Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Clair Bossons
30 June 2025;

Genre: Science Fiction

Augmented is set in a future where the climate crisis has meant that plant life is depleted and there is a fight for survival. The decision has been taken to enhance abilities so that people can make a real difference. On an Earth where people can no longer go outside without...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
26 June 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

When seven teenagers arrive for a school retreat, they find themselves at the Motel Loba, abandoned and rundown; not the top location they were expecting. But things only get worse when they find they are trapped and forced to play a game where every hour they must vote one person out, decidin...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
23 June 2025;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

The Hero Complex, the eagerly anticipated follow up to last year's The Love Interest by Helen Comerford, is another great read, full of interesting characters and with a great plot twist right at the beginning. In The Hero Complex...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
13 June 2025;

Genre: Personal Growth

George and his friends form the resident school band. An unofficial title but they play all the school gigs and local parties. Tadgh is a frustrated singer, hiding his talent, unsure of himself and unwilling to sing even in front of his family. Jeff and newcomer Beth are looking to start their...

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Name: Margaret Pemberton
12 June 2025;

Genre: Science Fiction

Augmented is a totally absorbing crossover between a science fiction and dystopian world. It is set in a version of Britain, specifically London, where food is at a premium and people can only stay outside for very short times, without wearing specialised suits. The pre...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 June 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

Lee and Annie have been friends since they met at the orphanage. Now they are both dragonriders and their pasts come back to haunt them. Will those pasts tear them apart or will the bonds forged learning to ride dragons over come what has happened? Set in a land with a recent revolutionary pas...

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Name: Clair Bossons
06 June 2025;

Genre: Dystopian

Snowglobe 2 brings a gripping conclusion to the ground breaking Snowglobe duology, a dystopian series set in a world ravaged by climate disaster. Exploring themes of surveillance, reality TV, genetic engineering and class inequality, this novel delivers a thought-provoking and...

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Name: Grace Horn
04 June 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

His Face is the Sun, the first Throne of Khetara book, is set in a world inspired by Ancient Egypt, and is told from the perspective of four different narrators who each influence the story in different ways. They are Sita the Princess, Neff the priestess, Rae the rebel and Ka...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
04 June 2025;

Genre: Dystopian

When Xavier Oak wakes up on his weekend away with his father and heavily pregnant step-mother he expects his usual vista; the clear water of the lake and the harbour. Instead their entire cottage seems to have been transported to a farm, replete with bleating goats demanding to be milked. Stun...

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Name: alessandra Age 12
24 May 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

I love this book, the suspense is amazing, I am sooo happy I decided to read this book.

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