Suzanna Williams https://suzannawilliams.com/ My news and views on young adult fiction books and a blog about my writer's journey Sun, 09 Jul 2023 14:31:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 Have you got the guts for killing your main character? https://suzannawilliams.com/killing-your-main-character/ https://suzannawilliams.com/killing-your-main-character/#respond Sun, 09 Jul 2023 14:31:23 +0000 https://suzannawilliams.com/?p=1055 Have you got the guts for killing your main character? I’ve been watching ‘Death in Paradise’ on Netflix. For those of you who don’t know the show, it’s light-hearted crime series set on a fictional Caribbean island. It started in 2011 but I don’t watch a lot of TV, so I’ve only just got round to it and I’ve been ...

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]]> https://suzannawilliams.com/killing-your-main-character/feed/ 0 Fi Phillips: Author Interview https://suzannawilliams.com/fi-phillips-author-interview/ https://suzannawilliams.com/fi-phillips-author-interview/#respond Tue, 23 Aug 2022 04:00:00 +0000 https://suzannawilliams.com/?p=3094 Meet Fi Phillips. Author of the Haven Chronicles, a YA series that combines both magic and science fiction published by Burning Chair. She’s here to chat about her latest book, Magic Bound. (Check out my review here) Hiya Fi. Thank you so much for joining me today. I’m loving your swirly magical cover. Here we go with the first question. ...

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]]> https://suzannawilliams.com/magic-bound/feed/ 0 A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #Giveaway https://suzannawilliams.com/good-girls-guide-to-murder-giveaway/ https://suzannawilliams.com/good-girls-guide-to-murder-giveaway/#respond Sun, 13 Feb 2022 10:47:33 +0000 https://suzannawilliams.com/?p=2926 I’ve not done a giveaway for a while, so to celebrate the new covers on my ‘ShockWaves’ series, I’m running a competition for ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ by Holly Jackson. The winner of the 2020 BRITISH BOOK AWARDS’ CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR, (and lots of other awards!) ‘A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder’ by Holly Jackson follows ...

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]]> https://suzannawilliams.com/good-girls-guide-to-murder-giveaway/feed/ 0 The (almost) true story of reading in lockdown https://suzannawilliams.com/the-almost-true-story-of-reading-in-lockdown/ https://suzannawilliams.com/the-almost-true-story-of-reading-in-lockdown/#respond Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:47:23 +0000 https://suzannawilliams.com/?p=2872 She stared at the dwindling collection of books that made up her to-be-read list; her escape from lockdown, the only thing keeping her sane. Her hair sat unevenly just above her shoulders. They’d kept promising her that lockdown would end soon, but it hadn’t come fast enough to prevent her watching three hours of YouTube videos on home haircuts and ...

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]]> https://suzannawilliams.com/the-almost-true-story-of-reading-in-lockdown/feed/ 0 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes #giveaway https://suzannawilliams.com/the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes-giveaway/ https://suzannawilliams.com/the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes-giveaway/#respond Wed, 29 Jul 2020 14:24:51 +0000 https://suzannawilliams.com/?p=2852 Guess what the most wanted book on Amazon is right now? Yes, it’s The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. And I have one lovely shiny, hardback copy to giveaway on my blog during August. A prequel to the Hunger Games, this book tells the story of Coriolanus Snow as he battles his way to win the 10th ...

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]]> https://suzannawilliams.com/the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes-giveaway/feed/ 0 Book Review: The Connelly Boys by Lily Velez https://suzannawilliams.com/book-review-the-connelly-boys/ https://suzannawilliams.com/book-review-the-connelly-boys/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2019 22:46:35 +0000 https://suzannawilliams.com/?p=2712 THE BLURB Witches, magic, mystery, and adventure. The Secret Circle meets Shadowhunters in this addictive new dark fantasy you won’t be able to put down!  The Connelly boys are practically royalty at St. Andrew’s Prep. Popular, wealthy, and devastatingly beautiful, the four brothers have long cast a spell over their classmates and over the sleepy seaport town of Rosalyn Bay, ...

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]]> https://suzannawilliams.com/book-review-the-connelly-boys/feed/ 0 Another book win: Just Don’t Mention It by Estelle Maskame https://suzannawilliams.com/estelle-maskame/ https://suzannawilliams.com/estelle-maskame/#respond Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:59:11 +0000 https://suzannawilliams.com/?p=2663 Just Don’t Mention It: Estelle Maskame’s latest book I’ve done very well at winning books recently and I’m really excited to receive a pre-publication copy of Just Don’t Mention It by Estelle Maskame from the lovely guys over at Black and White Publishing. The one all DIMILY readers have been shouting for … Tyler’s story! Tyler Bruce – hell raiser and ...

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]]> https://suzannawilliams.com/estelle-maskame/feed/ 0 Book review: The Nearest Far Away Place by Hayley Long https://suzannawilliams.com/nearest-far-away-place/ https://suzannawilliams.com/nearest-far-away-place/#respond Sat, 09 Jun 2018 14:30:35 +0000 https://suzannawilliams.com/?p=2641 A book about grief and brothers looking out for each other Being honest, I don’t usually choose books about grief. However, the ‘brothers looking out for each other’ reminded me of Supernatural (and who doesn’t love Sam and Dean?). Not only that, The Nearest Far Away Place by Hayley Long has won multiple awards (not always a good thing).  But, as ...

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]]> https://suzannawilliams.com/nearest-far-away-place/feed/ 0 Another Day by David Levithan – quick review https://suzannawilliams.com/another-day-by-david-levithan-quick-review/ https://suzannawilliams.com/another-day-by-david-levithan-quick-review/#respond Sat, 17 Mar 2018 10:00:00 +0000 https://suzannawilliams.com/?p=2557 I wasn’t going to post today but I finished reading Another Day by David Levithan last night and I had to tell you about it. This will be super quick, so here goes. I read Every Day a couple of weeks back. You can check out my review but, long-story-short, I really liked it … except for the ending. There had to ...

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