In Crown of Thorns, Mimi Deipz took me on a journey through the Moonshroud and Ember Courts, both of which are in a heap of magical trouble because of the weakening of their only source of power, the Wellspring. The story follows Princess Elara and...

In Elizabeth Mowery’s The Unwanted Alliance, Adeline Bigsby is a seventeen-year-old girl who lives with her family. She unlocks a rusty gate behind her backyard and enters a hidden realm where time in her world stops. There, she trains with a fighter named Jesse under...

The Treasure of Askelon by Daren Hatfield is the first book in the Dragonrook series. It introduces orphan Arthur Cross, whose journey becomes a swashbuckling odyssey across desert wastes and pirate-infested seas. Marauders led by the brutal and fearsome Thaddeus Schark raid the orphanage, seeking...

The Whirring by Will J. Donnel is a multi-generational fantasy told by Lytie, an Irish-American matriarch. The story focuses on her family's unique mystical inheritance. In this story, you will meet five grandchildren, Alina, Kayla, Donnie, Coleton, and Emalee, who manifest "the gift," which is...

In A Madness Unmade by E. K. Larson-Burnett, ever since her father's untimely demise, Laurel Rumbroom has been the sole living resident of Underhallow Sanctum. And that's quite a tall order for any teenager. Her home is a dilapidated mansion that offers sanctuary to an...

Tears of the Flames is a dark fantasy novel by Sisi Zhao. Mira Murphy's life turns upside down after a brutal assault in the woods awakens something dark and powerful within her, summoning a mysterious green vortex over her hometown. A couple of years pass,...

In Nell by L. K. Campbell, two siblings, Nell and Ben Howard, run away from home after a bad argument with their mother into the dense woods. There, they are transported into a world that shares similarities to ours, Drayward. In Drayward, Nell discovers that...

Hallowed Hill by Kit Campbell is a suitably creepy, entertaining, gripping tale set in a remote prep school in Vermont. This book is a real treat for fans of the horror genre, with all the classic elements present: a sinister landscape with ominous trees, a...

In Dan Rice’s The Bane of Dragons, Allison lives between two worlds because she has the blood of a human father and a skaag mother, a serpentine species that serves a vast dragon empire spanning many universes. When a rogue skaag appears in Japan, Dr....

Amy McNulty brings readers an endearing fantasy in the conclusion of The Never Veil series with Nobody’s Pawn. The lord of the village is dead, and with their freedom, the men of the village have discovered violence. Noll still has the book with her -...