Books

Pitched as Caraval meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cruel Illusions is the newest from Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things author, Margie Fuston. With everything from secret society's and deadly competitions to vampires and impossible…

Romantic and deeply emotional, Love from Mecca to Medina, the follow up to S.K. Ali's hit young adult romance, Love from A to Z, is a moving and honest love story that easily burrows into its readers hearts, to live there forevermore. To…

Sal hates standing out. But he lives in a haunted house - and everybody knows it. His oldest friend, Dirk, tries to help... but he wants to stay popular, and Sal isn't helping. Elsie was popular - until recently. Now she's on the outcast's…

This post was written by Tori Bovalino, author of Not Good for Maidens. Autumn is here, which means it’s time for some spooky reads! If you’re anything like me, you’re constantly searching for your next creepy read. Here are some of my…

Tom Felton’s magical memoir is finally available. Here is what I thought about the book!

The Silver Chain is an illustrated coming-of-age verse novel about family, mental health and the healing power of music. Azadeh is a budding violinist on a music scholarship at an expensive private school, dealing with all the usual trials…

Emma Carroll reworked the Hans Christian Andersen classic in The Little Match Girl Strikes Back. Along with illustrations from Lauren Child, this book is a brilliant feminist retelling that gives the match girl a much deserved voice. We had…

Rosie Talbot, known on BookTok as @merrowchild, has finally released her debut YA novel, Sixteen Souls with Scholastic after an unusual publishing journey. The heartfelt novel follows Charlie Frith as he realises that one of his own ghostly…

When I was 5 years old, I remember watching my grandmother cook impossibly good smelling, crispy hoppers over a rustic stove with real firewood. The wood smoke would curl up into my nose and I remember the fire sputtering away as she poured…

This post was written by Dana L. Davis, author of Somebody That I Used to Know Somebody That I Used to Know is screaming my name. Ok, that was just a shameless plug to mention the name of my new book right away. Truth is, somebody is…

The BBC has been organizing the Young Writers' Award with the University of Cambridge for eight years. The challenge encourages young people in the UK aged between 14-18 years to submit stories of up to 1,000 words. The winner this year is…

This post is sponsored by Faber & Faber Kacen Callender is nothing but a pro at writing novels that make you think, swoon and keep you glued to their pages and Kacen's newest YA title, Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution, is no…

Friends-to-lovers fans, it's time to meet your new favourite book. Relatable, swoon worthy, emotional and beyond adorable, Susan Lee's debut YA rom-com, Seoulmates, is a gorgeous story of love, friendship, family and cultural identity and…

This post is sponsored by Faber & Faber. If, like us, you heart has been well and truly stolen by National Book Award-winner, Kacen Callender's, previous YA novels, This is Kind of an Epic Love Story and Felix Ever After, you might…

This post was written by Nicole Lesperance, author of The Depths. Horror has always been an essential part of YA literature. I was a teenager back in the 1990s, and my sister was a huge fan of Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine. She was what…