Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Rachel Bolton
28 August 2024;

Genre: Historical Fiction

This is hugely enjoyable. Imagine 'Hustle' in 15th century Florence, I loved it! When Cardinal Medici and his holiness the Pope return to Florence, the mood in the town is unsettled. The townsfolk are content with their republican status and it's soon clear that the Pope has a...

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Name: Linda Brown
23 August 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Wisteria is the sensational conclusion to the brilliant dark gothic romance series, Belladonna. Once again this bestselling YA author has delivered a world that is full of illusion and magic, which I thoroughl...

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Name: Sam
21 August 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Wintour's Game is one of the best Young Adult books I have read in a while! This fast-paced, all-action read is certainly one to get young readers hooked. An excellent tale of friendship, loss and resilience. Alex Wintour is an orphan and a thief. She's survived this lo...

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Name: Ophelia McCluskey Gahan
19 August 2024;

Genre: Dystopian

These Stolen Lives is a relevant and captivating dystopian thriller that taps into and explores timeless issues faced by society. It describes a world torn by race and the need for profit where you must pay for your life. After surviving the Skol invasion, Mora experien...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
16 August 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Murder On A Summer Break is an excellent follow-up to the breakthrough novel, Murder On A School Night by Kate Weston. This page-turning mystery provides another welcome contemporary crime novel for older teenagers and young adult...

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Name: Luke Age 11
14 August 2024;

Genre: Dystopian

This book is the most thrill seeking book I could find - a full-on adventure of a too-good-to-be-true society.

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Name: Grace Horn
13 August 2024;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

The Dark Within Us follows a lonely girl named Jenny who is seeking the little comfort the world has left her and who is ready to hurt the ones who hurt her.  Enters Luc, the son of the man running hell, who needs to meet his father's demands or spend an eternity causing suffe...

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Name: Linda Brown
12 August 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Ghostsmith is the action-packed finale to the House of the Dead Duology, where Wren and her friends put everything they know to the test as they battle the living and the undead to save their world… As the army of revenants - created by her mother, the Corpse Queen, attack, wi...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
12 August 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Arriving with a bang, as a thrilling chase round London ensues, arch thief Alex Wintour is clearly not a girl to be messed with. She and seemingly smug rich-boy Cole are temporals - Oracles with the ability to see into the future but - certainly in uninitiated Alex's case - not the ability to...

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Name: Linda Brown
12 August 2024;

Genre: Supernatural

Arthie Casimir runs a prestigious tearoom (Spindrift) during the day, however, at night it turns into a bloodhouse where vampires are free to feed from those who consent.  When the Ram, the masked monarch who rules Ettenia , threatens to take Spindrift from her and destroy what she has created...

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