Synopsis Kraken monsters come from the sea. Don’t they? Devora Kraken seems to have everything under control and all she could ask for. Like the neighbourhood tunnels, where she can hang out with monsters and mermaids both. If sometimes it’s not clear which is which, that’s only normal—right? Anyway, Devi has plenty […]
Category: Young Adult
Synopsis The Book of Demons, the much-anticipated sequel to The Book of Souls, finds Jack Kelly in the fight of his life. This time, he’s not battling ghosts. His nemesis is the shapeshifting necromancer, Mr. Philips, who inhabits both the world of the living and the world of the dead. When Mr. […]
Review – I’m the Girl by Courtney Summers @courtney_s #YA #comingofage
September 24, 2022
Synopsis When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis discovers the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James, she teams up with Ashley’s older sister, Nora, to find and bring the killer to justice before he strikes again. But their investigation throws Georgia into a world of unimaginable privilege and wealth, without conscience or consequence, and as […]
The Meld: Magic, Please Young Adult Paranormal 1st in Series Setting – The fictional Mountain West town of Pinewood, Colorado All Things That Matter Press (July 3, 2022) Paperback : 143 pages Synopsis The Meld, an otherworldly group of six, has gathered in the past millennium to […]
Discovery of the Five Senses: The Urban Boys, Book 1 by K.N. Smith Publisher: Two Petals Publishing (Sept. 15, 2021) Young Adult Action-Adventure, Young Adult Thriller, Urban Fantasy, Mystery/ Thriller, Super Heroes Synopsis Welcome or unwelcome. Fate has arrived. A suspenseful incident in a forbidden preserve […]
ROWDY: WILD AND MEAN, SHARP AND KEEN THE ROWDY SERIES, BOOK ONE BY CHRIS MULLEN Young Adult / Historical Fiction / Western / Action & Adventure Publisher: Wise Wolf Books Page Count: 278 pages Publication Date: February 23, 2022 Scroll down for a giveaway! […]
Synopsis All Luce wants is to go home, but how can she? Since the war, her beloved city has been under an enchantment. Rivers run dry and the streets are haunted, or so they say. When she hears a rumor that the curse has been lifted, Luce writes a heartfelt letter to […]
Synopsis Rose Hawthorne: The Irish Wanders follows Rose, a celebrity author in her early seventies, who dislikes the limelight but does like Hermes scarfs, round violet sunglasses, and old colonial hotels. One day, she receives a letter asking her to visit Newgrange, Ireland and discover something that has been hidden there for […]
Synopsis Set in the shadows of the Spanish Inquisition, this is the coming-of-age story of José Alfaro, a young refugee who forms a powerful bond with the mysterious Pirate Captain Toledano. It’s also a dynamic pirate adventure on the high seas, with hand-to-hand combat and ship-to-ship action, and the powerful […]
Synopsis Seventeen-year-old Maggie Warshauer wants is to leave her stifled life in Filliyaw Creek behind and head to college. An outsider at school and uncertain of her own sexual identity, Maggie longs to start again somewhere new. Inspired by a long-dead biologist’s journals, scientific-minded Maggie spends her days sailing, exploring, and categorizing […]