Young Adult Book Reviews
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Babushka
Name: Clair Bossons
13 October 2023;Genre: Romance & Relationships
"A little babushka is made when you're young and something happens to you that leaves a scar…" I thought this was a really good way of imagining the way that we are formed from our past experiences. The main protagonist in Babushka, Cerys Williams, has left her sleepy w...
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Feast of Ashes
Name: Lorraine Ansell
13 October 2023;Genre: Dystopian
Adina lives in Eden Five, a sealed man-made environment following an environmental catastrophe. With only garden levels above ground, she spends her days as an apprentice techie, mending the systems that keep everyone alive. Free time with her family, in their small unit, is claustrophobic and...
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And Don't Look Back
Name: Emelia Helliwell
13 October 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
To start with in And Don't Look Back I found that, although the author had written the story well, I took time to get truly invested. However, once I did, it was an amazing read that kept me guessing the entire time. I had to keep reading just to find out how it was going to e...
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Toxic
Name: Clair Bossons
13 October 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
I really enjoy contemporary fiction where there is a dilemma or issue to resolve. Toxic is the first book that I have read about a toxic friendship, rather than a relationship, and it was a really interesting read. There is a trigger warning from the author at the beginning du...
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The Black Air
Name: Clare Wilkins
12 October 2023;Genre: Supernatural
Caitlin Aspey has always been in thrall to the legend of the Long Byrne witches; Jane Hollingworth and Rose Ackroyd, the last and most infamous of eighteen teenagers hung on the moor, sentenced to death on spurious charges of witchcraft. Haunted by the suicide of her mother, she lives an isola...
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HappyHead
Name: Ark Age 13
12 October 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
HappyHead is genuinely one of the best books I've read. It made me cry, it made me laugh, it made me feel so many emotions at once. It was extremely engaging, I just could not put it down! Be warned that this book does contain mature language and themes, as well as violence an...
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Play
Name: Eileen Armstrong
10 October 2023;Genre: Personal Growth
Play brilliantly captures the voices and stories of four very different teenage boys. Bored of their small town life and what little it seems to offer, the friends invent their own games to pass the time until they can get away, scoring points against each other. When one of t...
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Of Dreams and Destiny
Name: Linda Brown
06 October 2023;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Of Dreams and Destiny follows Daphne Elizabeth 'DE' McKinley's senior year at Rosetta Academy - and things are not going as smoothly as she had hoped... DE is still getting over a painful break up, there is a mysterious storm raging around the Academy that is causing its stude...
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Scare Me
Name: Linda Brown
05 October 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Scare Me is the new supernatural thriller from the award winning YA author, Teri Terry and trust me when I say, this author's imagination will have you on the edge of your seat once again... 16-year-old Liv has a secret, the ghost of her twin sister, Molly, who died at...
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Her Radiant Curse
Name: Linda Brown
25 September 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Her Radiant Curse is the prequel story to the wonderful fantasy tale, Six Crimson Cranes. However, it can easily be read as a stand alone as it's a complete story within itself, b...
