Young Adult Book Reviews
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Yours from the Tower
Name: Eileen Armstrong
25 September 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Yours from the Tower is set in 1896: a time of great hope, social change and scientific excitement. An exciting year too for three best friends leaving boarding school, full of hopes, dreams and big ambitions. But despite their newfound freedom, the trio must head home to very...
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Getting Away with Murder
Name: Clair Bossons
22 September 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Getting Away with Murder is a gripping page turner. It is set in a high-tech escape room experience in an abandoned bunker. The contestants must solve the games and complete the rooms to escape in what turns out to be a fight for survival. Not only has the AI taken over and tr...
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Ancient Love Stories: The Most Remarkable Romances in History
Name: Sue Wilsher
20 September 2023;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Ancient Love Stories retells some of the greatest romances in history, showing that love is a familiar theme across time and culture. The book starts by introducing Sappho, who knew 'how to write about love'. Acknowledging we know little of her, the author explores her life an...
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Queen of Gods (House of Shadows 2)
Name: Clare Wilkins
08 September 2023;Genre: Myths & Legends
Feisty Deina is no fan of the duplicitous Gods. Nor is she a fan of the war-mongering Aristaeus but, bound by the seeds Thanatos commanded her to swallow in order to save her friends, she is tied to the Underworld. Hades wants her daughter to join her and become a God but despite conflicting e...
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The Witches of Pendle
Name: Lorraine ansell
01 September 2023;Genre: Supernatural
A team of ghost hunters investigate mysterious events in the town of Pendle. Several residents have been affected and do not seem themselves, but are they connected in some way? Before long, the team uncover shocking historical events and set out to lay the ghosts of the past to rest. <...
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Foxglove
Name: Linda Brown
24 August 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Foxglove is the dark, captivating sequel to the Gothic-infused Belladonna. However, in this suspenseful and dramatic part of the story, Signa and Death face a supernatural enemy who is determined to tear them...
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Darkhearts
Name: Stephen Leitch
22 August 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
Darkhearts - a teen band formed in Seattle by best mates Chance, Eli and David - till he left two years ago. They made it big, David filled himself with resettlement and hasn't spoken to Chance or Eli since leaving. Fate brings David and Chance back together at the funeral of Eli. While initia...
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Queen of Gods (House of Shadows 2)
Name: Lorraine ansell
21 August 2023;Genre: Myths & Legends
Deina has been forced to stay in the Underworld after eating some seeds to save her friends, and must now face her mother, Hades, and find out what the future holds. It seems all hope is lost for her dreams to be free and sail the ocean. Carrying her forward is her belief that the Theodesmioi...
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Never A Hero
Name: Linda Brown
21 August 2023;Genre: Fantasy
At the end of book one, Only a Monster (which I highly recommend you read), Joan made some decisions that would have consequences that she could not imagine... Never a Hero (book two) will draw you in from the very first page, as you can fe...
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The Third Daughter
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...
