by Megan Stevens | Jul 13, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Fantasy
Adrienne Kress’ middle grade adventure novel, The Explorers: The Door in the Alley, is a whimsical story full of humor, suspense and mysterious intrigue. This story follows Sebastian, a logic-driven student, and Evie, an orphan who now boards at the school she attends...
by Megan Stevens | Jul 3, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Tweens
Garth Nix’s Frogkisser combines fairytale, fantasy, adventure, a quest, and humor as Princess Anya must stop her evil stepfather, Duke Rikard, in a tale that involves flying carpets, good wizards, druids, responsible robbers, a frog prince, and other transformed...
by Megan Stevens | Apr 4, 2017 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Mystery, Crime & Thriller
Gemeinhart’s Scar Island is a middle grade adventure and survival novel that includes coming to terms with the truth and dealing with guilt. Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys is a dangerous place with an abusive Admiral in charge, demeaning work,...
by Megan Stevens | Mar 1, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, Film, TV & Theater
Greg Cox’s The Librarians and The Lost Lamp, a tie-in beginning of a trilogy based on the television show, The Librarians, is an adventurous new addition to The Librarians universe; one full of magic, mythology, folk lore, history, mystery, and complex characters....
by Megan Stevens | Feb 7, 2017 | Columns, Featured, The Reader's Perspective
The Book Travels of a Writer and Fan My love of writing started at an early, elementary school age where I would read Nancy Drew novels with a flashlight under my covers in order to make my setting seem mysterious like the genre I was reading. This hobby transferred...