Category: Magic

Review – The Sirens by Emilia Hart

    Synopsis A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can imagine 2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales […]

Review & Giveaway – Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine

  Synopsis A young girl must face a life-altering decision after awakening her sister’s ghost, navigating truths about love, friendship, and power as the Civil War looms. Sixteen years old and enslaved since she was born, Junie has spent her life on Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, cooking and cleaning alongside her family, and tending to […]

Upcoming Release & Excerpt – Daughter of Fire by Sofia Robleda

  Synopsis Catalina de Cerrato is being raised by her widowed father, Don Alonso, in 1551 Guatemala, scarcely thirty years since the Spanish invasion. A ruling member of the oppressive Spanish hierarchy, Don Alonso holds sway over the newly relegated lower class of Indigenous communities. Fiercely independent, Catalina struggles to honor her father and her […]

Review – The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

    Synopsis   If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie Andrews is living an unassuming life when she is given a gift by a favourite customer. It’s a book – an unusual book, full of strange writing and mysterious drawings. And at the […]

Book Blitz – Amethyst, The Shallows by Kellye Abernathy

      AMETHYST, THE SHALLOWS   The Companion Novel to   The Aquamarine Surfboard   By Kelley Abernathy       Young Adult / Magical Realism / Coming of Age Atmosphere Press 296 pages February 6, 2024 NEW RELEASE!         “This is a night for being brave.” In the aftermath of […]

Review – The Official Fablehaven Cookbook by Brandon Mull & Cherie Mull @ShadowMountn #fantasy #ya #magic #middlegrade #cookbook

    Includes an original, never-before-published story about the Fablehaven woodland brownies by #1 New York Times best-selling author Brandon Mull The Fablehaven house brownies are known for coming into the kitchen at night and baking delightful treats as a surprise for caretakers and their guests. Now, Fablehaven fans can enjoy nearly fifty wondrous recipes inspired by […]

#NewRelease & Review – Dream-Shifter by Lois Wickstrom @loiswickstrom #middlegrade

    Synopsis   Middle school student Gwendolyn is a dream-shifter. This means that when she dreams, she becomes what she dreams about, and she dreams about being different animals. If she awakens naturally, she becomes a girl again. But a fire alarm jars her awake when she’s dreaming that she’s an elk. She awakes […]