Young Adult Book Reviews
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Once Upon a Fever
Name: Jacqueline Harris
17 July 2022;Genre: Fantasy
This is a parallel London, where The Turn has meant feelings create disease. Ani and Payton, two very different sisters, live in St Jude's hospital where their father is a methic, curing people of the diseases. The whole family are in a quest to find a cure for the illness that afflicts their...
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Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl
Name: Clair Bossons
07 July 2022;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Monique is a preacher's daughter and her parents have high standards and expectations of her to remain 'pure'. She has been dating Dom for two years. He is a 'golden boy' in her parents' eyes and they trust him wholeheartedly. Dom wants to explore the more intimate side of their relationship a...
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Her Dark Wings
Name: Linda Brown
07 July 2022;Genre: Myths & Legends
I simply loved Her Dark Wings! This author seriously knows how to keep her target audience engaged, with her believable characters and world building... Corey is 16 and has lived all of her life on a tiny island that's in between the mainland and the edge of the Underwo...
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A Midnight Dark and Golden
Name: Linda Brown
07 July 2022;Genre: Fantasy
A Midnight Dark and Golden is an explosive and gripping finale for The City of Nightmares trilogy. This well written, imaginative author gives her audience a rollercoaster ride of emotions f...
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Family of Liars
Name: Tanja Jennings
01 July 2022;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
If you’re looking for a psychological thriller that takes a scalpel to human nature, E. Lockhart's Family of Liars is a good choice. Caught on the whirlwind of Tik Tok celebrity for its predecessor, the plot twist sizzler We Were Liars, Lockhart's new novel is a prequel set in...
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This Wicked Fate
Name: Tanja Jennings
01 July 2022;Genre: Fantasy
Kalynn Bayron reinvented the myth of Cinderella shattering the patriarchal construct of the tortuous glass slipper into fragments in Cinderella Is Dead which was recently banned in Texas because of the power of its representation. She p...
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Tsunami Girl
Name: Julie
01 July 2022;Genre: Personal Growth
Tsunami Girl is a coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old girl Yuki. She lives in England with her parents and is struggling to cope with school. She has very little confidence and suffers with anxiety. Her parents decide that she should stay with her beloved grandfather in Ja...
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Love Radio
Name: Ruth Cornish
01 July 2022;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Love Radio is a great read about relationships. For the main characters, Dani and Prince, their initial attraction is no guarantee of a smooth path to romance. A previous unresolved experience makes writer, Dani, hesitant, unwilling to allow herself to be vulnerable. Broadcast...
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The Reluctant Vampire Queen
Name: Lorraine Ansell
01 July 2022;Genre: Supernatural
Mo Merrydrew has her life all mapped out when suddenly, one Tuesday evening, a 600-year-old vampire offers her the chance to be a Queen. The only problem is the role includes being turned into a vampire. Mo must juggle friends, family, schoolwork, and vampires; will she manage to keep everyon...
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Why is Nobody Laughing?
Name: Clair Bossons
30 June 2022;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Why is Nobody Laughing? is a powerful book which tackles the subject of teenage mental health in boys; a subject that should be talked about more openly so it is great to find a book written about mental health with male characters that students can relate to. Ibrahim M...
