Indigo, The Deep By Kellye Abernathy Teen and YA / Coming of Age / Fantasy Publisher: Atmosphere Press Publication Date: July 7, 2026 Synopsis “In the heart of the deepest sea caverns, there is a stillness. Learn to surrender to it.” Fifteen-year-old Condi Bloom knows the magic will happen again. The autumn equinox […]
Category: coming of age
Synopsis Cat St. Clair is ready for her messy love triangle era now that she’s in an open relationship. But she didn’t foresee a forbidden love triangle with the only two people who are off-limits: her boyfriend’s best friend and his girlfriend. Being a twenty-something writer who lives for plot, she falls for them […]
Review & Giveaway – Up From Hell by Joan Moran
UP FROM HELL Echoes of the Past: Crimes in Central Texas, Book 1 By Joan Moran Crime Thriller Publisher: Next Chapter Publication Date: April 7, 2026 Synopsis Growing up in Las Vegas, Neil Dixon’s future looked bleak. The son of a drug-addicted mother, he didn’t have a lot of options until […]
Synopsis In 1968 Bangkok, Thailand, 17-year-old Piper Lewis’ world is changing in unsettling ways. The U.S. Military’s expansion into Thailand in support of the Vietnam War is reshaping the city she loves. Her USAID Official father’s mysterious absences fray their once-close relationship. Her stepmother’s obsession with appearances suffocates her. Worse, she can’t summon the […]
Coming of Age Spotlight – Take a Look at Me Now by Robert Crane
Take a Look at Me Now by Robert Crane focuses on a stretch of life marked by uncertainty. The story unfolds as a family adjusts to changes that affect how they see themselves and each other. When Bubby Welter is fifteen, his family life is quietly dismantled. His mother Carrie’s mental breakdown […]
Review – Pillars of Creation by Carlos Nicolás Flores
Pillars of Creation A Quest for the Great Name in a Nietzschean World By Carlos Nicolás Flores Literary Fiction, Coming of Age Publisher: Atmosphere Press Publication Date: July 22, 2025 Synopsis Where is God amidst the mass graves, poverty, drug trafficking, and corrupt officials on the Texas-Mexico border? Yoltic Cortez, a […]
Review – These Heathens by Mia McKenzie
Synopsis From the “razor-sharp and outrageously funny” (Taylor Jenkins Reid) mind of Mia McKenzie comes a vibrant novel exploring how one weekend can change your whole life. Dear Lord, please forgive me for the sins I’ve committed. And for the one I’m still planning to commit tomorrow. Amen. Where do you get an abortion […]
Literary Spotlight – Narrow the Road by James Wade
NARROW THE ROAD By James Wade Genre: Southern Fiction, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Pages: 306 Publication Date: 26 August 2025 Synopsis In this gripping coming-of-age odyssey, a young man’s quest to reunite his family takes him on a life-altering journey through the wilds of 1930s East Texas, […]
Review – Priscilla Speaks by Kirk Ward Robinson
Synopsis Born during the worst of her mother’s addiction, Priscilla, Blaize’s second daughter, begins at an early age to count the years until she can escape the drudgery and boredom of her dismal, impoverished life, all the while watching as her older siblings leave one by one. Cast out on her own at the […]
Turning Toward Eden Young Adult Mystery/General Fiction: Coming of Age, Historical Mystery, Literary Setting – California 1971 Publisher : Winged Publications Publication date : May 6, 2025 Print length : 350 pages Synopsis “Chasing the truth, huh? Sure you’re not running from it?” Hollis might be her […]