Young adult fiction

All things YA

21 August 201730 December 2017

Hold Me by Courtney Milan

*Keepers, Contemporary romance, LGBTI, Reviews, Romance, Young adult fiction

Duelling review. Whether you’re looking for a hate-to-love romance, a semi-epistolary romance, or simply a romance with a seriously amazing heroine and somewhat arseholish hero (who does eventually work out ... Read more

23 September 20166 September 2016

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

Reviews, Romantic elements, Young adult fiction

Guest review by Vanja Joannidis. The story and characters in this book are much more than the choices they make, and they leave you with a profound and powerful message.

19 September 201619 September 2016

Swear On This Life by Renée Carlino

Contemporary romance, Reviews, Romance, Young adult fiction

Perfect for Fifty Shades readers still gobbling up all the feels of the romance genre. Jaded readers might want to give this one a miss.

5 September 20164 September 2016

When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Reviews, Romantic elements, Teen fiction, Young adult fiction

Deeply political and wonderfully nuanced, this might well be the Looking For Alibrandi for Australia’s current generation of teens.

2 March 20164 September 2016

Well Played by Katrina Ramos Atienza

Reviews, Romantic elements, Young adult fiction

A clever modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice as a new adult romance set in the Philippines, but suffers from the same weaknesses in the romantic arc as the original. ... Read more

19 February 20164 September 2016

Summer Skin by Kirsty Eagar

Reviews, Romantic elements, Young adult fiction

A clever, romantic coming of age story that deserves your attention. Guest review by Catherine Heloise.

29 January 201620 January 2016

The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh (Wrath and the Dawn, #1)

*Keepers, Reviews, Young adult fiction

This book made my heart sing. I loved the way it took me to an enchanted place far away.

15 January 20148 February 2014

Ten Tiny Breaths by K. A. Tucker

Reviews, Romantic elements, Young adult fiction

Some great bits of dialogue can’t make up for a plot twist that undermines the happy ending beyond repair—a case of trying to make the characters suffer too much for ... Read more

4 February 20134 February 2013

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Reviews, SFF & horror, Young adult fiction

(Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Book 1) One of my favourite books from 2012. And no, I’m not killing any fairies.

8 August 20116 August 2012

The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta

*Keepers, General fiction, Reviews, Romantic elements, Young adult fiction

This is my favourite Melina Marchetta book. If my house caught fire, I’d probably grab it on the way out.