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The Adoration of Jenna Fox - read this book!

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A seventeen-year-old girl wakes from a year-long coma and is told her name is Jenna Fox. She doesn’t remember the accident; she doesn’t remember her life; she doesn’t remember herself. Even when her parents show her videos they have filmed of her she doesn’t recognise the girl on the screen – with all her memories gone and so many questions filling her head will Jenna ever remember her past and the truth? Hit ‘see more’ to read our review.

Beautiful Malice by Rebecca James - must-read Monday!

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With a $1 million publishing deal and hailed as “the next J.K Rowling” by The Wall Street Journal, there is a lot of hype at the moment surrounding Rebecca James and her psychological teen thriller, Beautiful Malice. But despite all the hype and apparent success of the novel, this is a book that polarises critics and fans alike. Some say that it is too dramatic; the characters appear to be stolen from Neighbours, the plot farcical and the ending anti-climatic. Whilst others cannot rave enough about how gripping the book is, how real the characters feel and how much they love the different flashback series throughout. So what’s a person to think when there are such contrasting and varied opinions? Why, just read teentoday.co.uk’s review – the definitive and only opinion that counts! Hit ‘see more’ to read our review.

The Cardturner by Louis Sachar - our first must-read Monday

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Here at TT Towers we have decided to shake things up in the Book section. Instead of bringing you an in-depth review on every book we read we’re only going to rave about our faves, and stick the rest in our ‘What We Read This Month’ feature. That way you can rest assured that when reading the full length reviews that these babies are the shit! Hit ‘see more’ to see what we thought of Louis Sachar’s latest offering.

Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper - the winners are…

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Congratulations to the 10 winners of must-read novel Fallen Grace by Mary Hooper. They are:

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And because we asked for your address to enter - we’re pleased to say the books are already on their way. Efficient. Sorry to those that didn’t win :-(

Our experience of Bloomsbury’s works so far has been as hit and miss as a mystery grab bag that you get from the newsagent. Whilst we loved and praised the gorgeous Magic Under Glass, we hated the artificial and bitter taste that My Love Lies Bleeding left in our mouths. So here we were again, padded white manila envelope in hand with the latest literary offering from the publishing giant, wondering what was in store for us this time. Would it be love at first read or would we be preparing an open letter to Bloomsbury declaring literary war on yet another shitty teen novel? Hit ‘see more’ to see which it’s to be.

Wintercraft review - read this book! (And first chapter free)

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Ten years ago Kate Winter’s parents were taken by the High Council’s wardens to help with the country’s war effort. Now the wardens are back… and prisoners, including Kate’s uncle Artemis, are taken south on the terrifying Night Train. Kate and her friend Edgar are hunted by a far more dangerous enemy. Silas Dane – the High Council’s most feared man – recognises Kate as one of the Skilled; a rare group of people able to see through the veil between the living and the dead. His spirit was damaged by the High Council’s experiments into the veil, and he’s convinced that Kate can undo the damage and allow him to find peace.

The knowledge Kate needs lies within Wintercraft – a book thought to be hidden deep beneath the graveyard city of Fume. But the Night of Souls, when the veil between life and death is at its thinnest, is just days away and the High Council have their own sinister plans for Kate and Wintercraft. Can Kate escape the High Council and free her uncle from their grasp? Will Silas be able to use Kate to find his peace? Hit more to see the review.

I’d Tell You I Love You… the TT review

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A ‘New York Times Bestseller’! Oh oh! – if history is anything to go by then these massive-selling books never seem to hit the spot here in the book cupboard at TT Towers (yes Olly does keep me locked up with only torchlight and a stash of Oreos to see me through these reviews!). However, and for those of you following me for a while now you will know that I am rarely emphatic about a book, I REALLY enjoyed it! Spies, gadgets, romance, and twisted teenage relationships kept me glued to this book from beginning to end and I have to say that it may be our first guilty pleasure read of the year! Hit ‘see more’ the full TT verdict.