Book Recommendations: Part Three

 This month’s entry comes a little later than the previous two but I’m excited to be sharing the third post in this series and sharing a few new book recommendations with you all…

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Starting the list off with another Taylor Jenkins Reid book! The story follows the (fictional) band ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ who suddenly broke up at the height of their fame in the 70s. Everyone knows of this rock and roll band, but nobody knows the secrets behind the famous faces – until now. The story of Daisy, young and daydreaming whilst living in LA, with a singing voice nobody can forget. Then there’s ‘The Six’ with frontman Billy Dunne who’s facing impending fatherhood whilst also battling his own demons. We see as Daisy Jones & The Six are created, their rise to stardom, the problems they face individually and together as a band and just how Daisy and Billy’s lives get tangled up in a web of success and highly charged emotions. (Trigger/Content Warnings: Alcoholism, Drug use, Substance abuse, Abusive relationship)

Rise To The Sun by Leah Johnson

I was already a huge fan of Leah Johnson’s ‘You Should See Me In a Crown’ and so I was excited for this new read from her – and it most certainly did not let me down. The story follows two girls, Olivia and Toni, across three days at a music festival that is set to change their lives forever. Olivia, who is dealing with the fallout of her latest break-up which has her shunned by the rest of her school is wanting to blow off some steam at the ‘Farmland Music and Arts Festival’ with her best friend. On the other hand, Toni is only a week away from starting college – somewhere she doesn’t even know she wants to go. Farmland is a festival that changed the life of her late father and Toni hopes it’ll do the same for her. In a twist of fate, the girls are thrust together and have to work together to get what they each want from this weekend. However, things are far from simple as they begin this rollercoaster weekend together packed with a sapphic romance, friendship, heartache and the message that music truly can be healing. (Trigger/Content Warnings: Death of a parent, Gun violence, Privacy Violation)

One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

The best way to sell this book to you is - think ‘The Breakfast Club’ meets ‘Gossip Girl’ meets ‘Heathers’. Surely that’s enough to have you intrigued? The story follows five high school students who, at the beginning of the book, are all in detention. We have Bronwyn, the brainiac, rule abiding student, Addy, the “princess” and the ideal homecoming student, Nate, who is on probation for dealing drugs, Cooper, the baseball pitcher who has a big future planned for him and then there’s Simon who created and runs a gossip app that targets the school’s students. When Simon dies in detention under ‘mysterious circumstances’, all four of the other students are key suspects. Particularly when it comes to light that Simon had big secrets on all of them that he was set to share with the school. The book raises some important questions: How far would you go to protect your secrets? What are your secrets worth to you? And who can you really trust? (Trigger/Content Warnings: Bullying, Homophobia, Drug use, Death)