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Finale by Stephanie Garber
5.0
Thank you Stephanie from the bottom of my heart for creating this fantastical, magical world that is Caraval and for these seemingly loveless, mysterious characters that I have come to fall in love with. I only have GOOD things to say about this entire trilogy, it has reminded me that much like Legend, I have guarded my heart and closed myself off to love for the fear of being hurt. I didn’t know I was doing this, I thought that I just wasn’t interested in a relationship anymore but the love between the characters in this book has shown me that love is the closest thing humans have to magic and without love what are we? I pledge now to be open and vulnerable with my heart.
I will be recommending this trilogy to anyone who will listen - and everyone. Everyone deserves to be swept up into the magical world of Caraval and to witness the love in these pages.
I will be recommending this trilogy to anyone who will listen - and everyone. Everyone deserves to be swept up into the magical world of Caraval and to witness the love in these pages.
The Yearbook by Holly Bourne
I’m going to keep this short and sweet, otherwise I would be sat here writing a blabbering mess of an essay that would take you hours to read. The Yearbook is Holly’s best book to date and I thought it couldn’t get better than her Spinster club series. Boy I was wrong. Paige is such a relatable character and I was transported back to my own secondary school experience through Paige. I was the one who wanted to blend in and fly under the radar but unlike Paige I experienced verbal and physical bullying in school. A memory rose up from my subconscious when reading the “Most likely to” spread. I remembered how we were made to vote for the sexiest boy and girl in the year and despite complaints and bullying, this still went ahead. Paige’s home life shattered my heart into a million pieces whilst her friendship with Elijah and her relationship with her Aunt Polly put those pieces back together. This is the perfect book for anyone who didn’t feel in secondary school.
5.0
I’m going to keep this short and sweet, otherwise I would be sat here writing a blabbering mess of an essay that would take you hours to read. The Yearbook is Holly’s best book to date and I thought it couldn’t get better than her Spinster club series. Boy I was wrong. Paige is such a relatable character and I was transported back to my own secondary school experience through Paige. I was the one who wanted to blend in and fly under the radar but unlike Paige I experienced verbal and physical bullying in school. A memory rose up from my subconscious when reading the “Most likely to” spread. I remembered how we were made to vote for the sexiest boy and girl in the year and despite complaints and bullying, this still went ahead. Paige’s home life shattered my heart into a million pieces whilst her friendship with Elijah and her relationship with her Aunt Polly put those pieces back together. This is the perfect book for anyone who didn’t feel in secondary school.