Artichoke Hearts centres around the life of 12-year-old Mira Levenson as she reaches the point in her young adult life where she suddenly has to face up to a lot of changes - from her family, her love life and even her own body. Mira narrates her own dealings with facing up to the loss of her dying grandmother, her first period, her first crush and much more.

I will start off by saying I loved the audiobook for this. The narrator was Tania Rodrigues and she did such a great job with each character and she was really, really nice to listen to. She had the excited adolescent voice of Mira, the childish voice of Krish and then the gravelled, older voice of Mira's gran Josie down to a tee. She was great!

This book is diverse with many of its characters from Mira and her family who are Indian-Jewish and range from Mira's dark skin and brown hair to Krish's blonde hair and blue eyes. There's also boys in her class who become friends - Ben who is Nigerian/Irish and then Jide who was adopted from Rwanda after the genocide. There was a huge range in the types of people with this book and I really felt like it showed what living in England and particularly near London is like today with multicultural societies.

I loved hearing about how Mira dealt with her first period and that it wasn't just skimmed over. There were a few chapters over the course of a couple of days where she obviously still had and was still dealing with it - I particularly loved when she was in school and had to go to the bathroom between every class to make sure she wasn't leaking - so realistic and relatable, I was the exact same.

Mira's blossoming relationship with Jide is literally the cutest thing ever. It's total innocence and they are both SO cute around each other - particularly when they sent all the text kisses to each other. Cute cute cute!!!!

I would totally recommend this book for anyone looking for something cute to read and something really relatable to your own pre-teen life. I love Mira and can't wait to continue on with her story.