The Liminal: Book 1 by Michael Padjen is a young adult urban fantasy set primarily in modern-day Holly Springs, North Carolina. Callie, a fourteen-year-old girl, can travel into The Liminal, a space between worlds where all manner of creatures and realms exist. She can find...

Evie was nine years old when she first came across an old photo of a strange woman, dressed in 1930s fashion, standing stiffly to the left of an elevated small box. With her eyes burning with curiosity, Evie turned to her grandfather, Ollie, with questions...

A Maiden of Snakes is a young adult fantasy novel by Jane McGarry. Marchioness Adeleta Lamberico of Monferrato has spent the last three years trying to conceive a child but to no avail. Feeling desperate, she enlists the help of the village witch Imelda, which...

The Black Queen by Jumata Emil commences with a confrontation between Nova Albright and Tinsley McArthur over the homecoming queen campaign. Tinsley feels it is unfair because the school has introduced “quotas” and attempts to perpetuate white privilege by bribing Nova to withdraw. Ironically, it...

Brazen Summer by Jordan Elizabeth is the second Hayview Manor book. It’s summer again and Annie Carmichael is about to graduate at eighteen years old. She’s hoping that this summer will be better than the last and that she’ll at least have a summer fling....

Sally Royer-Derr presents The Tracks, a young adult mystery about a young woman who spends her free time down on the train tracks in the woods behind her house. Emily uses her time on the tracks to enjoy the momentary escape from the reality of...

The Murder Hotel by Alistair Gardiner is a mystery novel set against the backdrop of scenic Scotland. Samantha, an optician bored with her work, inherits her Aunt Claire’s hotel. She and her best friend Daisy quit their jobs after deciding to run the hotel. Daisy,...

Abby discovers a painting while searching through some of the antique stuff in the basement and she shares this find with Holly. The painting has a strange key pinned behind it but there is no obvious indication of what the key is supposed to open....

Life in the Enclave was much slower than in the cities, especially since Elves took their time because they have plenty of it; however, something seems to have happened. For once, the people of the Enclave seemed to be in a hurry. After the Rebellion,...

When Universes Bleed by DJ Whipple and LA Whipple is a charming read with endearing characters. Amaya Atlas has always searched for the truth about her own origins and to understand what really happened to her parents. When she receives an important clue that could...