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  • Augmented: A thrilling YA sci-fi packed with romance and rebellion

    Augmented

    Name: Margaret Pemberton
    12 June 2025;

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Augmented is a totally absorbing crossover between a science fiction and dystopian world. It is set in a version of Britain, specifically London, where food is at a premium and people can only stay outside for very short times, without wearing specialised suits. The pre...

  • Vengeance of the Pirate Queen

    Vengeance of the Pirate Queen

    Name: Raveesha Age 15
    10 June 2025;

    Genre: Adventure

    I love books that include pirates, romance, adventure. I have read the the Daughter of the Pirate King and Daughter of the Siren Queen. And those two books become my most favourite. Vengeance of the Pirate Queen is also amazing!

  • Fireborne

    Fireborne

    Name: Jacqueline Harris
    09 June 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    Lee and Annie have been friends since they met at the orphanage. Now they are both dragonriders and their pasts come back to haunt them. Will those pasts tear them apart or will the bonds forged learning to ride dragons over come what has happened? Set in a land with a recent revolutionary pas...

  • The Hive

    The Hive

    Name: Eileen Armstrong
    09 June 2025;

    Genre: Dystopian

    In the post-climate change, disaster stricken world of The Hive, rising sea levels mean that the remaining humans live in strictly-controlled, self-sufficient underground colonies built into the mountain tops. In one of these, the Hive colony, Feldspar, a bodyguard or shield, has been brought...

  • Snowglobe 2

    Snow Globe 2

    Name: Clair Bossons
    06 June 2025;

    Genre: Dystopian

    Snowglobe 2 brings a gripping conclusion to the ground breaking Snowglobe duology, a dystopian series set in a world ravaged by climate disaster. Exploring themes of surveillance, reality TV, genetic engineering and class inequality, this novel delivers a thought-provoking and...

  • Throne of Khetara: His Face is the Sun: NYT bestselling epic Ancient Egyptian fantasy simmering with romance, rebellion, magic and monsters

    His Face is the Sun (Throne of Khetara): NYT bestselling epic Ancient Egyptian fantasy

    Name: Grace Horn
    04 June 2025;

    Genre: Fantasy

    His Face is the Sun, the first Throne of Khetara book, is set in a world inspired by Ancient Egypt, and is told from the perspective of four different narrators who each influence the story in different ways. They are Sita the Princess, Neff the priestess, Rae the rebel and Ka...

  • Best of All Worlds

    Best of All Worlds

    Name: Clare Wilkins
    04 June 2025;

    Genre: Dystopian

    When Xavier Oak wakes up on his weekend away with his father and heavily pregnant step-mother he expects his usual vista; the clear water of the lake and the harbour. Instead their entire cottage seems to have been transported to a farm, replete with bleating goats demanding to be milked. Stun...

  • Win Lose Kill Die

    Win Lose Kill Die

    Name: alessandra Age 12
    24 May 2025;

    Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

    I love this book, the suspense is amazing, I am sooo happy I decided to read this book.

  • The End Crowns All

    The End Crowns All

    Name: Jasmine Grace
    20 May 2025;

    Genre: Myths & Legends

    The End Crowns All is a beautiful re-telling of the Trojan Horse myth, told from the perspective of two women - a perspective which is often forgotten in history. The way Bea Fitzgerald re-writes the myth for women contrasts with the misogynis...

  • Odd Girl Out

    Odd Girl Out

    Name: Beverley Somerset
    19 May 2025;

    Genre: Representation & Inclusion

    15-year-old Maaryah has moved to Essex from Dubai following her parents divorce. Now living with her mum, she’s had to leave everything behind; a luxurious lifestyle, her school, her oldest friends - and her dad. Her British-Bengali family are there to support her, but she suspects that they k...