Young Adult Book Reviews

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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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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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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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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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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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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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...

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Name: Linda Brown
28 April 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

The Light That Blinds Us is full of action. It's totally immersive with likeable characters whose dialogue bounce off one another with humour, respect and love. I have enjoyed every line of this fantasy adventure. Alexis has been haunted throughout his childhood by dist...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
25 April 2025;

Genre: Personal Growth

Ty Forrester's involvement in a high profile armed robbery results in an 18 month sentence in a Young Offenders' institution. Falling in with a crowd his close friends and family had warned him about has left him in Ryecroft and at the mercy of a chaotic system and an inmate hierarchy where an...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
23 April 2025;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

15-year-old Maaryah is a fish out of water, plucked from a life of wealth and luxury in Dubai and thrown into a state secondary in Essex. Already reeling from the unfathomable breakdown of her parents' marriage and the lifestyle shift it has necessitated, she is soon navigating a new school, f...

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