Young Adult Book Reviews
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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...
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The Lighthouse
Name: Emelia Helliwell
25 October 2022;Genre: Horror
A twisted tale of a remote island and its lighthouse. Rosie and Jess are spending two weeks with their dad and his new family on the island during the school break. It's the last thing Jess wants to do but if her sister is happy and wants to go, so will she. Whats the worse that could happen?....
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Daughter of the Pirate King
Name: Linda Brown
06 October 2022;Genre: Fantasy
If you like plenty of action, adventure and a great storyline, then you need to read this first book of the new trilogy by Tricia Levenseller, Daughter of the Pirate King... 17-year-old Alosa is the daughter of the Pirate King. He sends her on a mission to retrieve part...
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The Haunting of Tyrese Walker
Name: Emelia Helliwell
01 October 2022;Genre: Horror
The Haunting of Tyrese Walker, set in Jamaica, follows a boy in the depths of grief and who is taken to visit his 'Grammy' in Jamaica. What his mother hopes will help him with his grief only seems to make Tyreese more closed off. From the moment they arrived at Grammy's...
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The Haunting Of Tyrese Walker
Name: Morgan Harkin
24 September 2022;Genre: Horror
The chilling young adult novel by J P Rose follows the story of a young boy from Manchester, entrapped by emotions following his father's death, the young boy travels to Jamaica to see his grandmother and family. After the reminder of his father's life in the family home rapidly affects Tyrese...
