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Deborah (162 KP) rated Winter Song in Books

Dec 21, 2018  
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Winter Song
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
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Aimed at a young adult audience, this had a little of the feel of the His Dark Materials trilogy. I found it an easy read, and read it in under one day. I was underwhelemed on the whole - I thought the ending was unsatisfying and anti-climactic and most of the characters 2-dimentional and under-developed. Some of it seems pointless and some of it unexplained.
  
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Smashbomb (4683 KP) created a poll

Jan 7, 2020 (Updated Jan 13, 2020)  
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SMASHBOMB END OF DECADE AWARDS

We need your vote for the best in each category to go forward to the final! This vote is for Best Book (Young Adult)

For more details read here: https://blog.smashbomb.com/the-smashbomb-end-of-decade-awards/


     
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Morgan Sheppard (926 KP) created a post

Aug 23, 2023  
Look what arrived today!!! The cover looks very different from how it does on Goodreads, but I'm so pleased with it!

The #WraiddElfennol series begins with Marella—an enthralling young adult fantasy that will captivate readers as they are transported to a realm where the Elements enchant.

#YA
#Epic
#Fantasy
#Myth
#Magic
#FREE on #KU

https://books2read.com/Marella2023
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/194928192-marella
     
Brick (2006)
Brick (2006)
2006 | Action, Drama, Horror
10
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Mystery (2 more)
plot
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Excellent
Rian Johnson is a genius.

With his directorial debut he crafts an excellent story, that features some of the best young adult actors in recent history. It becomes even more impressive when you realise how few adults feature in the film.
With a mystery that puts you on the edge of your seat, a murder, a drug den and adult themes that most would refrain from showing in this context, this neo-noir is a reminder of what is great about the noir genre.
Expertly filmed, edited and scored, with some beautiful shots that leave you breathless, this film will not disappoint.
  
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Firelight (Firelight, #1)
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is my first young adult dragon shifter book. I've read the first in an adult series but I didn't reckon much to it but this, this was right up my street.

I liked almost everything about it; the description of being a dragon, the characters--though I thought it was a little selfish of her mum and sister to want to do what they were doing to Jacinda, the romance and connection between Jacinda and Will...

That ending has definitely got me wanting to find out what happens next and considering the books are only 99p each currently I think I'm going to go buy them all!
  
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Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Island in Books

Jan 30, 2021  
The Island
The Island
C.L. Taylor | 2021 | Thriller, Young Adult (YA)
7
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is a book written for the Young Adult market ... I have to confess that I am a few years past what I would call a young adult ... well, quite a few actually ... but nevertheless I really enjoyed this story and I know I would have loved it when I was a teenager.

This book is The Famous Five on steroids; although there are six of them and no dog! Full of action, thrills and tension but it also explores many of the issues that young people have to face growing up such as mental health, death, grief and relationships but it does so with ease and with sympathy and understanding.

The characters were really well developed and although not all of them I particularly liked, they all felt right somehow. The setting was perfect and so well described that my hair frizzed due to the humidity! The pace was good and the writing style was easy to read so much so that I raced through quite quickly.

This is a great thriller for people of any age even though it is primarily aimed at young adults and I want to thank HQ (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) and NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest, unbiased and unedited review.