“For two hundred years, only boys have been born into the Melchior family – that is, until Henrietta Madeline Melchior came into the world, followed by a trio of shrieks eleven years, eight months and nine and a half days ago.” – Ashleigh Meikle reviews Hapless Hero Henrie by Petra James

I don’t only write YA fiction – I read it. This has very little to do with remaining abreast of the market so much as indulging in a real and rewarding pleasure. YA literature is prioritised over the many books stacked on my bedside table (and beneath the bed and on the floor, subscribing optimistically […]