Review: Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

Blurb: Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in his diverse art school, because of a biased system he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated. Then, one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighbourhood escalates into tragedy. 'Boys just being boys' turns out to only be true when those boys are …

Review: Threadneedle by Cari Thomas

I received a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Blurb: Within the boroughs of London, nestled among its streets, hides another city, filled with magic. Anna's Aunt has always warned her of the dangers of magic. Its twists. Its knots. Its deadly consequences. Now Anna counts down the days to the …

Review: Roar by Cecelia Ahern

Blurb: Have you ever imagined a different life? Have you ever stood at a crossroads undecided? Have you ever had a moment when you wanted to roar? The women in these startlingly original stories are all of us: the women who befriend us, the women who encourage us, the women who make us brave. Discover thirty …

Review: That Time I Got Kidnapped by Tom Mitchell

Blurb: Fourteen-year-old Jacob has won a once-in-a-lifetime chance to appear in a Hollywood movie. But when he misses his flight in Chicago and catches the Greyhound to LA he meets Jennifer... and the real trouble starts. Jennifer is on the run, carrying a mysterious package, and Jacob soon finds himself her unlikely partner in crime on …

Review: The Shadow in the Glass by J J A Harwood

I received a free eARC copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Blurb: Once upon a time Ella had wished for more than her life as a lowly maid. Now forced to work hard under the unforgiving, lecherous gaze of the man she once called stepfather, Ella's only refuge is in …

Review: Failosophy by Elizabeth Day

Blurb: Most failures can teach us something meaningful about ourselves if we choose to listen. In Failosophy Elizabeth Day brings together all the lessons she has learned, from conversations with the guests on her award-winning How to Fail podcast, from stories shared with her by readers and listeners, and from her own life, and distils them …

Review: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Blurb: Xiomara has always kept her words to herself. In her Harlem neighbourhood, her fists and fierceness do the talking. But X has secrets. Her feelings for a boy in her bio class, the notebook full of poems that she keeps under her bed - and a slam poetry club that will pull those secrets into …