Alyssa's Recommended Reads
Published on 21 November 2024
Library officer Alyssa has shared her list of recommended reads! She’s uncovered some gems in the fantasy, romance and young adult fiction categories.
All are available to borrow at our library branches. Check them out!
Alyssa's recommendations
A Tempest of Tea - Hafsah Faizal
Paranormal fiction/Romance
Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets, overseeing an illegal bloodhouse catering to vampires. But when her establishment is threatened, Arthie hatches a plan to infiltrate the dark and glittering vampire society known as the Athereum.
Beyond the end of the world - Amie Kaufman
Fantasy fiction
Nimh has no memory of her past and struggles to recall her identity, while an impostor wields her name with deadly purpose. North, meanwhile, longs to return to his world. Tragedy looms as the cloudland engines falter and mist rains terror on the surface. In their desperation to reunite and save their people, Nimh and North face one ultimate question: can they defy their love and their destiny to save their homes?
A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J Maas
Romance fiction/Fantasy
When 19-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land, Feyre discovers that her captor Tamlin is a lethal, immortal faerie. Her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion. But an ancient, wicked shadow over the faerie lands is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it.
The Summer I turned pretty - Jenny Han
Romance/Coming-of-age
Every year Isabel, known as Belly, spends a perfect summer at her favourite place in the world - the Fisher family's beach house. It has everything a girl could want: a swimming pool, a private stretch of sandy beach… and two boys. But this year something is different. This year, the boys seem to really notice Isabel for the first time. It's going to be an amazing summer - and one she'll never forget.
Dungeons and Drama - Kristy Boyce
Young adult fiction
Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway... but she Riley takes her mother’s car without permission, she's grounded and must work at her dad's games shop. Riley convinces nerdy teen Nathan to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she'll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous. But Riley soon starts to think that flirting with Nathan doesn't require as much acting as she thought.
An Offer from a Gentleman - Julia Quinn
Historical fiction/Romance
In this Bridgerton story, Sophie Beckett sneaks into Lady Bridgerton's famed masquerade ball and comes across her own “Prince Charming”. Spinning in the strong arms of the debonair and devastatingly handsome Benedict Bridgerton, she feels like royalty. Ever since that magical night, a radiant vision in silver has blinded Benedict to the attractions of any other-except, perhaps, this alluring and oddly familiar beauty dressed in housemaid's garb whom he feels compelled to rescue from a most disagreeable situation.
Solitaire - Alice Oseman
Young adult fiction
Sixteen-year-old chronic pessimist Tori Spring creates (and destroys) relationships, while managing family issues, mental health and the rise of a local prankster group Solitaire. Tori begrudgingly assists eighteen-year-old student Michael Holden in his “investigation” into the pranksters, forming a reluctant friendship.