Tag: book 1
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Book Review: Ignite
by Kara Swanson publisher’s synopsis: Can Mara survive in a world where the fire in her veins is worth killing for? In a frozen wasteland suffocating beneath a dying sun, Mara is a young phoenix raised by her father to explode at his command. He’s the only one who can help her control her fire,…
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Book Review: A Time to Die
by Nadine Brandes publisher’s synopsis How would you live if you knew the day you’d die? Three hundred sixty-four days, seven hours, and sixteen—no, fifteen—seconds left to live. Like everyone else on the east side of the Wall, Parvin Blackwater has a clock counting down the days until her death. At only seventeen, she has only…
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Book Review: Oathbound
by Victoria McCombs publisher’s synopsis Beware the waters. The dangerous deep brings ruin to all. Emme has spent her life avoiding anything to do with pirates. But the fates are cruel, and now a hidden sickness leads her to partner with pirates for the one thing that can save her—a cure on an island none…
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Book Review: Suspended in the Stars
by E. A. Hendryx publisher’s synopsis A girl in hiding. A boy on the run. The fate of the galaxy between them. In the Xerus Galaxy, Soaring Staress Talie Zarna is hiding her true identity on the circus spaceship Midway. When she’s forced to shelter rogue soldier, Renner Cartha, it’s easy to see he has…
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Book Review: The Emerald Enigma
by Paul Regnier publisher’s synopsis Space heroes or cosmic rejects? Captain Glint Starcrost is not having the carefree, adventurous life the space academy brochures promised star pilots. Broke, with an unreliable star freighter and a bounty on his head, Glint is desperate enough to try anything. Even set out on a quest to find a fabled good…
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Book Review: Sky Without Stars
by Jessica Brody and Joanne Rendell publisher’s synopsis: A thief. An officer. A guardian. Three strangers. One shared destiny . . . When the Last Days came, the planet of Laterre promised hope. But five hundred years later, it’s now a place where an extravagant elite class reigns supreme; where the clouds hide the stars…
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Book Review: Magic Hunters: The Journey Begins
by Jill and Brad Williamson Publisher’s Synopsis: Hunter, the son of the huntsman who nearly killed Snow White, is tired of the shame that labels his family. Tricked into making a wish upon a magic mirror, he accidentally unleashes a curse that banishes magic from the Story Realms. In order to right this wrong, Hunter…
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Book Review: We Could Be Villains
by Megan McCullough publisher’s synopsis Avoid spoilers. Don’t get fired. Defeat a not-so-fictional supervillain? Seventeen-year-old fangirl Rosemary Collins lives for VIGIL & ANTE Studios movies. From action-packed superhero fights to sweet character moments, she’s here for it all. But in a real-life crossover no one saw coming, the fandom’s heartthrob supervillain, Ironfall, isn’t as fictional…
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Book Review: The Wonderland Trials
by Sara Ella Publisher’s Synopsis Solve the clues. Face your fears. Survive the Trials. All Alice Liddell wants is to escape her Normal life in Oxford and find the parents who abandoned her ten years ago. But she gets more than she bargained for when her older sister Charlotte is arrested for having the infamous…
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Book Review: Recorder
by Cathy McCrumb publisher’s synopsis The Consortium is All. But Recorder Can No Longer Obey. Recorder has no family, no friends, and no name. Donated to the Consortium before birth, her sole purpose is to maintain and verify the records. A neural implant and drone ensure compliance, punishing for displays of bias. Suddenly cut off…
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