Title // MoxieAuthor // Jennifer MathieuPublication Date // October 2017Publisher // Hodder Children’s Books (Hachette Australia)Readership // Young AdultGenre // ContemporaryRating // ✭✭✭✭✭synopsis.It's time to fight like a girl!Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with her high school teachers who think the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes, …
Win Signed Copies of No Vain Loss!
( Photo by M.C. Frank )Those of you who follow my reviews know that I'm on M.C. Frank's No Ordinary Stars Street Team, and that I loved all three books in the series - No Ordinary Star, No Plain Rebel and No Vain Loss.To celebrate the upcoming release of the third and final book, No Vain Loss, …
Just a little bit more: a Nevermoor review
Title // Nevermoor #1: The Trials of Morrigan CrowAuthor // Jessica TownsendPublication Date // October 2017Publisher // Lothian Children’s Books (Hachette Australia)Readership // Middle GradeGenre // FantasyRating // ✭✭✭✭✭synopsis.A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut Australian author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world - but …
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The Last Hours Book Review
Title // The Last HoursAuthor // Minette WaltersPublication Date // October 2017Publisher // Allen & UnwinReadership //AdultGenre // Historical FictionAustralian RRP // $32.99Rating // ✭✭✭✭☆synopsis.For most, the Black Death is the end. For a brave few, it heralds a new beginning. When the Black Death enters England through the port of Melcombe in Dorseteshire in June 1348, …
The Medoran Chronicles Books 1-3
Title // The Medoran Chronicles #1-3 - Akarnae, Raelia, DraekoraAuthor // Lynette NoniPublication Date // 2015, 2016, 2017Publisher // Pantera PressReadership //Young AdultGenre // FantasyRating // ✭✭✭✭ - ✭✭✭✭⭐︎synopsis.AkarnaeWith just one step, sixteen-year-old Alexandra Jennings's world changes—literally.Dreading her first day at a new school, Alex is stunned when she walks through a doorway and finds herself stranded in …
That Christmas Feeling Book Review
Title // That Christmas FeelingAuthor // Lili WilkinsonIllustrator // Amanda FranceyPublication Date // October 2017Publisher // Allen & UnwinReadership // KidsAustralian RRP // $19.99Rating // ✭✭✭✭✭synopsis.Dottie is waiting for the Christmas feeling to arrive—that fizzy, excited feeling, where everything is a bit magical. But this year, Dottie, her brother, Jem, and their dog, Shortbread, are staying with Grandma …
They Both Die at the End Book Review
Title // They Both Die at the EndAuthor // Adam SilveraPublication Date // 2017Publisher // Simon and SchusterReadership // Young AdultGenre // Speculative FictionRating // ✭✭✭synopsis.When Mateo receives the dreaded call from Death-Cast, informing him that today will be his last, he doesn't know where to begin. Quiet and shy, Mateo is devastated at the thought of …
Divided Kingdom Book Review
Title // Divided Kingdom Author // Rupert ThomsonPublication Date // 2006Publisher // BloomsburyReadership // AdultGenre // Speculative Science-Fiction, DystopianRating // ✭✭✭synopsis.When an eight year-old boy is removed from his home in the middle of the night, he soon learns that he is the victim of an extraordinary political experiment. This story is a vision of the future, as …
Wild Beauty Book Review
Title // Wild BeautyAuthor // Anna-Marie McLemorePublication Date // October 3, 2017 Publisher // Feiwel & FriendsReadership // Young AdultGenre // Magical RealismRating // ✭✭✭✭⭐︎synopsis.Anna-Marie McLemore's debut novel The Weight of Feathers garnered fabulous reviews and was a finalist for the prestigious YALSA Morris Award, and her second novel, When the Moon was Ours, was longlisted for the 2016 National Book …
Godsgrave Review
Title // Godsgrave (The Nevernight Chronicle #2)Author // Jay KristoffPublication Date // September 2017Publisher // Harper VoyagerReadership //AdultGenre // FantasyRating // ✭✭✭✭✭synopsis.A ruthless young assassin continues her journey for revenge in this new epic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Jay Kristoff.Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed …
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