Sixteen-year-old Zeba Khan is waiting for her exam results to come, when her parents decide on a family vacation to their home country of Pakistan. Zeba considers herself British, and visiting her parents’ home country isn’t exactly on her top vacation picks. But to Pakistan she goes, to the blistering heat, where she finds out…
Tag: YA
Is it Friday yet?
So technically its Thursday, but its kind of a Friday, since tomorrow the long weekend starts! Or rather tonight… This week has been crazy busy for me, which might sound odd since I don’t exactly have a day job and to some people (like my brother), I don’t really do much all day. But I’ve…
Review: The Alchemy of Forever
Growing up in the 1300s, Seraphina quickly falls in love with the alchemist’s son, Cyrus, who saves her life in the middle of a dark alley one night when ruffians try to attack her. The price? All of eternity. Cyrus injects her with an elixir, granting her the power to switch bodies when the body…
Review: 40 Things I Want To Tell You
In 40 Things I Want To Tell You, Bird (real name Amy) seems to have a perfect life, warm and caring parents, amazing grades at school, a loving boyfriend, and a bright future. Bird wants to go to Oxford, and she’s lined up her whole life so that she gets what she wants. In her spare…
Review: Fever
After the harrowing events at the end of Wither, Rhine and Gabriel are on the run with their life, with Master Vaughn, Linden’s father, fast on their tail. But freedom isn’t so easily attained in this dystopian world, Rhine quickly realises, as she stumbles upon a scarlet circus, run by a woman who will not…