Brandon Sanderson is collaborating on his new young adult Skyward series, Riftwake, with Janci Patterson. Previously, they partnered on some Skyward novellas so she is well-versed in the world, charac…
Author Erin Entrada Kelly continues to be the darling of the Newbery Medals board. She now has two Newbery Awards and one Newbery Honor Book in her quiver. Frankly, the first two nods she received for…
Mindwalker is a fun science fiction book. This is a fast-paced, tense story I would recommend to both female and male readers. While it’s technically a YA book, some of the themes and story feel more …
Defiant is a satisfying conclusion to the Skyward Series. Honestly, I was apprehensive when I started this book; I didn’t connect with the previous two books as much as I hoped. Fortunately, Defiant w…
No Time Like Now has a cool, starting premise. The publisher's note bills it as a twist on A Christmas Carol and while it does have some of that structure in the first part of the story, the middle p…
Starter Villian is my "starter" book for long-time science fiction author John Scalzi. I was definitely amused. Although this book is categorized as science fiction and published by Tor, it is less…
Brilliantly done, Mr. Kirby! The architecture of the story is really first-rate in how it weaves prior events and current events. Exquisitely described, this story has nail-biting tension, mystery, a…
Avery the Dogless Orphan and the Interdimensional Stray by Prim Pawn is a middle grade, science fiction novel for dog lovers. Reminiscent of books like A Wrinkle in Time, this novel takes the reader o…
If I had to choose one word to describe Ancillary Justice, it would be “subtle.” Nothing is obvious. The story unfolds gradually, and the author lets the reader draw their own conclusions without expl…
The Wrath of Fate is a unique sort of novel, as it is written to accompany and provide context to the music of Abney Park, a real-world steampunk-themed band, and the books are written by the band's v…
This award-winning book is a sci-fi adventure that clips along while still managing to hit a wide-range of themes: the love and value of family, the worth of stories and storytellers, assimilation an…
Trex is a mix of mystery, action, adventure, and science fiction--all topped with a dose of real-world reality when it comes to some of the things that middle schoolers struggle with. The format is a…
