Namesake by Adrienne Young || Book Review

January 9, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

That writing of hers … Young has done it again. Her poetic writing style intertwined with her wonderful storytelling has kept me compelled once again.

Fable By Adreinne Young || Book Review

February 10, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

For seventeen-year-old Fable, the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home she has ever known. It’s been four years since the night she watched her mother drown during an unforgiving storm. The next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little […]

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson || Book Review

April 23, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

“It was always wise to be polite to books, whether or not they could hear you.” Synopsis: All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on […]

Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller || Book Review

February 27, 2020.Reading time 11 minutes.

“I may not have been born in the sea, but I was born to rule it. I am the daughter of the siren queen.” Synopsis: Alosa’s mission is finally complete. Not only has she recovered all three pieces of the map to a legendary hidden treasure, but the pirates who originally took her captive are […]

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller || Book Review

January 9, 2020.Reading time 11 minutes.

“I am me because I choose to be me. I am what I want. Some people say you have to find yourself. Not I. I believe we create ourselves to be what we want.” Synopsis: Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map–the key to a legendary treasure trove–seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately […]

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow || Book Review

January 3, 2020.Reading time 12 minutes.

“It is at the moments when the doors open, when things flow between the worlds, that stories happen.” Synopsis: In the early 1900s, a young woman embarks on a fantastical journey of self-discovery after finding a mysterious book in this captivating and lyrical debut. In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is […]

Two Worlds of Oblivion by Angelina J. Steffort || ARC Review

October 26, 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

“But this wasn’t just about making it right. It was about being unable to reconcile the thought of never being able to tell him that she felt the same way …” Synopsis: Even though Maray has returned to the world she grew up in, she isn’t safe. Grasping for power, Rhia seeks her blood to […]

The Infinite Noise by Lauren Shippen || ARC Review

October 10, 2019.Reading time 14 minutes.

“And then—just when I was hoping a dam would burst—the wall just dissolves, letting the blue-green wash over me, clearing out the muck in my veins for the first time in months.” Synopsis: Caleb Michaels is a sixteen-year-old champion running back. Other than that his life is pretty normal. But when Caleb starts experiencing mood […]

Two Worlds of Provenance by Angelina J. Steffort || ARC Review

September 10, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

“Weakness is to give in when you are being pushed to do something you know is wrong.” Synopsis: When sixteen-year-old Maray Johnson explores her new neighborhood, she hardly expects to see a medieval sword fight—especially not one that leaves her first responder to a severely injured boy, who despite all bone-deep wounds, has the nerve […]