Tess Sharpe

Sep 10, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Joy McCullough |Caroline Richmond |Tess Sharpe |Jessica Spotswood

A fictionalized adaptation for teens of the Holocaust survival story Zail shared in her self-published adult memoir, The Tattooed Flower (2006). Switching between Australia in 1982 and Europe during the Holocaust, this work presents two distinct first-person narratives connected by one life. The late-20th-century storyline is a work of shallow realistic fiction about teenage Lisa, whose comfortable life is disrupted when her beloved father is diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Jul 12, 2024 | sonderbooks.com | Tess Sharpe

Review posted July 12, 2024 Little, Brown and Company, 2024. 408 pages. Review written June 10, 2024, from a library book. Starred Review 2024 Sonderbooks Stand-out: #2 More Teen Fiction The Girl in Question is a sequel to the amazing thriller The Girls I've Been, and yes, it's a worthy successor. If you like thrillers even a little bit, pick these two up. I won't say too much about the plot, because I don't want to give away the twists from the first book.

May 15, 2024 | crimereads.com | Tess Sharpe

There’s nothing I love more than sitting down with a queer mystery or thriller—obviously, as a writer of the genres myself! The twists, the turns, the “oh my god!” moments, there’s nothing like it. Add the riches of queer history, the complexity of queer identity, and the double-lives queer people often have to live and you’ve got a recipe for a killer thriller. Across YA and Adult, queer mystery and thriller are catching steam, throwing out convention and leaving us gasping at that final twist.

Dec 6, 2023 | fivebooks.com | Benjamin Dean |Tess Sharpe |Holly Jackson |Kathleen Glasgow

Before we get to the books themselves, can you define what you mean by thrillers, as opposed to mysteries or crime fiction? These categories are so blurred together. All the books I’ve recommended have really strong mystery elements, which I love in a book. I think mysteries tend to revolve around something that happened in the past, while thrillers are focused on something that’s going to happen in the future.

Aug 17, 2023 | waterstones.com | Alice Oseman |Becky Albertalli |Tess Sharpe |Erik Brown

With the fifth volume of Alice Oseman's graphic novel classic Heartstopper very much in the vanguard, romantic YA fiction reached a whole other level this year. From queer love stories by Becky Albertalli, Tess Sharpe and Erik J. Brown to riotous romcoms from Priyanka Taslim and Michelle Quach, indulge your passions with our pick of the best.