Essence by A.L Waddington is a YA paranormal romance unlike any other that I’ve read, and is a great start to a unique series with an interesting premise. When seventeen-year-old Jocelyn meets her new neighbor, Jackson, he’s an instant hit with her friends and family,...

JR Wirth has set Destiny's Lot, A Halloween Love Story, in a time when life was simpler. There was no social media, mobile phones or email. People actually had to use a dial-up telephone, write a letter or communicate face-to-face. Children congregated together and interacted...

Desert Dwellers Born By Fire is a young adult science fiction novel by author Sarah Bergstrom, and the first book in The Paintbrush Saga. The desert dwellers of the title are a young trio - Khalid, Lahcen and Qeriya - siblings cut off from the...

The Ruby of Helios by Scott Collins is the third novel in the Scepter series and follows the first two books, Scepter and The Emerald of Phaunos. Four teenagers are on a mission to free their parents and end the rule of the evil wizard...

The Keeper's Flame (A Pandoran Novel, #2) by Barbara Kloss is the second book in this young adult fantasy series. Five months have passed since Daria Regius arrived home, but the welcome was anything but heartwarming. The king (her grandfather) has stripped her of her...

The Creature of the Wildcard by Jon Fischer is a young adult fantasy that is also heavy on metaphysical philosophy. The story is complicated, but it is intended to leave the reader in a psychedelic state. Alaric Fischer is a successful artist, but he wants...

Creepy Vampire Drive-in is a young adult contemporary adventure fantasy written by Ronnie Stich. Alicia was wrapped up in some particularly puzzling math homework when she was interrupted by the ringing of her cell phone. It was her best friend Kathy calling, and she had...

Jessie Low Gan’s book, Misty, is set on Earth, but Misty herself has been trained by the government of Tetris from when she was eight years old. She is now fifteen and determined to do her part in banishing the forces of evil from the...

“James felt an extremely personal pain at this that he could not explain, as well as a low, bubbling rage that he could. Arrogance. Again. At the deaths of men. The last thing he wanted was to be there, dripping, among a troupe of heartless...

Artemis Ravenwing, the rightful heir to the throne of Blackwen City, struggles to accept her dhampir heritage as she plots to confront Arlina, who murdered her mother to usurp the title of Mistress of Blackwen. Artemis and her allies are heading to Westyron, a human-run...