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Review: Don't Call Me Greta - Angie Stanton

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Review: Don't Call Me Greta - Angie Stanton - April 2021 Lately this past month I have found myself in a bit of a book rut, where I try reading a book and I just can't seem to sink my teeth into it. When I was contacted to read and review Don't Call Me Greta by Angie Stanton. I was so excited as I thought this book will get me out of my reading slump as I had previously enjoyed Angie's books and secondly the whole "Stolen at Birth" is one of my top favorite book tropes out there. The book starts with Piper begging her mum to allow her to go on a campus tour and then the next thing Piper knows her whole life has been turned upside down as the cops storm her house accusing her mother of kidnapping. Piper knows this has to be a big mistake as her mother is the most cautious person and has never stolen anything let alone what they are accusing her of - stealing a baby. As the book goes along, we are presented with a situation that reminded me of the MTV Show Findi...

Review: Everywhere, Always - Jennifer Ann Shore

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Review: Everywhere, Always - Jennifer Ann Shore - February 2021 Normally, I would have just scrolled past this book as the cover isn't very much to look at and is quite plain. However, the blurb pulled me in and it sounded like something that I would enjoy. The book follows a similar plotline to most Bullymance but this is one of those "nice" stories where the girl does get her happy Cinderella ever-after ending. Growing up it has always just been Avery and her mum against the world. That is until Avery's senior year and they are in a car accident. Avery awakes to find that she has lost her mum but gained a whole new family and they are wealthy. Avery never knew her real dad but turns out that is where she got her love of the medical world from as he owns a hospital. Avery also has a half-brother who is only a few days younger than her and a new stepmother. Moving from her small apartment, she moves to New York and learns to navigate the world of the upper-class an...