A library in every primary: what £10m means | Series 1, Episode 35
Season 1, Episode 35 of the School Reading List podcast. New book post, 30 great books for October 2025 and A library in every primary: what £10m means.
Recommended reading books for primary & secondary aged children in the UK
Charlotte Ingham is a fantasy and romance writer from South Wales. She is the author of A Match Made in Hell, her debut novel published in September 2025 through Pink Powder. It features Willow White, who, after dying, must complete seven tasks and resist seven sins in order to return to human life. The deal she makes involves temptation and moral challenges.
She writes under her own name and maintains an author website where she describes her work as combining fantasy, humour and romance.
Charlotte Ingham’s debut is listed with Simon & Schuster and Pan Macmillan among her publishers.
Season 1, Episode 35 of the School Reading List podcast. New book post, 30 great books for October 2025 and A library in every primary: what £10m means.
Romantasy books for teens including titles by Sarah J. Maas, Cassandra Clare, Holly Black, Marissa Meyer, Sue Lynn Tan, Kerri Maniscalco, Gabriela Romero Lacruz, Amie Kaufman, Patrice Caldwell, and Erin A. Craig.
September 2025’s book club includes titles by Mikey Please, Maudie Powell-Tuck, Yolanda T. Marshall, Michael Morpurgo, Susan Martineau, Lisa Williamson, Kieran Larwood, Cynthia Murphy, Anna Zoe Quirke, and Charlotte Ingham.
A Match Made in Hell is a slow-burn romantasy that combines demon-slaying with lusting after the bad boy. It will appeal to fans of Netflix’s Lucifer and A Court of Thorns and Roses.
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