Bria Lou Reviews

I'm a huge fan of Carrie Hope Fletcher as an actress/singer/YouTuber, and I have read all of her YA/Adult books so far. Some of her books I've really liked and some I haven't, mainly the last two, so I was a bit wary about this one. But ultimately, I felt like the idea of this book was one that I'd probably enjoy. Lorelai has a secret - whenever she kisses someone on the lips, she sees how they will die. To solve this problem, Lorelai has decided never to kiss anyone again. But then she meets Grayson, the first man she has wanted to kiss in years. Can she kiss Grayson? And if she does, can she change what she sees? While I enjoyed reading this story, there is a lot more that I disliked about the book than liked. Having said that, it's still one of my favourites of Carrie's. From the first page of the book, the sentence structures are weird. Some sentences run on too long without commas, and others stop short. It reads like it probably needed one more once-over b...

Hey Guys x I've made it no secret that I'm a huge fan of Carrie Hope Fletcher. I followed her on YouTube before I even knew that YouTubers were a thing, and I've bought physical copies of every book she's written. I even have two of 'All That She Can See' (one hardback and one signed paperback), so there was no way that I wasn't going to read this book - which I had pre-ordered well before it came out. After facing more tragedy than the average person, Luna has left home for the quiet Scottish town of Ondingside, where she can keep herself to herself and write her next novel. But Luna finds that she can't be as inconspicuous as she wants to be in a town where she is the only new resident. And when a freak July snow storm causes the whole town to stand still in more ways than one, will Luna find more than just a novel in Ondingside? I really wanted to like this book. In fact, I wanted to love it. And I didn't, at all. It feels almost unfair ...

Hey Guys x Sorry it's been so long since my last review! I spent the month before reading this, re-reading the 'Twilight' book series and falling back in love with it. Yeah, it might be bad or problematic to some, but it's a great piece of escapism and I'm glad that I had the time to read it again. But then, I got started with this one. If you've read my blog in the past, you might know that I'm a huge fan of Carrie Hope Fletcher as a person and a YouTuber, but this is going to be a completely unbiased review. This book is about a play called 'When The Curtain Falls' that is taking place in two different times. The first time the production is done, we follow the love story of Fawn and Walter, an actress and the man that works behind the scenes. Their relationship is kept a secret and the fear of being caught is high. But in the theatre, nothing stays secret for long, and a tragedy happens as a result. 70 years later and the production is ba...

Hey Guys x One thing I have to make clear before writing this is that, I'm reviewing this book not as a fan of Carrie Hope Fletcher, but as a fan of books and romance. Now, I loved this book, for so many reasons! One of the main reasons for my love of this story is that, it holds the type of magical love that you never thought could happen in real life. It's not even movie love or fiction love - it's magic. That's the only way to describe it. Evie Snow has died. However, when she gets to her own personal branch of heaven, she realises that the door won't open. This is because Evie is still holding onto things from the world, secrets to be more exact. Three secrets that are weighing down her soul and making it impossible for her to live her eternal bliss. So, with the help of an old friend and some dear memories, Evie must enter the world once again, to unburden her heart of these secrets. But will she be willing to let these secrets go? And if she does, wi...

Hey Guys x I've done this post three times before, the last was in April last year so it's been a while! I love doing this because it allows you guys (and me) to see how my taste in YouTubers changes from year to year, and this one is particularly different because I've kind of been going off 'mainstream' YouTubers so to speak. And by 'Mainstream' I mean really popular ones with over a million subscribers. There are still some in here, but I'm also hoping to introduce you to some others that you've probably heard of but haven't given a chance! Anyway, without further ado, here are my current top 10 YouTubers! 10: Marcus Butler Subscribers: 4,176,928 Right now, I'm really liking Marcus' second channel, MoreMarcus, where he has been posting different videos every single day. I don't love every video that he does, but there are a few that I really do love, particularly when he reads fanfiction (which, as a fanfic writer myse...

Hey Guys x Before I start the review, I just want to tell you that I've now put social media buttons into my blog on the right hand side for my twitter, google+, email and bloglovin', so hopefully it's easier for you to follow me (if that's what you want to do!) Anyway, back to the review! I read this book when it first came out, because I was just so excited to read a book by Carrie Hope Fletcher! She's now announced that she's writing a fiction novel which is coming out next year and I am so excited to read that! This book is exactly what it says on the cover, Carrie's 'Wonderings and reflections on growing up gracefully'. In other words, she's writing about some mistakes that she made while growing up, and giving her advice on the best way to not make the same mistakes that she did. For example, in 'Act 2' (because her book is set up as if it's a play - which comes from her theatre background!) she has two chapters, one c...

Hey Guys x I have been doing 'Favourites' posts for a year! That's so incredible to me! If you didn't notice, in the bar above this post, you can check out all of my favourites posts in one place, which makes things a bit easier as they are one of the 'posts' that you guys seem to like a lot! Also, I didn't post yesterday because I was posting this today and I didn't want to post 3 days in a row. I also probably won't be posting tomorrow, so the next post from me should be up on Friday! Anyway, let me get on with my favourites! Favourite Movie: The DUFF   I reviewed this movie here and revealed how much I love it! I won't go into what it's about, because you can read the review, but I think it's a really great film and I really do recommend you to see it if you haven't! I also own the book but I haven't even started reading it because more books keep coming into my life that are demanding I read them! Right now, I...

Hey Guys x I saw this tag on Carrie Fletcher's YouTube channel and I immediately loved it! Her video is below:   This was created by Emma Blackery, and I just think it's such a good idea, because it's just something fun that you can do to see the kind of person that you want to go out with.   Plus I really love the questions!   If you're reading this, consider yourself tagged!   My Dating Profile   Do you believe in love at first sight? Not really. I believe in lust at first sight, as in being very physically attracted to someone the first time you see them. But there is no way to know anything about someone's personality by looking at them. Even the nicest looking people can turn out to be really horrible on the inside. What do you do for fun? Except from blogging, I read a lot, I write a lot (posts, fan fictions and working on a novel), and outside of the house, I'm a big fan of just, like, movies and cinema. Films are amazin...

Hey Guys x I have done this post twice already. But I realised that I haven't done one this year yet. And as my taste for YouTubers have changed so much within the last year, I thought that I would show you who I'm loving on the YouTube scene right now! It was so hard to decrease this list to just 10, and putting people in a rank order was really hard so don't read into it too much, because I had to leave a lot of my favourite YouTubers off the list! Also, please comment and let me know who you're loving! 10. Jim Chapman   Subscribers: 2,096,168   I am loving Jim at the moment, particularly his daily vlogs. I've said this before, but I just find having a peek at his life really interesting and I love the fact that he shares so much with his viewers! If you don't watch his daily vlogs, you really should!   Favourite Video: Don't Say It (With Tanya Burr)   9. Tanya Burr   Subscribers: 2,886,676   I have also been loving...