The Stone Doorway by Cassandra Scherer is an enjoyable, fast-paced YA fantasy. As we learn about the life of Tori McKenna, we are transported from a typical suburban life of a troubled teenager into a fantastical world filled with both wonderment and anguish. For Tori...

Desert Rain could have been adored and showered with gifts like any other Hijn. Instead, she sought isolation, visiting the town on rare occasions, but keeping to herself led the people there to believe her to be a charmer ... until her secret was revealed....

Stories from the Witch Store is a humorous collection of fictional anecdotes written and illustrated by Olga Gutsol. Arelia Waterstone is a fifth generation hereditary witch who owns and runs a magical apothecary in Burnaville. The patrons to her store are plentiful, ranging from desperate...

Finn Lockwood comes from an influential family, but has always dreamed of doing something meaningful on his own. His magical talent is mediocre at best, but he knows he can be of use if he is only given the chance. Hopeful and hardworking to a...

Pride Be Damned: The Toby Garrison Chronicles, Book One is a young adult mystery novel written by Ellen Boyd. Toby was not going to allow his father to dictate the terms of his life and existence, and he was determined to do something about it...

Owl Eyes by Molly Lazer is a dark fantasy novel about learning who you are, and knowing who your real family is. Nora is an orphan living as a servant under Sir Alcander. When she overhears that her father is living in the main house,...

A young man must accept his painful past and face an uncertain future in the young adult novel, The Staircase of Fire by Ben Woodard. Fourteen-year-old Tom Wallace is no stranger to heartbreak and grief. After an unfortunate accident leaves him an orphan and the...

Be Careful What You Wish For by JM Hughson is Volume 1 of The Idlebury Series. The residents of the Kingdom of Idlebury are, well, idle, quite happy to let the king and queen do everything for them. The king heads off on business on...

I am 58 years old. But I must admit that I still enjoy books about teenagers. I loved them when I was a teenager and I love them just as much today. Seeing with Your Eyes Closed by D.R. Kiss is about magic and young...

Targa is almost like any other teenager about to enter the summer before her senior year in high school except for one thing; she is half siren. Being born of a human father and a siren mother, Targa was destined to become a siren like...