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Foxglove
Name: Linda Brown
24 August 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Foxglove is the dark, captivating sequel to the Gothic-infused Belladonna. However, in this suspenseful and dramatic part of the story, Signa and Death face a supernatural enemy who is determined to tear them...
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Darkhearts
Name: Stephen Leitch
22 August 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
Darkhearts - a teen band formed in Seattle by best mates Chance, Eli and David - till he left two years ago. They made it big, David filled himself with resettlement and hasn't spoken to Chance or Eli since leaving. Fate brings David and Chance back together at the funeral of Eli. While initia...
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Queen of Gods (House of Shadows 2)
Name: Lorraine ansell
21 August 2023;Genre: Myths & Legends
Deina has been forced to stay in the Underworld after eating some seeds to save her friends, and must now face her mother, Hades, and find out what the future holds. It seems all hope is lost for her dreams to be free and sail the ocean. Carrying her forward is her belief that the Theodesmioi...
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Never A Hero
Name: Linda Brown
21 August 2023;Genre: Fantasy
At the end of book one, Only a Monster (which I highly recommend you read), Joan made some decisions that would have consequences that she could not imagine... Never a Hero (book two) will draw you in from the very first page, as you can fe...
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The Third Daughter
Name: Linda Brown
14 August 2023;Genre: Fantasy
The Third Daughter is the first book in a new series that explores sisterhood, deception, control, magic and power with a background of a slow burning sapphic romance. For many years the citizens of Velle have waited for their New Maiden to return. The prophecy states s...
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Bonesmith
Name: Linda Brown
11 August 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Bonesmith is the first book in the House of Dead series. This is a dark YA fantasy with a Game of Thrones (White Walkers) feel about it... When Wren, a bonesmith, is sent to the Border Wall of the Dominions as a punishment, she must find a way to pro...
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Overemotional
Name: Stephen Leitch
10 August 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
Steven Percival realised there really was something strange going on with him when he kissed a boy whose head proceeded to explode. Whenever he experiences emotion, the opposite emotion is transferred to whatever or whoever is around him with spectacular effect. Heading to the dead end town of...
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The Girl Who Grew Wings
Name: Clare Wilkins
08 August 2023;Genre: Myths & Legends
Greek myths are now a popular and well-populated genre but this new book does more than enough to stand out from the crowd. In the Citadel of Appollis, citizens worship the Sun God and Mother Moon. A chosen few are revealed to have 'callings' and will eventually leave their families to train a...
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Far From Perfect (The Valentines, Book 2)
Name: Arnalina Age 12
02 August 2023;Genre: Friends and family
I love this book, because it is not only romantic, but also has other factors of feeling like sadness, anger, and loneliness. I simply adore the quotes in the book, and the way it raises your spirit. Far From Perfect can teach that the lives of stars are not so sugar sweet, an...
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Rebel Fire
Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 August 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Rebel Fire is the sequel to Rebel Skies, a much lauded fantasy book. Kurara and her brother Haru have escaped from the power-hungry princess Tsukimi and they are looking for the most powerful of all the shikigami, a phoenix. Kurara hopes it wi...
