The short story collection in Once Upon A Scare offers some of the best writing for young adults that I've had the privilege of experiencing. The stories run short of horror while concentrating on scenes, situations, and characters that young adults will experience in the...

Of Wolves and Witches by Elena Lawson is the first book in the Arcane Arts Academy series. When Harper chases a thief trying to steal from her adoptive parents’ booth, her anger gets the better of her and she causes a display of magic that...

Obscured is the first book in The Obscured Series written by C.M. Boers. Still reeling from her parents’ recent divorce, sixteen-year-old Abby Martin is plagued by nightmares of the worst kind. Part of her is resentful that her mother chose to move them from...

Beth Teliho’s Order of Seven is a paranormal mystery for young adults. Devi Bennett is an eighteen-year-old, highly strung girl who yearns to know who her birth parents are. She and her albino brother, Nodin, know they are different from most people and possess special...

Order of Vespers by Elyse Reyes is a great young adult novel. What I found most fascinating was a protagonist with a split personality. Up until the moment I began a relationship with a woman who had this mental condition, I thought it was something...

Ruby was having a bad couple of weeks, things just didn't feel right between her and boyfriend Leo, and this is when she really needed them to be the most right. In a fit of anger, Ruby drives away from Leo and is killed in...