Emerald Spirit by Som Phin follows Sathea, an eighteen-year-old Berkeley student who falls asleep while playing a Cambodian-inspired fantasy game and wakes inside Srok Moreakot as the peacock spirit Peakea Thmey. The spirit realm is protected by a network of wards, but its eastern boundary...

Angel’s Fall by Daniel McKenny is an intriguing read. The preface assures us that the story will ultimately have a happy ending. However, this is only the first book in the Angel’s Blood Series, so there is still a long, interesting journey before the end....

In M.N. Wiggins’s El Dorado, Harry’s siblings wanted nothing to do with him when he went to prison. While serving time, Harry takes his cellmate Clyde under his wing. Clyde becomes the brother to Harry he always wanted. Together, Harry and Clyde learn how little...

The Queen of Second Chances by Kam Karem is a brilliant blend of supernatural fantasy and crime mystery. The story unfolds in the whimsical Olde Town, Bolder County, Georgia. We meet eighteen-year-old Destiny, the sole employee and proprietor of The Sky’s NOT the Limit, Drone...

Eliora did not fit into the social norm. She was an amnesiac in an all-girls school, falling behind in her studies because her grandmother had homeschooled her after the accident. Nightmares have been a norm for her, but they seem to come to life when...

Fantasy lovers will welcome The Soul-Sung by Daniel Sheley, the first book in the Vaeritas Saga. Denny is a young boy attuned to the stars and the mysterious soul-force known as Veym, who sees his village destroyed by dragon-fire. At the same time, he is...

Kuni Ruto by Llewellyn Burgess is a political fantasy that follows the story of Arinko Xelha. This begins a decade after the Queendom of Xelha’s civil war with Arinko as the new queen. Young and inexperienced in politics, Arinka was passionate about rebuilding her damaged...

In Midnight Reverie by Hermione Lee, Cyndi Osmond wakes up from a dream of a royal wedding to the nightmare of her real life as a housemaid. In this version of the Cinderella story, there was no magic to get her to the ball, so...

Jorden Casillas isn’t your average 12-year-old boy. He’s a nahual, half human/half monster who can shape-shift into a snake. When we meet Jorden, his parents are dead, and he works at an artifact shop where his boss, Ernie, is an ogre. It turns out California...

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...