kelly Harms has created such a encouraging read with “The Overdue Life of Amy Byler”. Taking time for yourself is never easy when you’re a Mother. Your children become your whole entire world. But know that you can and don’t feel the guilt!

thumbnail_IMG_1858Thank you so much to Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. for sending me this copy for review! It will always be cherished!


And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

 

 

Sculpt Yourself by SAVY

𝒲𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝒥𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝓀𝓈 𝒪𝒻 𝒜𝓇𝓉

 

Ever wish there was a way to change a certain part of your body? … Perhaps a way that wasn’t as permanent as cosmetic surgery?

Imagine … 1 pill that could do just that.

All you have to do is take one, then you can start manipulating any extra fat you have on your body.

Move it to other areas…maybe give yourself a little more va voom!


Lipamorph: The drug that lets you sculpt yourself.

Amber is a 24-year-old tech support worker by day, gay feminist blogger (and bad-sitcom aficionado) by night. She’s been vocal about her disapproval of Lipamorph from the beginning, seeing it as another tool to reinforce patriarchal beauty standards; but as Lipamorph becomes more common, Amber’s dissenting voice starts to matter less and less.

Judie is Amber’s younger sister, and seemingly her complete opposite; she loves pop music, pretty latte art and dating men. After struggling with hating her body for most of her life, Judie has become borderline reliant on Lipamorph for self-confidence, much to Amber’s dismay.

 Kelly is an artist currently working for the marketing firm on the floor above Amber’s office. She’s whip-smart, proudly bisexual and strikingly beautiful…. and she’s the women Amber’s fallen in love with.

*** Character descriptions are not my own words. Taken from back of book itself….  this is one book that my words were not doing it justice**

“Sculpt Yourself tackles body image, LGBT+ topics and what it means to be a feminist in the 21st century”.


5 out of 5 stars

Sculpt yourself is so unique.

I savoured ever bit of this story. This is one that you don’t want to put down, yet don’t want it to end.

I thoroughly enjoyed that it was written from three different perspectives. I love multi perspective reads! It gives you a chance to really know each main character on more of a personal level. Which then helps you follow their story much more closely and really connect with each differently.

Savy truly created some of the most incredible characters. All such powerful women, yet they all have some type of insecurity. ….. I means who doesn’t in the real world?

Amber is passionate, outspoken and yet she can be very stubborn. Her love for the people close in her life is very admirable. I also love her laid back, easy-going style.

Judie is quirky, fun, softhearted but knows that she has her insecurities and knows what she needs in her life to help her get through those insecurities.

Kelly is intelligent, artistic and independent but scared of some choices she made in her past and tends to hide them. While she grows during the story she learns that this is something she needs to change and honesty truly is the best policy.

I couldn’t recommend Sculpt Yourself enough! It has a little bit for everyone.


“Beauty has gone from an ideal to an expectation.”


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Now that I have shared my love for the story. I have to share my love for the author herself.

Savy is incredibly creative in so many ways and her success shines through. Her passions truly flood through her words. Whether it be by a piece she wrote or even while watching one of her BookTube videos! That’s right! You heard me right! Savy is an indie author that shares many of her passions along with writing with the book community.

Truly one of a kind, hard-working women that deserves so much love and support for everything she does.

Check her page out:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9WShNx2HsXRGjj9F593HzA


And of course thank you all for reading

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

The Field Guide To The North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

***Advanced readers copy***

Norris Kaplan is an extremely witty black french Canadian teenager. Enjoying his typical teen years in Montreal, Canada. Until he was plucked from his comfortable home of  Montreal and moved to hot Austin, Texas.

Already unhappy with having to deal with all the changes of the move and not to mention the heat! Starting at a new high school was no dream either.

Along with Kaplan’s snarky teenager remarks that may get him in trouble, he starts  catalogue everyone he meets. Nothing wrong with that… right?….at least he has some entertainment until he gets to run home to good ol’ Canada.

Until one day he meets Aarti, a girl he just can’t seem to place in any category.

Starting to think maybe his new life isn’t that bad. Norris begins to open up to the thought of staying in Austin.

But on prom night Norris makes a huge mistake and realises its time for him to stop hiding behind his sarcastic demeanour and make things right.



“It’s not that you can’t have an opinion. You just need to have less of them. People won’t always know when you’re joking”.



4.5 out of 5 stars

Ben created the perfect high school setting!

I felt as if I was plucked from my adult life and placed right back into the drama that was high school. This is not an easy environment to create, but Ben constructed it perfectly.

Cataloguing characters, groups, seasons, etc. really brought this field guide to life.

I would be lying if I didn’t say there wasn’t times that Norris didn’t drive me crazy. But I mean isn’t that sort of the point when it came to him as the main character?

Without giving names I will confess there is one character that really found a way into my heart. She is a huge reason for me devouring this book!

Oh and the humour!… absolutely hilarious. Constantly giggling to myself to bursting out laughing. Yet also having some truly serious moments, that you can’t take too lightly.

This is a such a fun, quirky read that deserves all the love.



Thank you so incredibly much to HarperCollins Canada for sending this hilarious read my way.

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Release Date: January 8, 2019



And of course thank you all for reading!

Your Fellow Witty Book Worm

– Nichole

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