#UK YA Books

[finnlongman]

The Hummingbird Killer is officially out in the world! You can buy it now!

Signed copies are available in-person at: Gay's The Word (London); Piccadilly, Trafalgar Square, and Covent Garden Waterstoneses (London); Foyles Charing Cross Road (London); Housmans (London); and Waterstones Bristol Galleries (Bristol). You can also order them online from Housmans, which is a radical non-profit independent bookshop. [All other purchase links are on my website.]

Pictures of me outside Gay's The Word were taken by their wonderful bookseller Erica.

[thatsmybook]

A book recommendation for Felice in Young Royals, that will make her feel seen and understood, is Young Adult novel, Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-íyímídé.

This Get Out meets Gossip Girl inspired thriller, is perfect for lovers of Dark Academia.

Set in an elite all white high school, where the only two Black kids, Devon and Chiamaka, start to feel that all is not right in their last year of school. Their dreams for their future, and their lives, are at risk from a mysterious entity called Aces.

Chiamaka is also the popular girl in her school and is mixed-race like Felice. This book was published the month before Young Royals season one came out, so I would totally recommend d it to be on Felice's tbr. It's also featured in Heartstopper Season one episode one - Isaac is reading it at Charlie's sleepover party.

The author Faridah, who is Black-British, queer and Muslim, was writing Ace of Spades during her first year at a Scottish university, aged 19. The book was part inspired by her experiences there.

About the teenage friendships in Ace of Spades, Faridah has said:

"Something that gets left out of t.v. shows and books often is how much friendship means a lot to teenagers. I think friendship breakups are more common and more hurtful than romantic ones when you're growing up, because those are your main relationships. I really wanted to highlight how toxic friendships and unhealthy relationships can look like. As well as ones that are good but flawed. I think it's really important to show teenagers that. When I was younger there were so many friendships I had that were definitely toxic but I had no words to articulate why they were because I guess everybody's desperate for friendship and nobody wants to be alone."

You can listen to this and the rest of this conversation on @probooknerds podcast. This episode is from June 2021.

[thebooksareeverywhere]

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[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads / storygraph

Alebrijes

MG/YA Latine scifi/fantasy

Set in a small city in the barren wasteland of earth, where the Pocatelan elite oppress the Cascabel, forcing them to work for nothing but so-called protection from the spirits and wyrms outside their ‘safe’ city

a 13yo pickpocket and his sister try to survive, but when she’s caught stealing a strawberry, he takes the fall, to be exiled

but his exile involves his consciousness being put inside an ancient drone and sent into the wilderness - where he discovers all is not what it seems, and he might be able to save everyone from his city with the truth

[rooksunday]

about to get real normal about this (continued)

[booktineus]

I knew this book was an older release (I first read the series in 2008), but I didn’t realise it first came out when I was 6 years old.

Still a fun reread though.

[libraryleopard]

Young adult contemporary coming-of-age novel

During the summer before her first year of university, a girl finds herself torn between her online crush and a childhood friend she reunites with

Explores queer friendships, complicated families, & online fandoms

Would recommend to fans of Alice Oseman

Chinese British, bisexual main character; butch lesbian Chinese British love interest; Black lesbian side character; gay ace side character; questioning Indian British side charactetr; F/F romance

[literaryleisha]

Hello #Bookstagrammers

I've created a board to share bookstagram posts on Pinterest!

Feel free to join and share your bookish posts ✨🩷

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

hey anyone happen to know off the top of their head which cover art designates the UK vs US versions of the Lockwood & Co. books?

[mad-rdr]

All of Us Villians Duology - Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman

★ ★ ★ ★/5 (both)

I've said before and I'll say it again; bring back fantasy duologies!! All of Us Villians and All of Our Demise were such fun reads. For being young adult books, they were well stocked of morally gray characters, violence, and betrayal. I loved this series and each of the characters, with a competition resembling that of the Hunger Games, the addition of magic, and 7 power-hungry families, this was an intriguing set up. Every champion entered this competition with expectations set on their shoulders and every one defied them. There's much to discuss so this is just going to be a ramble of my thoughts. In the first book, I really liked Isobel and Alistair's scenes, how she realizes he isn't the monster everyone thinks he is and then death-curses him anyways. Isobel was such a fascinating character; she's branded as the "pretty girl," but my god is she one of the most vicious. She literally cast a death curse as she was kissing Alistair... enough said. Not to mention in the second book she literally plots out everyone's deaths while they sleep in the rooms next door. I love her. Moving on to Alistair though, homie just needs a hug and someone to care about him. I loved how he tried to act like a monster (though sometimes he really was) but eventually everyone realizes he just traumatized and clumsy (and a loverboy at heart...). He is also one of my favorite characters and I'm glad he gets to leave everything (his grief, trauma, horrible family name and legacy) behind at the end of book 2. Not to mention his relationship with Gavin- genuinely one of the best slow burn, enemies-to-lovers storylines I have ever seen. Their relationship was so cleverly thought out and I'm glad that after they fight through many death experiences to end the tournament, that they can be happy together. Honorable mentions to Finley, Briony, and Reid, whom I didn't love but enjoyed their POVs anyways. I feel like of any of the MCs to die, Briony made the most sense and I wasn't even surprised as I read the chapter. She always wanted to be the hero, so she got the martyr role in the end. I know there's more I'm leaving out, but in the interest of this being relatively short, I'll just say this; you will not regret picking up this series!

[felfiramoondesigns]

Store closing for Xmas break tomorrow Wednesday 7th December at 5PM GMT​​​​​​​​

Will reopen hopefully sometime on Monday 26th December (time to be confirmed) with pre-orders for new pins yay!​​​​​​​​

P.s. Still plenty of this pin in stock!!​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​

[thebooksareeverywhere]

a lovely day with a lovely person✨

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread

Into The Labyrinth / Facing The Shadow

2&3 in a middle grade fantasy trilogy about a 12yo girl who discovers she has the ability to enter a magical world in her dreams, and has to save it from darkness

while also dealing with anxiety, bullying, and friendships in the real world

set in Wellington Aotearoa

dreamrealm worldbuilding reflects the MC’s Māori/Chinese/Irish/Scottish heritage

aspec questioning MC

[mediashadowreads]

°․✶ AUGUST WRAP UP & SEPTEMBER HOPEFULS

I knew going into this month it was going to be a manga heavy one.. and it was. I did manage to read a few novels though and two to them were on the chunky side. So I’ll take it all things considered. In terms of personal life.. it was less busy than July but felt more stressful somehow. It’s still been busy at work but my home life’s been pretty chill. Other than the fact I have a cat who can…

[quillandqueer]

Rosie Loves Jack by Mel Darbon | Many Covers Monday

UK | US | Dutch

French | Portuguese | Polish

[bluesey-182]

my book obsessed ass, who hasn't woken up before at least 10 a.m in months, woke up at 6 a.m to buy a fairyloot book. and fairyloot fucked up the sale so i'm glad i got mine before all that happened