Young Adult Book Reviews
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The Virtue Season
Name: Rachel Bolton
14 July 2024;Genre: Dystopian
The Virtue Season is a story about survival, about injustice and about the pressure society can put on friendships. 18-year-old Manon has spent her life waiting for the moment for her turn in the virtue season. A process that will pair her with a suitable genetic mate. Her fe...
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I Wish You Would
Name: Morgan Harkin
13 July 2024;Genre: Romance & Relationships
A drama-filled love story is only just beginning when seven private confessions are scattered across the beach with secrets threatening to tear everyone apart; best friends, acquaintances.... lovers. For Natalia and Ethan, the senior sunrise - a key moment of the summer representing the...
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Us in the Before and After
Name: Tanja Jennings
11 July 2024;Genre: Bereavement
From the start of Us in the Before and After, there is a tangible sense that the protagonists of this story have secrets to tell and that the author is playing with the reader through the device of an unreliable narrator. Reminiscent of a famous movie in places, the title of w...
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Roar: A Celebration of Great Sporting Women
Name: Beverley Somerset
10 July 2024;Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies
In this interesting and inspiring book, Roar: A Celebration of Great Sporting Women, former hockey international Sam Quek has interviewed 12 of her sporting heroines from a wide variety of sports. The women give an insight into their childhoods, how they got in to their chosen...
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Find Me After
Name: Clair Bossons
04 July 2024;Genre: Science Fiction
Find Me After begins with a trigger warning; it explores the fragility of life and was inspired by the author's own life experience with epilepsy. I found the book highly thought-provoking, it is a real page turner and as always with a good book, I read it in a short space of...
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The Last Thing You'll Hear
Name: Rachel Bolton
04 July 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
The Last Thing You'll Hear is a compulsive read - I was gripped from the start. The story tells of two musical sisters, 17-year-old Wren and her older and more beautiful and talented sister, Lark . Both are musical and both get invited to sing at a new music festival which is...
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Slowcoach: A feel-good teen summer romance
Name: Morgan Harkin
04 July 2024;Genre: Romance & Relationships
For 16 year old Ruby, the summer has finally come and GCSEs are over. It's time for her to hang out with her best friends in the park, doing a bit of roller skating and having loads of fun. As a body-confident teen, she's loving the summer. However, after an argument with her brother,...
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The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Name: Nel Age 13
02 July 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Such a good book, read within 3 days but it usually takes me 1-2 months to read others. There are so many good plot twists and amazing descriptions. The book has me questioning every part of it and had my jaw drop so many times. Definitely kept me up on my feet - the best Holly Jackson book ev...
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Poison In Their Hearts: the breathtaking conclusion to the Castles in their Bones trilogy
Name: Linda Brown
01 July 2024;Genre: Fantasy
What a breathtaking conclusion to this wonderful trilogy. Poison In Their Hearts is full of magic, politics, slow burning romance, action and much, much more. Three princesses, who were promised for marriage since birth and raised to bring down kingdoms through seductio...
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The Big Ask
Name: Ruth Cornish
01 July 2024;Genre: LBGTQ+
The Big Ask is a heartwarming book about friendship and the school prom. Alfie, the main character, hears that his crush, Harvey, has been dumped by his long term girlfriend, Summer, shortly before the big night. Taking courage in both hands he asks Harvey, the coolest boy in...
