Young Adult Book Reviews
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Five Survive
Name: Ruth Cornish
21 November 2022;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Five Survive is a brilliant, breathtaking book! Six excited friends set off for a welcome break together but by nightfall, their lives are at risk from an unknown assailant. The narrative is as taut and tense as the emotions of the cast of characters trapped in their broken do...
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The Boy Lost in the Maze
Name: Clare Wilkins
16 November 2022;Genre: Myths & Legends
Acclaimed poet Joseph Coelho seamlessly binds myth and reality in this spellbinding new verse novel. A poetic retelling of the story of Theseus and the Minotaur, and Theseus's quest to find his father, runs parallel with a contemporary story of a teenage boy and his absent father. In An...
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The Other Ones
Name: Morgan Harkin
10 November 2022;Genre: Supernatural
Everybody knows the haunted house in the neighbourhood. Unfortunately this means that young Sal, who prefers to stay hidden, is thrown into the spot light. He envies an ordinary life with ordinary experiences but a strange boy, Pax, winds up on his door step, and his life grows even more compl...
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Wolfbane
Name: Kelly Buxton
10 November 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
A book that leaves you breathless. If I could give this more than 5*, I would! The ancient clans seek peace, but at what cost? A choked howl gives way to a deafening silence that echoes around the forest. Pack brother Torak and his mage mate Renn answer the call, but will they be too late? An...
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Honesty and Lies
Name: Jane Rew
07 November 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
I have no hesitancy in giving this book a 5 star rating. The author is adept at using language in keeping with Elizabethan times, when London hummed to the sights, smells and sounds of human life in all its gruesome, gorgeous reality. Honesty and Lies, told alternately...
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Well, That Was Unexpected
Name: Clair Bossons
04 November 2022;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Well, That Was Unexpected is a multicultural rom com that delivers heart-warming, laugh-out-loud moments. Sharlot "Who knows why these English names are not spelled the way they sound?" is caught by her mum in a compromising situation with a boyfriend and is promptly whisked a...
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Nothing More To Tell
Name: Linda Brown
01 November 2022;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Nothing More To Tell is the latest crime/suspense story by the wonderful writer Karen McManus. If you love this genre but haven't read any of her titles before, I absolutely recommend them. This author excels in her craft, she understands her target audience and keeps you on t...
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As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow
Name: Louise Baker
01 November 2022;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Meet Salama Kassab: Daughter, sister, pharmacy student, and protagonist of the most hauntingly beautiful book I have read this year. I haven't read a book that has affected me as profoundly as this for quite some time. Author Zoulfa Katouh's words are both heartbreaking and inspiring, taking t...
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Well, that was Unexpected
Name: Linda Brown
01 November 2022;Genre: Romance & Relationships
After an embarrassing encounter at home when Sharlot's mom walks in on her and her boyfriend, her mother whisks her away from LA to her native Indonesia for the summer, to instill on her how a 'good girl' should behave; well that's what her mother thinks. Meanwhile, in Indonesia, another embar...
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Unraveller
Name: Eileen Armstrong
27 October 2022;Genre: Fantasy
"If you must travel to the country of Raddith, then be prepared…" This opening sentence of the Prologue to Unraveller serves as a timely warning to the unsuspecting reader, who can be little prepared for the extraordinarily inventive journey they are about to embark upon or th...
