Taking place in both the past and the present, Searching: The Starlight Chronicles by C.S. Johnson is a stunning fantasy novel that follows a young girl named Raiya. Raiya is a fallen star who was sent to Earth to protect it from the seven sinisters,...

It would be interesting enough to read about an intelligent, likable, very observant seventeen-year-old who is entering womanhood, with all the burgeoning emotions and forays into first love and passion that such a story entails. But add to that the stress of being a “military...

The Other Side of Magik: The First Tale of the Mirror Worlds by Michael Lingaard is the story of two parallel worlds whose fate is in the hands of two teenage boys. Danny is from twenty-first century England where his life is so ordinary that...

Prince Haille had always been made to feel responsible for the death of his beloved mother and queen, since she died giving birth to him. Coupled with the stigma of his mother’s death, he is considered a cripple, an invalid, even a freak, because of...

Cordelia has a monstrous secret, one that no one knows about, not even her adoptive family, nor the society she lives in. Not even her best friend, Wally. Here is the secret — she is a monster in the morning. Cordelia Grey grew up in...

The Stronghold by Sebastian Bendix is a futuristic, post-apocalyptic young adult novel. Bowie Neville grew up in a secluded island stronghold. His parents and others like them escaped the world when the system collapsed, spiraling humanity into a death spin. Raised on stories of man-eating...

Fire and Ice by Michele Barrow-Belisle is the first book in the Faerie Song Saga trilogy. Lorelei Alundra has always had the gift of healing, has always been considered an outsider. She thought the worst of her problems was trying to find a way to...

Catch Me is a young adult and new adult coming of age/social issues story written by Shade Owens. Kaitlyn hadn’t really focused on her sexual identity until that moment when Samantha walked into Mr. Tanore’s English class. She had had a boyfriend until she had...

Dragon's Awakening by Sean Fletcher is the first book in the Heir of Dragons series. Kaylee Richards was just an ordinary girl going on a normal first date before her first day of high school. Things take a turn for the worse when not only...

The Still Sad Music by Shawn Merritt is a sometimes melancholic, but always interesting journey through the coming of age of a troubled young man. Jeffrey is an awkward adolescent, just coming to terms with his feelings and emotions, when both his parents are killed...