May, a high schooler who goes by Garlic on the MMORPG Zenix Online, bumps into Finn, a high schooler from another school and a Rogue in the game, and they quickly become acquaintances. Garlic introduces Finn to Bodvar, an older player and Garlic’s friend, who...

Many readers may feel uncertain about the future but lack the tools to move forward. Suneet Bhatt shines a light on the path in Making Sense of Purpose: How to Gain Clarity, Build Momentum, and Find Your Kiran (a ray of light). Readers will be...

Mayhem in the Mountains by Jane Loeb Rubin opens with eighteen-year-old Ella deciding to leave Brooklyn behind and head to the Catskills with her younger brother, Robbie, in search of relatives. It is set in the 1920s, a time that shapes so much of what...

Murasaki: Seasons of the Sword Book 4 by David Kudler is about Kano Murasaki, also called Risuko, a girl growing up during Japan’s civil war. After her father is disgraced and sent away, her mother ends up selling her to a hidden school where girls...

In Jennifer Conklin's Misdirect, Shane Whitmore expects his final year of high school to revolve around soccer training until a violent mistake places him in the path of a man searching for a missing girl named Wren. The attacker believes Shane knows where she is...

Sofia Nova brings us endearing fantasy fiction in Maradonia and the Guardians of the Portal. On their way home from a trip to see their family, siblings Maya and Joey Swanson are caught in a storm at sea. When the ocean wins the battle against...

In 1927, Samantha and JoAnn meet while pretending to be boys so they can play baseball, a sport where girls are not welcome, in Must Be Friends by Corey Johnson. After a violent incident leaves JoAnn’s guardian dead, the girls decide to remain together and...

More to Life by Emily Camp is a young adult romance that follows Brynn, a college student, and two brothers, Levi and Noah, each of whom plays a pivotal role in her journey. It goes between the present and the summer she was forced to...

When seventeen-year-old Noelle Ehrlich, an aspiring ballet dancer, is asked to pick up her younger sister, Whitney, from day camp because their mother, Joanna, has not, she immediately knows something is wrong. This was so unlike their mother. After several failed attempts to reach her,...

Miscreant: The Darkov Series Book 1 by Kynsie Cole is a dystopian fantasy that describes the incredible journey of Nova, a teen born to a prominent Ghandrian highborn family. Unknown to Nova, her world is about to be overturned, and she will experience unimaginable adversity...