Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Linda Brown
17 November 2023;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Live like a Goddess contains short stories from different cultures around the world, celebrating tales and myths of daring and brave goddesses. These twenty-one legendary ladies were tenacious, smart and strong. Meet...  Osun, the Yoruba goddess of love who refuses to be dismi...

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Name: Stephen Leitch
10 November 2023;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Skulduggery Pleasant is back in this new adventure of mystery, murder, mayhem and a little magic - all in graphic novel format for the first time. From the moment bare boned detective Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain drive into the small Irish town of Termoncara, they realise that people...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
09 November 2023;

Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels

Bad Magic (Skulduggery Pleasant) is an action-packed graphic fantasy set in Ireland, where the townsfolk are experiencing strange, supernatural events. At the centre is Jamie, who has become reclusive following the death of his best friend and whose dreams are full of the terr...

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Name: Jenna Nicolson
02 November 2023;

Genre: Horror

Charlotte Says is a good book which I terribly enjoyed more than I expected and I rate this book a 5 out of 5.

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Name: Bee Age 14
01 November 2023;

Genre: Friends and family

Girl (In Real Life) life was an absolutely phenomenal read for me and I found the storyline and plot really exciting. In fact, I got so hooked onto it that I had to finish it once I'd started. All the characters are really well written so much so that when Eva cried about farm...

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Name: Grace Age 15
01 November 2023;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

I binged this book, its characters and plot add up together to make the perfect romance. Check & Mate is written from the perspective of Mallory Greenleaf, a girl struggling to support her family and who holds a vow to never play chess again. That is, until she enters a sm...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
01 November 2023;

Genre: Dystopian

What a fascinating, disturbing read. What initially appears to be a YA Handmaid's Tale is actually an only a slightly distorted snapshot of society today. Belle and Joni are polar opposites, living either side of The Doctrine that governs insular communities like their own. Subjugated f...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
27 October 2023;

Genre: Horror

It's the final year at the Ballet Academy of Paris for an ambitious group of students intent on graduating into the cut-throat world of professional ballet. Laure Mensy is talented and single-minded but she is also a misfit in the privileged ballet world, where her skin colour and background c...

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Name: Liv Age 13
20 October 2023;

Genre: Supernatural

I love this book.

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Name: Eileen Armstrong
20 October 2023;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Occasionally as a reader you come across characters you really care about in a book, characters so realistic and relatable you find yourself wondering and worrying about what happens to them when the final page is turned. Sami, Ali and Mark from Boy, Everywhere...

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