The Elixir: A Bud Hutchins Urban Fantasy by JB Michaels is an exciting, contemporary, action-adventure story. It’s the second in a series and takes place in Chicago, picking up on adventures from the previous story. Wisecracking, teleporting private investigator Bud and his android friend, Bert,...

Reading B Fleetwood's Chroma: Imogen's Secret, the first volume in the Chroma series, is like taking in a breath of fresh air. Yet, the story of Imogen will keep readers on their toes throughout the entire book. Imogen Reiner, a 17-year-old young woman, has deep...

Esme’s Wish is a captivating, excellently-written novel. Author Elizabeth Foster did a great job of keeping me reading as I followed Esme’s journey to investigate the disappearance of her mother, a brilliant painter. A messenger bird and a trail of clues in her mother’s art...

The Girl Who Saved Ghosts: The Unbelievables, Book 2 is a time-travel paranormal fantasy novel for young and new adults written by K.C. Tansley. Kat was way too familiar with ghosts popping up when she least expected them and asking for her help. She had...

Forgotten: The Lost Children Trilogy, Book 1 is a paranormal fantasy novel for young adults and new adults written by Krista Street. Lena had been hitchhiking for four months now, and something about Little Raven, Colorado finally seemed to resonate with her. She had no...

Life Bank by Magus Tor is a novella following the life of Daniel Chia, and chronicling the consequences he faces after making a deal with an otherworldly being. After a fruitless interview, merely one in a string of them, Daniel is approached by a man...

The Immortal Guardians by Alynne McFaye follows a seemingly ordinary girl named Jessalyn Squalorwinde, who finds herself at the center of a centuries-old battle between good and evil. When she's attacked by the demonic henchmen of the Shadow King, Theorin Valen, her grandmother Josephine reveals...

Reminiscence by Amy Marie is the first book in the Statera Saga. Nora Hutchinson's dreams are getting eerie, almost like memories of places she's never been before. When a mysterious man saves her, the story he tells her is beyond insane: he was born centuries...

A great work in the urban fantasy genre, Nadia Rising by Forrest Dartt is a compelling story with extraordinary characters and twists that readers won’t see coming. Dartt’s imagination creates mythical characters like the Simurgh and others with extraordinary powers. This is a masterpiece...

Soothed by Magic: Hidden Coven Series, Book 2 is an urban fantasy novel written by Kim McDougall. Bobbi was in love again, deeply and passionately, with someone her friends found to be a most unlikely love object in a surprisingly fast and unexpected turn-about from...