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2011, 2012 and 2013 Reviews

2013 Reviews
A
Absent by Katie Williams
Acid by Emma Pass
About Zooming Time, Opal Moonbaby by Maudie Smith
A Heart Bent Out of Shape by Emylia Hall
Aldo Moon and the Ghost of Gravewood Hall by Alex Woolf
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
All I Want For Christmas by Esme Taylor
All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
Amity and Sorry by Peggy Riley
Angela Nicely by Alan McDonald
As Delightful as a Carrot by Keris Stainton
A Sixpenny Song by Jennifer Johnston
A Treacherous Likeness by Lynn Shepherd
Ava's Sparkling Spell by Vivian French
A Witch Alone by Ruth Warburton
B
Because of Low by Abbi Glines
Beginnings, Middles and Ends by Nancy Kress
Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross
Big Brother by Lionel Shriver
Billy and Me by Giovanna Fletcher
Black Spring by Alison Croggon
Blood Family by Anne Fine
Breathe by Abbi Glines
Broken by A.E. Rought
C
Casting Shadows by Sophie McKenzie
Charm and Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
Christmas At The Cupcake Café by Jenny Colgan
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (graphic novel)
Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Close My Eyes by Sophie McKenzie
Confessions of an Angry Girl by Louise Rozett
Crayon by Simon Rickerty
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
Cruel Summer by James Dawson
D
Dance of the Shadows by Yelena Black
Dark Satanic Mills by Marcus and Julian Sedgwick
Dead Jealous by Sharon Jones
Dead To You by Lisa McMann
Dead Romantic by CJ Skuse
Dear Snowman by Kathryn White and Alison Edgson
Dolly by Susan Hill
Dot by Araminta Hall
Drowning Instinct by Ilsa J. Bick
E
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Elijah's Mermaid by Essie Fox
Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger
F
Far, Far Away by Tom McNeal
Fearsome Dreamer by Laure Eve
Ferryman by Claire McFall
Finding Cherokee Brown by Siobhan Curham
First Term at L'Etoile School by Holly and Kelly Willoughby
Follow Me Down by Tanya Byrne
Forbidden Friends by Anne-Marie Conway
Fortunately The Milk by Neil Gaiman
From What I Remember by Stacey Kramer and Valerie Thomas
Frost Hollow Hall by Emma Carroll
G
Geekhood: Mission Improbable by Andy Robb
Gemini Rising by Eleanor Wood
Gloss by Marilyn Kaye
Goblin Secrets by William Alexander
Going Vintage by Lindsay Leavitt
Goth Girl and Ghost of Mouse by Chris Riddell
H
Have A Little Faith by Candy Harper
Hidden by Marianne Curley
Hidden Among Us by Katy Moran
Hooked by Liz Fichera
How to Catch a Dragon by Caryl Hart and Ed Eaves
How To Fall by Jane Casey
Hubble Bubble by Jane Lovering
Hunger by Melvin Burgess
Hysteria by Megan Miranda
I
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
I Laughed, I Cried by Viv Groskop
Infinite Sky by CJ Flood
Ink by Amanda Sun
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
Irresistible by Liz Bankes
In The Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters
Into The Grey by Celine Kiernan
Is This Love? by Sue Moorcroft

It's Raining Men by Milly Johnson
J
K
Ketchup Clouds by Annabelle Pitcher
L
Lexiland by Suzi Moore
Lily's Shimmering Spell by Vivian French
Little White Lies by Katie Dale
Little Witches Bewitched by Rhiannon Lassitor.
Lockwood and Co by Jonathan Stroud
Lost and Found by Tom Winter
M
Madison's Starry Spell by Vivian French
Magic Trix: Flying High by Sara Grant
Maisie Hitchins: The Case of the Missing Sixpence by Holly Webb
Maisie Hitchins: The Case of the Vanishing Emerald by Holly Webb
Meet The Parents by Peter Bentley and Sara Oglivie
Miranda's Mount by Philippa Ashley
My Friend The Enemy by Dan Smith
N
Naming Monsters by Hannah Eaton
Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland
New England Rocks by Christina Courtenay
Night School: Legacy by C.J. Daugherty
North of Nowhere by Liz Kessler
O
OMG! Is This Actually My Life by Rae Earl
Oksa Pollock: The Last Hope by Anna Plichota and Cendrine Wolf
Oliver and the Seawigs by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre
One Starry Night by M. Christine Butler
Out Of Sight Out of Mind by Evonne Wareham
P
Paper Aeroplanes by Dawn O'Porter
Poison by Sarah Pinborough
Poison Boy by Fletcher Moss
Q
R
Race The Wind by Lauren St John
Railsea by China Mieville
Raw Blue by Kirsty Eager
Really Weird Removals.com by Daniela Sacerdoti
Riptide by Lyndsey Scheibe
Ruby Redfort: Take Your Last Breath by Lauren Childs
S
Santa Baby by Ali Cronin
Save The Cat! by Blake Snyder
Scent of Magic by Maria V. Snyder
Scissors,Sisters and Manic Panics by Ellie Phillips
Secrets and Sapphires by Leila Rasheed
She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick
Shine by Candy Gourlay
Since You've Been Gone by Anouska Knight
Sister Assassin by Kiersten White
Skylark by Meagan Spooner
Someday Find Me by Nicci Cloke
Sophie's Shiny Spell by Vivien French
Speechless by Hannah Harrington
Spies in Disguise: Boys In Tights by Kate Scott
Split Second by Sophie McKenzie
Statues in a Garden by Isabel Colegate
Student Bodies by Sean Cummings
Such A Rush by Jennifer Echols
T
Ten Twinkly Stars illustrated by Richard Julian
The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
The Book of Doom by Barry Hutchison
The Biscuit Witch by Deborah Smith
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
The Dark Glamour by Gabriella Pierce
The Dark Inside by Rupert Wallis
The Day I Met Suzie by Chris Higgins
The Daylight War by Peter V. Brett
The Diamond Thief by Sharon Gosling
The Disgrace of Kitty Grey by Mary Hooper
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Steifvater
The Edge of Never by J.A. Redmerski
The Edge of Nowhere by Elizabeth George
The Elites by Natasha Ngan
The Extincts by Veronica Cossanteli
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
The Ghostly Guinea Pig by Kate Pankhurst
The Girl Who Chased The Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente
The Glass Republic by Tom Pollock
The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shuman
The Hanged Man by Sarah Naughton
The Hit by Melvin Burgess
The Hollow by Nora Roberts
The Housemaid's Daughter by Barbara Mutch
The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher
The Next Forever by Lisa Burstein
The Night Itself by Zoe Marriott
The Oathbreaker's Shadow by Amy McCullough
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The One Dollar Horse by Lauren St John
The Originals by Cat Patrick
The Orphan Choir by Sophie Hannah
The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Peachkeeper by Sarah Addison Allen
The Quietness by Alison Rattle
The Reindeer Girl by Holly Webb
The Returned by Jason Mott
The Sacred River by Wendy Wallace
The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen
The Shadow Lantern by Teresa Flavin
The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty
The Silent Wife by A.S.A Harrison
The Skull in the Wood by Sandra Greaves
The Sleeping Baobab Tree by Paula Leyden
The Sleeper by Emily Barr
This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales
The Sound of Us by Ashley Poston
The String Diaries by Stephen Lloyd Jones
The Ten Rules of Skimming by Zelda Compton
The Tragedy Papers by Elizabeth Laban
The Very Snowy Christmas by Diana Hendry and Jane Chapman
The Vincent Brothers by Abbi Glines
The Wedding Diary by Margaret James
The Woman Who Went To Bed For a Year by Sue Townsend
The Witching Hour by Sara Grant
The Unbelievable Top Secret Diary of Pig by Emer Stamp
This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E.Smith
Tide by Daniela Sacerdoti
Tinder by Sally Gardner
Tigers In Red Weather by Lisa Klaussmann
Transcendence by C.J. Omololu
U
Under The Mistletoe by Kate Kingsley
Undone by Cat Clarke
V
Vortex by Julie Cross
W
Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Weirdos and Quimboids by Natasha Desborough
Winter Wonderland by Belinda Jones
Wild Boy by Rob Lloyd Jones
What Have I Done? by Amanda Prowse
While The Others Sleep by Tom Becker
Whitstable by Stephen Volk
World After by Susan Ee
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 2012 Reviews


666 Park Avenue by Gabriella Pierce
A
Advent by James Treadwell
All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin
A Mystery for Megan by Abi Burlingham
An Inventory of Heaven by Jane Feaver
Arabesque by Colin Mulhern
A Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas
A Witch in Love by Ruth Warburton
A Witch In Winter by Ruth Warburton
A World Between Us by Lydia Syson
B
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
Between The Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer
Beyond by Graham McNamee
Beyond The Grave by Mara Purnhagen
Blackwood by Gwenda Bond
Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts
Breathe by Sarah Crossan
Bringing The Summer by Julia Green
Burning Bright by Sophie McKenzie
Burn Mark by Laura Powell
C
Changeling by Philippa Gregory
Crave by Melissa Darnell
Crewel by Gennifer Albin
Constable and Toop by Gareth P. Jones
Cop To Corpse by Peter Lovesey
D
Dads, Geeks and Blue Haired Freaks by Ellie Phillips
Darcy Burdock by Laura Dockrill
Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Daylight Saving by Edward Hogan
Dead Rules by RS Russel
Dead Time by Anne Cassidy
Deception by Lee Nicholls
Defiance by CJ Redwall
Dork Diaries: Skating Sensation by Rachel Renee Russel
Dreamless by Josephine Angelini
Dreams by Daniela Sacerdoti
E
Easy by Tammara Webber
Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
Emma Hearts LA by Keris Stainton
Evermore by Alyson Noel
F
Falling Fast by Sophie McKenzie
Falling To Ash by Karen Mahoney
Fated by Sarah Alderson
Fire City by Bali Rai
Firespell by Chloe Neill
Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
Fog by Caroline B. Cooney
Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs
Frostfire by Zoe Marriott
G
Geekhood by Andy Robb
Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke
Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn
Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Grymm by Keith Austin
H
Hades by Alexandra Adornetto
Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
Heart-Shaped Bruise by Tanya Byrne
Hitler's Angel by William Osborne
Hollow Pike by James Dawson
Honey Trap by Julie Cohen
I
Ice Island by Sherry Shahan
Illegal by Miriam Halahamy
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Curious Indian Cadaver by Shamini Flint
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Invisible Fiends: The Beast by Barry Hutchison
Itch by Simon Mayo
J
Jepp, Who Defied The Stars by Katherine Marsh
K
Kiss Date Love Hate by Luisa Plaja
L
LA Candy by Lauren Conrad
Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans
Little Red Riding Crop by Tiffany Reisz
Losing Lila by Sarah Alderson
Lovely Dark and Deep by Amy McNamara
M
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
Mister Creecher by Chris Priestley
Mortal Chaos by Matt Dickinson
Muddle and Win by John Dickinson
N
Night School by C.J Daugherty
Northern Exposure: Letter From Cecily by Ellis Weiner
Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffman
O
Oliver Twisted by JD Sharpe
On The Day I Died by Candace Fleming
Once Upon a Christmas by Sarah Morgan
Opal Moonbaby by Maudie Smith
Operation Bunny by Sally Gardner
P
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
Pantomime by Laura Lam
Poltergeeks by Sean Cummings
Q
R
Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas
Revived by Cat Patrick
Road to London by Barbara Mitchelhill
Royal Street by Suzanne Johnson
S
Saving Daisy by Phil Earle
Saving June by Hannah Harrington
Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen
Seeking Crystal by Joss Stirling
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Six Days by Philip Webb
Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt
Slated by Teri Terry
Slide by Jill Hathaway
Snow In Love by Claire Ray
Snow White and The Huntsman by Lily Blake
So Much Pretty by Cara Hoffman
Soul Fire by Kate Harrison
Spellcaster by Cara Lynn Shultz
Starters by Lissa Price
Stolen Away by Alyxandra Harvey
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs
Switched by Amanda Hocking
T
Talina In The Tower by Michelle Lovric
Tall, Thin and Blonde by Dyan Sheldon
Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler
Tempest Rising by Tracey Deebs
The 13 Ghosts of Christmas
The Apothecary's Daughter by Charlotte Betts
The Assassin And The Pirate Lord by Sarah J Maas
The Assassin and the Underworld by Sarah J Maas
The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke
The Book Of Lies by Mary Horlock
The Boy Who Could See Demons by Carolyn Jess-Cooke
The Circle by Sara B. Elfgren and Mats Strandsberg
The City's Son by Tom Pollock
The Court Painter's Apprentice by Richard Knight
The Darkest Corners by Barry Hutchison 
The Double Edged Sword by Sarah Silverwood
The DUFF by Kody Keplinger
The Emotional Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman
The Feathered Man by Jeremy De Quidt
The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
The Gathering Dark by Leigh Bardugo
The Glimpse by Claire Merle
The Goddess Legacy by Aimee Carter
The Hex Factor by Harriet Goodwin
The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda
The Hunting Ground by Cliff Mcnish
The Icarus Project by Laura Quimby
The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa
The Kingdom by Amanda Stevens
The Light Behind The Window by Lucinda Riley
The Madness Beneath by Maureen Johnson
The Man In The Picture by Susan Hill
The New Girl by Paige Harbison
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Obsidian Mirror by Catherine Fisher
The Out of Office Girl by Nicola Doherty
The Raven Boys by Maggie Steifvater
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett
The Seeing by Diana Hendry
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
The Statisical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith
The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis
The Terrible Thing That Happened To Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne
The Things We Do For Love by Natasha Farrant
The 13th Horseman by Barry Hutchison
The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price by Wendy Jones
The Treasure House by Linda Newbery
The Twice Lived Summer of Bluebell Jones by Susie Day
The Village Vet by Cathy Woodman
The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines
The Witch of Turlingham Academy by Ellie Boswell
The Wolf Princess by Cathryn Constable
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
The Woman In Black by Susan Hill
This Is Not Forgiveness by Celia Rees
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Torn by Amanda Hocking
Torn by Cat Clarke
U
Undercover Magic by Ellie Boswell
Unrest by Michelle Harrison
Until I Die by Amy Plum
V
Vampire State of Mind by Jane Lovering
Vixen by Jill Larkin
W
Watch Over Me by Daniela Sacerdoti
What's Up With Jody Barton by Hayley Long
Whoopie Pie Fun by Claire Ptak
Witch Crag by Kate Cann
Wish Upon A Star by Sarah Morgan
Wonder by RJ Palacio
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 2011 Reviews
A
Afterwards by Rosamund Lupton
A Kiss At Midnight by Eloisa James
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
An Act Of Love by Alan Gibbons
Angel's Fury by Bryony Pearce
Angel Time by Anne Rice
Anxious Hearts by Tucker Shaw
A Tangle Of Magicks by Stephanie Burgis
Avalon High by Meg Cabot
Avenger's Angel by Heather Killough-Walden
A Year Without Autumn by Liz Kessler
C
Choker by Elizabeth Woods
City Of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Claire De Lune by Christine Johnson
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Comfort and Joy by India Knight
D
Darkness Falls by Mia James
Darkness Unbound by Keri Arthur
Dark Parties by Sara Grant
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Dear Bully by various authors
Della Says OMG! By Keris Stainton
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Diary of a Mall Girl by Luisa Plaja
Diary of a Provincial Lady by EM Delafield
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Die For Me by Amy Plum
Doc Mortis by Barry Hutchison
H
Halo by Alexandra Adornetto
Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey
Hereafter by Tara Hudson
Here, Home, Hope by Kiera Rouda
Hidden by Miriam Halahmy
Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson
I
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
J
Jessie Hearts NYC by Keris Stainton
K
M
Matched by Ally Condie
Milicent's Book by Charlotte Moore
Mrs Harris Goes To Paris by Paul Gallico
My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
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One Hundred Candles by Mara Purnhagen
One Minute To Midnight by Amy Silver
One Seriously Messed Up Week.... by Tom Clempson
OTOLI by Bryony Allen
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Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck
Tiger's Quest by Colleen Houck
Tiger's Voyage by Colleen Houck
The Abandoned by Amanda Stevens
The Blackhope Enigma by Teresa Flavin
The Body Finder by Kimberley Derting
The Butterfly Heart by Paula Leyden
The Case of the Deadly Desperados by Caroline Lawrence
The Crimson Shard by Teresa Flavin
The Devil Walks by Anne Fine
The Double Shadow by Sally Gardner
The Drowning by Valerie Mendes
The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
The Gallow's Curse by Andrew Hammond
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui
The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
The Good Psychologist by Noam Shpancer
The Guardian Angel's Journal by Carol Jesse-Cooke
The Haunting by Margaret Mahy
The Ice Age by Kirsten Reed
The Long Weekend by Savita Kalhan
The Mystery of the Whistling Caves by Helen Moss
The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson
The Near Witch by Victora Schwab
There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff
The Restorer by Amanda Stevens
The Swan Kingdom by Zoe Marriott
The Thirteen Curses by Michelle Harrison
The Thirteen Treasures by Michelle Harrison
The Truth About Celia Frost by Paula Rawsthorne
The Wedding Wallah by Farahad  Zama
The Worry Tree by Marianne Musgrove
This Dark Endeavour by Kenneth Oppel
Three Men In a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
Torment by Lauren Kate
Trapped by Michael Northrop
V
Vaclav and Lena by Haley Tanner
Velvet by Mary Hooper
Verity Fibbs by Cathy Brett
W
We Can Be Heroes by Catherine Bruton
We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson
West of the Moon by Katherine Langrish
White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick
Wintercraft by Jenna Burtenshaw
Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey
Witchlanders by Lena Coakley
Witch Song by Amber Argylle
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