Young Adult Book Reviews
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This Song is About Us
Name: Clair Bossons
14 May 2025;Genre: Romance & Relationships
This Song is About Us is set over three music festivals and follows the highs and lows of young love faced with the complexities of fame. It highlighted the balance between creating a social media following while trying to maintain a private personal life. I absolutely...
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The Binding Spell
Name: Linda Brown
12 May 2025;Genre: Supernatural
The Binding Spell is a dark, enchanting YA novel that weaves witchcraft, family secrets, and ancient superstition into a compelling story set in the mist-shrouded village of Weir Hinny. 19-year-old Morgan, long haunted by nightmares, believes she has finally outgrown her terri...
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all we lost was everything
Name: Rachel Bolton
09 May 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
How do you restart your life when a fire has taken everything - including your dad? Such is the premise for this fast-paced story set in Arizona. 18-year-old River is supported by her best friend, Tawny, and her cousin as she copes with her loss which includes...
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Wild Esat
Name: Clare Wilkins
09 May 2025;Genre: Social Issues
When a bus journey ends in tragedy for Ronny's friend Maz, Ronny's Mum decides enough is enough. Fearful that her son will be the next person to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, she uproots them from East London to East Anglia and they begin a tentative new life in Norwich. Disc...
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The Dark That Hides Us
Name: Linda Brown
08 May 2025;Genre: Fantasy
The Dark that Hides Us is a fantastic continuation of an unforgettable journey that the four friends have been through and it will keep you totally immersed until the very last page… Alexis, Demi, Blaise, and Caeli lie in wait as the Haven prepares for the Battle of St...
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The Binding Spell
Name: Lorraine Ansell
07 May 2025;Genre: Supernatural
When Morgan and her family are forced to move back to her mother's hometown, she has no idea of the history and trouble that await. Village talk of the Pouka King that dwells in the woods, and a niggling voice in her head, add to Morgan's unease. Meeting a local boy who seems...
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Matched Up
Name: Clair Bossons
02 May 2025;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Not being much of a football fan, I didn't expect to enjoy this book quite as much as I did. Matched Up is a really well written contemporary YA sports romance. The characters are well developed and the emotions and dilemmas that they face feel authentic....
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They Bloom at Night
Name: Eileen Armstrong
30 April 2025;Genre: LBGTQ+
Ever since the hurricane hit the small coastal town of Mercy in post-apocalyptic Louisiana, strange red algae blooms everywhere. After losing her father and brother to the storm, Noon and her mother try to survive by shrimp trawling among the mutated wildlife which now inhabit the constantly r...
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Glasgow Boys
Name: Stephen Leitch
29 April 2025;Genre: Social Issues
Set in modern day Glasgow, this powerful novel follows the lives of Finlay (18) and Banjo (17) as they both try to negotiate their ways through life, a life where something as simple as a hug is strange and alien act. Banjo is trying to stay out of trouble long enough (and kee...
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Where Shadows Meet
Name: Eileen Armstrong
28 April 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Some 20 years on from the Twilight phenomenon, a resurgence of the vampire narrative seems timely. The Sunday Times bestseller, Where Shadows Meet, provides an original twist - combining vampire lore with the romantasy subgenre popularised by...
