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Title: PrettiesAuthor: Scott WesterfieldEdition: KindleRating: 4/5 Tally and Shay are living in New Pretty Town, but when a friend from their past arrives with surprising news, Tally is once again forced to decide how – and where – she wants to build a life, and where her loyalties lie. Pretties is a great follow-up to …
Title: UgliesAuthor: Scott WesterfieldEdition: KindleRating: 4/5 Tally and Peris have been best friends forever. The three-month gap between them has never been a problem, until Peris turns sixteen and has the operation. He is transformed from an Ugly to a Pretty, and moves with the other sixteen-year-olds to New Pretty Town. He promises to keep …
Title: Archivist WaspAuthor: Nicole Kornher-StaceEdition: PaperbackRating: 5/5 I picked up this book because the author described it as ‘zero-romance YA’, and as someone who writes friendship-based YA I wanted to experience someone else’s take on non-romantic relationships. I’m absolutely thrilled to say that I loved it – I loved the story, I loved the characters, …
Title: Jade Fire GoldAuthor: June C.L. TanEdition: KindleRating: 4/5 Set in a fantasy world inspired by Chinese history, Jade Fire Gold is an exciting adventure story. The author combines recognisable aspects of Chinese culture with the South-East Asian myths and legends she grew up with, and the result is a gorgeously imagined world, a strong …
Title: Dumplin’Author: Julie MurphyEdition: KindleRating: 5/5 I’ve been meaning to read this book for a while, and I’m so glad I picked it up. As a plus-size non-beauty-queen I could relate to every part of this story – the body positivity, the doubts, and the level of attitude needed to put yourself out there and …
Title: As Good As Dead (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #3)Author: Holly JacksonEdition: PaperbackRating: 5/5 The final book in the Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy was a must-read for me. I enjoyed the first two books, and I was looking forward to meeting schoolgirl detective Pip Fitz-Amobi, her boyfriend Ravi, her wonderfully supportive …
Title: WonderlandAuthor: Juno DawsonEdition: PaperbackRating: 4/5 A retelling of Alice in Wonderland with a transgender narrator and a cast of rich kids enjoying sex, drugs, and murder at London’s most exclusive party. Alice is trying to fit in at her very expensive girls’ school. She’s the first transgender girl at St Agnes, and outside the …
Title: BearmouthAuthor: Liz HyderEdition: PaperbackRating: 4/5 Newt is one of the Bearmouth boys, living and working deep underground to mine coal for the Master. It’s hard to make a living in the mine – Newt has to pay for boots and candles, and send money home to his mother. He can’t afford the cost of …
Title: Steel Tide (Seafire #2)Author: Natalie C ParkerEdition: KindleRating: 5/5 I’m so pleased I headed straight to the second book in the Seafire trilogy as soon as I finished Book One. After a brief pause for Caledonia to recover from the events of the final pages, the story is off and running again, and I …
Title: SeafireAuthor: Natalie C ParkerEdition: PaperbackRating: 5/5 How has it taken me so long to find this book? Pirates, rebels, sea battles and survival with an awesome all-female crew – I loved it. Caledonia Styx is the leader of a crew of girls who fight back against Aric Athair’s ruthless pirates. It feels as if …