Category: Young Adult

Excerpt – The Irish Wanders: Rose Hawthorne by Shannon O’Gorman #YA #mystery #romance

    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 […]

Review & Excerpt – In the Lovely Backwater by Valerie Nieman @valnieman #YA #SouthernFiction #comingofage #newrelease

    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 […]

Review – Daughter by Kate McLaughlin @AlterKates #newrelease #YA #thriller #suspense

    Synopsis   Scarlet’s life is pretty average. Overly protective mom. Great friends. Cute boy she’s interested in. And a father she’s never known – until she does. When the FBI shows up at Scarlet’s door, she is shocked to learn her father is infamous serial killer Jeffrey Robert Lake. And now, he’s dying […]

Review – 58 Minutes in Driftland by I.S.A. Crisostomo-Lopez #ya #fantasy #alternatereality

    Synopsis   An allegory about one’s journey to self-actualization. When 17-year-old Alunsinag Bayani accidentally stepped into Driftland, he discovered he could switch places with his alternate self for 58 minutes. During the switch, his alternate self gives him the necessary push to find the courage and regain self-confidence. But trouble looms over Driftland […]