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With stories of brothers and sisters, breakups and make-ups and life and death, these April YA releases are set to make Spring 2021 the best reading season yet. Mina and the Undead by Amy McCaw (1st April) New Orleans Fang Fest,…

Featuring multiple honest and unique POV's, a genre-bending, time-travelling plot and poignant conversations about race, privilege and sexuality, One of the Good Ones, the newest YA novel by sister writing duo Maika and Maritza Moulite, is…

Discover your new favourite musical with this 'Roman & Jewel'-inspired playlist.

To celebrate the release of Phoenix Flame, the epic conclusion to her Havenfall duology, we caught up with author Sara Holland to talk all things family, pandemics and her incredible new YA fantasy novel, Phoenix Flame.…

This post was written by Alexandra Christo, author of City of Spells. For a long time, women’s roles in fantasy were reserved only for the damsels. For the women who need rescuing, or for the love interests to the male heroes. They were…

Filmmaking and the F/F hate-to-love trope intertwine in this LGBTQIAP+ YA rom-com by debut author Auriane Desombre.

This post is sponsored by Penguin Random House UK. To celebrate the release of her fabulously fierce new YA novel, Bad Habits, we caught up with Flynn Meaney to talk all things feminism, sex, religion and exploring taboo topics through a…

With everything from William Shakespeare and Peter Pan retellings to social media influencers and Quinceañera's to pizza parlours and roller derby, March is coving all the bases with these incredible new 2021 YA releases and we're 100% here…

This guest post was kindly written by Ashley Shuttleworth, author of A Dark and Hollow Star ME, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME By Ashley Shuttleworth Books have always meant a great deal to me. They’ve been some of my best friends; a reprieve…

This post was written by Dana L. Davis, author of Roman and Jewel “Ooooh! He likes you girl!” I said to my friend. My mouth full of braces gleaming under the bright recessed lighting as we stood in a line at McDonalds. I should probably…

After the incredible success of his debut novel, Opposite of Always, Justin A. Reynolds is back and both breaking and mending our hearts once more with his new YA novel, Forever Ends on Friday and we couldn't have been more excited to have…

Courtney Summers is no stranger to devastating her readers. Exploring everything from rape culture to murder to mental health, her books have pushed our emotions in every direction and had our eyes glued to the pages of her stories. And…

This guest post was kindly written by Gita Trelease, author of YA novels Enchantée and Liberté. At first glance, nothing could be more different than Netflix’s historical Bridgerton series, with its candy-colored costumes, elegant sets,…

From To All The Boys I've Loved Before to 10 Things I Hate About You: if you like teen rom coms then we've got a perfect book recommendation for you. Likewise, if you're a YA romance fan you might just find your next favourite rom com right…

“International phenomenon Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood. If there’s one thing seventeen-year-old Maverick…