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Review: The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta

Kat Kennedy posts her review for The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta and discusses the trend in YA literature to infantilize teens.

Review: Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony and Rodrigo Corral

Stephanie Sinclair reviews Jessca Anthony and Rodrigo Corral’s remarkable photographic novel, Chopsticks, proving that sometimes buying a book on a whim doesn’t always end in a furious, ranting review.

Review: The Treachery of Beautiful Things by Ruth Francis Long

Kat Kennedy reviews Ruth Francis Long’s The Treachery of Beautiful Things – a book about fairies in which she talks extensively on sex. And virginity. And hot fairy sex.

Review and Giveaway: Night Beach by Kirsty Eagar

Imagine there is someone you like so much that just thinking about them leaves you desperate and reckless. You crave them in a way that’s not rational, not right, and you’re becoming somebody you don’t recognise, and certainly don’t respect, but you don’t even care. Kat’s review of Kirsty Eagar new novel, Night Beach.

Review: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta + SIGNED Froi of the Exiles

Stephanie Sinclair reviews Melina Merchetta’s fantasy novel, Finnikin of the Rock.
Oh, and there’s a giveaway. A SIGNED copy of Froi of the Exiles!

Review: A Million Suns by Beth Revis

I’ve been really eager to read A Million Suns for […]

Review: Raw Blue by Kristy Eagar

Carly has dropped out of uni to spend her days surfing and her nights working as a cook in a Manly café. Surfing is the one thing she loves doing … and the only thing that helps her stop thinking about what happened two years ago at schoolies week.
And then Carly meets Ryan, a local at the break, fresh out of jail. When Ryan learns the truth, Carly has to decide. Will she let the past bury her? Or can she let go of her anger and shame, and find the courage to be happy?