Top Ten Tuesday :: LOVE

So here are ten loveOzYA books that I love.  =)

1. If I Tell You – Alicia Tuckerman. 

I finished this one just today – watch out for a review coming soon, but I loved this book. I definitely recommend reading it! It’s a contemporary YA love story, set in a tiny town in rural Australia. Make sure you have the tissues nearby!
 

2. Tomorrow When the War Began– John Marsden

John Marsden’s Tomorrow series is probably my all time favourite Australian YA book, and it has held up to multiple rereads without me ever getting sick of it. I talk a bit about it here.

3. A Shadow’s Breath – Nicole Hayes

I read three YA novels by Nicole Hayes last year, and while I liked all of them I think this was my favourite. It’s contemporary YA, and gave me ALL THE FEELINGS (so again with the tissues)

4. The Intern – Gabrielle Tozer
 ‘Finishing school and movie away to uni’ is one of my favourite coming-of-age tropes in Oz YA, and Gabi Tozer does a fantastic job in this book.

5. #LoveOzYA Begin, End, Begin – a short story anthology edited by Danielle Binks

6. The Boundless Sublime – Lilli Wilkinson
I read a couple of books about cults last year, and this was probably my favourite – so creepy!

7. The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl – Melissa Keil
Like The Intern, this is a story about what happens when school is done and you you and your friends are heading in a different directions. It’s set in across the Christmas holidays, and there was something about the characters in this that I just felt made them so perfectly relate-able!

8. Illuminae – Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
YA sci-fi set on a spaceship, I loved the way the story of this book is told in interviews and articles etc like some kind of dossier, rather than a traditional narrative.

9. Fairytales for Wilde Girls – Allyse Near
This book is different to anything I’ve ever read, I think. It’s contemporary YA with a twist of fantasy – maybe magical realism? And its pretty quirky.

10. Draekora (and, tbh, all of the Medoran Chronicles) – Lynette Noni
I’ve talked about this series before (also here), check it out if you haven’t already!

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xo Bron