by Brandon Sanford | Dec 14, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Sponsored, Tweens
In Spinwatch, book three of the Gates of Aurona series, Tonya Macalino returns to the mythical land of Hillsboro, Oregon, where contemporary reality and folktale blend together to make the lives of one suburban family very interesting. Hannah’s father, Antonio, has...
by Megan Stevens | Dec 1, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Tweens
N.D. Wilson’s prequel to his 100 Cupboards series, The Door Before, is a tale that combines suspense, fantasy, action, and humor. This story follows Hyacinth Maxine Smith, whose parents work for the Order, an organization that tracks down evil creatures and imprisons...
by Barbara Cothern | Nov 22, 2017 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, NW Publishers, Portland Publishers, Sponsored, Uncategorized, Young Adult
Try lives with his mother, sister, and two brothers in a small house in a village by the sea. Try’s father vanished at sea several years prior, but Try is not lonely because he has two good friends: Tallest, a large oak tree in the woods, and Hope, a star who watches...
by Addison Fleming | Nov 21, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Science Fiction
Levine’s sequel to Arabella of Mars resumes several months later, with Arabella separated from her fiancé, Captain Singh. Singh and the crew of his ship, Diana, have been captured by the French and sent to work at one of Napoleon’s war camps on Venus. Upon learning...
by Barbara Cothern | Nov 9, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Romance
Dru Jasper, sorceress and proprietor of the Crystal Connection, has a huge problem on her hands. Sorcerers are disappearing off the streets, and the dead appear to be arising. If that wasn’t enough, there are also signs that someone is trying to start an apocalypse....
by Barbara Cothern | Oct 13, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Young Adult
Sierra Santiago is not the average teenager: she has taken on her family’s legacy of being a shadowshaper – someone who can command spirits through art. Since Sierra learned of her talents and taken her first steps to become a fully skilled shadowshaper, she has been...