Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Clare Wilkins
16 September 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Big Tech and high stakes mark this AI-inspired story of a girl inheriting her father's company, and with it,  a whole world of trouble. 17-year-old Riya's father has built the Anticipation Machine - 'ART', a game-changing tool with the power to predict people's futures. With only six keyholder...

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Name: Emelia Helliwell
16 September 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Our Wicked Histories is a gothic murder-mystery novel.  It had a slow start for me but once I got through the first chapter or two, I was hooked!  The way in which the author writes the story is brilliant. The use of flashbacks and the twists and turns keeps you on the...

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Name: Clair Bossons
16 September 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

The concept for The Girl with No Reflection is brilliantly thought through. There are two alternate universes with 'mirror people' who, as punishment for starting a war years ago, are imprisoned and forced to live their lives having to mimic humans.  In the real world, we have...

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Name: Linda Brown
09 September 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Drown me with Dreams is the concluding book to the dark and seductive Sing Me to Sleep. With the characters more fleshed out and a plot full of dramatic twists and turns, you are in for a ro...

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Name: Clair Bossons
06 September 2024;

Genre: LBGTQ+

This Ravenous Fate is set in 1920s Harlem and is the first book in what will become the This Ravenous Fate duology. It will appeal to young adults who enjoy vampire fiction and is perfect for fans of T...

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Name: Eileen Armstrong
04 September 2024;

Genre: Dystopian

Novels which use the future to explore the present are not a new invention but in Songlight, Buffini puts her own unique spin on the post-apocalyptic dystopian story, sitting comfortably alongside greats such as Wyndham, Orwell, Le Guin and Atwood. The...

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Name: Eileen Armstrong
03 September 2024;

Genre: Friends and family

Exactly one year after her mum's death and the night before she goes back to school, Suzy Button makes three wishes in the light of the supermoon in her garden at midnight, desperate for things to change, but not at all believing that they can or will. What Suzy definitely hadn'’t bargained fo...

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Name: Ophelia McCluskey Gahan
29 August 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Death at Morning House is a classic murder mystery with intense relationship dynamics that distort logical thinking. When lovestruck Marlowe experiences a life-altering event, all she wants is to escape reality. So when she's offered a job that would guarantee a rest from the...

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Name: Rachel Bolton
28 August 2024;

Genre: Historical Fiction

This is hugely enjoyable. Imagine 'Hustle' in 15th century Florence, I loved it! When Cardinal Medici and his holiness the Pope return to Florence, the mood in the town is unsettled. The townsfolk are content with their republican status and it's soon clear that the Pope has a...

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Name: Linda Brown
23 August 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Wisteria is the sensational conclusion to the brilliant dark gothic romance series, Belladonna. Once again this bestselling YA author has delivered a world that is full of illusion and magic, which I thoroughl...

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