Ones to Watch 2025

There are so many great books published that it's easy to lose track through the year.  

Each month we'll be choosing some of our favourite new UK YA book releases and highlighting books to look forward to later in the year.

Keep checking back!

February 

The Deadsoul Project
Dan Smith

Kyle and Lauren Dempsey believe their soldier stepdad is dead, killed in action in Northern Ireland. But then he turns up at their flat in the Alpine Heights tower block, terrifying changed.

One day later, a mysterious virus seems to be running rampant through the building and many residents are dead.

Nobody has ever discovered what really happened – until now …


Mondays are Murder
Ravena Guron

Seventeen-year-old Kay left her sleepy hometown after the devastating death of her friend, Ivy. But when her parents go on holiday without her, Kay is forced to come back to stay with her cousin. And her return comes with a bang. Because when Kay arrives, it's to find an anonymous letter on her bed.

The letter tells her that there will be a thrill on Tuesday, a wreckage on Wednesday, treachery on Thursday, a fire on Friday, sabotage on Saturday, a stabbing on Sunday - and her murder on Monday.

And if Kay can't figure out who is behind the threats, the worst day of the week is about to get deadly.