At first glance, Jessica March, or Jazz to her family, looks like your typical almost fifteen-year-old; but one look inside her family and you realize she is far from normal. Jazz and her family are Random Weres. This means that each month at the full...

Mal March has just set off on a complicated and unprecedented journey. He has become a were-wolf, a rare and totally not random shape-shifting form, which means that he will have to leave his family and become part of the wolf pack. For Mal, this...

Saladin, or Chalky as Mal March has always called him, may not be family by blood, but he is the closest thing to a brother Mal has, and Mal has always been there for him. It stands to reason that when things get difficult for...

The Fall of Anterra by L.A. Franco is the other world story about the Anterrians--a world of bird people, who are the protectors of the Star Bands. These Star Bands are weapons used by the Paladins--chosen ones who are destined to save the universe. When...

The Storyteller's Book (The Chronicles of Midway #1) by Kevin Fleming is the first installment in The Chronicles of Midway. Fourteen-year-old twins Nicholas and Melandra Wigg live a boring, mundane existence with their parents in Little Meesden, a tiny village where nothing ever happens. The...

Imagine the Star Trek universe, but the humans are more ruthless, selfish, and power hungry than at any other time in history that you can think of. Also, imagine that things like education, democracy, and a just and kind world simply don’t exist. Such a...

If you think vampire-themed fiction has become monotonous, Page Zaplendam will prove you wrong with Order of the Blood (The Unofficial Chronicles Of John Grissom). The story starts with a meeting between vampires. Interestingly, they are not your usual sadistic, deceivingly alluring blood sucking beings,...

It was odd that Aleksi was born with a Rune embedded in his right palm. Many feared him for this because it has not happened in ages on Terra. Now a young teen, Aleksi's Rune is waking up from its slumber and it is beginning...

In Mari Collier’s novel, Earthbound, the first book in a series of six, Chronicles of the Maca, we find Zebadiah MacDonald stranded on earth, struggling to survive in the western American frontier. He knows the location of the ship which brought him there, but not...

Intelligently written and entertaining, Dwarf: A Legend Is Born by Michael Benningfield is a story that features kings, ogres, giants, sorcerers, and dragons in a power game that could annihilate entire kingdoms. A dwarf with no claims to the throne succeeds in overthrowing the king....

Gateways: Book I of the Elemental Chronicles by Jessica Schaub follows the adventure of a lifetime, or at least Victoria's. She lives a relatively normal life with her mom, two best friends, art class, and the occasional problem of falling into her paintings. Suddenly she...

Lady of the Sea (The Aureate Chronicles, Book One) by Heather Zwygart is a stunning fantasy novel about an orphaned mermaid named Avelessa. She needs to find a pearl called Sol Fyre in order to save the mermaids. But doing so isn't easy. She has...

I have been reading a lot of novels based on Norse mythology this month. I like them. I like the war. I like the doom and gloom attitude of Norse warriors. The Oath Breaker by Alaric Longward met all my expectations about stories centered around...

Láilá is very different from all the other children who live in Nuorgam on the banks of the Karasjohka River in the northern part of Finnish Lapland. Her father, Axsel, is a fisherman. Her mother, Arinví, used to be a teacher before the stork...

The land of Crystonia has been without a ruler for the past century and a half. There has been no peace in the land while the larger, stronger races battle for leadership. The Centaurs, Ogres, and Cyclops all want to conquer and maintain Mount Heilodius,...

I absolutely loved Paper or Plastic? The Grocery Store Chronicles. Having worked in retail, I completely related to everything Rick Bylina wrote. His stories were hilarious and totally worth reading. I chose to read Paper or Plastic? The Grocery Store Chronicles because of my background...

Lady Alyx Egalion enjoys life as the daughter one of the leading nobles of Rionn and best friend of Prince Cayr. At sixteen years of age, Alyx thinks she is about to become betrothed to Cayr, but life has different plans for her in DarkSkull...

From Shoeshine to Star Wars: The Chronicles of Walt Jourdan by Walt and Lee Jourdan is a compelling memoir that chronicles the life of father and son as they overcome obstacles and face the challenges that only a migrant trying to create meaning in life...

Raid On Cochecho: Book Three of The Puritan Chronicles by Peni Jo Renner is a historical fiction novel based on true events that happened during the early colonial history of New Hampshire in New England. The story is based on the infamous siege of Cochecho,...

Prepare to enter the Middle Ages in Guillaume by Prue Batten. The tale opens as Guillaume is awakened to calls of “Fire!” He fights the flames with the assistance of his friendly neighbors, but the resulting damage to the de Clochard merchant business, which he...