Young Adult Book Reviews
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Electric Life: Surge
Name: Sue Wilsher
24 October 2025;Genre: Dystopian
Having left Estrella, Alara has been living in London Under for six months. Although desperate to escape the restrictions of the city and feel alive, she is struggling to adapt to her new life and longs to escape to the surface and be free to travel with Jay. But tension is mounting in London...
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Murder on a School Night
Name: Kitty Age 13
22 October 2025;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I think this book is really good, as it's quite feminist and encourages girls to talk about their period and if you catch your boyfriend cheating with your bff, do not call HER the slut! I think that anyone can read this depending on the maturity of the person. If you know how babies are made,...
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Ask Me Anything
Name: Sue Wilsher
20 October 2025;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Mary-Elizabeth Baxter is a girl brimming with confidence. Agony aunt for the university's magazine, she offers up-beat advice to her fellow students and, having set her sights on Felix Balfour, she is looking forward to a year of fun - sex with no strings attached. When she me...
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Make Me A Monster
Name: Rachel Bolton
10 October 2025;Genre: Horror
Make Me a Monster is not for the faint-hearted. Set in a funeral home with graphic descriptions and explanations about preparing a body for burial, Kalynn Bayron’s first horror story requires a strong stomach. 17-year-old Meka lives and works with her parents in a funer...
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Keep Your Friends Close
Name: Rachel Bolton
10 October 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Taut, tense and captivating, I found this new title from Cynthia Murphy to be completely addictive. Set in a private school that has been set up for poorer teens to make their way in the world, it tells the story through the eyes of Chloe as she returns to school for her final...
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Empty Heaven
Name: Clair Bossons
06 October 2025;Genre: Horror
Empty Heaven is a truly terrifying supernatural horror which contains themes that are suited to a young adult reader. It is set in a creepy small town of Kesuquosh, New England, where all seems perfect on the surface. Darian Sabine Arden spends her summers there with friends a...
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My Name is Jodie Jones
Name: Clare Wilkins
06 October 2025;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Jodie Jones is intelligent, enigmatic and never short of a pithy comeback. Unfortunately, she's also dealing with trauma, a fractured family and rapidly dwindling grades at school. She finds solace in words and interesting sentences, collecting and storing them, her verbal ars...
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Not Going to Plan
Name: Kimberley Lawson
03 October 2025;Genre: Personal Growth
Kicked out of the exclusive boarding school, where she has been a scholarship student, because of her disruptive behaviour, Marnie has only a few months until her GCSEs, which she must now sit at the local secondary. Unfortunately, Jessica, Marnie's nemesis from primary school, is in her class...
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Things I Learned While I Was Dead
Name: Sam
25 September 2025;Genre: Science Fiction
The most important thing in the world to 17-year-old Calico is saving the life of her younger sister Asha. After years of unsuccessful medical treatment, Asha is now dying. So, when Calico is offered the possibility of a miracle cure for her sister, she jumps at the chance. However, all is not...
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Bury Your Friends: The nepo-baby thriller from YA bestseller Benjamin Dean
Name: Eileen Armstrong
23 September 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Not for nothing has Dean been awarded the 'King of YA thriller' crown and his latest, long-awaited novel, this time with a unique slasher twist, absolutely does not disappoint. A dream 'end of A levels' party weekend for a group of perfectly privileged nepo teens in an...
