The Build-Up Season – Megan Jacobson

  “Everybody's good when they're good, darling. You don't judge a person by that. It's how they act when things aren't good that tells you who they really are.” Seventeen-year-old Iliad Piper – Ily for short – is named after war and angry at the world. Growing up with a violent father and abused mother,…

Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index – Julia Israel

It's hard to keep close a person everyone keeps telling you is gone. It's been sixty-five painful days since the death of Juniper's big sister, Camilla. On her first day back at school, bracing herself for the stares and whispers, Juniper borrows Camie's handbag for luck - and discovers an unsent break-up letter inside. It's…

The Upside Of The Unrequited – Becky Albertalli

"I don't entirely understand how anyone gets a boyfriend. Or a girlfriend. It just seems like the most impossible odds. A perfect alignment of feelings and circumstances." Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly is always careful. Better to be…

Why You Need To Read THE HATE U GIVE

GOOD MORNING FELLOW BOOK LOVERS! Welcome back to another post about another amazing book. As many of you may know, The Hate U Give, also know as THUG, by New York Times Bestselling author Angie Thomas, was selected for our March BOTM for The YA Room, which I help host with Sarah. For anyone who hasn't heard…

Remind Me How This Ends by Gabrielle Tozer

Layla Montgomery's life fell apart at thirteen. After her mum died win a shock accident, Layla's grieving father packed their bags and forced her to leave behind everything she'd ever known.  Milo Dark has been stuck on pause since the Year 12 exams. His long-term girlfriend moved 300 kilometres away for uni, his mates bailed…