by Hayley Charlesworth

With the final book in Keira Andrews’ Gay Amish trilogy, we are returned to where the story started, but this is a book that is all about change. With Isaac and David forced to reconcile their past, A Way Home ultimately looks to the future, and once again demonstrates Andrews’ skill at crafting multi-layered complex characters and riveting narrative journeys.

by Jennifer Drewett

World Book Day is a wonderful day. It's great that books and novels are still celebrated even in the age of technological greatness and Kindles. There are some books that touch a generation, change lives and make an impact partially because they sell enough to become part of the popular culture. Books such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Harry Potter series and pretty much any book by Roald Dahl have made a giant impact and will be celebrated for years to come... But what about the lesser known novels published by lesser known publication companies? This reviewer is going to bring one into the spotlight. 

by Hayley Charlesworth

One of the biggest and most unfortunate parts of celebrity culture is the fascination with a star who burned bright and burned out quickly. It is my theory that everyone has that one idol who died young, whose loss still affects them in some way. A person who showed so much promise in their short life that the tragedy of their death is only amplified, whether that be a singer who committed suicide or a pilot whose plane went missing. Love Letters to the Dead, fittingly with that title, is a love letter to all of these people, but also a touching and heartbreaking story of a teenage girl moving ahead with her life following a terrible experience and the death of her own idol, her older sister.

by Charlotte Dibley

Phoebe Henderson may be single but she sure doesn’t feel fabulous. It’s been a year since she found her boyfriend Alex in bed with another woman, and multiple cases of wine and extensive relationship analysis with best friend Lucy have done nothing to help. Faced with a new year but no new love, Phoebe concocts a different kind of resolution.

The List: ten things she’s always wanted to do in bed but has never had the chance (or the courage!) to try. A bucket list for between the sheets. One year of pleasure, no strings attached. Simple, right?

Factor in meddlesome colleagues, friends with benefits, getting frisky al fresco and maybe, possibly, true love and Phoebe’s got her work cut out for her.

by Emlyn Roberts-Harry

It takes guts to write a superhero prose novel. The genre is so inextricably tied to visual media in general and comics in particular that removing the visual element is always going to be a bit of a dicey prospect. So much of the genre's appeal is built around spectacle - the costumes, the battles, etc - and it can be difficult to replicate that in prose. Fortunately, Magno Girl is much more character-oriented than many of these stories, taking advantage of the fact that it's a novel, and Joe Canzano has an impressive ability for describing some truly ridiculous fight scenes. 

by Ellie Bowker

Your worth in society depends on your health, age and contributions to society. At least, according to The System. You are given a score which is tattooed on your arm and changes every Assessment Day. Those with a high score can live happily and peacefully in the city whilst those with low scores barely scrape by, living off the bare minimum and experiencing the prejudice from the High Scores. Those with a score below 50 are ‘zeroed’. In other words, you are thrown outside the gates of Meritropolis to die, no exceptions. Sounds tough, right? Author Joel Ohman has cleverly created such a dark world filled with animal hybrids, corrupt government systems and the fear of our own ignorance.

by Charlotte Dibley

It’s hard to articulate or even sum up the scale of this book. I’ll let the blurb do the talking:

'The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads:

Opens at Nightfall

Closes at Dawn

As the sun disappears beyond the horizon, all over the tents small lights begin to flicker, as though the entirety of the circus is covered in particularly bright fireflies. When the tents are all aglow, sparkling against the night sky, the sign appears.

Le Cirque des Rêves

The Circus of Dreams.

Now the circus is open.

Now you may enter.'

by Gemma Williams

It's a Kind of Magic by Carole Matthews is a romance novel with a magical twist, as it is aptly named. The story, however, was not what I expected based on the blurb. The colourful, romantic and magical cover drew me in and promised intrigue. I couldn't wait to read it, but was I in for a surprise.

by Charlotte Dibley

Hannah’s smart and funny…she’s also fifteen and pregnant. Aaron is new at school and doesn’t want to attract attention. So why does he offer to be the pretend dad to Hannah’s unborn baby? Growing up can be trouble but that’s how you find out what really matters.

Trouble is an entertaining YA read about discovering your first real best friend through the somewhat complicated medium of unexpected pregnancy.

by Laura W

I have to admit something. It’s not very often that I finish a book and immediately reread it. Actually, it has never happened for me, an avid reader. I have never finished a book and immediately started it over again. However, I did with Jojo Moyes’ 2012 hit novel, Me Before You. The novel has hit the tops of the best-seller lists in Britain. I’ll be frank though, read this review with caution.