The Archivist by V S Nelson is a remarkable story about death. The Archivist is a human being like everyone else, but with a special ability to save someone’s essence before they are sucked into the Aether, the nothingness that consumes everyone in the end....

The Light Among Us: The Elizabeth Carne Story, Cornwall by Jill George is a remarkable historical novel about a brilliant woman, Elizabeth Catherine Thomas Carne. Among other things, Elizabeth Carne (1817–1873) was a published geologist, ecologist, industrial psychologist, philanthropist, poet, and friend of many...

In The Ledge Light: New London, Diana K. Perkins has written a wonderful romance around a famous landmark in New London – Long Island Sound. The time period is the 20th century when LGBTQ persons were not readily accepted or tolerated. Any family who had...

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...

The Inked by Kristina Streva is set on the coast of Denmark. Yuri, Britt, and Tanis are “The Inked”, creatures born with tentacles because of an ancient curse. Kaleb, son of the king of Merfolk, impulsively trades healing balm for a tryst with Yuri. Unfortunately,...

The Amalgam is the first book of The Aberration series by Michel Prince. The Aberration Laws were passed when all children born in the year 2000 suddenly developed supernatural abilities out of the blue once they hit puberty. With authorities seeking to capture him, high...

The 716 is the first novel in a series by S.J. Pratt. Set in the future, society as we know it was destroyed by the Wars of Men, and it was rebuilt with women in control. While women got to be the leaders with all...

A stranger in an even stranger body. We follow the story of peacekeeper An Ning, an adolescent-figured God born of the ashes. Trials of Fire and Rebirth: Tale 3 of the Immortal Beings by Edith Pawlicki permits us to enter another world that seems lifetimes...

Why do most of us feel we are nothing without God? The answer will eventually depend on whose worldview has been proven true. Still, I would argue that it is because people were made in God's image and were intended to know, love, and spend...

Self-harm, suicide, violence, and racism are some of the most prevalent issues in our society, so it is admirable that C.M. North took the time to include these in his book. Two sets of people in their early teens from two separate decades are the...