Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Linda Brown
14 August 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

The Third Daughter is the first book in a new series that explores sisterhood, deception, control, magic and power with a background of a slow burning sapphic romance. For many years the citizens of Velle have waited for their New Maiden to return. The prophecy states s...

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Name: Linda Brown
11 August 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Bonesmith is the first book in the House of Dead series. This is a dark YA fantasy with a Game of Thrones (White Walkers) feel about it...    When Wren, a bonesmith, is sent to the Border Wall of the Dominions as a punishment, she must find a way to pro...

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Name: Stephen Leitch
10 August 2023;

Genre: LBGTQ+

Steven Percival realised there really was something strange going on with him when he kissed a boy whose head proceeded to explode. Whenever he experiences emotion, the opposite emotion is transferred to whatever or whoever is around him with spectacular effect. Heading to the dead end town of...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
08 August 2023;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Greek myths are now a popular and well-populated genre but this new book does more than enough to stand out from the crowd. In the Citadel of Appollis, citizens worship the Sun God and Mother Moon. A chosen few are revealed to have 'callings' and will eventually leave their families to train a...

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Name: Arnalina Age 12
02 August 2023;

Genre: Friends and family

I love this book, because it is not only romantic, but also has other factors of feeling like sadness, anger, and loneliness. I simply adore the quotes in the book, and the way it raises your spirit. Far From Perfect can teach that the lives of stars are not so sugar sweet, an...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 August 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Rebel Fire is the sequel to Rebel Skies, a much lauded fantasy book. Kurara and her brother Haru have escaped from the power-hungry princess Tsukimi and they are looking for the most powerful of all the shikigami, a phoenix. Kurara hopes it wi...

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Name: Linda Brown
17 July 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

If you love fairytales with a twist, then this dark, enchanting fantasy debut novel is just for you. The author has melded some of our childhood fairytale stereotypes into her plot, so you get a glimpse of Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, a wicked witch and a handsome prince, a love/hate rela...

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Name: Linda Brown
14 July 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Belladonna follows 19-year-old Signa who was orphaned as a baby and who has been raised by a string of guardians, each of whom has met an untimely end. Her remaining relatives are the Hawthornes, an eccentric family living at the gloomy Thorn Grove estate, whose father mourns...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
10 July 2023;

Genre: Dystopian

Alara lives a 'perfect' life in Estrella where everything is tightly controlled and it is mandatory to carry a 'Flip' (Fully Linked Information Platform) so everyone is connected. Feelings of boredom and being 'dulled' are frowned upon, yet Alara often feels disconnected. The skyscraper city i...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
08 July 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Rebel Fire is the second in a trilogy about a fantastical world inhabited by amazing creatures. Friendships are forged as the central characters risk their lives and liberty in a race against time. The author, Ann Sei Lin, has written a book filled with mystical places and mys...

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