The Chartron Chronicles: A Shattered Stone is an epic fantasy novel for children and young adults written by Kit Michaels. The new year’s crop of incoming freshmen sat nervously at their desks, waiting for the clock to hit the eighth hour. Jimmy Chartron was one...

Gamain was one of the kingdom's greatest treasures. He foresaw wars, attacks, betrayals. He hadn't, however, predicted his own abduction, or being left to rot inside a cold, dank cell with only a spider for company. The king viewed him as a trusted ally. Determined...

The Vikings of Loch Morar by William D. Burt is an interesting and fun blend of family adventure, mystery, science fiction, and historical fiction. This book is the second in the Creation Seekers series. I had not read the first book but I had no...

Wind of Choice by Marty C. Lee is the first book in the Unexpected Heroes series. Ahjin dreams of one day becoming a skydancer and joining his parents' troupe, but all his dreams quickly vanish when he receives news he's been chosen as a priest...

Stephen Kruse’s exhilarating young adult book, Squires of Rainecourt, chronicles the adventures of a young warrior who becomes one of the Prince’s men in an attempt to be knighted. Young and curious, Henry Fairfax joins the team with excitement. However, unlike the rest of the...

Ending the war is one thing. Becoming queen is another affair entirely. Kitlyn and Oona have come a long way from the young women who successfully ended the war between Lucernia and Evermoor, but their fight is far from over. With the revelation of King...

A twisty young adult fantasy, Crocotta's Hackles by Katharine E. Wibell is an interesting third entry in The Incarn Saga, featuring a splintering kingdom and a young heroine on an impossible mission. It’s a narrative that blends legend with the action of the present to...

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...

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...

Queen to Ashes is a work of epic fantasy for young adults, penned by author Mallory McCartney. Forming the second book in the Black Dawn series, this instalment focuses on heroine Emory Fae as she steps out of the world of humanity and into that...