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...

The Girl Who Electrified the World: Lightning Brain (Book 2) by Cliff Ratza is a science fiction work that takes us to the twenty-second century. An American helicopter is transporting critical data that could lead to the development of a vaccine for T-plague. This deadly...

The Queering: The Life and Death of Brooke Skipstone by Brooke Skipstone, is a lesbian romance novel written for young adults. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Taylor MacKenzie is a seventy-year-old grandmother, teacher, and writer who lives in Clear, Alaska. A closet lesbian, she finds...

Natural disasters, terrorism, and even deadly viruses continue to threaten humanity in the twenty-first century. Amid these trying times, you will meet an extraordinary girl named Electra. A lightning bolt struck her house during her birth, killing her mother. However, this tragic incident endows Electra...

Novels and films about girl friendships that end up in backstabbing are a dime a dozen, and most of them are dumb and forgettable. Zachary Ryan changes that with his intriguing and smart novel, The Perfect Sister. Tinsley is the main protagonist, a girl who...

Over the past few years, we have survived earthquakes, terrorism, and even a deadly pandemic. I believe this explains why most people fear that the world has not yet seen the worst tragedies and disasters of the twenty-first century. If humanity does face devastation, will...

Time Terminus: Expect the Unexpected is a work of fiction in the science fiction and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience and was penned by author David Gittlin. This fascinating and concise novella follows protagonist Issac Templeton through...

Although our world has recently been thrown from crisis to crisis, we have been able to survive disasters and even defeat a pandemic. But how would we fare if a new, more dangerous pandemic struck a large population and caused memory loss in its victims?...

The Prescott Legacy: A Medical Urban Fantasy Novel by Robert Sounvonnakasy revolves around a college student named Simon Weller who is a whole lot more than just that. Simon is a bit of a mixed bag and every inch the awkward kid, but awkward goes...

Wow! What a fantastic magical adventure! This was the main thought that kept running through my mind as I read this brilliant piece of work by Derrick Smythe. In his book The Other Way (Passage to Dawn Book 2) the magical system in that world...