Reread - June 2025
Read this again and lowered the rating from 5 to 4 starts because I felt it was lacking nuisance. It was such an enjoyable read (as always) but it was missing something, maybe another round of revisions? I've read this book back when I was 23, then again when I was 25 and now at 28 I feel like I needed more from this book. It does a good job and somewhat achieves what it intends to, but it barely scratches the surface.


Reread - July 2021
I absolutely LOVED it the second time around mostly because it hit so close to home I couldn't believe it. (5/5 stars)

2019
Actual rating: 4.5 stars

If someone told me that I would read a contemporary romance in one sitting, in the middle of the night and then rate it 4.5 stars, I'd laugh! Well, life is full of surprises and last night I wouldn't go to bed until I finished this book and I absolutely LOVED IT!

Hazel is definitely my spirit animal and I simply adore her relationship with Josh! What I love most is that they started as friends and then their relationship blossomed into a romance, I think it's one of the healthiest ways for a couple to start dating!

This book is pure fluff and it's so funny, I love the way Hazel literally has no filter, but somehow she ends up being cute instead of annoying! The only reason I didn't give this a 5-star rating, is because the epilogue was a bit toooo cheesy for me, but overall I liked it so much!

That was a weird one. Writing was (as always) superb and I think that's the biggest reason for my rating.

My working class heart found it difficult to navigate this novel, knowing that she could simply afford not to exist, whereas working class people have to keep existing every day despite their trauma. 

Not one of my favourites, did think it was a tiny bit boring, but loved the fact that it took place in London!

This was genuinely such a good book. I know that had I read this back when I was 15 and in my crazy dystopian phase, I would have lost my mind and devoured the series immediately.

Reading it now at 28, I can definitely appreciate it, but I do not feel the urge to move on with the rest of the books at the moment.

**this was the 1st book we read for our book club at work!

There's something so special about revisiting a book you used to love as a kid. Geronimo Stilton used to be one of my most favourites book characters EVER and I was so excited to realise that it still holds up now, that I am an adult!

Really enjoyed the artwork and the story was quite fun too, but I didn't feel I really connected with anyone? Wouldn't reread tbh.

Wild ride from start to finish and now the only thing I want to do is read the Hunger Games again 🥹

My first ever book from Kuang and it so thoroughly enjoyable! Read most of it while flying from my hometown in Greece back to London and it was so entertaining!

I will admit, I've seen the YouTube videos dissecting the book and its themes and I feel slightly guilty for not paying a closer look at the underlying messages. On the other hand, I had a good time "mindlessly" reading this, so doesn't that could for something?

I know that this is awfully low rating for a book that everyone seems to absolutely adore, but there is a massive difference between writing familiar tropes for comfort and this book.

Unfortunately, I found it too on the nose and it felt so much like media I'd consumed before that there was no excitement about the progression of the story.

Having watched 8 passengers fof several years, this was massively eye opening. Shari is a remarkable young woman!

**I do not rate memoirs