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We're delighted to join the tour celebrating the release of The Reluctant Vampire Queen by Jo Simmons. This is a vampire book like no...

I have so much love for this fabulous new young adult novel. It's about an Irish teen trying to figure out who her father is, and...

January 2022, Chicken House There's something about WWII spy stories that I find irresistible, especially if the main characters are...

An atmospheric new novel for teens... I'm finally getting around to blogging about one of the books I brought on holidays last month! An...

A roundup of excellent books for teens which are also ideal for grown-ups who have found themselves in a reading rut! Parents often...

Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon, Penguin Last summer, I read Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon and was blown away by her...

The Dark Lady by Akala and The Outlaws Scarlett & Browne by Jonathan Stroud Here are two absolutely brilliant young adult novels recently...

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph "While this book is meant to be a guide for white people to...

Classic Irish fairy tales by Sinéad de Valera, illustrated by Alexis Sierra The Enchanted Lake is a wonderful collection of stories that...

The Cursebreakers Series by Brigid Kemmerer, Bloomsbury This isn't so much a review as an ode to an amazing trio of books. I went into...

Love is a Revolution by Renée Watson "Self-love is radical love. Self-love is radical love. Self-love is radical love. Today, I've...

Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer "What happened in that class is something that none of us have ever talked about to anyone else. Though of course...