Hi everyone, time for some more shameless self promotion. I’ve recently written a review for Copyhouse Press on their site The Coffee House, where book news and reviews for Copyhouse Press and other works are posted. If you fancy taking a look at my review for The Olive Tree by Deborah Anderson follow the link below:
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Here’s a round up of my YA Love Magazine articles from June:
If last week’s episode was about setting up the characters and the situation, this week we see how they kids are coping without the adults around. At the moment, they are barely hanging on, with petty disputes and prejudices about each other threatening to cause problems for those left behind in Pretty Lake…
After last week’s bore fest things slightly improve in the latest episode. The wider conspiracy comes back and there are some intriguing developments…
We’re on to the penultimate episode for the teen sci-fi drama Between, and although there were slight improvements in last week’s episode, the lack of quality in this series is still evident…
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As I mentioned a while back I’ve started contributing to YA Love Magazine. Below is my articles from May 2015 if you fancy taking a look…
May 04, 2015
There’s nothing like a bit of nuclear war to break up young romance is there?
Based on the book by the same name by Meg Rosoff, How I Live Now focuses on American teenager Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) who is forced to stay with her cousins in the English Countryside. Initially hostile and dismissive of her cousins she soon starts to bond with them, especially the oldest cousin Eddie (George MacKay). However when terrorists detonate a nuclear bomb in London the cousins are thrust into a new world, one which threatens to keep them apart from each other…
Cassandra Clare is hot property right now, with her successful book series The Mortal Instruments being made into a TV series called Shadowhunters (which will hopefully erase the woeful movie from our minds). Now I’m reading the second in her prequel series The Infernal Devices…
Netflix has been behind some of the most popular TV shows of the past few years; with hits like Orange is the New Black, House of Cards and Daredevil proving popular with viewers and critics alike. Now, Netflix now have their own YA/Sci-fi show Between, co-produced and financed with Canadian network City. With new episodes of Between broadcasted every week on Netflix, will Between become the new TV sensation?…
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Nov 3 2015
The Olive Tree by Deborah Anderson
It seems not a day goes by where we hear more reports on child abuse and neglect. In her debut novel, Deborah Anderson gives a tough, uncompromising look at the long term effects of such abuse and the impact it has on one’s mental health. Mistreated and betrayed by those who should have cared for […]