Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Rachel Bolton
17 November 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

No one is more surprised than Ruby herself when she discovers that the late king has made her heir to his throne, especially as she works as a maid in the royal palace. In an instant, Ruby finds herself mired in a viper's nest of suspicion, intrigue and mystery where everyone mistrusts each ot...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
03 November 2025;

Genre: Supernatural

In 60 AD, Aine finds herself captured and enslaved by the Romans. Fleeing her new master, she hides in a tunnel where she finds an altar and unwittingly unleashes something dark. Centuries later, Sarah Gibson takes refuge in the woods after the death of her mother. Seeking to help others with...

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Name: Rachel Bolton
29 October 2025;

Genre: Supernatural

Ghost is a beautifully written story. It's lyrical in tone and its language conjures spirits and magic throughout. Three girls, Aine, Sarah and Marie, are separated by centuries, but all connected to some woodland where evil lurks. Through the voice and dreams of each, they ar...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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