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Titel: Dumplin'
Författare: Julie Murphy
Serie: -
Sidor: 371

Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked…until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.

Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she’ll shock the hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all. 

Dumplin' hamnade genast på min att läsa lista efter att jag först hörde talas om den. Och precis som jag förväntat mig så var handlingen oerhört charmig, karaktärerna superhärliga, och romansen bara så himla fin. Ett måste att läsa för alla contemporary fans, och jag rekommenderar den gärna.

8 / 10

Titel: An Ember in the Ashes
Författare: Sabaa Tahir
Serie: An Ember in the Ashes #1
Sidor: 446

Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the Emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear.

It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do.

But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy.

There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he’s being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined—and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself.

Det här var ett väldigt efterlängtat boksläpp för mig 2015, men av en eller annan anledning så blev den oliggandes oläst i bokhyllan. Vilket jag ångrar lite nu, efterson den var riktigt bra. Handlingen var spännande, rå och brutal, men kunde samtidigt kännas lite väl långsam emellanåt. Världsuppbyggnaden var super, och jag gillade mestadels karaktärerna. Elias var min favorit, men Laia växte mycket framåt slutet. Så i det stora hela en väldigt bra bok. Något fattas för att den ska få en favoritplats, men jag har stora förväntningar på uppföljaren.

8 / 10