Exit, Pursed by a Bear by E. K. Johnston : Book Review

Title  :  Exit, Pursed by a Bear

Author  :  E. K. Johnston

Format  :  Paperback

Length  :  248 Pages

Rating  :  ★ ★

This book follows Hermione who is the captain of a cheerleading team in Palermo Heights. Every year Hermione attends camp and this year is her last year. But when everything turns black she ends up living a nightmare she feels isn't her own. 

This book wasn't that great for me. I think the idea was great but it didn't pull through in this particular book. I didn't feel like I was connected to any of the characters as such and personally there was a little too much about cheerleading within this book rather than what actually happened to our main character. Hermione was sexually assaulted which is what this book is supposed to be about (this happens really early on in the book so this isn't a spoiler), however I think the book was more driven by the knowledge of cheerleading than the event that took place.

There were a few things I enjoyed such as the way Hermione dealt with it. She had an interesting view on relating the assault with herself which really made me think. I'm not sure how realistic this would be but I think it makes sense.

I wouldn't recommend this book if you can't deal with reading about sexual assault. It's not particularly graphic but it's obviously meant to be the main premise of the story.

I really wanted to love this book but unfortunately it just didn't click with me which is a shame as I have been waiting to get my hands on it for months.

Let me know if you e read this book and whether you enjoyed it or not, I'm curious to know what other people think.

Book Recommendations

Not going to lie guys but most of the books I'm about to recommend are probably ones you have already read or have most definitely heard about. If that is the case then I hope you had the same experience reading them as I did, but if not then I would definitely suggest you try them out, especially if you already own the book. All of these books are rated a 5 out of 5 stars on my goodreads page.

My Bookish Wishlist

I've decide to add a page on my blog called 'wishlist' of which of course is all the books I am wanting to get/receive as I am highly anticipating reading them. However, I wanted to share a few of these books of a post for you guys as these are the books I am hoping to get very soon.

The first is a series of books of which I have been wanting to read for a very long time. These are the Cormoran Strike series books 1 - 3

My June TBR

As I have put off reading for the past few months, it's fair to say I am in a huge reading slump and considering my goal on goodreads is to read 32 books this year and I have only read 7 shows how much i'm slacking (6 book behind schedule guys!!!!!!). Therefore what better way to get out of a reading slump that to actually plan my monthly TBR.

I have decided to include three books in this months TBR pile however I don't know how far I will get with these as I am still in college for a a few more weeks also because I'm just getting out of a huge reading slump.

Firstly, the book I am currently reading (and have been for months haha) is called More than this - by Patrick Ness. I am hoping to finish this book this weekend and have a review up sometime next week. This book can then help accumulate for this months TBR challenge.

However the three books I would like to share with you are in no particular order of reading and are three very different types of books.

One of the books I plan on reading is:

I read the first book to this a very long time ago and thoroughly enjoyed it more than I eve expected to. Considering I only used to read contemporary romance books starting this trilogy made me jump out of my comfort zone and really try something new and who would of ever thought I would read a dystopia, not me for sure! Really want to jump into this book soon.