Take a look at our new book picks for teens and young adults this May! Includes titles by Lisa Heathfield, Wren James, Kai Spellmeier and more.
All these books are available to borrow for free with your library card.
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The Between-Worlds B&B
Amy Mae Baxter
Margo is bored. It’s the summer before she graduates, she has no idea where her life is going and she’s really not enjoying her job as a lifeguard (she loves swimming, but all she gets to do is watch people swim).
When Margo gets locked out one evening, she checks into a lovely B&B she’s never noticed. Rooms are available for £24.50 (the exact amount in her bank account!) and she’s greeted by surprisingly handsome receptionist, Finn.
The rooms are cosy, there’s even a grand library and a huge swimming pool, and the breakfast smells amazing. But Margo soon suspects that it’s all too perfect, and that magic is in the air. She’s fairly sure that one of the other guests is a fairy princess, for one thing.
Finn soon tells Margo that this is a B&B for magical beings. But Margo is pretty sure she doesn’t have a magical bone in her body, so what is she doing there?
This Boy I Hardly Know
Lisa Heathfield
Sixteen-year-old Dusty is smart, talented and fiercely protective of her younger sister Poppy. They’ve been moved from foster carer to foster carer, until one day the unthinkable happens: Dusty and Poppy are separated.
Dusty is sent to a children’s home in a different town; Poppy to a family hundreds of miles away. No one can say when they will see each other again. Devastated but determined, Dusty has to find a way to reach Poppy.
Everything seems stacked against her until she meets beautiful, fearless Cooper at the home, and together they decide to run.
What follows is a heart-breaking love story, road movie, tense police hunt, and hope-filled celebration of sibling bonds and kindness, which shines a light on a failing care sector where a quarter of children are living apart from their siblings.
The Victors
Wren James and Beth Fuller
At fifteen, Dirk Earnest led the world to victory in a savage battle against the evil overload Rárog and his demon horde. Now he’s just a normal second year university student – or he’s trying to be.
As the heroic poster boy for fighting evil, Dirk has many adoring fans who follow his every move, but he’s crushingly lonely.
Cue his new housemate, Medusa de la Nuage: art student, former demon soldier, war criminal – and Dirk’s nemesis.
With Dirk haunted by the ghosts of his past, and Medusa’s desire for human connection battling her demonic nature, the two are about to discover that the best friend you need most might be your (ex) mortal enemy.
Boy Friends
Kai Spellmeier
Get ready for a heart-flipping, swoon-worthy story about friendship, courage and the kind of love that changes everything. Perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Sophie Gonzales.
Luca has loved Simo for as long as he can remember. But confessing? That could ruin everything. And in their tiny, cosier-than-cosy seaside town, there would be nowhere to hide.
Then an anonymous post on the community noticeboard blows his secret wide open – and suddenly, everyone is shipping them hard. Luca and Simo have no choice but to face the truth. Will they risk it all for love – or lose each other for ever?
Alecto Gray Will Hunt You Down
Laure Eve
When a boy in her town starts claiming that a demon is stalking him, Alecto Landry has no choice but to investigate. After all, that’s exactly what her brother Lucas said, right before he died.
Soon, Alecto’s investigation leads her to a far-reaching conspiracy – with two warring factions at its heart – as she uncovers a sinister underbelly to her small seaside town. Armed only with her razor-sharp wit and a talent for getting into trouble, Alec endures threats and kidnappings, and even the spark of a new romance, in order to get to the truth.
But can she handle the truth or will the twisted darkness at the heart of the mystery destroy her as well?
The Last Vampire
Romina Garber
When a boarding school opens in a once-condemned manor buried deep in the woods, Austen-loving Lorena Navarro enrolls hoping to find her own Mr. Darcy.
Instead, she finds a coffin where William Pride, the world’s last vampire, was sleeping.
After hibernating for nearly three centuries, William is desperate to find his family so he relies on Lorena, not just for blood, but to help him. Soon he realises he’s the last hope for his kind’s return to power.
Now, torn between protecting the humans he’s grown fond of and fulfilling his dark fate, William must make a choice. Will he sacrifice his species for love or embrace his destiny at last?