Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
05 March 2026;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Taken from her home in the middle of the night, Connie finds herself at Silver Lake Academy, a high-security facility for 'troubled' teens. Although deeply upset by the loss of her mother and struggling to cope, Connie still cannot believe that her family would choose to send her to this remot...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
04 March 2026;

Genre: Dystopian

Dayna, the titular character of this dystopian novel, is a seemingly fearless teenager thrown into the chaos of a post-apocalyptic world. Deadly spores released in the 'Before' world have devastated the country. Children are rare and when found, valued as guinea pigs for experimental vaccines....

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
04 March 2026;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Hal lives in the perfect world of 2.0, the world created by Francis Knox. She has everything she could want, except none of it is real. Then she gets the chance to enter the Knox Cup and become the ultimate champion of the gaming world. But this is a place where nothing is quite as it seems an...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
18 February 2026;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Shorelines, a melancholy and thought-provoking verse novel, follows the story of Muireann, the mermaid, grieving for her lost twin and full of naïve curiosity about humans. To save her ocean home where fish stocks are dwindling and the merfolk are beginning to starve, she make...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
06 February 2026;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

The school crime thriller genre remains an ever-popular popular field and Helen Price's spiky new addition will certainly please fans of Holly Jackson, M A Bennett et al. Set in a rigidly religious catholic school in deeply pious Langbury, Kill Me Now follows...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
19 January 2026;

Genre: LBGTQ+

Riven with self-doubt, anger and Catholic guilt, Cesar finds it impossible to deal with his feelings for ex-boyfriend Jamal whilst still holding close to his family's ideals. Throw in being bipolar and bisexual, and life seems impossibly complicated. In an effort to get a hold on his fr...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
19 January 2026;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

When a migraine cancels Ella's New Year's Eve plans, she agrees to babysit for her younger cousin, Joey. Arriving at her aunt's house, she is horrified to find the family unconscious and strives to save them. An investigation discovers that there had been a gas leak, leading to the death of he...

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Name: Linda Brown
05 January 2026;

Genre: Fantasy

King of Beasts is the concluding book to the amazing Twin Crowns series. Even though this is a spin-off, it has the same immersive reading experience that make it clear that this talented author knows how to engage her target audience . . . King Alaric,...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
02 January 2026;

Genre: Fantasy

Tidespeaker is a deliciously gothic, fantasy fiction thriller set in a fractured world ruled by the Hundred - aristocratic families who have harnessed the power of the Orha. A people blessed with ancient, elemental gifts, the Orha were deemed a danger to the noble families of...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
02 December 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

Ilsette has always been protected by her sister, Lyla. Being half-human, half-faery would make her an outcast if anyone in the Realm of Never Moon found out and Lyla would do anything for her sister. However, summoned by the dark, dangerous Owl King to his court, they, along with everyone else...

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