John Staughton, Senior Reviewer

A powerful testament of unwavering faith and divine conversations, One Day I Met An Angel by Francesca Darien-Hyde is an inspiring and affirming work of religious exploration. Delving into biblical texts and applying them to modern-day problems, while highlighting the messianic path, this is a dense and challenging examination of the Bible’s traditions, and how they’re carried on today. The angel-wing watermark and font choices make the reading experience more challenging than it needs to be, and the entire book could use a final proofread for small aesthetic errors and oversights. However, for dedicated believers, the author’s commanding tone, lived […]

Time Trap II by Richard Smith is a riveting race against the clock that YA readers will be hard-pressed to put down. Hector and Catherine’s peaceful new life explodes when ancient keepers of the time-travel crystals task them with another dangerous mission – teaming up to outwit a sinister British villain and prevent a future-shifting massacre of revolutionary proportions. The blurred lines between historical fact and fantasy fiction make the reading experience an immersive and intriguing pleasure. Smith poses philosophical questions that pit science and ethics against magic and youthful ambition, giving young readers important ideas to chew on, along […]

In the aftermath of war, a fearless mother with a powerful gift and a hunted boy trying to stay alive see their lives collide in the genre-defying novel, That Blinding Darkness by John-Mark Kruger. An unexpectedly compassionate and thought-provoking tale, filled with well-crafted symbolism and timeless themes reflected in unusual ways, this unique and compelling read is wildly original. The occasional stretch of unformed prose, including a handful of missing words, and some conveniently filled plot holes, could use more attention, but Kruger deserves high praise for this masterfully constructed mixture of western, sci-fi, and dystopian fiction.

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