The title may be long – but perfectly fitting. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender is often strange but equally beautiful. Telling the story of four generations, this is a novel where metaphors become reality. Born with wings Ava Lavender is somewhat of an oddity in her part of Seattle. But her ancestors …
Alice has been battling leukaemia for over a year but she’s getting weaker all the time. She’s sure that her time is coming to an end and as a result enlists her oldest friend, Harvey, to help her complete her unfinished business. But this is a bucket list with a difference. Alice wants to get …
Title: Secret (Elementals #4) Author: Brigid Kemmerer Genre: Paranormal Romance, Magic, Young Adult, Urban Fantasy Publisher: Allen & Unwin (Australia), Kensington Teen (US) Publication Date: January 2014 Pages: 375 Rating: 4.5 stars Note: The Australian edition of Secret contains Nick’s novella, Breathless, which introduces the dynamic between Nick and Quinn as well as Adam. Synopsis …
Title: These Broken Stars (The Starbound Trilogy #1) Author: Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Romance Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publication Date: 1st December 2013 Pages: 374 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): It’s a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is …
Title: Blood Phantom (Lharmell #0.5) Author: Rhiannon Hart Genre: Young Adult, Vampires, Fantasy, Publisher: Curtis Brown Digital Publication Date: 9th December 2013 Pages: 15 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Life in tatters and far from home, Rodden Lothskorn struggles to cope with the harming menace and his own harming nature. When an offer of marriage reaches …
Title: Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) Author: Susan Ee Genre: Angels. Dystopia, Young Adult, Urban Fantasy Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Publication Date: May 2013 (first published May 2011) Pages: 325 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): It’s been six weeks since the angels of the apocalypse destroyed the world as we know it. Only …
Title: Wild Awake Author: Hilary T. Smith Genre: Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Music, Romance, Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Publication Date: October 1st, 2013 Pages: 375 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Things you earnestly believe will happen while your parents are away: 1. You will remember to water the azaleas. 2. You will take detailed, accurate …
Title: Crash Into You (Pushing the Limits #3) Author: Katie McGarry Genre: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Romance Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publication Date: December 2013 Pages: 464 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The girl with straight As, designer clothes and the perfect life-that’s who people expect Rachel Young to be. So the private-school junior keeps secrets from her …
Title: Zac & Mia Author: A.J. Betts Genre: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Cancer, Romance Publisher: Text Publishing Publication Date: July 2013 Pages: 272 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): The last person Zac expects in the room next door is a girl like Mia, angry and feisty with questionable taste in music. In the real world, he wouldn’t—couldn’t—be …
Title: Two Boys Kissing Author: David Levithan Genre: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, GLBT, Romance Publisher: Text Publishing Publication Date: August 2013 Pages: 208 Rating: 4.5 stars Synopsis (from goodreads): Seventeen-year-olds Craig and Harry are trying to set a new Guinness World Record for kissing. Around them, Ryan and Avery are falling in love, Neil and Peter are falling …