Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Daisy, Bold & Beautiful is a delightful story about an inspiring young girl It must be some kind of cruel trick, right? First day in a new school after moving into a cramped new place on April Fool’s Day? What middle-schooler wouldn’t be anxious? For DJ, the anxiety over her first day at Kirkland Heights […]
A fast-paced tale that whimsically hearkens a bygone era. Witches and werewolves and wizards, oh my! Dusk is the beginning of the epic Runemaster saga penned by Rey Clark. On the eve of adulthood, Mira Hultgren is met with a horrific tragedy. Her mother is dying in the middle of the ransacked apartment they share
UpSpark is a new inspirational fiction novel geared toward young adults or anyone looking to develop a sunnier outlook. Enya, 18, gets some terrible, but not entirely unexpected news; she inherited her dad’s Huntington’s. The diagnosis is not an immediate death sentence, but more like a slow miserable demise that steals your independence and dignity
An awe inspiring journey through space and time. When a wormhole spits out an unexpected object, Captain Ekels just happens to be in the right place at the right time. Sure, he’s been shunned by the scientific community and his ship is not performing any glorious mission, but the discovery of a stasis pod with
Fada and his wife have just experienced the joy of adding a son to their small family. Mere days after the birth of the boy, a dark sorcerer named Behas makes his way by night to the family with the goal of murdering the child. With the help a few of his powerful jinn, Behas
Johnny Sparks has always had his head in the clouds, but his life is quite average. He has great friends and does well enough in school, but for Johnny, a common life has never been quite enough. Then, in a split-second, his ordinary life is tossed out the window. Johnny and his friends become something
A brilliant and charming story some 200 years in the making. Finally, it seems that Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth have everything they’ve ever wanted. After a couple blissful years of marriage and a healthy young son added to a growing family, their lives have settled into a wonderfully mundane routine of domestic bliss. Calm family
At age eighteen, Opal must undertake a Choosing where she will be paired with a gemstone that will become an influential part of her life from that moment onward. Putting even more pressure on her Choosing, immediately afterwards Opal is to become a leader of her clan, and she knows that she will only keep
A thoughtfully written fantasy novel. Tellie has lived a lot of life in her 14 years. She was orphaned and subsequently adopted by relatives who value Tellie only for her free labor at their Inn. But nothing could prepare her for the night a menacing group of men with dubious motives wanders into the Inn.
All Giels has ever wanted is to take his place as Lead Storyteller and marry his longtime love interest, Cleo. Lead Storyteller is a prestigious position and is accompanied with special privileges, meaning Giels isn’t the only person hoping to gain the title. So he spends his days practicing the Equis recitation in preparation for
Sam Binks lives with his grandmother in a lighthouse on Silver Moon Cove. Despite his young age, the eight year old takes his responsibility of protecting Granny from pirates very seriously. Although, since there have never been pirates in his lifetime, the threat of them arriving on Silver Moon Cove doesn’t seem likely. When Sam
An entertaining read and a captivating story. Brynte has recently inherited the throne from a father that had earned a bad reputation within the land. In an effort to make peace with those of another land, Brynte has also been pressured into an arranged marriage to the young Princess Istonia, whom he has never met.
The dazzling result of an inspired imagination! Emma Lie is nothing if not driven. She has worked hard to achieve her carefully laid plans, despite emotional turmoil caused years earlier by her father. In a few weeks, Emma is poised to leave home for Harvard with a full scholarship. And up until a handsome stranger
If Nancy Drew ever found herself in a Goosebumps story, it would feel a lot like Grace’s Ghosts. Intrepid twelve-year-old Grace is sort of a loner among the living. She is just wrapping up another typically frustrating school year and after a perfectly awful last day of sixth grade, summer break can’t get here quickly
“Why do we feel the necessity to change? We invent a form of danger to deepen our reflection about who we are.” Hybrids, Volume Two: Vengeance moves on seamlessly from the first book in the series. The action begins immediately with Theo and Jack hurtling through space in a crowded transport ship. Jack and his
There is a battle happening on the high seas. In the blink of an eye, four men, once at war, suddenly find themselves dazed in a small boat heading toward a lighthouse. Confusion reigns and the keeper of the lighthouse, Virginia, has few answers for the sailors. When Virginia presents a map of the area,
Nothing is simply black or white in the high fantasy novel All or None. On one hand there is Royiora Daralkaen. Roy is a young boy filled with magic that he has no idea how to control. When two compassionate mages find Roy on the street, basically a starving orphan, they take him in to
The Nexus Mirror is as thrilling as it is creative. What happens when a comic book writer discovers that his creations are in fact a reality? For Raiden Williams, an ordinary human, this scenario lands him in the middle of a rebellion. A young girl at the school where Raiden works has a special gift.
A flawlessly written thriller! Because Jenny survived a barbaric punishment ritual meted out by a secretive group, she is now in a position to root out the evil from within. As her body heals from nearly catastrophic injuries, Jenny has time to study up on the mysterious organization she is destined to take her place
Dave Walker adds unexpected depth and intrigue to the storyline. Tera, like all of the inhabitants of Missio, is never without her spark, a glowing counterpart that is widely used in communication. Since sparks disintegrate when the person they associate with dies, it seems like an impossibility when Tera finds a still-living spark by itself.
Lauren Trickey demonstrates great talent and creativity in her writing. Despite a host of jealousies and differences that exist between them, a group of teenage girls that attend the same school are drawn together by a special bond. They all share a unique and unimaginable quality: Magic runs through their veins. After a powerful witch
The Order of the Key is a real treat for anybody. Jacklyn ‘Jacks’ Madison is at a milestone in life, her eighteenth birthday! After an emotionally exhausting day at school where she dominated at a track meet and then punched a bully in the face, Jacks hopes for a calm evening with her mom and
Sandra Vasher is a talented author who shines in the fantasy genre. Sisters of the Perilous Heart takes place thousands of years in the future, AAH (After the Arrival of Humans) on a planet called Keplar. A highly engineered virus from Earth, dubbed the Immortality Virus, causes fever, aches, fatigue, confusion, and for many, endless
Transference is wildly entertaining and difficult to put down. It is the 22nd century and transference is big business administered by the Church. The process allows a person’s consciousness to migrate from one body to another, over and over as needed. The potential to humanity is unlimited, but the Church isn’t altruistic in its choices.
