As usual, my TBR pile is so huge it's on
the brink of collapse. I guess I could stop buying books and borrowing them
from the library, but where's the fun in that?! Sometimes it's hard to know what
to read next, but recently, I was lucky enough to get an early look at not one but two
amazing UKYA books coming out this week, so I thought I'd share them with you .
The first is L.A. Weatherly's BROKEN SKY (The BROKEN trilogy #1),
published by Usborne. Here's the blurb:
Welcome
to a ‘perfect’ world.
Where
war is illegal, where harmony rules.
And
where your date of birth marks your destiny.
But
nothing is perfect.
And
in a world this broken, who can Amity trust?
Doesn't it sound great?
This is a hard book to sum up without spoilers,
so I won't try, but I'm certain readers are going to love it. Just like L.A.
Weatherly's bestselling ANGEL series, there's action, danger, a daring heroine,
a wonderfully believable and heart-rending romance, and also aeroplanes and a
plot as twisty as they come.
But what makes this book really stand out
is its setting – BROKEN SKY's 'world' is an alternative version of the USA, with
everything wrapped up in a cool 1940s vibe. It's richly imagined, full of
satisfying detail – it's one of the most original and brilliant YA
novels I have ever read. I can't wait for the next installment in the trilogy!
Also out this week is CRUSH by
Eve Ainsworth, which Scholastic very kindly sent me a review copy of just
before Christmas.
Love hurts …
but should it hurt this much?
Reeling from
her mum’s sudden departure, Anna finds the comfort she needs in her blossoming
relationship with Will. He’s handsome and loving, everything Anna has always
dreamt of.
He’s also
moody and unpredictable, pushing her away from her friends, her music. He wants
her to be his and his alone. He wants her to be perfect.
Anna’s world
is closing in. But threatening everything is a dark secret that not even Will
can control…
I loved Eve's debut novel, 7 DAYS, and I predict
that CRUSH will establish her, quite rightly, as one of the UK's top
contemporary YA writers. As with 7 DAYS, which dealt with bullying, CRUSH looks
at the novel's central issue (this time, a controlling relationship) from both
sides, with huge amounts of empathy and understanding. The story is
It's also highly readable, and Eve keeps up a sense of tension and menace which pulls you through the story at a breathless pace.
This is an important and thought-provoking novel,
and I hope it finds the wide readership it deserves.
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