The ascension of the Magi, as prophesied, came to pass, and word is spreading quickly, too quickly. War grips the land, innocents are being slaughtered. Against her every wish Alice must remain, and work on the bonds with her new sisters in magic, letting countless...

The Chronicles of Arcanilius: The Origin Stories by Antonia Rapheal finds Naherna on a journey as the new Representative to the scribes. As the wizard Wadzviler rises in power, Naherna embarks on her first mission, which sends her traveling to the Ziggurat of Kir. She...

Abby Whittier had to move from Las Vegas to a small town in Massachusetts. She was not too happy about moving, losing her friends, her school, her home in the desert, and adjusting to a new place and surroundings. Everything she read about New England...

The Line of His People by C.J. Adrien is set between 799 A.D. and 816 A.D. It begins with Abriel’s town and the nearby monastery being ransacked by northmen, a common occurrence at the time. Abriel is rescued by an order of monks who take...

The Stone Doorway by Cassandra Scherer is an enjoyable, fast-paced YA fantasy. As we learn about the life of Tori McKenna, we are transported from a typical suburban life of a troubled teenager into a fantastical world filled with both wonderment and anguish. For Tori...

Desert Rain could have been adored and showered with gifts like any other Hijn. Instead, she sought isolation, visiting the town on rare occasions, but keeping to herself led the people there to believe her to be a charmer ... until her secret was revealed....

A young man must accept his painful past and face an uncertain future in the young adult novel, The Staircase of Fire by Ben Woodard. Fourteen-year-old Tom Wallace is no stranger to heartbreak and grief. After an unfortunate accident leaves him an orphan and the...

Riley McCullough's summer in The Summer the World Ended by Matthew S. Cox does not start out very promisingly. She and her best friend had planned to spend the summer together, but then her friend's parents take her on a two-week holiday in Puerto Vallarta....

In The Adventures of Anuk by Suzanne Mondoux, Anuk has spent a happy childhood in the Inn with her guardians, Julea and Lucca. On her sixteenth birthday, she discovers that she has to return to her place of birth, Roese Island. Anuk is not pleased,...

The Clan Calling: Chronicle Two – Sadie by Wendy Terrien is part of the Adventures of Jason Lex series. Sadie's life is just getting back to normal when her best friend, Jason, and his uncle suddenly take off for London and her grandmother becomes mysteriously...