21. A reader, a writer, a reviewer and a full-time sloth lover. I am addicted to coffee and my laptop, and love reading especially when it's rainy outside.
BOOK REVIEW: Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas Bloomsbury September 2015 Paperback, £7.99 GBP Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 9.5/10 Reviews for: The Assassin’s Blade Throne of Glass Crown of Midnight Heir of Fire Then she smiled with every last shred of courage, of desperation, of hope for the glimmer of that glorious […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers May 2015 Hardback, $12.99 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 8/10 “Love is a force unto itself, sayyidi. For love, people consider the unthinkable…and often achieve the impossible. I would not sneer at its power.” The Wrath and the […]
BOOK REVIEW: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Penguin Books January 2015 Paperback, £7.99 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 9.5/10 Is today a good day to die? All the Bright Places turned out to be one of the most personal books of the year for this particular reader. Although it’s being marketed as “The Fault […]
Margaret K. McElderry Books September 2015 Hardcover, $17.99 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 7.5/10 It wasn’t a global war — more a global series of regional wars. We called them the War Storms. They were bad. The water reserves gave out, the food supplies collapsed, and everybody caught these exciting new diseases, which is one of […]
BOOK REVIEW: Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon Penguin Random House UK Children’s August 2015 Paperback, £7.99 GBP Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 5/10 My disease is as rare as it is famous. It’s a form of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, but you know it as “bubble baby disease.” Basically, I am allergic to the world. Anything […]
BOOK REVIEW: Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray Atom Books August 2015 Paperback, £7.99 GBP Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 8/10 What went down in The Diviners (Book 1): It’s 1926 and Evie O’Neill, fulfilling her party girl needs, commits a terrible, scandalous mistake and is sent off to New York City to live with her […]
BOOK REVIEW: Crossed by Eliza Crewe August 2015 Amazon eBook, £2.56 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 9.5/10 A demon’s soul doesn’t satisfy me the way a human’s does. It’s sweet-and-low to a living human’s sugar. Still, a creeping satisfaction bubbles under my skin, the soul-drunk buzz that always accompanies the devouring of a soul. Meda Melange […]
BOOK REVIEW: Crushed by Eliza Crewe Amazon October 2014 eBook, £2.94 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 8/10 I am Meda Melange, demon-saint monster girl. I make full-grown men scream in terror. I break bones and drain blood. I turn nightmares into reality. I am the most powerful creature on earth. I do not wear a leash. […]
BOOK REVIEW: Simon Vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Balzer + Bray April 2015 Paperback, £7.99 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 8/10 “White shouldn’t be the default any more than straight should be the default. There shouldn’t even be a default.” Simon Vs is the book the blogosphere has been waiting for. It’s funny, witty […]
BOOK REVIEW: What You Left Behind by Jessica Verdi Sourcebooks FIRE August 2015 Paperback, $9.99 USD Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 7.5/10 Lately, I’ve had this idea that I can’t seem to shake. What if I’m missing some crucial dad gene because I never had a dad of my own? What if I’m literally incapable of […]
BOOK REVIEW: Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen Bantam Press July 2015 Paperback, £12.99 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 7.5/10 “This, I think, is the crux of evil in this world, Majesty: those who feel entitled to whatever they want, whatever they can grab. Such people never ask themselves if they have the right. They […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Stars Never Rise by Rachel Vincent Mira Ink June 2015 Paperback, £6.99 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 5.5/10 I feel like my life is a book, and someone turned the page before I was ready, and now I can’t follow the story. Nina Kane’s only worries are keeping her soul as pure as possible […]
BOOK REVIEW: Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry Harlequin UK Mira Ink June 2015 Hardcover, £7.99 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 6/10 It’s what people do. Judge before they bother getting to know someone. Judge before they understand what the club’s about. Seventeen year old Emily has had a simple, safe life so far. With doting […]
BOOK REVIEW: Between Us and the Moon by Rebecca Maizel HarperTeen June 2015 Hardcover, $17.99 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 4/10 “You watch the world. I’m not even sure you live in it.” All her life, fifteen year old Sarah (or ‘Bean’) has been the good kid, the studious kid, the never-made-a-mistake kid. She’s lived in […]
BOOK REVIEW: Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway HarperTeen June 2015 Hardcover, $17.99 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 8/10 We stayed and looked and waited for him to come back, as if our love was a beacon that he could use to light his way home, to crawl up the sides of the earth and back […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Deal by Elle Kennedy Amazon February 2015 eBook, £3.49 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 10/10 “Just out of curiosity,” she says, “after you wake up in the morning, do you admire yourself in the mirror for one hour or two?” “Two,” I reply cheerfully. “Do you high five yourself?” “Of course not.” I […]
BOOK REVIEW: Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge Balzer + Bray May 2015 Hardcover, $17.99 6/10 This story begins with endless night and infinite forest; with two orphaned children, and two swords made of broken bone. It has not ended yet. Rachelle was always a good girl. She listened to her aunt and apprenticed to become […]
BOOK REVIEW: Rogue by Julie Kagawa April 2015 MIRA Ink Paperback, £7.99 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 7.5/10 Review for Talon (Book 1) can be found here. “What I’m trying to say, if you’re going to stand against Talon, you have to do whatever it takes to stay alive.” Rogue picks up directly where Talon left off. After the fight […]
BOOK REVIEW: Black Iris by Leah Raeder Atria April 2015 Paperback, $15.00 Reviewed by Aly Locatelli 10/10 Girls get under each other’s skin. We get too close, too attached, too crazy, and then we can’t let go. Our claws sink too deep. When we separate, we tear each other apart. Black Iris is not your typical […]
BOOK REVIEW: Stupid Boy by Cindy Miles TKA Distribution February 2015 eBook, $3.99 2/10 I had too much old, bitter baggage. I had that… thing inside of me that I wanted no one to ever see. Too much pain accompanied me. I was consumed with it. It’d never go away and I wouldn’t wish it […]
