Resistance, by Jaye L. Knight, is the first book in the Ilyon Chronicles: a Christian Fantasy series set in the mythical world of Ilyon. There, a small and widespread group of people secretly worship the One True God, Elôm. The majority of the population, however,...

After finishing Jennifer Gibson's book Sway, which is the first book about the life of Jessie, a hearing impaired and bullied teenager, I immediately started reading Compass, the second book in the series. In Compass, the story is mainly focused on Jessie and Karate, from...

I downloaded Sway by Jennifer Gibson because I needed a book that suited my mood, which was a bad mood mixed with the need to find something to cheer me up, but something that wasn't cheesy or overly romantic. Sway tells the story of Jessie,...

Unearthed is the first book of the Pactem Orbis Legends by Karen Seymour. Gemma Alexandra Pointe is not the girl who's going to save the world. She's not a sports goddess, or a 4.0 student. In all senses of the word, she is average, below...

Truths of Illusion is a collection of short literary fiction stories written by Belangela G. Tarazona. The first two stories stand alone, but the remaining three are linked by a common thread. At the Confessional and Other Calamities is the story of a young girl...

Sons of the Sphinx by Cheryl Carpinello is a historical, time travel fantasy suitable for young adult and pre-teen readers. Rosa is not your ordinary tenth-grader; she hears the voices of dead people and can communicate with them. Her grandmother had the same gift, but...

Fans of action and adventure tales will enjoy reading The Bishop of Canton by Jim Pugmire. Quinn Hawk’s happy life is shattered when his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Eastcastle, are lost at sea. Uncle Renard becomes the new Duke and Quinn’s life takes...

Channel ‘63 is the third book in The Age of Amy Series, a young adult fiction series written by Bruce Edwards. Amy wants to be become an emancipated young adult. She has the legal right to request that status because of the irreconcilable differences between...

So many adjectives come to mind while reading Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite by Lianne Simon. Yet when you speak them aloud, they all seem so inadequate. Poetic, cautionary, bittersweet, eloquent, and even tearjerker just don’t accurately convey the essence of the story. Yet, it...

The Visitor's Choice by Alexander Davidson is the tale of David Wilson: an average young man who likes a laid back lifestyle away from the troubles of his squabbling parents. As usual, he is packed off to stay with a family friend for the summer,...