Young Adult Book Reviews
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A Million Tiny Missiles All At Once
Name: Beverley Somerset
22 May 2026;Genre: Family & Home
Elias is 14, neurodivergent, and is struggling with his failing relationship with his elder brother, Bo. Once close, the two boys have drifted apart as Bo gets into trouble at school and falls in with the wrong people. He ends up owing money to Relic, a violent and dangerous man, and Elias is...
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Runaway Road
Name: Rachel Bolton
22 May 2026;Genre: Personal Growth
It's very hard not to feel for 16-year-old ezra, a teenager in care whose overwhelming love and loyalty for his neuro-diverse nine-year-old sister, Evie, guides his often-damaged moral compass. Set in northern Ireland, Runaway Road begins with Ezra committing a crime (no spoil...
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Tom Burne Has Left the Chat
Name: Clare Wilkins
15 May 2026;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
A touching YA debut about grief, mental health and acceptance and the role our digital lives have to play in them. Jamie Finnerty is in the wrong place at the wrong time when burgeoning teenage social media star Tom Burke takes his own life. Without thinking, Jamie grab...
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This Boy I Hardly Know
Name: Clair Bossons
05 May 2026;Genre: Family & Home
I was so excited to receive this book to review! Lisa Heathfield is my favourite YA author; I have loved everything that she has written so far and This Boy I Hardly Know certainly did not disappoint. It is yet another powerful read! 16-year-old Dusty has been moved fro...
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Vampire Empire: Red Tide (book 1)
Name: Sam
04 May 2026;Genre: Historical Fiction
Wow! What an incredible read! If you are like me and the last Norse adventure you read was Beowulf in Primary School, then you may not be immediately drawn to this book, even with its fabulously illustrated cover. However, once you get past the first few pages, which are full...
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The Thorn Queen (The Rose Bargain, Book 2)
Name: Linda Brown
24 April 2026;Genre: Fantasy
The Thorn Queen is the captivating conclusion to the dark and romantic The Rose Bargain. Once again, the author delivers a mesmerising story filled with magic, intrigue, and romance. The story drops the reader straight back into the action, picking up exactly...
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The Fox Hunt
Name: Rachel Bolton
17 April 2026;Genre: Fantasy
Part dark academia, part romantasy, this debut novel by Caitlin Breeze will attract a wide range of readers. Emma Curran is studying law at an elite university (modelled on Cambridge) but has a passion for natural sciences. She also develops a passion for heartthrob Jasper Bal...
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The Emptying
Name: Sue Wilsher
17 April 2026;Genre: Dystopian
When her father returns from attempting to deliver food to the city wounded and full of dire news, Dot leaves for the city, determined to find answers. Having been caught up in a riot over food in the city and unable to find his friend, Acker decides to go looking for help. Each on their own m...
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Piper at the Gates of Dusk
Name: Clare Wilkins
10 April 2026;Genre: Science Fiction
In the strange new world where The Land tolerate the humans despite their seemingly endless capacity for distrust and prejudice, Ben and Max are growing up in the shadow of Noise. Their father, Todd, still has it, but others have been cured and the great 'conversayhun' about all life - history...
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Burn the Water
Name: Clare Wilkins
30 March 2026;Genre: Dystopian
In a futuristic submerged London rival houses fight for the precious 'Dry Ten' - the ten percent of ground remaining above the water level. Rafe is a rising star of the Rogues, Jule the deadliest soldier of the Crown army. Both have been bred to absolutely believe in their res...
