TruthStone is the first and brilliant entry in The TruthSeer Archives by Mike Shelton and there couldn’t be a better opening for an epic fantasy series. Fifteen-year-old Shaeleen receives a tremendous gift — the TruthStone — which allows her to detect every lie. But what...

An interesting and engaging young adult urban fantasy, There Be Demons by M.K. Theodoratus is well-crafted with compelling characters. Gillen, who leads the four Gargoyle Guardians of the city, is forced to ask for reinforcements when imps and demons seize the streets of Trebridge. They...

A coming of age story about a tenth grader named Tommy Baher, aka Johnathan’s younger brother, aka Johnathan’s less intelligent and less impressive brother. Tommy has made it his ultimate goal to get out from under his brother’s shadow by any means necessary. And then...

Jessie and Tom share a special bond. It’s more than just family. But the depth of that bond doesn’t reveal itself until after Jessie disappears while riding a merry-go-round and Tom follows her to the other side, the world of wizards, dragons, fairies and magic....

The Heart Between Kingdoms by Mary Dublin and Anne Kendsley is the story of how a fairy princess became a human queen. Esmae is a princess in her fae kingdom of Evrosea, but after she discovers her father's plan to arrange a marriage for her,...

The Other Side of Magik: The First Tale of the Mirror Worlds by Michael Lingaard is the story of two parallel worlds whose fate is in the hands of two teenage boys. Danny is from twenty-first century England where his life is so ordinary that...

Prince Haille had always been made to feel responsible for the death of his beloved mother and queen, since she died giving birth to him. Coupled with the stigma of his mother’s death, he is considered a cripple, an invalid, even a freak, because of...

The Stronghold by Sebastian Bendix is a futuristic, post-apocalyptic young adult novel. Bowie Neville grew up in a secluded island stronghold. His parents and others like them escaped the world when the system collapsed, spiraling humanity into a death spin. Raised on stories of man-eating...

The Still Sad Music by Shawn Merritt is a sometimes melancholic, but always interesting journey through the coming of age of a troubled young man. Jeffrey is an awkward adolescent, just coming to terms with his feelings and emotions, when both his parents are killed...

The Bug Boys vs. Professor Blake Blackhart: The Bug Boys, Book 2 is a science fiction novel for preteens and young adults written by Stewart Hoffman. While this is the second book in the series, Hoffman gives sufficient background information for it to be enjoyed...