Till it Stops Beating by Hannah R. Goodman is the fourth book in a series. Maddie Hickman is 17 and is about to enter her senior year. An old flame turns up, a member of her family is diagnosed with cancer, and she’s hit...

End of Ever After by E.L. Tenenbaum is a Cinderella retelling and the first book in the End of Ever After series. Ella dreamed of being free of her stepmother's control and the King's ball, aimed at seeking his son a wife, seems to be...

Lara’s Story is a work of young adult historical fiction and drama, written by author Diane Merrill Wigginton. In a story set initially in the beautiful landscape of Ireland in the mid-nineteenth century, we first met our heroine Lara Flannigan when she is a young...

Destiny is difficult to accept, no matter how it presents itself. But when it crashes into Celeste’s life, her entire worldview is shattered. Born and raised in the Realm of Faery, magic and the deep appreciation of beauty have suffused everything she’s ever known. Now,...

A rebellious teenage girl leaves her Texas home to live with her ailing grandfather in the rural mountains of Alaska in the thrilling YA novel, No Fences in Alaska by Glen Sobey. When her principal father has her expelled from his school for something she...

In R.D. Crist’s Scarlet Reign: Malice of the Dark Witch, we are introduced to fourteen-year-old Natalie who is sitting by her mother’s deathbed. Taking possession of her mother’s beloved ring, Natalie is whisked away by Ava, a stranger claiming to be a long-lost relative. Together,...

The Vagabond King: A Coming of Age Story by James Campion Conway is far removed from your typical coming of age novel. Sixteen-year-old Chris is faced with a crisis of confidence – confidence in who he is and what he wants from life. When his...

Daughter Departed by Claire Merchant is a wonderful coming of age story. After her graduation, Amelia Saber worked at her father’s public relations group. A great and respectable job, but she felt “like a caged tiger... alone in the castle but not in the world.”...

Fans of tightly plotted and skillfully written stories and compelling young adult fantasy will enjoy Hunter, the second entry in the sci-fi series Adalta by Sherrill Nilson. The two leading characters are both broken. Tessa Me'Cowyn has lost her dream of becoming a healer, a...

Lilith’s once utopian world is literally falling apart around her. Belial, a dark being who went against the doctrines of the Children of the Law of One, has evoked the wrath of Poseidon and sentenced Lilith’s beloved city of Atlantis to crumble into the sea....