Holly M. Jenkins’ The Swan’s Arrow is a fairytale-themed story that enthralled me with its magic and thematic development. Princess Odette loses her mother to a terrifying curse. Now she is bound by duty to marry the one person she detests, Prince Derek, whose seemingly...

The Shadowless by R.J. Garcia follows Mae Dawson as she tries to make sense of the mysterious and eerie things happening around her. After her sisters’ disappearance, Mae returns to her family’s secluded cabin and slips from the safety of her bed into a nightmare...

Amy McNulty weaves a beautiful and tragic fantasy in Ballad of the Beanstalk. Sixteen-year-old Clarion is still reeling after the death of her father. The harp he left her is the one thing that still brings her any happiness, and when she plays, it is...

Jessa Whitley, a high school student, could never have imagined, not even in her wildest dreams, that she was a Demigod. There seemed to be enough chaos in her life without any supernatural influence. In fact, having been through a tumultuous junior year, all she...

I found it difficult to stop reading The Dead Queen by Briar Knightly. This dark, romantic fantasy is filled with breathtaking action, passion, a brewing love triangle, and a mystery surrounding a missing person. Sienna, heiress of Llwyn and a Fox royal, is brave, unyielding,...

Marlena Frank introduces a touch of fantasy in The Sea Witch Follows. We meet Finn from Leekston, located right on the Atlantic Ocean. It’s summer vacation, and Finn is crabbing with his father aboard the boat. This is what Finn truly loves—the peaceful rhythm of...

Wing Haven by Naomi Shibles follows Almond Nettlesworth, a fairy who rejects life under her sister Pepper’s authoritarian rule at the Fairy Nook. After witnessing Pepper seize power and punish other fairies like Sage Thornsmith, Almond escapes into the forest, where she befriends Nutsie, a...

In Dominion by P.T.L. Perrin, Gabri O’Connell and her dragon Makani face a mounting threat as Ozul’s forces tighten their grip, using mind-controlled dragons and advanced weapons to attack refugee strongholds. Gabri’s brother Alex, with his dragon Tito, discovers new telepathic powers and endeavors to...

In MJ Fabel's Fractured Fumbles, Ziggy Poppin is a resourceful little gnome who enjoys a simple existence. His life is occupied with rummaging for trinkets, stealing crops from Old Tom (a human farmer), and helping his sister run their small local pub. Life is tranquil...

In Crystal and the Shield Maidens by Ron Albury, Crystal is an eleven-year-old girl from Florida who loves exploring and discovering new things. She can't wait to go with her parents on the next expedition to recover artifacts from a fifteen-hundred-year-old Viking longboat at the...