Age Category: YA

Uptown Oracle Reads… Flawed

In a world where making a poor decision is a punishable offence, Celestine North has been living her life perfectly. But one wrong decision means Celestine is branded flawed. Celestine’s perfect life is going to be completely different to how she had planned. I loved the premise of the book. Society is removing poor decisions…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Goodbye Days

After Carver loses his three best friends due to a car crash, he has multiple Goodbye Days to heal his grief. Carver can’t stop blaming himself for the accident. As we skip between before and after the accident, we see different relationships, family dynamics, and problems that people have. Zetner portrays multiple issues throughout Goodbye…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Clockwork Princess

Clockwork Princess is the finale in The Infernal Devices Trilogy. As Mortmain continues to build his infernal devices, the Shadowhunters must keep Tessa safely out of his hands, whilst also protecting the Nephilim. I think I might actually prefer the second book. I know right? Basically unheard of for a trilogy. The problems I have…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Paper Butterflies

June is a butterfly trapped in a net. As she tries to get free, her paper wings are torn and damaged. Paper Butterflies follows June’s dark home life as she gains hope in the form of Blister, a boy in the woods. Will he be able to free her from the net, unbroken? I haven’t…
Uptown Oracle Reads… No Ordinary Star

In 2525, Humans no longer need to sleep or eat, they have small tablets for that. The Clockmaster summons the ‘perfect’ soldier to the North Pole as the Great Clock needs fixing. When there he comes across the girl, an outsider, and they must work together to ensure peace. No Ordinary Star is the first…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Clockwork Prince

Clockwork Prince is the 2nd book in the Infernal Devices Trilogy. The Shadowhunters and Tessa are searching for Mortmain before he unleashes a demon/automaton army. Clockwork Prince avoids the middle book slump that a lot of trilogies endure. The first book was good but this book was definitely better in my eyes. One of the…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Clockwork Angel

Clockwork Angel is the first in a trilogy of books. This series is a prequel to The Mortal Instruments, also written by Cassandra Clare. Tessa traveled to London to live with her brother, when he appears missing she is captured. Saved by Will, Tessa lives within the institute with the Shadowhunters helping to find Nate,…
Uptown Oracle Reads… City of Heavenly Fire

The final book in The Mortal Instruments Series, City of Heavenly Fire, meets expectations. It wraps up the story nicely, with a fast plot and a good continuing focus on characters. At 600 pages, City of Heavenly Fire is the longest book in the series. I think this was needed as the majority of this…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Royal Bastards

Action, magic, betrayal, romance… What more could you ask for from a YA fantasy? Royal Bastards not only delivers, but manages to pull it off as unpredictable. Starting this book I didn’t really get into it straight away. I didn’t really like Tilla, our main protagonist. Consequently, it’s in her POV, so I wasn’t quite…