Review: ‘Illuminae’ – Amy Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 2015
My rating: 5 of 5 stars 4.5 stars. Illuminae is YA sci-fi done right. It’s a funny, smart, sassy outer layer wrapped around a core of questions about morality a...
Review: ‘The Sidekicks’ – Will Kostakis 2016
My rating: 5 of 5 stars A must-read for any teen, or lover of YA contemporary! Reading The Sidekicks feels like that heart-stopping moment when you realise that...
‘Clockwork Princess’ – Cassandra Clare 2013
My rating: 3 of 5 stars Cassandra Clare has written a beautiful, perfect love story, it’s just such a pity that not much else in this trilogy is worthy of...
‘Red Rising’ – Pierce Brown 2014
My rating: 5 of 5 stars There are books that you can call rollercoasters, and there are books you can call boring. There are books that you can call entertainin...
‘Passenger’ – Alexandra Bracken 2016
My rating: 2 of 5 stars Adequate. When that’s the best word you can think of to describe a novel you know you haven’t enjoyed it. Passenger had all ...
‘The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet’ – Becky Chambers 2015
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Stars! I loved this book. Definitely one of the most interesting strict sci-fi novels that I have read in years. There are about a hundr...
‘This Raging Light’ – Estelle Laure 2015
My rating: 1 of 5 stars A bland YA contemporary, combining a love story and family drama, with more tropes than I could count. This novel was a disappointment f...
‘Clockwork Prince’ – Cassandra Clare 2011
My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book melted my cynical little heart, you can’t help but love the beautiful, broken, earnest men that are Will and Jem. But Clare al...
‘Book of Lies’ – Teri Terry 2016
My rating: 3 of 5 stars Twin sisters meet for the first time at their mother’s funeral. That’s the unusual premise for this interesting YA tale about family tie...
‘A Darker Shade of Magic’ – V. E. Schwab 2015
My rating: 4 out of 5 stars. Engaging take on the ‘parallel worlds’ trope, with an unusual magic system that is full of surprises. Filled with compelling charac...