The Places I've Cried in Public (A BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick): 1

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The Places I’ve Cried in Public isn’t a love story, but it’s a book that talks about love, for sure. What you might mistake for love, but isn’t, the all consuming feelings of getting slowly trapped into a relationship and, before it’s too late, before you can or are really managing to listen to your gut, you’re in too deep. I loved the discussions on that, I loved how it opens up an important, important conversation about abuse in relationships, sometimes one that might not seem like it, at first, either. A school project gives Amelie the idea. She’ll create a memory map of all the places he made her cry. What I know is - this is something really powerful. We all read our love stories where in the end, the hero and heroine get together and have their happy ending. But not all the love stories end that way now, do they? (Add to the fact that I and we read dark romances where unhealthy relationships are advertised.)

A candid look at ‘romantic’ relationships and their impact on psychosocial development and mental health during adolescence At first, I didn’t really warm up with Amelie. I didn’t like how hard she was on herself, how naive she sometimes behaved. Especially because Reese was so unlikable from the beginning on. He was very possessive, mean and just had an overall bad personality. I mean it’s obvious that the author wanted us to hate him but I just don’t understand how Amelie was able to like him in the beginning. I mean there must have been something about him that she saw but we, as readers, didn’t and I wish that the author would have made these character traits more visible, more understandable.

Crying is a very obvious sign that something isn't going right in your life. You should not ignore tears." The Chapter names- They are all based on the names of the places or the reasons why she cried and absolutely no idea why, but I loved them. A very well done and important book, please be warned that this book does contain Trigger Warning, and if you would like me to tell them to you my inbox is always open. All in all, it is a book I recommend. It's important and it has value and it's something everyone needs to be aware off.

But that is also when she meets Resse who is mister-charisma-spills-from-me, I'm-a-human-attracting-magnet. basically-the-everyday-fantasy-YA-love interest (yeah, tall, brooding, is in love with you from day 1 !!!!instant connection!!!! keeps staring at your face and keeps reminding you that it's in a romantic not creepy way.) Author Anna Kemp introduces The Hollow Hills, the sequel to her dark magical tale, Into Goblyn Wood. You are looking for a piece of honest, no-nonsense teen literature that will empower students, make them feel like they are not alone and help them make healthy, confident decisions. David Almond introduces his new picture book, A Way to the Stars, a story about perseverance and finding a way to make dreams come true.Amelia feels a special connection with Reese from the very first day that she meets him. She thinks he really gets her (which in a way he does) but what she doesn't see right then is that she is being controlled. my only complaint is that reese was literally weird and unlikeable from the start and i wish holly bourne would've made us fall for him along with amelie at first. (i mean he called her "my canary") that way the reader would've felt themselves more in amelie's position. amelie was relatable anyway and i love her. the side characters are rather shallow, but since this book 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲, it didn't bother me. this is amelie's story, not anyone else's and especially not reese's. i love how amelie shows remorse, not trying to shove the blame away, while also knowing it is reese, who is to blame. If I were to make a playlist for this book it would be I knew you were trouble over and over and OVER AGAIN. Amelie tells the story about her relationship with her ex-boyfriend Reese who she met at school shortly after she and her parents moved to another part of England. The story is told from two different points in time, so she is basically telling the story of how she met Reese, fell in love and missed all the red flags until it was too late while reflecting on them, retracing and understanding what and why everything went wrong.