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July 2, 2021June 28, 2021

YA Review: How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

Title: How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate StoriesAuthor: Holly Black and Rovina CaiEdition: HardbackRating: 4/5 There is something extraordinarily exciting about turning the first page of a story book with pictures. It doesn’t matter whether it’s an illustrated children’s story, or this gorgeous collection of tales from Elfhame – beautiful artwork with beautiful …

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June 18, 2021June 14, 2021

YA Review: Eve of Man

Title: Eve of ManAuthor: Giovanna and Tom FletcherEdition: PaperbackRating: 3/5 This is a YA dystopia with an interesting premise. For sixteen years, Eve has been protected. Raised by a team of older women, she is the last girl on earth – and the only woman of childbearing age. No one knows why girls stopped being …

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June 11, 2021June 7, 2021

YA Review: Daisy Jacobs Saves the World

Title: Daisy Jacobs Saves the WorldAuthor: Gary HindhaughEdition: KindleRating: 5/5 A fun book that contrasts a cosmic-scale alien threat with the daily life of an intelligent and feisty teenager. Daisy doesn’t expect to be the target for an alien invasion, and the alien inside her head doesn’t expect resistance to his plans. He’s not ready …

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May 21, 2021May 17, 2021

YA Review: An Abundance of Katherines

Title: An Abundance of KatherinesAuthor: John GreenEdition: PaperbackRating: 5/5 Every so often I need to find a new John Green book to read, to remind me how much I enjoy his writing. Several people have recommended An Abundance of Katherines to me, and I can see why. Colin is heartbroken over the end of his …

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May 14, 2021May 10, 2021

YA Review: Vulture (Isles of Storm and Sorrow #3)

Title: Vulture (Isles of Storm and Sorrow #3)Author: Bex HoganEdition: PaperbackRating: 4/5 I’ve been waiting for the final book in the Isles of Storm and Sorrow series for a year, and after the extreme cliffhanger at the end of Book Two I couldn’t wait to get started! Viper (Book One) sets up Marianne’s story and …

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April 30, 2021April 26, 2021

YA Review: I Know When You’re Going to Die

Title: I Know When You’re Going to DieAuthor: Michael J BowlerEdition: PaperbackRating: 4/5 Michael J Bowler’s tightly paced thriller begins with a gift. Leo is volunteering at homeless shelter, when one of the men gives him the power to see someone’s death when he looks into their eyes. The old man tells him to make …

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April 23, 2021April 19, 2021

YA Review: Concrete Rose

Title: Concrete RoseAuthor: Angie ThomasEdition: PaperbackRating: 4/5 This is Angie Thomas’s third book set in Garden Heights, and a prequel to the outstanding The Hate U Give. The story jumps back eighteen years to follow the father of the narrator of The Hate U Give as a seventeen-year-old high-school student. He’s also a drug dealer …

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April 16, 2021April 12, 2021

YA Review: A Snowfall of Silver

Title: A Snowfall of SilverAuthor: Laura WoodEdition: PaperbackRating: 5/5 Laura Wood’s A Sky Painted Gold was one of my favourite books of 2018, and I’ve been looking forward to the sequel. A Sky Painted Gold followed sixteen-year-old Lou as she made friends with the wealthy Londoners who spent the summer of 1929 in her small …

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April 9, 2021April 5, 2021

YA Review: The White Darkness

Title: The White DarknessAuthor: Geraldine McCaughreanEdition: PaperbackRating: 5/5 What can I say about this book? Right from the start, the author casts a spell and draws the reader in. As the story develops, and an ordinary British schoolgirl finds herself on an increasingly strange trip to Antarctica, everything that happens feels entirely real, and absolutely …

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April 2, 2021March 29, 2021

YA Review: A Vow So Bold and Deadly (Cursebreakers #3)

Title: A Vow So Bold and Deadly (Cursebreakers #3)Author: Brigid KemmererEdition: PaperbackRating: 4/5 I’ve been waiting for the third book in Brigid Kemmerer’s Cursebreaker trilogy, and A Vow So Bold and Deadly did not disappoint. Following the story of Harper and Prince Rhen in the first book (reviewed here), and the story of Grey and …

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