Category Archives: highly recommend
Noggin – John Corey Whaley
The body of 16-year-old Travis Coates lost a grueling battle with cancer, but Travis’s head, his brain, is still going strong after a groundbreaking cryogenic experiment. Travis opens his eyes after what seems like a quick nap, but everything is … Continue reading
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender – Lesley Walton
Ava Lavender is born with wings. Ava tells her story by recounting the series of tragedies that befell her relatives beginning with her French great-grandparents’ immigration to the tenements of New York. Tragic events fueled by broken hearts are written … Continue reading
The Ring and the Crown – Melissa de la Cruz
Princess Marie-Victoria of the Franco-British Empire must marry Leopold, the Prussian prince to secure peace between their nations. The story is told from several points-of-view that reiterates the plight of women throughout history when they must sell themselves to the … Continue reading
Death Sworn – Leah Cypess
Centuries before, an evil Empire gained control of the lands through the use of dark magic. Two groups formed an alliance of sorts, a sorcerer-based society, the Renegai, and a group of assassins training within a complex system of caves. … Continue reading
Counting by 7s – Holly Goldberg Sloan
Willow was adopted when she was quite young, by two loving parents, who embraced her quirkiness and genius. When she was 12, both parents were killed in a fiery car accident. With no family or close friends to take her … Continue reading
Half Bad – Sally Green
Nathan is the product of a Black Witch father and a White Witch mother. His father, Marcus, killed his mother’s husband then left his mother with 3 full blooded White Witch children and baby Nathan, the Half Blood, to raise. … Continue reading
The Shadow Throne – Jennifer A. Nielsen
Book 3 of The Ascendance Trilogy begins with Jaron returning from the pirates without any opportunity to fully recover before war threatens his kingdom. It’s not just one country that declares war against him, but three. The odds are ever-stacked … Continue reading
Spirit and Dust – Rosemary Clement-Moore
Good vs. Evil paranormal mystery starring down to earth Daisy Goodfellow. Daisy comes from a family with special paranormal abilities. She works with law enforcement to solve crimes. She can examine a murder scene and talk with the spirit of … Continue reading
Avalon – Mindee Arnett
Teenager Jeth is the heroic protector of his crew in this sci-fi action thriller. Jeth’s parents were respected for their expeditions into deep space especially in an odd section of space where mysterious things happened. When they were killed, Jeth … Continue reading
When I Was the Greatest – Jason Reynolds
Set in a Brooklyn neighborhood, Ali strives to do the right thing, respecting his hard working single mother and caring for his sassy sister. Ali becomes friends with brothers Noodles and Needles from the dilapidated house next door who are … Continue reading
Revolutionary – Alex Myers
Deborah Samson had served her indenture only to find that she was still not allowed to live as she wished. Society insisted that she have a master. Earning her living as a weaver, sitting in a corner of the tavern, … Continue reading
All Our Yesterdays – Cristin Terrell
Em and Finn are being tortured in a prison by “the doctor” and this is not the first time. They have travelled back in time, on many occasions to try and change the course of events that has led the … Continue reading
The Coldest Girl in Cold Town – Holly Black
Gone are the days when vampires were mere rumors or legends. Vampires have gone public thanks to a rogue vampire that went on a biting spree. Now vampires are corralled into large fortress type cities. Those infected and expected to … Continue reading
Frozen – Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston
Extreme pollution depicted by trashbergs, think icebergs but made of garbage, in the ocean coupled with the ice age environment and harsh society lead the daring to seek a rumored Blue somewhere in the ocean. Nat escapes from prison using … Continue reading
Scarlet – A.C. Gaughen
This is a rousing tale of Robin Hood featuring one of his merry “men”, Will Scarlet, who disguises herself as male and keeps her painful past hidden. Complete with the traditional cast of characters in Robin Hood tales, Scarlet stands … Continue reading
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