Genre: Young Adult Speculative

Marrow by Preston Norton

Marrow by Preston Norton

Marrow is a fourteen-year-old prodigy at FIST (Fantom Institute for Superheroes-in-Training). With a perfect score on his finals, the ability to smash through walls, and leaps that can launch him over a city block, the Sidekick Internship Program is bound to place him with a top-notch superhero mentor for the summer. But when a series of disastrous events lands Marrow on academic probation, he is […]

April 29, 2015 / 0 Comments
Crystal Gate by Pendragon Inman

Crystal Gate by Pendragon Inman

The chance to defeat their enemy may cost him his soul. When the Okoru death auctioneer arrives from the mainland and starts enforcing new laws, Wyan—a newly awakened Void elemental—taps into his powers to defend his home. When the situation turns deadly, the entire village is put in danger. As everything familiar crumbles around him, Wyan is presented with the opportunity for revenge—a quest deep […]

April 24, 2015 / 0 Comments
The Perfect Fool by Bethany Zohner Herbert

The Perfect Fool by Bethany Zohner Herbert

“I told the queen I would let you live, but I didn’t say in what condition. I’m very sorry, Farrago.” Kazim pulled a rope that I hadn’t noticed from his shoulder. It was attached to a clay jar I recognized. “I must break you.” Plucked from the streets to become a court jester, Farrago’s life is simple and carefree. No one demands much of him, […]

April 22, 2015 / 0 Comments
A Piper’s Song by C.K. Johnson

A Piper’s Song by C.K. Johnson

Kyra, a descendant of the Pied Piper, is the final member of her family to develop the ability to manipulate people with music. The first day her dark gift manifests, she accidentally breaks the family’s number one rule: do not use music outside the home. With one thoughtless tune, she zombifies the cutest guy in school, gets kicked out of the house, and realizes the […]

April 22, 2015 / 1 Comment
The Fangs of Bloodhaven by Cheree Alsop

The Fangs of Bloodhaven by Cheree Alsop

Being a teenage vampire in a human family isn’t easy, especially in a city where harboring any monster subspecies is illegal. When Everett is injured attempting to save a werewolf, she takes him to the Monster Asylum, a place that shouldn’t exist, and introduces him to a world of acceptance and possibility. Dark creatures begin to plague the five cities. Everett’s ability to fight against […]

April 21, 2015 / 0 Comments
Scion by Kelly Oram

Scion by Kelly Oram

Russ Devereaux used to have it all—loving father, beautiful best friend, a carefree life in a town he loved, and strong magic. He was the king of his happy universe. Five months ago, that life was taken from him. Do not pass Go. Do not collect two hundred dollars. He’s spent months fighting back and building himself a new life, in a new city, with […]

April 20, 2015 / 0 Comments
Silver Lined by Shannen Crane Camp

Silver Lined by Shannen Crane Camp

Lives have been lost, alliances have been split, and the answers to Brynn’s unending questions are in sight, though still escaping her. But after losing both Ty and Jonah inside the maze-like facility of A1 with a promise to herself that she’ll come back for them, Brynn wakes up in a mysterious cabin with no idea of where she is, how long she’s been there, […]

April 20, 2015 / 0 Comments
My Fairly Dangerous Godmother by Janette Rallison

My Fairly Dangerous Godmother by Janette Rallison

Some people bomb auditions. Sadie Ramirez throws up during her tryouts on TV show America’s Top Talent. Her performance is so bad, it earns her a fairy godmother through the Magical Alliance’s Pitiful Damsel Outreach Program. Enter Chrysanthemum Everstar: a gum-chewing, cell phone-carrying, high heel wearing fairy godmother in training. She misinterprets Sadie’s wishes and sends her back in time to be a part of […]

April 16, 2015 / 4 Comments
Summer Queen by Amber Argyle

Summer Queen by Amber Argyle

Poised to become the most powerful priestess in Idara, Nelay doesn’t have time to become a pretty bauble for the king. She’s too busy saving her people from the invading army sweeping across her kingdom. But in defeat after defeat, Nelay begins to realize a bigger power is at play than that wielded by mere mortals. Only she can stand between the cinders of her […]

April 16, 2015 / 1 Comment
Caught in Crimson by Heather Hamilton-Senter

Caught in Crimson by Heather Hamilton-Senter

What if you were the monster of your own story? Armed with Excalibur, Rhi comes to Las Vegas to learn to control both her ability to see magic as color and her hunger to possess it, but from the moment she arrives, she’s consumed by the colors of flame. Rhi has to find her mother—the earth witch Guinevere—before Merlin decides she’s outlived her usefulness, but […]

April 13, 2015 / 1 Comment