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If I tell you by Alicia Tuckerman If I tell you is a book set in Australia, about a girl named Alex Summers who is dealing with being gay. The story follows Alex in her perspective discovering her sexuality in a town that is filled woith homophobic people. As the story progresses Alex meets a girl named Phoenix Stone and her life is changed forever. I really liked this book! The characters were well developed, the imagery used was good and the book flowed all throughout. In some parts of the book, I felt it went a bit quicker or it was easy to tell what was going to happen next, but overall it was really good. this book was very emotional, not only did Alex have to deal with ridicule from the town she also at times got it from her family. it saddened me to discover what it can be like for some people that are having trouble coming out. this is one of the first books I have ever cried while reading, it definitely brought out a lot of emotions which i loved The ending was the s...

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black So I just finished reading The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. To be honest it was ok, I had previously heard a bit of the hype going around but never read anything about it. To start it was a good book. I loved the writing and characters. The writing was pretty good, it was easy to read and follow. There were a couple of points throughout the book where I felt that the sentances weren't making sense ( in mt mind) but that was probably just me. The characters were also pretty good, I like the relationships and conflict between them it made me want to read and never stop. The problem I have with the characters is their characterisation, there wasn't much of it.  I felt as if I was in a way suppose to already know the characters, they were described well and everything but there wasn't much described them as a character such as their backstory, attitudes, emotions etc. This made it hard for me to follow along with the book and the characters...

--- Just a quick note, I know I said I was going to read the books that I currently have before buying new books, but I was at the shops and saw this book and was immediately intrigued, so I decided to get it and read it :) --- I hate everyone but you By Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin I hate everyone but you is a book about two friends, Eva and Gen, that have been best friends since they were young, the story follows their lives through email as they both go through college on opposite sides of the country. The blurb explains that the storyline covers topics such as mental health, coming out, relationships and self-discovery. I was pretty excited for this book as I had never read anything like it before, based on the format, of the emails and the mental health and coming out topics. I didn't read any reviews before reading this book so had no idea what to expect. The start of the book was really good, the plot was forming well and the flow of the story was going well. Ther...

Update I wanted to give you guys an update on what I'm currently reading and will be reading in the future. I am currently reading Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews  I am about 70 pages in at the moment and really liking it, to be honest, I should of read the blurb a bit better as I was very surprised by the content of the story. I had no idea how in-depth or detailed it would be and that's my fault. Besides that it has been really good, I enjoy the style of writing and the storyline so far. As for the future, I am planning on reading the Me Before You trilogy by Jojo Moyes, I recently found out it was a trilogy and got super excited. I had previously read the first book before and loved it, I am a bit nervous of how the other two book are going to go as I have read some reviews on the second book and they weren't all good but I haven't currently read anything on the third book, but I am overall excited.  After those four books, I'm not really sure what I'll...

The Language of Thorns  Midnight Tales and Dangerous magic  By Leigh Bardugo I really loved this book. The Language of Thorns is a book filled with a collection of short stories containing revenge, love, betrayal, and sacrifice.  My first impression of this book was that it was beautiful, I absolutely loved the illustrations on the inside of the book and the colorful text. the text and illustrations helped paint a better picture in my mind of the stories and emotions felt throughout. Previous to this book I had never read a collection of short stories before, to be honest, I didn't know how it was going to go. I wasn't sure how I would go switching between stories constantly, but I found it really easy. most of the stories were between 30-60 pages containing just the right amount of detail needed to be a successful story. all the stories were written wonderfully, I loved the use of magic and the imagery it produced. the only problem that I had with the book ...