Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Clare Wilkins
17 July 2024;

Genre: Bereavement

Mab has found Elk. Elk didn't know she needed finding, but now she wouldn't have it any other way. In the 'free-range' Mab, she has gained a new best friend and a whole new perspective on life. Cocooned by love, friendship and family, Elk's existence, even allowing for the pains and problems o...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
15 July 2024;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

14-year-old Taylor Blake has never been kissed, and is obsessed with trying to resolve this dilemma. Now that she is in Year 9, she is part of a French exchange programme, and is going to host one of the French students. When she is accidentally paired up with a boy instead of a girl, it seems...

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Name: Rachel Bolton
14 July 2024;

Genre: Dystopian

The Virtue Season is a story about survival, about injustice and about the pressure society can put on friendships.  18-year-old Manon has spent her life waiting for the moment for her turn in the virtue season. A process that will pair her with a suitable genetic mate. Her fe...

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Name: Morgan Harkin
13 July 2024;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

A drama-filled love story is only just beginning when seven private confessions are scattered across the beach with secrets threatening to tear everyone apart; best friends, acquaintances.... lovers. For Natalia and Ethan, the senior sunrise - a key moment of the summer representing the...

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Name: Tanja Jennings
11 July 2024;

Genre: Bereavement

From the start of Us in the Before and After, there is a tangible sense that the protagonists of this story have secrets to tell and that the author is playing with the reader through the device of an unreliable narrator. Reminiscent of a famous movie in places, the title of w...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
10 July 2024;

Genre: Biographies & Autobiographies

In this interesting and inspiring book, Roar: A Celebration of Great Sporting Women, former hockey international Sam Quek has interviewed 12 of her sporting heroines from a wide variety of sports. The women give an insight into their childhoods, how they got in to their chosen...

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Name: Clair Bossons
04 July 2024;

Genre: Science Fiction

Find Me After begins with a trigger warning; it explores the fragility of life and was inspired by the author's own life experience with epilepsy. I found the book highly thought-provoking, it is a real page turner and as always with a good book, I read it in a short space of...

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Name: Rachel Bolton
04 July 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

The Last Thing You'll Hear is a compulsive read - I was gripped from the start. The story tells of two musical sisters, 17-year-old Wren and her older and more beautiful and talented sister, Lark . Both are musical and both get invited to sing at a new music festival which is...

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Name: Morgan Harkin
04 July 2024;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

For 16 year old Ruby, the summer has finally come and GCSEs are over.  It's time for her to hang out with her best friends in the park, doing a bit of roller skating and having loads of fun. As a body-confident teen, she's loving the summer. However, after an argument with her brother,...

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Name: Nel Age 13
02 July 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Such a good book, read within 3 days but it usually takes me 1-2 months to read others. There are so many good plot twists and amazing descriptions. The book has me questioning every part of it and had my jaw drop so many times. Definitely kept me up on my feet - the best Holly Jackson book ev...

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