Olivia Mansfield’s brother has been protecting her, to some degree, from their abusive stepfather. With their mother blissfully in lalaland and her brother off to college, Olivia has no one but her new friends and her beloved oboe to divert her attention. Her new friends are leading her down the path of drinking and partying,…
Rose is the daughter of a woodcutter in Hagenheim, Germany. She’s been lucky enough to be taken into the Duke’s castle as Frau Geruscha’s apprentice healer. Even though her best friend is enamored of the Duke’s returning handsome sons, Rose knows her place. That is, until the elder son, Lord Hamlin, becomes injured and Rose…
What’s a girl to do when faced with big decisions? High school seniors Amber and Brittany have been best friends forever, but only one of them can win the car for perfect attendance and top grades. At first the competition is good-natured, but Amber is determined to win. After all, their family car is on…
The Charlatan’s Boy is a southern-style fantasy for middle graders set in Corenwald, the same world as the author, Jonathan Rogers, set his WilderKing trilogy. (Check the ‘Book Reviews’ tab in the header for my take on these stories.) Grady has known no other life than what he’s experienced with Floyd, who makes his living…
Lock the windows and doors. Turn on every light. And pray. Because the goblins are coming. Tyger Tyger is a young adult urban fantasy novel told with a unique, captivating style. Teagan Wylltson isn’t your average teen, even at the beginning of the tale. Her part-time job is teaching sign language to chimps at the…
Venom and Song is the second book in a fantasy trilogy for middle graders by Wayne Thomas Batson and Christopher Hopper. It’s most definitely not a stand alone novel as it picks up right in the middle of the action last experienced during the final scene of the previous book, Curse of the Spider King….