With Shadow of the Darkwood by Andrew Alexander Miller, the Trials of Arden begin. Arden, who had to choose his own name, is the heir to the throne. One day, he makes a new friend, Taril, who is the youngest of three brothers, and usually...

Teenage angst, unreasonable parents, family secrets and ghosts – Lost on the Water by D.G. Driver has it all, and more. Fourteen-year-old Dannie is uprooted from her home in California and sent to spend the summer with her grandmother in rural Tennessee. Almost immediately she...

In M. Ainihi’s second book, Lost, from her Blood Inheritance series, Amanda is plagued by visions and a monster that invades her sleep and wakes her with bruises. She doesn’t know what the visions are trying to tell her, so she tries to find the...

The Silver Six is the second novel in the Uncanny Valley series by C.A. Gray. Readers are once again taken on an exciting adventure. Rebecca Cordeaux has learned that her mother is the mysterious leader M of the renegades. Considering that her mother had...

Where You Lead is an adventure mystery novel for young adults written by Leslea Wahl. Eve was a somewhat typical high school sophomore who suddenly found herself confronted by something so strange that it made her wonder if she had something physically wrong with her...

Cradle Gift is the second book in the Faerie Legacy Series by Patricia Bossano, a fantasy with a strong appeal for young adult readers. When Maité is born, Nahia bestows on her a precious gift, an event she would not remember until fifteen years...

Kameron Williams has written a novel about the world before the moon shone in the night sky. The Time Before The Moon is the story of Omi, who, at first, seems like any of a dozen other boys. He seeks the best flint for his...

Amira is trying to let go. Let him go. But the strings attached to first love are too strong to be traded in for a weak substitute. She tries, though, until she can try no more. When Amira’s estranged parents announce that they are going...

Cate Decker and the Kye by LC Kolm and M Trenta is a wonderful meld of fantasy and adventure that has the potential to entice both young and adult readers. Eleven-year-old Cate Decker has led an ordinary life, until the search for her cat in...