Title // HexenhausAuthor // Nikki McWattersPublication Date // 2016Publisher // University of Queensland PressReadership // #LoveOzYAGenre // Historical FictionRating // ✭✭✭SynopsisIn 1628, Veronica and her brother flee for their lives into the German woods after their father is burned at the stake. At the dawn of the eighteenth century, Scottish maid Katherine is lured into political dissent …
Sister Heart review
Title // Sister HeartAuthor // Sally MorganPublication Date // 2015Publisher // Fremantle PressReadership // #LoveOzYAGenre // Verse, Historical FictionRating // ✭✭✭✭SynopsisA young Aboriginal girl is taken from the north of Australia and sent to an institution in the distant south. There, she slowly makes a new life for herself and, in the face of tragedy, finds …
Unearthed Review
Title // UnearthedAuthor // Amie Kaufmann and Meagan SpoonerPublication Date // November 2017Publisher // Allen & UnwinReadership // Young AdultGenre // Science FictionAustralian RRP // $19.99Rating // ✭✭✭✭I received a copy of Unearthed from the published in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.SynopsisWe are the last of our kind. We will not …
It Came From the Deep Review
Title // It Came from the DeepAuthor // Maria LewisPublication Date // October 2017Publisher // Self-PublishedReadership // Young AdultGenre // Science-FictionRating // ✭✭✭✭✭SynopsisAn elderly professor is murdered, leaving a puzzling crime scene for police to unravel and a laboratory housing all kinds of marine life. But something is missing … something huge.Recent highschool graduate Kaia Craig …
Cover Reveal | White Night by Ellie Marney
Ellie Marney, author of the Every series and No Limits, has a new book coming out in March, 2018, with Allen and Unwin - and boy, does it sound good!I'm so pleased to help reveal the cover of White Night:I adore this cover - it's so reminiscent of playing with sparklers as a kid, trying …
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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 …
Just go with your gut | a No Limits review
Title // No LimitsAuthor // Ellie MarneyPublication Date // August, 2017Publisher // Bearded Lady PressGenre // #LoveOzYA, CrimeRating // ✭✭✭✭✭Boozer, brawler, ladies’ man – nineteen-year-old Harris Derwent is not a good guy.His one attempt to play the hero – helping out his old flame, Rachel Watts – has landed him in hospital. Now injured, broke, and …
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Supernatural murders and Rogue ghosts: a Gap Year in Ghost Town Review
Title // Gap Year in Ghost TownAuthor // Michael PryorPublication Date // August, 2017Publisher // Allen & UnwinGenre // #LoveOzYA, FantasyRating // ✭✭✭✭⭐︎Let's get this straight - ghosts are everywhere. I can see them. You can't. And, see them or not, they're dangerous. This is why my family has hunted ghosts for hundreds of years to …
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Truth Without Fear: a "Wreck" Review
Title // WreckAuthor // Fleur FerrisPublication Date // July, 2017Publisher // Penguin Random HouseGenre // YA, Thriller, #loveozyaRating // ✭✭✭✭synopsis.Tamara Bennett is going to be the first journalist to strictly report only good news. Finished with high school, Tamara is ready to say goodbye to her sleepy little town and part-time job at the local paper. O-weeks …
Book Review | Queens of Geek
Title // Queens of GeekAuthor // Jen WildePublication Date // May 2017Publisher // Swoon ReadsGenre // #loveOzYA, LGBTQIA+Rating // ✭✭✭✭✭synopsis.When BFFs Charlie, Taylor and Jamie go to SupaCon, they know it’s going to be a blast. What they don’t expect is for it to change their lives forever.Charlie likes to stand out. SupaCon is her chance …
