(Deja Vu?): The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

Callum Hunt isn’t like most twelve year old boys. He’s magical. Despite his father doing all he could to prevent it, Call finds himself as a student for the prestigious and mysterious Magisterium – a magical school hidden from human eyes. At the Magisterium, Call learns more about his magical legacy as well as his …

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Happy People Read and Drink Coffee by Agnes Martin-Lugand

Life was good for Diane. She had a thriving literary cafe with a business partner she loved and a family she adored. But when her husband and daughter die tragically, a part of Diane died with them. After a year of closing herself up in her house and refusing to go back to her former life, …

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Book Review: The Fyrelit Tragedy by Nicholas and Alison Lochel

When their little sister Skye is kidnapped by the man who killed their parents, brothers Neleik and Ervine Fyrelit embark on an epic journey to rescue her. They will do whatever it takes to get her back. In an adventure which emcompasses travelling strange lands, magical creatures, oddball companions and the revelation of epic secrets – …

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Book Review: Akarnae by Lynette Noni

Akarnae has been described as Narnia meets Harry Potter meets X-Men and I can see why. Doorways which serve as magical portals to mystical worlds. People who are more than what they seem and castles with secrets of their own serving as home for all those who attend Akarnae Academy – a boarding school for …

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(A Story Like No Other): A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas

Feyre has been looking after her family for years doing whatever it takes to make sure they survive. When she unknowingly breaks a treaty between humans and faerie, she is taken from her home by a fierce and dangerous monstrous creature. Trapped in his castle with only his odd servants and friends for company, Feyre …

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New Adult: Amber to Ashes by Gail McHugh

Amber to Ashes is a book which brings together the raw emotions of a college student trying to overcome her demons and rebuild her life with a red-hot romance I’ve not seen before in New Adult. Sex, drugs and – well not rock and roll but – a different type of love triangle, Amber to Ashes is …

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(Good Girl vs. Bad Biker Boy): Dragon’s Lair by Chantal Fernando

Faye is the good girl who has her future planned out. Graduate law school, marry the boy with similar career aspirations, live the dream of a house in the suburbs complete with white picket fence and 2.2 children. Dexter Black does not fit into that plan at all. But after a night of sin with …

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Book Review: Paradise City by C.J. Duggan

If you have been looking for a new adult novel with a distinct Aussie flavour, look no further than CJ Duggan’s Paradise City. The first book in a new series, this book has romance, rebellion and all the love and drama fans have come to expect from Duggan’s stories. Lexie Atkinson has spend her life …

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(All is not well on Embassy Row): All Fall Down by Ally Carter

Grace Blakely knows what she saw. Three years ago her mother was murdered and she is determined to get vengeance. Unfortunately no one believes her. With Grace’s father being deployed to a war zone, Grace is sent to live with her grandfather on Embassy Row in Adria. When your grandfather is the US Ambassador and …

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Double Review: After + After We Collided by Anna Todd

Ever since I can remember I’ve has a soft spot for boy bands. Growing up reading N*Sync and Backstreet Boys fanfiction, boy band fanfics are one of my favourite guilty pleasures. Needless to say I was beyond excited to read Anna Todd’s After series which began as a One Direction fanfic. Now revised, expanded and …

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