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First published in 2019, How to Make Friends With the Dark is Kathleen Glasgow’s second book. It follows similar themes to Girl in Pieces, and features a teenage girl who is experiencing unthinkable difficulties with her mental health.
For this reason, please take note of the trigger warnings above and make sure that you feel able to manage the emotional intensity of the book.
You’d be Home Now was first published in 2021 and is Kathleen Glasgow’s third book. It’s a similar read to her previous two as it covers a variety of highly emotional themes, so please make sure that you take note of the trigger warnings before you pick it up.
Here it is, the long awaited sequel to Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli’s wonderful YA novel What If It’s Us! Let’s start with a synopsis:
‘Ben has spent his first year of college working on his fantasy manuscript with his writing partner Mario, who is a great Spanish tutor, and an even better kisser. So why can’t he stop thinking about the fact that Arthur’s back in town two years after they called it quits?
Arthur is in New York for a dream internship on Broadway, with a boyfriend back at home that he couldn't be happier with. But when he comes upon Ben cuddled up with a mystery boy, he starts to wonder if his feelings for Ben ever truly went away.
If you’re looking for a haunting young adult read about rising from the ashes when you have nothing left to live for, then this is your book.
Kathleen Glasgow has been open about her own mental health - about cutting, drinking, and being a girl with scars on her skin.
I love reading campus novels, so I just had to pick up ‘that TikTok book’ The Love Hypothesis.
There are so many things that this book does well. For one, it doesn’t fall into the typical romance book trope where the brooding male love interest is actually a bit of an asshole. Initially he does seem unfriendly and antagonistic, but it turns out that he’s actually a really nice guy - just misunderstood. It’s refreshing to read an enemies to lovers story where the main character’s love interest isn’t actually toxic (I’m looking at you, The Hating Game).
This book was SO much more than I anticipated.
It Ends With Us was a typical ‘Instagram made me buy it’ book. I’d vaguely seen people talking about it for years, but never quite felt the urgency to pick it up until very recently, when it seemed to have a resurgence in popularity. I bought myself a copy under the assumption that it was something to do with domestic violence, and that there would be a bit of a romance, and, well, that’s it. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
Red, White and Royal Blue has very much been one of the books of the summer on bookstagram this year. Not only was it recently nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award, but I’ve seen it absolutely everywhere on the internet these past few months; I think it’s safe to say that it’s been incredibly hyped up. So naturally, I was hesitant to read it myself despite being intrigued by the synopsis. Well, I’m here to let you know that Red While and Royal Blue is an absolutely fantastic read, and here’s why.
One of my all time favourite books, Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library was released in 2020 and quickly became a worldwide phenomenon. Not only did it spend 40 weeks on the Sunday Times bestseller list, but it was also voted Best Fiction Book 2020 in the Goodreads Choice Awards.