Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • An Ancient Witch’s Guide to Modern Dating – Cecilia Edward

    Simon & Schuster November 2025 Publisher: Atria Australia (November 25, 2025) ISBN13: 9781761635267 LIST PRICE: AU$ 34.99 / NZ$ 39.99 It absolutely is not a Christmas themed book but it would make a great gift for a YA/NA reader in your circle because aside from anything else, it’s SO pretty! Look at those sprayed page…

  • If I Have to be Haunted – Miranda Sun

    Harper Collins Australia October 2021 ISBN: 9780008612443 ISBN 10: 0008612447 Imprint: Magpie Books GB RRP: $24.99 Can’t let the little ones have all the fun for Halloween! This is a debut YA novel for which I recently wrote teaching notes**** and it was a really good mash-up of family, ghosts/horror, quest and rom-com. Cara is a serious student,…

  • The Unexpected Mess of it All- Gabrielle Tozer

    Harper Collins Australia May 2024 ISBN: 9781460761441 ISBN 10: 1460761448 Imprint: HarperCollins AU RRP: $19.99 Oh yes, a rom-com that will have your young readers absolutely in paroxyms of delight! This was just so engaging from the very first page, and I loved every word, character and certainly, the outcome. Jamila Dakhoul feels her life is in a…