Young Adult Book Reviews
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Bad Things Happen Here
Name: lorraine ansell Age 14
01 August 2022;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Luca Laine Thomas seemingly lives an idyllic life on the island of Parris, an affluent and insular place where everyone knows your name. But there are dark secrets and shadows lurking on the island, where over the years girls have gone missing or succumbed to awful unsolved deaths, the last of...
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This is Not the End
Name: Louise Baker
01 August 2022;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Hugh Copper and Olivia Moon are about embark upon a road-trip that will ultimately change both of their lives, and perspectives, forever. The fact that they do so in a stolen ice cream truck only adds to the quirky nature of this narrative. You see, while Hugh is obsessed with endings - terrib...
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The Last Whale
Name: Clare Wilkins
01 August 2022;Genre: Environment & Nature
The holidays have arrived, and teenage climate activist Abi is reluctantly dragged to a remote island off the coast of Norway to visit her grandmother. Thrown out of school after being identified as a 'tek disrupter', Abi's worst nightmare is a holiday without internet connection and an annoyi...
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Where We Go From Here
Name: Eileen Armstrong
01 August 2022;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
In a clinic in Brazil, Ian has just tested positive for HIV. There he meets Victor who thinks he might have HIV after getting together with Henrique (not knowing his positive status) but he tests negative. In an attempt to console Ian, Victor suggests he meets up with Henrique, who has lived w...
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If You Still Recognise Me
Name: Tanja Jennings
30 July 2022;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Hong Kong born author Cynthia So's debut YA contemporary romance novel embraces a rainbow of identities. Showcased as an exciting new voice in Juno Dawson's Proud anthology, They discovered themselves during their writing journey and now identify as non-binary. If You Still Recognise M...
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Rise of the School for Good and Evil
Name: Linda Brown
27 July 2022;Genre: Fantasy
Rise of the School for Good and Evil is a wonderful book and is the prequel, the beginning of the journey in the amazing series, The School For Good and Evil. It gives the reader an insight as to how the school was created and how our familiar fairytale characters came about.....
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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...
