Age Category: YA

Uptown Oracle Reads… My Side of the Diamond

My Side of the Diamond follows Jazmin as she reiterates the story of how her best friend Becky died. She didn’t just die though, she vanished. Just like magic, as Becky jumped from St Pauls Cathedral but her body never hit the ground. The same thing happened years earlier to Skye and Lazarus, but nothing…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Ninth Circle

When little sister Hartley goes missing Aiva must rejoin the family business of demon hunting to help Tala find her. Their search takes them into Dublin’s criminal underground. Where the gangs are led by demons and for every circle up they go the danger increases. I’ve read a lot of fantasy books but not many that…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Last Namsara

Asha is a dragon hunter. The fiercest, most feared person in the city of Firgaard and branded the Iskari. The old stories give power to dragons, and so the stories have been outlawed by the Dragon King. What he doesn’t know is that his daughter uses these stories to help catch them. As Asha learns…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Voiceless

When Addy was 13 Maunga Richards stole her voice. Living with Vox Pox, Addy must relearn to write and live with her brothers invention for her to communicate. But when Theo is infected as well, Addy goes to confront Maunga to try and get Theo’s voice back. But when in a virtual psychoreality simulator she…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

Sybel has grown up with only her father’s teachings and the forgotten beasts of eld. When one day a baby is given into her care, she must learn to love and care for him. When Coren returns years later for the boy, Sybel’s world is turned around all over again. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Fallen Flame

19 years ago a small baby with charred skin as rough as rock was found on Garlin. Vala grew up to be feared for her cursed skin, but the royal family welcomed her as a guard. When the High Kingdoms Queen and Princess are to visit, the prince needs extra protection after an assassination attempt. What…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Nyxia

Ten recruits have been chosen by Babel to go into space to mine a substance called Nyxia. On the way journey Emmett must train and fight for his place to be allowed to go down onto Eden. To create a new life for himself and earn the money to help his family back home. But…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Burning Girl

The Burning Girl is a coming of age story of best friends Cassie and Julia. As their paths diverge, Cassie starts to make more and more decisions which could endanger not just their friendship but her life. Julia worries but can Cassie really be saved? I wasn’t quite sure what The Burning Girl was about…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown follows Trynne as a threat rises for the kingdom of Ceredigion. Trynne has grown up learning to be strategic and have a military mind, so when it comes to defending her kingdom, will she become the warrior she’s destined to be? Or the Wizr her parents want from her? I keep started…