Happy Indulgence
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Book review blog from Australia featuring young adult reviews and discussions. I started Happy Indulgence in July 2012 as a way to share my passion with others, and it has expanded into a YA book review blog encompassing a wide range of features and genres. Happy Indulgence captures how we should blissfully enjoy life's greatest offerings, no matter what it is. Here, we share our love for..
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2w ago
House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3) by Sarah J. Maas
Published by Bloomsbury UK on January 30, 2024
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Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she’s going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that’s no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust.
Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be th ..read more
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3M ago
The Atlas Complex (The Atlas, #3) by Olivie Blake
Series: The Atlas #3
Published by Pan Macmillan on January 9, 2024
Source: Publisher
Genres: Adult Fantasy Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Fiction
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Only the extraordinary are chosen. Only the cunning survive.
An explosive return to the library leaves the six Alexandrians vulnerable to the lethal terms of their recruitment.
Old alliances quickly fracture as the initiates take opposing strategies as to how to deal with the deadly bargain they have so far failed to uphold. Those who remain with the a ..read more
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6M ago
The Scarlet Veil by Shelby Mahurin
Series: The Scarlet Veil #1
Published by Harper Collins Australia Source: Publisher
Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Romance
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This dark and thrilling vampire romance—set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Serpent & Dove series—is perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas!
Célie Tremblay has always been a good girl: kind and beautiful, a daughter of whom every parent would be proud. She surprises the entire kingdom when she defies tradition to become the first huntswoman—including her new capta ..read more
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6M ago
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Published by HarperTeen, Penguin Australia on September 19, 2023
Source: Publisher, Edelweiss
Genres: Magical Realism, Young Adult
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Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. She’s had no choice. Since childhood, she’s been haunted by visions of the Fairy King. She’s found solace only in the pages of Angharad - author Emrys Myrddin’s beloved epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, and then destroys him.
Effy’s tattered, dog-eared copy is all that’s keeping her afloat through her stifling first t ..read more
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9M ago
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Published by Harper Collins on June 7, 2023
Source: Purchased
Genres: Contemporary, Fiction
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Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena's a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn't even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.
So when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an expe ..read more
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1y ago
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
Published by Hachette Australia, Hodder & Stoughton on February 16, 2023
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Genres: Adult Fantasy Fiction, Magical Realism
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Once upon a time, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada. He was a scholar of myths. She was heiress to a fortune. They exchanged gifts and stories and believed they would live happily ever after—and in exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry i ..read more
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1y ago
Trigger warnings: domestic abuse, physical abuse, attempted rape
There’s no denying that It Ends With Us is an iconic, important read that definitely cements Colleen Hoover as an author of choice. However, as I’ve felt before for a long time, I do think readers need to go into her books with caution – given the heavy handed use of triggering topics that seem to pop up either for the shock value, or for a big “twist”.
It Ends With Us is no different. It is heavily marketed as a romance book, and the blurb even seems to hint at the love triangle for Lily Bloom. While it does feat ..read more
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1y ago
Nona the Ninth () by Tamsyn Muir
Series: The Locked Tomb #3
Published by Pan Macmillan Australia, Tordotcom on September 13, 2022
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Genres: Fantasy & Magic, Fiction, Science Fiction
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Her city is under siege.
The zombies are coming back.
And all Nona wants is a birthday party.
In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six months ago she woke up i ..read more
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1y ago
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Published by Simon & Schuster Ltd on October 4, 2022
Source: Publisher
Genres: LGBT, Young Adult
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In this prequel to #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon They Both Die at the End, two new strangers spend a life-changing day together after Death-Cast first makes their fateful calls.
It’s the night before Death-Cast goes live, and there’s one question on everyone’s mind: Can Death-Cast actually predict when someone will die, or is it just an elaborate hoax ..read more
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1y ago
The Killing Code by Ellie Marney
Published by Allen & Unwin on September 20, 2022
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Genres: Mystery, Thriller, War & Military, Young Adult
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A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for fans of The Enigma Game and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.
Virginia, 1943: World War II is raging in Europe and on the Pacific front when Kit Sutherland is recruited to help the war effort as a codebreaker at Arlington Hall, a former gir ..read more