Young Adult Book Reviews
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The Eternal Return of Clara Hart
Name: Louise Baker
01 December 2022;Genre: Personal Growth
How long could you turn a blind eye to the actions of your friends, before speaking up? Teenager James 'Spence' Spencer is coming to the slow realisation that his friends aren't the people he thought they were - and that, by association, he's walking a very dangerous path. After witness...
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Love in Winter Wonderland
Name: Morgan Harkin
01 December 2022;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Love in Winter Wonderland is a heart felt read, following the story of two main characters, Trey and Ariel. A family owned bookshop is where this unlikely pair meet. Both disliking each other until the impending closure of Wonderland, the bookshop, slowly their love for one an...
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It's Behind You
Name: Abi Age 11
27 November 2022;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
It was amazing, perfect for best friends to read at a sleepover at 3am!
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Daughter of the Siren Queen
Name: Linda Brown
24 November 2022;Genre: Adventure
Daughter of the Siren Queen is the sequel to Daughter of the Pirate King. Alosa has now accomplished her task her father, the Pirate king, set her in getting the pieces of the map to the Isla de Canta, where the sirens hold a l...
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Five Survive
Name: Ruth Cornish
21 November 2022;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Five Survive is a brilliant, breathtaking book! Six excited friends set off for a welcome break together but by nightfall, their lives are at risk from an unknown assailant. The narrative is as taut and tense as the emotions of the cast of characters trapped in their broken do...
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The Boy Lost in the Maze
Name: Clare Wilkins
16 November 2022;Genre: Myths & Legends
Acclaimed poet Joseph Coelho seamlessly binds myth and reality in this spellbinding new verse novel. A poetic retelling of the story of Theseus and the Minotaur, and Theseus's quest to find his father, runs parallel with a contemporary story of a teenage boy and his absent father. In An...
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The Other Ones
Name: Morgan Harkin
10 November 2022;Genre: Supernatural
Everybody knows the haunted house in the neighbourhood. Unfortunately this means that young Sal, who prefers to stay hidden, is thrown into the spot light. He envies an ordinary life with ordinary experiences but a strange boy, Pax, winds up on his door step, and his life grows even more compl...
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Wolfbane
Name: Kelly Buxton
10 November 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
A book that leaves you breathless. If I could give this more than 5*, I would! The ancient clans seek peace, but at what cost? A choked howl gives way to a deafening silence that echoes around the forest. Pack brother Torak and his mage mate Renn answer the call, but will they be too late? An...
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Honesty and Lies
Name: Jane Rew
07 November 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
I have no hesitancy in giving this book a 5 star rating. The author is adept at using language in keeping with Elizabethan times, when London hummed to the sights, smells and sounds of human life in all its gruesome, gorgeous reality. Honesty and Lies, told alternately...
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Well, That Was Unexpected
Name: Clair Bossons
04 November 2022;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Well, That Was Unexpected is a multicultural rom com that delivers heart-warming, laugh-out-loud moments. Sharlot "Who knows why these English names are not spelled the way they sound?" is caught by her mum in a compromising situation with a boyfriend and is promptly whisked a...