Bea's Book Bind

Predictable, Irresistible, Friend and Foe Before I completely obliterate Young Adult fiction I have to say I consider it to be a reputable genre of literature, and my subsequent rant does not apply to every book in this genre, I've just become uncomfortable with the lack of originality some authors demonstrate. The Young Adult (YA) genre of fiction is one that I have grown to love but drives me to lunacy at times. It’s quite rare to find a book that has a unique charm about it that manages to genuinely surprise me. Whether you're reading a series from an acclaimed author or a fan fiction by an excitable teenage girl (who’s most probably in love with a slightly overpaid boy band member or vampire), there are some things you will ALWAYS find in YA fiction, it’s the predictability that makes me loathe and love it. It feels like all YA authors use the same generic template of what to include in teen fiction because they know it’s been tried ...

Nothing Left to Lose by Kirsty Moseley If I'm being completely honest, I accidentally bought this book on my Kindle and thought I might as well read it , there really was, excuse the pun, "nothing left to lose", bar a couple hours of my life and £1.99. You don't understand how happy I was to cry over a book that didn't disappoint (well the ending didn't) it was quite disturbing from the outset but that comes with the territory of reading a book where *spoiler alert* the second character you meet gets beaten to death by a gang of men in the first chapter. Despite the rather graphically horrific first chapter the book was a rather pleasant read, excusing the rather infrequently frequent R rated content, in the sense that the ending left me feeling very satisfied. I suppose a little synopsis is required: Annabelle Spencer’s life is every girl’s dream, on her 16th birthday her dream night turns into an eternity of suffering when her boyfr...

Reading this book was like a breath of fresh air at a petrol station, at first you like the smell of the fumes but eventually it becomes too much that you're ready to hop into your car and head home. Aside from the petrol fumes, this is a great book that teaches you to distinguish between the things in life that make you and the superficial things that will eventually break you. That's not all you'll learn though! One thing my Literature teachers will love is that it has a Bildungsroman (coming of age) plot, through the novel we journey through Ezra's transformation in self discovery and understanding his place in the big plan of the universe. The first book I read on my brand new Kindle Fire HDX (minor plug in) and I managed to read it in a couple hours, it was a very easy read but I found the ending a tad disappointing if I’m being honest. I think both titles are very fitting, ‘Severed Heads, Broken Hearts’ for the obvious reasons that become appar...