Book Review: Crimson

By Arthur Slade  4 Stars  Crimson is an engrossing addition to the fantasy of the young adult genre written by Arthur Slade: a dark world of magic and danger, resilience. It revolves around Fen, a young girl who grew up in a harsh society governed by Queen Servilia, ruling using magical red dust to hold…
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Series Review: Lockwood & Co.

By Jonathan Stroud  5 Stars  Lockwood & Co, a five-book series by Jonathan Stroud, is a thrilling supernatural adventure set in a ghost-infested version of London. In this world, only children and teenagers can sense or see ghosts, leading to the rise of ghost-hunting agencies. Among these, a small, quirky agency stands out: Lockwood …
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Book Review: Red Queen

By Victoria Aveyard  4 Stars  In a world segregated by blood, Mare Barrow finds herself caught between her role as a 'Silver' and her duty to fellow Reds. When she discovers that she possesses magical abilities known only to Silvers, Mare Barrow, a young Red girl, is forced to abandon her life of poverty to…
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Book Review: Paper Towns

By John Green  5 Stars  Paper Towns, by John Green, is a great book about mysteries, self-discovery and the complexity of relationships. It is about a teenage boy named Quentin "Q" Jacobsen, who has a fascination with his mysterious next-door neighbour, Margo Roth Spiegelman. Margo takes Quentin on a night of adventure and pranks. But…
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Book Review: The Witches

By Roald Dahl  4 Stars  Ronald Dahl's The Witches is a fantastic classic of a novel that ingeniously mixes fantasy with a bit of horror. It plunges readers into a world where they introduce the idea that genuine witches are really not the fairy-tale characters people usually think about but child-hating creatures with creepy powers. …
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