Rules Of Attraction by Simone Elkeles

Carlos is the second eldest Fuentes brother, moving to live with Alex from the previous book and his girlfriend Brittany.

As Carlos lands himself in trouble in his new school with a guy called Devlin after being set up as a dealer, he is forced to move in with a Professor and his family as Alex knows them.

Carlos however didn't expect to fall for Kiara, the Professor's daughter. We see how the chemistry between them alike his elder brother and his girlfriend soon turns from hard to playful lust and love as the passion and tension heats up despite all the obstacles that Carlos faces, we see how Kiara and her family care and help him. A moving passionate book once again full of drama and gangs.

Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles

It this book, Brittany and Alex know of each other before being forced to be chemistry class partners for the next year.

Popular queen Brittany and gangster Alex send sparks flying as they escape bad home lives, Brittany being pressured by her boyfriend Colin to have sex at last as well as deal with her family wanting to send away her cerebral palsy suffering sister and Alex wants to escape gang life but knows to stay in to protect his mother and younger brothers.

As the couple fall for each other despite Alex first approaching Brittany to do with a bet they discover a passionate and fiery relationship blossoms but as Alex tries to quit the gang, it might cost him his life...

It was full of cheeky romance and friendship as well as fiery passion and clashing of personalities. It shows the pressures on teens around sex and lasting truly loving relationships and discovering who you are and what you care about the most, loyalty and family.

Unstoppable by Dan Freedman

Roxy and Kaine are fourteen years old twins old Kaine is a bitter guy hanging out and causing trouble while his friend Aj is by his side.

With their mum working all hours and their dad jobless now money is tighter than ever.

However the kids futures look bright a possible football star in Kaine and a tennis star in Roxy.

But Kaine is a complex character after the death of his grandma he's after out becoming increasingly angry at the world and his family for not being there. He believes he's second best to them all and gets in trouble at school despite his chance with a football scout he gets taken in to a notorious gang alike his uncle wound up involved in even if his was by accident and soon enough he's in deep and carrying a knife...

For Roxy though her dad pushing her tennis career has ended the fun for HR as he likes on the pressure and drinks a lot to quell his own disappointment in himself being jobless treating her future as his job and controlling her whole life.

However as tragedy strikes second chances are granted but can everybody survive?

In this family both teens are unhappy but see each other as flipping ecstatic unable to see they're unhappy too. Their relationship is utterly broken and by the end of the book we see how they need to actually talk and be open to each other to be truly happy not be snippy with each other how they come across.
I really enjoyed how the characters and up and their contrast as Roxy has a bright future while Kaine looks an escape and winds up in with a gang he knows it wrong to do and the difference in how they cope with their situation after losing their grandma and deal with their pushy and ignorant parents highlights how no one should not tell their parents how they want to live their life!

This book is one you won't want to put down until you've finished, it's a fantastic gritty and gripping story.

Mind The Gap by Phil Earle

When his best friend Mikey's dad, Vinny dies, we witness one boy's efforts he goes to to help his best mate get over and handle the death better than fighting with their estate's gangster, Trev.
Travelling all cross London we encounter people who didn't like Vinny at all by the end of his life unfortunately, as he was a failed big time actor who never got a big break. Meanwhile, Mikey's mum is a drunk and seems uninterested in her son's life.

Inevitability seems to pull Mikey to the underground not just to find his best friend but there he finds something he needed more than anything.

As death can effect us all in different ways, here we witness the anger and frustration after a close death coming out of Mikey showing how not processing it can hold you back as he just wants a reminder of his dad.

A short to the point read about death and it's aftermath, inspired by a real story which sounds fascinating too.