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Title: His Bloody Project
Author: Graeme Macrae Burnet
Purchase: Available in the UK and the US.
Overall rating: 4/5 stars
Great for: True crime, historical fiction and crime thriller fans
Themes: Mystery, crime, historical, cultural, family, thriller…
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Review: The Light That Gets Lost by Natasha Carthew
Author Natasha Carthew
Title: The Light That Gets Lost
Purchase: Available in the UK and the US.
Overall…
Matilda: From book, to movie, to stage
I grew up on a strict diet of Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl books, and so to see one of my beloved childhood classics…
Author: Kevin Brooks
Title: Born Scared
Purchase: Available in the UK and the US.
Overall rating: 4.5/5 stars
Great for: Fans of suspenseful reads and coming-of-age adventures
Themes: Thriller, YA, coming-of-age, contemporary, mental health…
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Extract: Jeff Giles’ ‘The Edge of Everything’
All aboard the oncoming hype train! February 2017 sees the publication of the much anticipated 'The Edge of…
Review: Haven: Chronicles of Warshard by Katherine Bogle
Author: Katherine Bogle
Title: Haven: Chronicles of Warshard
Overall rating: 3.5/5 stars
Available: in the…
Author: Paul Beatty
Title: The Sellout
Purchase: Available the UK and the US.
Overall rating: 4/5 stars
Great for: Fans of hard-hitting literary fiction and diverse reads
Themes: Crime, humour, race, culture, politics, diversity…
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Review: ‘Useless Bay’ by M. J. Beaufrand
Title: Useless Bay
Author: M. J. Beaufrand
Purchase: UK || USA
Overall Rating: 3/5
Great for: Mystery…
Review: The Book of Mirrors by E.O. Chirovici
Author E.O. Chirovici
Title: The Book of Mirrors
Purchase: Available from 26th January in the UK and the 21st…
Title: Gilded Cage (Dark Gifts #1)
Author: Vic James
Purchase: Available in the UK on Kindle from December 1st 2016, and in paperback from January 26th 2017. Available in the US in hardcover from February 14th 2017
Great for: lovers of epic fantasy adventures and coming-of-age stories.…
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The best book stocking fillers this Christmas
Ah, Christmas time. The most wonderful/stressful time of the year. And, believe you me, buying gifts for people is…
Review: ‘The Inexplicable Logic of my Life’ by Benjamin Alire Saenz
United By Pop received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
Title: The Inexplicable Logic of My…
Title: The Sun Is Also a Star
Author: Nicola Yoon
Purchase: Available in the UK and the US
Overall rating: 4/5
Great for: A diverse read by an own-voice author that will give any hopeless romantic their feel-good fix
Themes: YA, contemporary, romance, diversity
Review: This entire…
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The Magic of Literature, Ancestry and Co-authoring: An Interview With Tim Byrne…
Do you ever find yourself loving a book so wholeheartedly that you wished you could dive straight into the author's…
Sarah J. Maas’ ‘A Court Of Wings and Ruin’ lands May 2017
Ultimate queen of young adult fiction, Sarah J. Maas, has had the online community of bibliophiles in agony…