A quest is only as good as the journey involved and the characters that make the journey. I was satisfied on both counts as I read The City of Arches: Sitnata Series Book 3 by Alisse Lee Goldenberg. The writing style and the characters kept...

“Welcome to The University of Corporeal and Ethereal Studies, where the mysteries of the universe are solved one class at a time. This dynamic citadel stands vigil over the town of Byndal from atop Mount Dareo, a beacon of discovery thrust up to the cosmos...

The Adventurer by Stephen Peeples is a great action story that plunges kids headlong into the world of reading. Written to encourage kids to pick up books, the story maintains a brisk pace as it follows young hero Owen Spar. A pugnacious little treasure-hunter, Owen...

In The Lies That Bind, Laureen Pittman explores the circumstances of her adoption. She feels compelled to find out and begins a search that spans decades. She writes a touching narrative, taking us on her quest for answers as she begins looking for her birth...

“'You’re adopted,' she said, quick as you like, and slapped her hands over her mouth. The words had barely reached my ears when everything went north of normal. Mam erupted into a shaking mess of tears. Dad recoiled with a feverish look to him; his...

Returning home should be a joyous occasion. But for Aibek, the thought alone filled him with dread. For twenty years he had written home, with silence his only answer. He wondered if the town had survived, and what became of his parents following that fateful...

The Piranha Solution by John Triptych is the first science fiction thriller in the Ace of Space series, taking the reader to a future human footprint on Mars, struggling for its very survival. Of the original four colonies established by Russia, China, ACE Corporation and...

The Curse of Arundel Hall: A Yellow Cottage Vintage Mystery, Book 2 is a paranormal, sleuth/murder mystery novel written by J. New. Ella loved her yellow cottage on the island of Linhay. It was the perfect place for her after the tragic death of her...

I absolutely loved reading The Reluctant Farmer of Whimsey Hill. I wanted to move to Virginia immediately and buy a farm. The Smith family had horses, dogs, cats and an Angus steer named Pork Chop that the family calls Daddy’s cow. Brad meets Nancy at...

The Salamander Chronicles by Don Beukes is a collection of poems that would appeal most to an audience of adults who enjoy poetry; though some mature young adults might also enjoy the collection. The Salamander Chronicles comprises many different poems that all have their own...

The Ulterior Motive by Jack Coleston was a great read. It took me a few pages to get into the story, but once I became familiar with the characters, I was hooked and I didn’t want to put the book down. The subject is an...

Medhaa Banaji has an awesome imagination and she has used it to create a wonderful adventure for kids called The Transmalians. I like this book. It is one of the best first novels I have ever read and I believe Medhaa Banaji will only get...

The Songweaver's Vow by Laura VanArendonk Baugh is a powerful retelling of Greek and Norse myths woven together in Euthalia's story. When her father trades her to Vikings to save himself, she's horrified to discover that she's to be sacrificed as the bride of a...

In the first book of a planned series of young adult fantasy fiction by author S.J. Lem, The Waterfall Traveler will suck readers in from the very first pages and won’t let them go until the very end. Follow the story of eighteen-year-old Ri, a...

In The Dark Side of Honor by S.T. Phillips, two worlds collide. In Belize, drug kingpin Jorge Deperalta - aka The Shark - ran his multi-billion dollar empire trafficking cocaine and literally feeding traitors to the four tiger sharks contained on his compound. Recently, his...

The O'Brien (A Ballysea Mystery) by Frances Powell is a captivating sleuth mystery. After her life takes an unexpected turn, Catherine Murphy is rescued by two unexpected heroes. One is a larger than life Irish Wolfhound, and the other is Jeff, a lawyer, and her...

The Truth Lies: A Florida Saga by Cindy Foley is a historical novel that captures life on the ranch and develops around a huge conflict between two powerful families. The conflict that would define the hostility between the two families for generations started when an...

The Boy Who Knew Too Much (An Astounding True Story of A Young Boy's Past-life Memories) by Cathy Byrd is the fascinating account of a toddler who remembers being Lou Gehrig in another lifetime. The two-year-old toddler is totally captivated and immersed in baseball. As...

The Beggar’s Miracle by Joy Ross Davis tells the story of a young girl, Bitty Brown, who grows up in an orphanage in Ireland. Traumatised from the age of four, Bitty is unable to speak and the sisters at the orphanage eventually decide no one...

The First 8 Days of Being a Mom by Gea Meijering is a good book, not only for mothers who have just had their babies, but for those who are expecting as it will help them navigate through those first exhausting days. Every woman with...