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5 ~ Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr: A slightly dark faery tale where ancient rituals clash with the modern world, and suddenly the rules that have kept Aislinn safe (a human can see malevolent normally invisible faeries) don’t seem to be working anymore. A story of fate mixed with burgeoning love is always intruiging if never entirely original.

4 ~ My Fat Mad Teenage Diary by Rae Earl: A hilarious insight into teenage dramas that takes an often poignant but never self pitying look at mental health problems and eating disorders. Desperate for love, I often felt guilty laughing at some of the situations but ultimately this is a touching story that gently nudges it’s messages across rather than batters you over the head with it.

3 ~ What The Dickens by Gregory Maguire: My beloved Greg, author of the amazing Wicked and Son of a Witch writes a children’s fairy tale that is a twist on an old classic (what else?) what-The Dickens is the name of a rogue tooth fairy, the anti-hero of a story told to two children during a fierce storm by their uncle. Flipping between the two stories draws interesting parallels as characters real and fictional (in story context) struggle to find their place in the world. maddeningly ambigious about whether the story told within the story is real or not…

2 ~ Luuurve is a many trousered thing by Louise Rennison: They may be written for teenage girls, but i freaking love the hilarious, genuinely witty continuing adventures of clueless selfish red bottomed minx Georgia Nicholson. She doesn’t really mature much in this story and how she snares three men on her rack of love is beyond me. Still perhaps laughter not food is the way to a mans heart.

1 ~ Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling: It was never going to satisfy everyone and the pressure must have been absolutely immense, but i found the final tome of the adventures of Harry and co to be ultimately rewarding with few frustrations. Plot twists abound with many threads tied up going back to the first book. JK is a great writer, and I am eager to read it again, before I start the whole series from the beginning. Two quite upsetting deaths (among many!) add to the pathos of the novel and entire series…