Starkly beautiful in the horror of abuse, Colby in the Crosshairs by John Hope is an amazing read. We are introduced to Colby, a nine-year-old boy who is stuck in an abusive home with an older autistic brother. Worse trouble ensues when the new family,...

Katy Haye’s Rising Tides tells the story of Liberty 'Libby’ Marchmont, a citizen of City, one of the last bastions of known humanity in a flooded world. City floats atop the sea, cobbled together from remnants of the Time Before. Libby’s dad is City’s doctor,...

Storykeeper by Daniel Smith is a beautifully woven tale of stories nested inside stories. It is a tale of times long past and peoples long gone. Long before writing, stories were kept by shamans, Druids, lorekeepers, bards. They encoded history, myth, legend, and kept a...

What has faith got to do with love? Can two people with extremely opposite beliefs love each other and make it last? You’ll find a surprising answer to such a dilemma in the exciting novel The Sinner’s Club by DW Plato, an engaging story laced...

Luke, the protagonist in Caught Inside by Jamie Deacon, goes on what is supposed to be a relaxing beach holiday with his girlfriend, Zara. Luke takes his surfboard and has the intention of spending as much time on it as possible. What he did not...

The Gay Teen's Guide to Defeating a Siren is book one of the Seeker series by Cody F. Wagner, and an interesting mix of fantasy, boarding school drama, and gay coming of age story. Blaze Trales, who gets to hear plenty of jokes about his...

Faces in the Mist: A Jacob Turner Chronicle is a paranormal fantasy for young adults and preteens written by Timothy C Doyle. Twelve-year-old Jacob knew he had to be back home and ready to eat by 6:00 pm that day. His father would be home...

The Alienation of Courtney Hoffman is a young adult adventure novel written by Brady Stefani. Courtney is about to turn 15 years old and it’s the night before her birthday. Her mother has planned a big party for the event, but Courtney is not at...

The Kid Hypnotist by Steve Zimcosky opens your eyes to the art of hypnosis; something that has always fascinated me. Mind control and a human being’s ability to listen to subconscious or spoken messages and follow instructions is intriguing. Certainly an art form and a...

Destiny (Forever and Always Book One) by Cindy Springsteen is about young love. Cassidy is shy but incurably curious about life. When Danny appears, she is smitten. She considers him to be her soulmate. Her one and only true love. However, fate has different plans...