by Megan Stevens | Dec 19, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Young Adult
Anna Day’s, The Fandom, is a young adult novel that combines adventure, fantasy, and four friends that are transported into the dystopian world of The Gallows Dance. Violet and her friend, Alice, are fans of the novel and film, The Gallows Dance, and with her friend...
by Megan Stevens | Sep 4, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Paige McKenzie’s third installment, The Sacrifice of Sunshine Girl, is just as riveting and satisfying as its predecessors, with a unique and quirky main character, great character development, as well as an expansion on the history and powers of the supernatural. The...
by Megan Stevens | Jul 19, 2018 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Young Adult
Ally Carter’s suspenseful thriller, Not If I Save You First, is a young adult novel that combines action, adventure, and survival as well as the elements of friendship and hope. Madeleine (Maddie) Rose Manchester is the daughter of a Secret Service agent who protects...
by Eric Stalker | Jul 17, 2018 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Science Fiction, Sponsored, Young Adult
Kacey Edwards yearns to find a way to break free from the small town she has known her entire life. Her hopes of becoming a veterinarian and finally escaping from her broken family are constantly shaken by the reality that her family cannot afford to pay for even the...
by Barbara Cothern | Jun 28, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Young Adult
Davi is a teenager who spends most of his days in his family’s hotel listening to music. He has no particular ambition or purpose in life. Things change when he sees a girl at a concert of his favorite singer, Django Conn (in the vein of a more mystical Ziggy...
by Whitney Smyth | Jun 4, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Religious Fiction, Sponsored, Young Adult
Juanita is a mystic, one of the chosen people who can communicate with the spirits of the dead. Her family’s spirits impart wisdom, guidance, and in this case, a mission from God to help save the lives of innocents. Informed of a man plotting to kill off the orphans...