War World: A Novel by Rod C. Spence is a fantastic blend of fantasy, science fiction, and adventure, a novel with a strong appeal for fans of young adult fantasy. The reader is thrust into the world of the author right off the bat, with...

Najee: A Glimmer of Hope by Sarah Y. Westmoreland is the first entry in the Najee Series and a compelling blend of science fiction and fantasy with a colorful setting and characters readers will enjoy. Many people, like fourteen-year-old Akinia, have never known peace in...

When you read Darkness Descends (The Twisted Climb) you will find J.C. Kavanagh brings up a topic many have often wondered about; can dreams be connected? This is the author's second book featuring Connor, Jayden, Max, and Richard as they explore this world made of...

Seventeen-year-old Toekin has spent the last six years on his own, hiding from the evil Emperor and his powerful warriors and the madman who stole his parents. The last word his mother said to Toekin was “Hide” and that’s what he’s been doing. And very...

Out of Sight (Progenitor, Book 1) by Matthew S. Cox is set in the distant future, where united Earth is heavily polluted, overpopulated and socially dreary. Earth Government Security Force (EGSF) offers governance and safety but not freedom. Sixteen-year-old Sima Nuvari is an Outcast, begging...

Scavenger Girl: Season of Talium by Jennifer Arntson is a gripping young adult fantasy with a fascinating setting and strong characters. The season is Talium in the world of Ashlund and it's a horrible one. It's constantly dark during this season. It is also cold,...

Renegade: Black Dawn 0.5 by Mallory McCartney is a gripping YA fantasy with a strong narrator and very interesting characters. We enter Kiero, an empire that has experienced prosperity in past years, but that prosperity is about to be broken as a powerful and ruthless...

Risan Ingel possesses the strongest soul in the human world, the strongest to ever exist. Or at least that is what Light, the angel from Henava, tells him along with the news that he is about to be hunted and possessed by denom. Risan is...

Time Next by Carolyn Cohagan is the second installment in The Time Zero Trilogy, preceded by book one, Time Zero. Manhattan has been taken over and is being ruled by hard-core fundamentalists. The main character, Mina, and her friends – known as the Manhattan Five...

Highly atmospheric and elegantly written, The Brute: A Novel by Mike Klaassen is a young adult novel that is as mesmerizing as it is deeply affecting, exploring a young man’s journey to what really defines him when a tempest hits a campsite. On a prairie...