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 Whitney Smyth | Aug 16, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Science Fiction, Sponsored
Mavin Cedarstom heads in to work one morning at the Svalbard Seed Vault. He’s early and is the first one there. After checking his mail, Kep, the AI that runs the facility, initiates an emergency lockdown that traps Mavin inside. Time passes, and eventually a group of...
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 20, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Sponsored
The kingdom of Halorum has enjoyed a period of extended peace due to the faith of the people protecting the country from corrupting forces. Years later the people’s faith is fragmenting as the gods have not walked among the people in some time. Paulira, leader of the...
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...
by Whitney Smyth | May 22, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Self-published, Sponsored, Tweens
Wendell is an orphan living on the streets and trying to keep himself and his friends fed to the best of their ability when a chance discovery of a portrait of the king’s daughter, Karen. Something about the fiery red-head’s image struck a chord so deeply that...