Having heard great things about Frank L. Cole’s Potion Masters Series, checking out The Legend of the Last Library was a no-brainer. This proved to be an excellent choice, as Cole's latest publication…
Julia is biographical fiction written by Heather B. Moore and based on the life of Julia Child. Even if you have never heard of Julia Child, this book has a sweetness about it. It is really a romantic…
Set against the chaotic back drop of the blitzing of London is the story of Nimble Nottingham, an orphan and a loner, who unwittingly unleashes a dark and frightening force that hunts in the dark for …
The Nightmares of Finnegan Quick draws the reader into the life and dreams of a teenage boy with a peculiar power to manipulate dreams. Finnegan is an average high school boy with whom young readers c…
Elizabeth Goddard keeps readers on edge with Perilous Tides, the second book in the Hidden Bay series. If you didn’t read the first book, you could certainly follow this story without having read it. …
This novel is generally classified as a fantasy. Fantasy-lite is probably a more accurate term because there is not extensive world building, and the magic present is really magical alchemy, which has…
The author of The Penderwicks gives us another classic-styled middle grade novel that is partly inspired by her love of The Borrowers. Although this book has a timeless feel, it is a modern setting (t…
The Hope of Cheyenne series by Tracie Peterson continues with Designed with Love. This work of historical fiction takes place in the 1870s. The book starts out with an intense scene and then pretty mu…
Fire Mountain is a standalone thriller novel by Dana Mentink. The book is exciting and full of danger and the unknown. If you are looking for something that has very little down time and constant chan…
(Note: This is book thirteen of The Dresden Files novels, which form a continuous story. Read no further, on peril of receiving spoilers for previous installments of the series.)
Readers of The Dre…
Ready to return to the world of Snowglobe? Or perhaps you are looking for a nice little duology to read this summer? If you live in the Midwest, now is the perfect time to read something that takes yo…
The Atlas of Untold Stories by Sara Brunsvold is a tangled story that jumps between a mother and her two daughters. All three are dysfunctional in some way or another and the story just keeps bringing…
