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  • Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl: The must-read YA romcom of 2022

    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...

  • Her Dark Wings

    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...

  • A Midnight Dark and Golden

    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...

  • Family of Liars: The Prequel to We Were Liars

    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...

  • This Wicked Fate

    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...

  • Tsunami Girl

    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...

  • Love Radio

    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...

  • The Reluctant Vampire Queen

    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...

  • Why Is Nobody Laughing?

    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...

  • Bad Things Happen Here

    Bad Things Happen Here

    Name: Clare Wilkins
    28 June 2022;

    Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

    Bad Things Happen Here, Rebecca Barrow's debut novel, is a stylish YA thriller set on a moneyed North American Island where rich kids prevail and an inordinate number of teenage girls seem to die. Wealthy, backbiting Luca has already seen her best friend die when her sister fa...