Genre: Young Adult Speculative

Azetha: Secrets of Fathara by Robin Glassey

Azetha: Secrets of Fathara by Robin Glassey

Tika is not like the other princesses on Fathara. With her wild hair, pointy ears, and collarless sand tiger who follows her around, it is hard for her to make and keep friends. To complicate her life further, Tika discovers she is more than Human, with surprising abilities. And all she wants to be—is normal. Yet the very abilities that set Tika apart are the […]

September 27, 2014 / 0 Comments
Jabberwocky by Daniel Coleman

Jabberwocky by Daniel Coleman

How can a boy succeed where an army has failed? Tjaden, a young man who aspires to be an Elite soldier, blames himself when Elora’s beautiful face is disfigured by a bandersnatch. Elora hides behind her scars, feeling unlovable in a world that only confirms her doubts. Before Tjaden has a chance to convince her that scars don’t matter, an even more terrifying monster comes […]

September 26, 2014 / 0 Comments
Mosaic: Praxis by Andrea Pearson

Mosaic: Praxis by Andrea Pearson

Three Katon University Novellas The Focus: When Nicole, a talented cellist, goes to Ohio to sharpen her skills with wind magic, she has no idea her studies are about to collide with terrifying creatures and people from another dimension. Based off one of HP Lovecraft’s popular stories. The Manor: Austin receives a photograph in the mail and quickly discovers something about it isn’t quite right: […]

September 22, 2014 / 0 Comments
Mosaic: Discern by Andrea Pearson

Mosaic: Discern by Andrea Pearson

Nicole Williams is an Arete—a fourth child with magical abilities—yet no matter how hard she tries, she can’t Channel her power. In fact, she seems to be the only student at Katon University who fails at magic. That doesn’t stop magic from finding her. It starts with possessed books and cursed spiders before moving quickly to freaky shadows and magical currents. Nicole turns to her […]

September 17, 2014 / 0 Comments
The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg

The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg

Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. Having graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony is assigned an apprenticeship in paper magic despite her dreams of bespelling metal. And once she’s bonded to paper, that will be her only magic…forever. Yet the spells Ceony learns under the strange […]

September 4, 2014 / 0 Comments
The Watchers: Knight of Light by Deirdra Eden

The Watchers: Knight of Light by Deirdra Eden

All the training in Heaven couldn’t prepare me for the war on earth, nor for the love, loss, or loneliness humans feel. There are things worse than death, and every last one of them is hunting people like us. Even though we all feel human at times, we must remember, we are not them, we are their watchers. In England, 1270 A.D., Auriella (pronounced yurr-ee-ella) […]

September 4, 2014 / 0 Comments
Parallel: After by Christine Kersey

Parallel: After by Christine Kersey

After (a parallel story) is the follow-up novel to the Parallel Trilogy and is meant to be read after you’ve read the entire trilogy. This book description contains spoilers for the trilogy. Morgan is thrilled to be back in her world with her family, and is ecstatic that Billy is by her side. Ready to settle into her life and to show Billy how wonderful […]

August 4, 2014 / 0 Comments
Bound in Blue by Heather Hamilton-Senter

Bound in Blue by Heather Hamilton-Senter

Gods walk among us—all you have to do is See. High school senior Rhiannon Lynne couldn’t get noticed even if she walked stark naked into the cafeteria and started playing the banjo. While tap dancing. As if that weren’t strange enough, Rhi has synesthesia—she feels in color. It takes being almost drowned by a Celtic river goddess for her to discover she’s been bound by […]

June 26, 2014 / 1 Comment
Tales of Myrick the (Not So) Magnificent #1 by Berin L. Stephens

Tales of Myrick the (Not So) Magnificent #1 by Berin L. Stephens

Are you sure you want to be an adventurer? Believe me, there are plenty of dragons, moronic guards, golems, evil sorcerers, zombies, blood-thirsty plants, undead necromancers, bandits, and troglyns out there who do NOT have your health and happiness in mind. If it weren’t for my friends—the squirrel-like Nut-boy, the beautiful yet brawny Princess Frederica, and the ever-loyal but brainless Nonac the barbarian—I wouldn’t be […]

May 19, 2014 / 0 Comments
Birthright by Nichole Giles

Birthright by Nichole Giles

Two months ago, Abigail Johnson saved the life of the boy she believes is her destiny and defeated an army of demons that have pursued her ancestors for centuries. Now, she and Kye should be taking their place as leaders of the new generation of Gifted. But the curse they thought was broken has returned, and every minute together brings them closer to death. When […]

May 2, 2014 / 0 Comments