Mini Reviews: Old Edition.

All the 'Old Edition' of this really means is that I'm trying to review more books that I read and not many of you see these reviews on GoodReads so I'm posting them on here. I'm going back through my GR account and seeing which reviews have never seen the light of day. Enjoy - I know I wont.

All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven: Sometimes you read a book and it simultaneously breaks your heart and makes you laugh. All The Bright Places is poetic, clever and beautiful. When I started this book I knew that Theodore Finch would start to feel like a friend to me and that's exactly what happened. Reading about Finch and Violet and their wanderings was the most wonderful experience and I'm so glad that I got to read this book and wander right along with them. Thank you to Jennifer Niven for writing such a poignant, faultless story that not only did I find a piece of myself in but a piece of everyone I love. Thank you to Violet for understanding and Lastly thank you to Finch for you are all the colours in one, at full brightness. 5/5 Stars.

This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales: I adore this book. Sometimes you read a contemporary and you finish it feeling like 'okay, i loved it. it was a good book' and then sometimes you finish a contemporary and you scream (or whisper scream because it's 1:43am) and flail and read the last quote again and then again and then you read it out loud and then you rush to find a sticky tab because you absolutely have to mark this quote forever. This was the latter. There are some books that you read and that you go away having loved and there are some books that you read and then go away with them being a part of you. This Song Will Save Your Life will forever be a part of me. It's one of those books that I needed when I was 14/15 and one of those books that I need three weeks away from being 18 and it's one of those books that I will need when I'm 30. I don't want to say too much more about this book for now, because I just finished it and I'm reeling and honestly I just want to sit and soak it up a little bit more but I will say this - READ THIS FUCKING BOOK. 5/5 Stars.

Say Her Name by James Dawson: Before you read this book here is a piece of advice: cover up all windows, mirrors and reflective surfaces in your vicinity and make sure you're not home alone. This book terrified me. I'm not one for horror, mostly because the last time I watched The Final Destination I became convinced that I was going to die by some fluke accident and began to text all my friends and family telling them that I loved them. This book had me wanting to do the same. In the end I had to read this book with my music on full volume so that I couldn't hear any of the freaky house sounds that come with being home alone (although I did then almost pee my pants when my sister burst into my room and I didn't know she was home). Say Her Name is brilliant, sometimes horrors can be cheesy and you can find yourself thinking 'that's just stupid' and there were points in this book where I felt that (I mean honestly it took them so long to figure out the simplest thing) but I can't find any immediate faults in this book - other than the fact that the romance didn't do much for me and they had their first kiss in a tomb. Bobbie annoyed me at points but I was scared beyond belief so I'd say that the book did it's job and it did it well. If you like horror check this out, if you're unsure about horror and want to start exploring the genre then this would be a good start. 4.5/5 Stars.

Switched by Amanda Hocking: I hadn't expected this book to interest me in the slightest before I decided to finally read it, and it completely blew me away - not in the 'oh my god this book was absolutely amazing' sense but more along the lines of 'okay, so I totally judged this book and now I feel bad because it was actually pretty decent and I enjoyed it'. The ending was a little underwhelming and it felt as though not a lot had actually happened by the time we reached the end of the book, nevertheless I am happy that I relented and gave the book a chance and I am excited to continue on with the trilogy. 4/5 Stars.