Fiction
Rift – Steven James
Sahara O’Saughnessy’s life is in shambles. Her father is dead and she’s the one responsible. Not directly, not directly enough. And the way they left things, the final things she said to him, the things […]
Genre: Young Adult
Christy Award
This Dreamer (The Chronicles of the Marked #1) – Sara Watterson
Sara Watterson’s This Dreamer holds the distinction of being the first independently published novel to win a Christy Award. That alone is a huge accomplishment. While the big publishers have the right to just pay […]
Fiction
The Girl in the Castle – James Patterson and Emily Raymond
James Patterson’s collaborations with Emily Raymond have wandered somewhere in between mediocre (Injustice) to absolutely awful (Little Black Dress, Humans Bow Down, and pretty much the rest of their collabs). The Girl in the Castle […]
Fiction
Forward Me Back to You – Mitali Perkins
This book released a few years ago, but I never got around to reading it, partly because I knew it dealt with heavy topics. I finally read it this past week, and loved it so […]
Children's Books
And They Found Dragons – Rachelle and Ted Dekker
With vivid imagery, a strong message, and an engaging story, Ted and Rachelle Dekker give young readers an adventure they’ll not be able to put down. And They Found Dragons is an intense, thought-provoking, mind-opening, […]
Fiction
A Brutal Justice (Nede Rising #2) – Jess Corban
I put some big shoes on A Brutal Justice when I effusively praised its predecessor, A Gentle Tyranny. The two books comprise the Nede Rising duology and tells the story of Raina Pierce, granddaughter of […]
Fiction
Castle of Refuge – Melanie Dickerson
The name Melanie Dickerson is synonymous with Christian fairytale retellings. Over the past few years, Dickerson has been able to recreate numerous fairytales and her newest retelling, a twist on the Ugly Duckling, is a […]
Fiction
The Story King (Sunlit Lands #3) – Matt Mikalatos
And so we come to the end of The Sunlit Lands. After two years, Matt Mikalatos is finally giving readers the long-awaited conclusion to The Sunlit Lands with The Story King. Where to even begin? […]
Fiction
The Heartwood Crown (Sunlit Lands #2) – Matt Mikalatos
*Attention: contains spoilers for The Crescent Stone (The Sunlit Lands #1)* Okay. The most difficult part of writing a review for The Crescent Stone was not spoiling the great big twist that serves as the […]
Fiction
The Crescent Stone (Sunlit Lands #1) – Matt Mikalatos
The Sunlit Lands had been on my radar for a while, but I had missed The Crescent Stone when it first came out and, as a reviewer, it’s often difficult to get back to old […]