Reviewer: Bex Rating: 3 out of 5 Fairies Piercing through the Darkness follows the lives of Kandi and Jonathan, as they both embark on a journey of pain, letting go and dealing with a past that haunt them. This YA psychological thriller, is filled with well-developed tension and characters that are easy to understand and follow. The plot structure moves at a pace with significant highs and lows, allowing the reader to pause for breath before the action builds up again. There were many moments that took me by surprise and had me doing a double take. It was this aspect of the book that I especially liked. At times, I felt that the narrative was a little too simplistic, and I would have liked the characters to have extra depth, especially considering the emotions evident in this book. As an adult reader, a more sophisticated style and language choices would have helped my to become better absorbed. No doubt, however, younger readers will find the style more than appropriate,...

Reviewer: Justine Rating: 4 out of 5 Fairies Read Me Dead by Emerald Barnes had me crying rivers! Emerald was super sneaky, giving us a sleeper story: starting slowly, then reeling you in with an almighty love triangle, and finally the peak of ripping your heart out halfway through.