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Book Review: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black


I haven't posted a book review on my blog in so long. It's actually years since I posted one. As in July 2015... That long ago! So I'm back with a book review, mainly because I haven't got the time to film a book review for my YouTube channel. I do want to start putting more book reviews up on my blog though because I miss out on reviewing a lot of new books because I can't review all of them on YouTube, so I'll start posting more on here in 2018.

 This review is for The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. I haven't read anything by Holly Black before but I've heard great things about her writing, so I was very excited when I was sent this book to review early by Readers First. Thank you, Readers First.

 Let's get into this spoiler-free review...

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WHSmith Zoella & Friends Book Club:Review (Books 5-8)


I'm back with the second part of my review for the WHSmith Zoella & Friends Book Club.

You can see my various blog posts and videos for all rounds of the book club below:

 Zoella Book Club (Summer 2016 - Round One):


 Zoella Book Club (Autumn 2016 - Round Two):




Zoella & Friends Book Club (Summer 2017 - Round Three):


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Here are the last four titles in the 2017 book club:
(You can buy the complete eight-book bundle, with the exclusive WHSmith covers, here)
So let's get on with the reviews!

 Again, before continuing, please be aware that there are going to be some mild spoilers ahead.

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WHSmith Zoella & Friends Book Club: Review (Books 1-4)


I have been loving the Zoella Book Club with WHSmith since it started last year. 

 I was actively involved with the first round of the book club last summer and then WHSmith kindly sent me the entire book bundle for round two in October. Round one had us discussing each book in turn, via WHSmith's Twitter account, and round two gave me the chance to interview the authors, also via Twitter.

 You can see my various blog posts and videos for the first two rounds of the book club here:

 Zoella Book Club (Summer 2016 - Round One):


 Zoella Book Club (Autumn 2016 - Round Two):


Zoella & Friends Book Club (Summer 2017 - Round Three):

  • Unboxing (video)
  • Review (video - coming soon)

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I read the first four books in the order of the book club:
(You can buy the complete eight-book bundle here)

 Remember, you can only get these exclusive book club covers at WHSmith.
So let's get started with the reviews!

 Before continuing, please be aware that there are some spoilers ahead.

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Book Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J Maas


If you've been anywhere near me in the last few weeks - either in person or via social media - then you will have probably heard me mention these books once or twice (or one hundred times, but who's counting?)

So I decided to film a video for my YouTube channel, reviewing the books and having a general chat about them. The first part of the video is spoiler-free and then I go into talking about particular parts of the book, so there's something for everyone, whether you've read them or not. 

Please remember that these books are classed as young adult. I know I often review middle grade and YA books but these books contain themes not suitable for younger readers.

You can see the video below or watch through YouTube here:
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Celebrating 225 Years of WHSmith: Our Favourite Books


WHSmith are celebrating their 225th anniversary and to kick things off this year they asked people to share their favourite books. Read the WHSmith blog post here.

 I got involved and got people talking about their favourites. So, let's get on to the answers I got to the following two questions, as asked by WHSmith:
  • What is your favourite fiction book written in the last 225 years?
  • What is your favourite children's book written in the last 225 years?



 Here are the responses for favourite fiction book:
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Spoiler-Free Book Review: Hold Back The Stars by Katie Khan


For my latest YouTube video I did a spoiler-free review of Katie Khan's debut novel Hold Back The Stars, which you can watch below:


 Buy it here: Hold Back The Stars by Katie Khan

 In my video I give a brief summary of the book, talk about the characters and the plot and give my honest thoughts on the book as a whole.

 My favourite part to film in my book review video was the section I'm calling "If it was made into a movie". I love films as well as reading books so I enjoy thinking about who I would cast as the main characters if it was ever made into a film.

 Katie Kahn actually watched the video and sent me a lovely message through Twitter:



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WHSmith Zoella Book Club: Author Interviews (Books 5-8)


It's time for my final post about the WHSmith Zoella Book Club as round two comes to an end. I've loved being a part of this, reading some incredible books and getting to talk to all of the authors about their writing. It's just brilliant.

 The first four online interviews that I did with Meredith Russo, Alex Bell, Gayle Forman and David Levithan and Rachel Cohn can be found here and the unboxing of the books and other goodies that were very kindly sent to me by WHSmith can be found here. You can also see my video review for all eight books on my YouTube channel.

 Let's get to the interviews:
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