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Crime Fiction Yearly Wrap-Up – 2018

Last year was my first in a behind the scenes role at the Australian Women Writer’s Challenge and I took it on along with a lot of other changes in my world so I never quite got as organised as I planned. I also didn’t have a yearly wrap-up post to do. I think it’s a little lucky for me that the Crime wrap-ups are only every second month, it means I can focus on the year that was in this one, and…

Throughout the year, I have posted monthly round-ups giving you a glimpse into the world of #LoveOzYA with a focus on women authors.

AJ Betts and Eliza Henry-Jones were the two most equally reviewed authors for 2018. Both authors had books released in 2018; Betts’ book, Hive was released in June by Pan Macmillan Australia and P is for Pearl by Henry-Jones was released back in February by HarperCollins Australia. Both books were well-received by readers and I was fortunate enough to read them courtesy of my local library.

  Other popularly reviewed titles from 2018:

The Beast’s Heart by Lief Shallcross was reviewed by five AWW reviewers, including fairytale expert and award-winning author, Kate Forsyth. Her review can be read here.

Eleni Hale’s powerful and gritty debut, Stone Girl garnered a number of reviews including this one from author, Kate Murdoch.

The first in Elizabeth Foster’s trilogy (Esme Series) is Esme’s Wish. Here are a couple of reviews from Brenda and The Burgeoning Bookshelf.

Another gritty debut was Alicia Tuckerman’s If I Tell You. Here’s a review from Tien.

  The following books all received at least three reviews in 2018:

Cally Black’s In The Dark Spaces, reviewed by Claire Holderness.

Sarah Epstein’s Small Spaces which I reviewed here.

I Had Such Friends by Meg Gatland-Veness reviewed by Emily Wrayburn.

My own novella, Jenna’s Truth reviewed by author, Elizabeth Foster.

The Last Days of Us by Beck Nicholas reviewed by Michelle.

Girl Reporter by Tansy Rayner Roberts was reviewed by Nancy Elin.

Of course, the above list is not exhaustive; our Books Reviewed page (with search by categories) can be a practically limitless source of recommendations, too.

What was your favourite YA read of 2018? Please let us know in the comments.

About Me

NL King is an author, blogger, and presenter. Her debut book, Jenna’s Truth, is published by boutique small press, Serenity Press based in Western Australia. Nadia is passionate about using stories to reflect a diversity of realities in order to positively impact teen lives, and runs a teen book club for the Centre for stories. She also enjoys writing short fiction and lives in Western Australia with her family. You can read her blog, find out more about her and her writing at her website, or follow her on Facebook, Goodreads, Twitter or Instagram.

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Crime Fiction and True Crime: Round-Up Six 2018

The year is coming to a close but before the spirit of Christmas swamps us we have one more round up to check out. Once again I wasn’t quite as organised as I would have liked but everything is a little chaotic at the moment so reading and reviewing have taken a bit of a back seat, much to my dismay. I did manage to get one book reviewed that falls into this round-up so that’s something.

We have…

YA Round-Up​, Issue 11, 2018

I won’t remind you of the number of shopping days left until Christmas, so without further ado, let’s get stuck into the handful of young adult books reviewed for the Australian Women Writers Challenge in the last few weeks.

Bob Holloway wrote an interesting account of Ethel Anderson’s book, At Paramatta, a book of short stories published in 1956:

Ethel Campbell Louise Anderson (1883-1958) was…

Review: Lightning Tracks by A. A. Kinsela

Lightning Tracks (Song Gate #1) by A.A. Kinsela

The rider angled the blade so Nick could see the oily residue on the metal.

‘All that’s needed to kill you, boy, is a single cut. A scratch. The poison will do the rest.’ His mask shifted, and Nick could’ve sworn he was smiling. ‘But that wouldn’t be any fun, would it?’

Nick gulped. ‘Why are you doing this?’

The rider leaned closer and hissed,…

Review: All Fall Down by Ellie Marney

All Fall Down (Circus Hearts #2) by Ellie Marney

A ringmaster’s daughter and a bearded lady’s son join forces to stop a saboteur…

Nineteen-year-old Fleur Klatsch is loyal to her trapeze team and her ringmaster father, dedicated to the circus, and tough on everyone around her. After a series of accidents at Klatsch’s Karnival, Fleur is left holding the ball: she’s running the carnival, trying to…

Review: All the Little Bones by Ellie Marney

All the Little Bones (Circus Hearts #1) by Ellie Marney

A teenage trapeze artist and an apprentice strongman on the run from a terrible crime…

Seventeen-year-old Sorsha Neary’s life is changed in one night when she defends herself behind the vans of her family circus troupe. Now Sorsha and apprentice strongman Colm Mackay are travelling south, to evade the fallout and escape the long arm of the…