The De-Coding of Jo: Hall of Ignorance by Lali A. Love is a delightful read, a well-written meld of fantasy and science fiction, with a strong appeal to young adult readers. Sixteen-year-old Jo attends Forest Hill Academy, a preppy co-ed private school for privileged scholars,...

C.S. Wachter creates an amazing Christian fantasy in Lander’s Legacy. Lander Devlin is just a simple, yet shy, teenage boy reared by his Pop-pop Ian. When his grandfather dies, Lander discovers many answers to why he could not have friends and was taught to use...

Selina has lived a hard life, struggling to be a better person and to have trust in those who care for her. At a very early age, she is found in a foreign abandoned ship that landed on the flying city of Ozark. A nice...

The Heir by KJ Moullen is the second book in The Spinner Sagas. Blaine is being held captive by ogres with her only ally being a mysterious stranger just as trapped as she is. She has no memory of who she is or how she...

In Kathrine Leannan's Redemption, after losing her husband and unborn child, Conner needed time away. Away from home, away from destiny, prophesies, and gods. Luckily she had a contract for a dressage school. Little does she know she is once again about to be the...

The Four by M.D. Allen begins with the author revealing a little more about Kari, Lainey, and Kaine before they came to the Inner Realm. The eight teenagers have been in the Inner Realm for several months now, learning to control their individual abilities. Matilda...

Curse of the Blacknoc Witch is a dark fantasy novel for young adults written by Tori V. Rainn. Samuel never dreamed that the Curse was anything more than a boogie-man story designed to make kids behave until he ended up in an alien forest in...

The Nameless by Allison Rose is book one in the young adult fantasy Tales of an Outcast Faerie series, preceded by the book zero prequel novella, Outcast. The installment reads perfectly well without the prequel, given that it was released first. The Nameless centers around...

Cinderella: A Love Story by Gina LoBiondo is the retelling of the classic fairy tale with beautiful illustrations. Ella’s father Charles and her mother Marie loved her dearly, but that changed when Marie died suddenly. Ella was very young so Charles thought it was best...

The discovery of two young girls' bodies triggers an unprecedented phenomenon in the brilliant young adult mystery, Some Laneys Died (A Skipping Sideways Thriller) by Brooke Skipstone. When Delaney West was thirteen, she found her father in the arms of another woman. Laney tells her...