Maybe it's a quarter-life crisis...

Hello! I'm Becky, the gal behind the blog 👋

Maybe it's the fact we are in a global pandemic and I have more spare time on my hands than ever before, or maybe it's the high possibility that I'm having a quarter life crisis, but either way I've decided to start a blog at the ripe old age of 25.

(Although personally I class myself as 24 years old, because the last 12 months have been an absolute write off. Thanks a bunch Covid-19, you little bitch.)

Anyway, thanks for being here, whether you stumbled across me by accident or intentionally clicked, I'm chuffed to bits to have you! 🥰

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We Know You Know by Erin Kelly

I was transported to a creepy old asylum, and I kinda loved it...

⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
(4.5 stars.)

The blurb:
A lifetime ago a patient escaped Nazareth mental asylum. They covered their tracks carefully. Or so they thought.Thirty years ago, Marianne Smy committed a crime then fled her home to leave the past behind, Or so she thought.

Now, Marianne has been forced to return. Nazareth asylum has been converted to luxury flats, but its terrible hold on her is still strong. A successful academic, a loving mother and a loyal wife, she fears her secret being revealed and her world shattering. She is right to be scared.

✨ The review:
I have to admit, I massively underestimated this book. When I read the blurb, I straight away got AHS asylum vibes, and thought YES! A good old corrupt asylum story for me to get stuck into. And while I wasn’t wrong, this book was SO much more than that. The story is written from four different perspectives: Marianne Smy as an adult in the present day, Marianne as a teenager, MP Helen Morris, and briefly at the end, we hear from Mariannes daughter Honor.

Reading we know you know is like being on a bloody rollercoaster, not only because it jumps through multiple different points in time, but also because It’s one of those books where you initially think you have a really good grasp of who are the “goodies” and who are the “ baddies” and then all of a sudden, you find yourself rooting for the baddie, feeling guilty that you judged them so harshly….before reading a few more pages and deciding you’re back to hating them again, even stronger than before, only to settle on the fact that maybe they’re not as much of an utterly terrible a person as you thought they were 50 pages back.

The characters are complex and the storyline is twisty and unpredictable, but something that is consistent throughout the entirety of this book, is the way Erin Kelly creates a creepy dark atmosphere and manages to transport the reader. I went from being sat in my bed with a brew reading a book, to being in a creepy old asylum, and honestly I kinda liked it there!

So after my glowing review so far, you’re probably wondering why I didn't score this beauty of a book a 5, and instead gave it a still fantastic, but not quite perfect 4.5? Well that’s entirely down to the first part of the book.
This book fell victim to that really predictable phase in the beginning of many thrillers, where the narrator keeps harping on about “something bad” that happened in the characters past, that you know we eventually will get to the bottom of, but for the first 20% it feels a little too familiar, and slightly tedious!

This book is a real gem, and I'm thrilled that I stumbled across it! I didn’t want it to end, and it left me wanting more, which is the true sign of a great book! It’s definitely made me want to explore more of Erin Kelly's thrillers, that’s for sure!

3 Tops reads for the gals ✨

These three books are the epitome of female fierceness. I truly believe that every young woman should own a copy of these three books. I only wish they were around when I was in my late teens!!
So if you DON'T already own them, get them ordered! And if you DO already own them, order another copy and gift it to a friend, share the love! 😂

Amazing Disgrace by Grace Campbell

I cant lie, I bought this book solely because of the cover. Any book with a penis shaped cloud on the front is bound to be a good one, and this one did not disappoint!

This book kept me up until 3am on the day I bought it, because I just could not put it down. I feel like everyone will soon be sick of me harping on about this book, but honestly I wont stop until every single one of my female friends own a copy 😂

It covers some pretty intense topics, that many young females will sadly relate to, which honestly were sometimes a little difficult to stomach. But at other points it made me laugh out loud. (I'm not even kidding, my mum came in my room at 1am to tell me to be quiet).

So thanks Grace Campbell for putting a dick cloud on the front, because otherwise I may not have experienced the joy that is Amazing Disgrace 😅💖

My thoughts exactly by Lily Allen

I actually picked this book up at the airport, and yet again I have to admit it was solely for the funky cover! (Something you will come to learn about me, I'm a sucker for a pretty book cover) But I'm so glad I did, because it completely put me in my place.

I think I'd always had this warped perception of celebrities, that they didn't have to endure or experience the stress or trauma that us "normal people" do. But bloody hell was I wrong! In this book, Lily offers us a raw and unfiltered look at her life in the public eye, sharing with us the the ups and downs of being human.

She's an incredibly inspirational woman, and this book is a fantastic read, that I would definitely recommend giving this a read! 🌸

ROAR by Cecelia Ahern

Ok so this book was recommended to me by a friend, can you guess why...? YES she thought I would love the cover ha! And I did! But I loved what's inside even more...

This book is a collection of stories which explore the endless ways in which women blaze through adversity with wit, resourcefulness, and compassion. It takes everyday, relatable aspects of womens lives - the routines, the embarrassments, the desires, and turns them into hilarious and sometimes moving stories!

Its one of those gorgeous books that you can pick up whenever you feel like it, when you hit a wall with another book, this is always there to provide an empowering mini break.

A real must read ❤