Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Grace Horn
13 August 2024;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

The Dark Within Us follows a lonely girl named Jenny who is seeking the little comfort the world has left her and who is ready to hurt the ones who hurt her.  Enters Luc, the son of the man running hell, who needs to meet his father's demands or spend an eternity causing suffe...

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Name: Linda Brown
12 August 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Ghostsmith is the action-packed finale to the House of the Dead Duology, where Wren and her friends put everything they know to the test as they battle the living and the undead to save their world… As the army of revenants - created by her mother, the Corpse Queen, attack, wi...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
12 August 2024;

Genre: Science Fiction

Arriving with a bang, as a thrilling chase round London ensues, arch thief Alex Wintour is clearly not a girl to be messed with. She and seemingly smug rich-boy Cole are temporals - Oracles with the ability to see into the future but - certainly in uninitiated Alex's case - not the ability to...

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Name: Linda Brown
12 August 2024;

Genre: Supernatural

Arthie Casimir runs a prestigious tearoom (Spindrift) during the day, however, at night it turns into a bloodhouse where vampires are free to feed from those who consent.  When the Ram, the masked monarch who rules Ettenia , threatens to take Spindrift from her and destroy what she has created...

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Name: Stephen Leitch
05 August 2024;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

Life is a little awkward for teenager Mel. She fancies her climate change-obsessed straight best friend, Sasha; she's facing homophobic bullying at school by Ella and Janis; she has to work weekends at the local shop with posh boy Dorian who she can't stand, and it's 30c in January in England....

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Name: Linda Brown
02 August 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Chrysantha has won. She has cleverly played the game of being a beautiful but simpleton girl, married an aging duke - who thankfully, hasn't long to live - and will inherit his wealth upon his death. Freedom to be her true self at last and live her life the way she wants too. However, l...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
01 August 2024;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The mysterious case of the menopause murders in Murder On A School Night offers older readers an exciting crime novel which is highly relatable, fast-paced, humorous and contemporary. The main characters Kerry and Annie are life-long friends who are just starting sixth...

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Name: Ophelia McCluskey Gahan
01 August 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

The Bad Ones is a page-turning thriller woven through with the supernatural.  The story follows the mystery of four disappearances. Nora's best friend is included in this tragic game gone wrong; although it turns out she didn't disappear without a trace. As Nora attempts to un...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
30 July 2024;

Genre: Family & Home

Safiya and Halıma are step-sisters. Previously separated by country, upbringing and culture, they are thrown together when Safiya's father (Halima's step-father) returns to Britain with his new family. Mistrust, tension and defiance abound as the sisters skirt around one another and the adults...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
30 July 2024;

Genre: LBGTQ+

Eloise already has her friend group and they do everything together. When a new girl, Isabel, arrives at school as they hit sixth form, and with a recent ADHD diagnosis to contend with, suddenly her world seems to turn upside down. Friendships fracture, and where she thought she hated Isabel,...

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