Tag: YA Books

Book Review – The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe

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Pages: 353Published: 26th January 2021Genre: Young Adult ThrillerContent Warnings: Domestic/Psychological abuse, sexual assault, injury detail Nora O’Malley’s been a lot of girls. As the daughter of a con-artist who targets criminal men, she grew up as her mother’s protégé. But when mother fell for the mark instead of conning him, Nora pulled the ultimate con: escape. For five years … Continue reading Book Review – The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe

Book Review – The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

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Pages: 383Published: 12th May 2020Genre: Young Adult Contemporary/RomanceContent warnings: Racism/micro-aggressions, homophobia When Nishat comes out to her parents, they say she can be anyone she wants - as long as she isn’t herself. Because Muslim girls aren’t lesbians. Nishat doesn’t want to hide who she is, but she also doesn’t want to lose her relationship with her family. And … Continue reading Book Review – The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

Book Review – The Hand On The Wall by Maureen Johnson

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Pages: 368Published: 21st January 2020Genre: Young Adult MysteryContent warnings: Child abduction Ellingham Academy must be cursed. Three people are now dead. One, a victim of either a prank gone wrong or a murder. Another, dead by misadventure. And now, an accident in Burlington has claimed another life. All three in the wrong place at the wrong time. All … Continue reading Book Review – The Hand On The Wall by Maureen Johnson

Book Review – The Bronzed Beasts by Roshani Chokshi

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Pages: 400Published: 21st September 2021Genre: Young Adult Fantasy After Séverin's seeming betrayal, the crew is fractured. Armed with only a handful of hints, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos and Zofia must find their way through the snarled, haunted waterways of Venice, Italy to locate Séverin. Meanwhile, Séverin must balance the deranged whims of the Patriarch of the Fallen House and … Continue reading Book Review – The Bronzed Beasts by Roshani Chokshi

Book Review – These Deadly Games by Diana Urban

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Pages: 397Published: 1st February 2022Genre: Young Adult ThrillerContent warnings: Child abduction, child death When Crystal Donovan gets a message on a mysterious app with a video of her little sister gagged and bound, she agrees to play the kidnapper’s game. At first, they make her complete bizarre tasks: steal a test and stuff it in a locker, bake brownies, … Continue reading Book Review – These Deadly Games by Diana Urban

Book Review – Nothing More To Tell by Karen M. McManus

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Pages: 352Published: 30th August 2022Genre: Young Adult MysteryContent warnings: Alcohol dependency, PTSD This was a buddy read with Ellie @ Read To Ramble, the fourth time we have read a Karen M. McManus book together. Cue lots of fun discussions! Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favourite teacher. The case was … Continue reading Book Review – Nothing More To Tell by Karen M. McManus

Book Review – Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

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Pages: 256Published: 9th January 2021Genre: Young AdultContent warnings: Racism, sexual references, drugs If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter knows, it’s that a real man takes care of his family. As the son of a former gang legend, Mav does that the only way he knows how: dealing for the King Lords. With this money he can help his … Continue reading Book Review – Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Book Review – As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

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Pages: 548Published: 5th August 2021Genre: Young Adult CrimeContent warnings: Injury detail/gore, drug use, allusions to rape Pippa Fitz-Amobi is haunted by the way her last investigation ended. Soon she’ll be leaving for Cambridge University but then another case finds her. . . and this time it’s all about Pip. Pip is used to online death threats, but there’s one … Continue reading Book Review – As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

Book Review – The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

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Pages: 351Published: 7th September 2021Genre: Young Adult Mystery The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions - including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his … Continue reading Book Review – The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes