Young Adult Book Reviews

Review: Want by Magus Tor

wantWant, by Magus Tor, is a Young Adult dystopian pageturner.

Aurelia Cole is only seventeen when the story starts. She’s just finished school and has been hired by Lunar City Hospital as a med worker. She’s bright, kind, scared, and ambitious. When the shuttle she’s on is attacked, her entire life changes. Nicholas, a Clone she met hours before the attack, rescues Jonathon Hansen, who many think will be the next Earth Empire President. Aurelia is torn between Nicholas and Jonathon. Who can she trust and who should she believe. When the Resistance movement approaches Aurelia she has to […]

2019-01-21T09:39:48+02:00January 6th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Wonderboy by Tom Conyers

Wonderboy by Tom ConyersThe year is 1975, and Jack Bennett is living with his parents and older brother in the Adelaide Hills of Southern Australia. Despite their problems, his family are good enough company most days, if not very trendy or well-off. Still, secretly, his greatest pastime remains make-believe, despite burgeoning adolescence threatening to dull his creative spark. When a new teacher and a fast friend begin to encourage his imagination, old wounds begin to open up in the adults around them, and his relationships and ideas start to change. Rumors spring up, arguments break out, and there’s something about Jack that just […]

2019-01-22T15:51:41+02:00December 29th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Monster Squad: The Iron Golem by Christian Page

the iron golemThe Iron Golem by Christian Page is the first book in the Monster Squad series, an adventure tale of vintage superpowers for the children and young adult audience.

When Blaine Davis and her friends return from summer break for their seventh grade school year, they have no reason to suspect it will be anything more than a typical, homework filled bore.  Little do they know, however, that the evil Dr. Victor von Frankenstein is searching ceaselessly for heirs of extraordinary powers, and he will stop at nothing to find them.  His diabolical minions are converging on the quiet town of […]

2015-01-05T13:00:34+02:00December 27th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: The Stranger Box by Pamela Cuming

the stranger boxThe Stranger Box, by Pamela Cuming, is a psychological thriller that is both shocking and entertaining. More importantly, it will keep readers turning the pages.

Eden is adopted by Carolyn and Robert Dengler. Their daughter, Samantha, loves to remind Eden that she’s adopted. Eden doesn’t exactly fit into the Dengler home. The housekeeper ends up having a strong influence over Eden and teaches her about plants and Voodoo. When tragedy strikes, Eden runs away from home to avoid being placed in a group home. Her trials and tribulations include living in the tunnels of the subway with a disturbing […]

2015-03-31T01:02:09+02:00December 22nd, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |

The Elder’s Circle by Jessica Schaub

the elderscirclePicking up right where Gateways, Book I of The Elemental Chronicles left off, Victoria believes that she’ll be home tomorrow. After all, she defeated Ona, the mage who killed her father, and essentially saved the world. Or did she?

The Elder’s Circle is the second book in the series by Christian fantasy author Jessica Schaub. Victoria is a Painter, and can paint anything into existence. But she’s been forced to open a dangerous Earth Gateway, and now the powerful and evil mage Ona is missing. In this installment, the story follows Ona’s followers while they attempt to find her.  Meanwhile, […]

Review: The Lycetta Legacy by SJ Oaksley

lycetta legacyThe Lycetta Legacy, Book One, by SJ Oaksley is a clever new addition to the young adult fantasy genre.

Julia Lynch is a seventeen-year-old girl who thinks she has a normal life. Like most teens her age, she hates her part-time job and enjoys spending time with her friends. Julia and her mother are really close, especially after the tragic death of Julia’s father two years earlier.

One afternoon, when Julia takes a shortcut through an alleyway on her way home from work she’s mugged. This event changes her life drastically. A mysterious man and his acquaintance come to […]

2015-01-08T00:36:41+02:00November 26th, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Alethea by Jesse Arnold

Alethea by Jesse ArnoldAlethea Cooper considers herself a practical and average high-school girl, if a world-class gymnast on her way to the Olympics. Sixteen and already focused on her career, her life takes a hard turn as a car accident leaves her wheelchair-bound. Through her slow and painful discovery she begins to learn that there’s more to life than just her career as an athlete, but also love, the joys of youth, and hideous green monsters that only her emergent superpowers and the unwanted guidance of an overly-knowledged doctor can keep at bay.

Nobody ever said growing up was easy.

In general, Alethea[…]

2014-10-07T07:26:31+02:00October 2nd, 2014|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Galadria: Peter Huddleston & the Mists of the Three Lakes by Miguel Lopez de Leon

Galadria 2 RevewThe second book in the  Galadria fantasy trilogy, Galadria: Peter Huddleston & the Mists of the Three Lakes, follows Peter on more thrilling adventures. It starts off with Peter back at home with his father and stepmom. Once again Peter is in trouble with his stepmom and her nosy friends. Luckily for Peter, summer is upon him and soon he’ll be heading back to Hillside Manor, where he’ll continue his studies with his tutors to learn more about the golden realm of Galadria.

In The Mists of the Three Lakes, Peter has to face different challenges, including attending Supreme […]

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