Author Archives: EHL
Masque of the Red Death – Bethany Griffin
A modern-day plague has swept through the world with alarming force, and there’s no cure. As Araby Worth and her best friend, April, rush through the streets on their way to the Debauchery Club, they see people die in the … Continue reading
The Solitary House – Lynn Shepherd
From where we stand, the air is so deadened with a greasy yellow fog that you can barely see three paces ahead, and risk stumbling in the street over milk-cans, shattered bottles, and what look at first like rat-ridden heaps … Continue reading
Shadow & Bone – Leigh Bardugo
Following the common fantasy theme of orphan coming into power and fighting evil, Shadow & Bone is an enjoying read. Alina and Mal grew up as best friends in an orphanage and now serve in the army. Mal is a … Continue reading
Roadside Picnic – Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugasky
Aliens have visited the earth, stopping briefly at several sites and leaving behind their trash in areas known as Zones. Though most of the mystifying debris is extremely dangerous, some of it accidentally proves to be useful. The scientists can’t … Continue reading
Mission to Paris – Alan Furst
Frederic Stahl, an internationally famous Hollywood film star is making a film in Paris. Having spent a few years there as a young man, Stahl was looking forward to the visit. As soon as he arrived, he changed into a … Continue reading
Hemlock – Kathleen Peacock
Just a few years earlier, the myths of werewolves were confirmed as reality by the government. It’s an affliction that’s spread like a contagious disease through bites and scratches from those already infected. Unlike most normal diseases, though, werewolfism can’t … Continue reading
Transcendence – C. J. Omololu
What are the odds of meeting the ONE person on the entire planet that is your true soul mate? Fairly slim. Perhaps there are many people that you can be happy living with your entire life. If you have many … Continue reading
Insignia – S.J. Kincaid
There is never a dull moment in this futuristic virtual war game thriller. Corporations rule the world and fight over rights to natural resources on Earth and the solar system. The corporations argue there is no loss of life in … Continue reading
Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls – Julie Schumacher
It is summertime and Adrienne Haus is finally out of school. But instead of going off on an adventure with her best friend, she’s forced to stay home nursing a hurt knee. To keep her daughter occupied, Adrienne’s Mom enrolls … Continue reading
The Long Earth – Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
The Long Earth is a sizzling brain stimulator full of what if scenarios and philosophical musings delivered in doses of witty banter between explorers Joshua and Lobsang. Folks on Datum Earth, our Earth, discovered the Long Earth, an infinite number … Continue reading
Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor – Rosina Harrison
When Rosina Harrison was a girl in North Yorkshire she confided in her mother that she wanted to travel when she grew up. Taking her wishes seriously, her mother told her that in order to do that she must “smarten … Continue reading
Shadows on the Moon –Zoë Marriott
Suzume leads a carefree life as an only child, playing on her father’s modest estates in a land similar to feudal Japan. One horrible day, soldiers storm in, accuse her father of treason and kill them all including her beloved … Continue reading
Struck – Jennifer Bosworth
Mia has been struck by lightning countless times, so that she has become the embodiment of lightning with rivers of scars running the length of her body. If she loses her temper or feels threatened, she releases energy and can … Continue reading
Lucky Fools – Coert Voorhees
The competition is fierce at Oak Fields prep in many areas of David Ellison’s life. He and all the other seniors are contemplating their college choices and life goals and are thrown a crushing blow when a Stanford admissions representative … Continue reading
Welcome Caller, This is Chloe – Shelley Coriell
Chloe is an ambitious, high-spirited high school junior with a seemingly unsinkable personality and a flare for vintage shoes. Her normally bright outlook on life threatens to dim though when classes resume after winter break. Her two best friends, Brie … Continue reading
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