Just a quick note - I am absolutely delighted to announce a giveaway via Rafflecopter for one of five signed copies of Brit Lunden's alter ego (Carole P Roman)'s  Can a Princess Be a Firefighter?  and the grand prize includes a $25 Amazon gift card. For more details: click here for the giveaway (ending 8/16/19)! ★★★★ ½ "Who… Continue reading Bulwark – Brit Lunden

★★★★★ .President of the US, World Leaders, and Thousands Dead. Many still missing as the world reels from the impact of the Monsterland disaster. Monsterland - once a shining beacon of hope, has fallen and the rest of the world with it. Vincent Konrad promised to lead the world out of the first apocalypse(the zombie one) by… Continue reading Monsterland Reanimanted – Michael Okon

★★★★★ Body and soul. Two different things. Wanderer is a parasite. Her people are parasites. For millions of years, they traveled to new planets, colonized the species and lived out lives in their hosts' bodies. It's about the experience and the journey.  When Wanderer (the soul) arrives to Earth, she is placed in an adult female host.… Continue reading The Host – Stephenie Meyer

★★ ½ "What did you just do?" Her brother's eyes were round with disbelief. Pride and wonder mingled in Red Dove's chest. What did I just do? Red Dove lives with her Lakota family and all of them are facing yet another difficult winter. Being thirteen years old, Red Dove is quickly learning that what once… Continue reading Red Dove – Sonia Antaki

★★★★ Intellect There was little he feared in life, but magic was one of those things. Quint is on the run for a murder he didn't commit - he must reach the Coven to prove his innocence. But the journey is far and the road treacherous.  His only companion, Wren, happens to be a sword. A… Continue reading Prelude to the Shards – Michael Timmins

★★★★★ "I'm not used to people thinking I'm a bad kid. It's kind of exhilarating." "...I feel like I'm being judged. And punished with tomatoes." Rex McClendon and Leif Nelson are best friends (along with Alicia Boykins) in their small town of Bleak Creek. The three of them literally do everything together and their latest project… Continue reading The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek – Rhett McLaughlin & Link Neal

★★★★ "What would you say if I told you you could talk to her again?" Ben and Carissa were in love.  They were going to get married.  They had a whole future together. Until...it happened. Carissa would have said she was too important to just be murdered...She'd insist I say assassinate. She was funny like that. Just a… Continue reading Lingering – Melissa Simonson

★★ ½ That’s family for you. Can’t live with them, can’t murder them. Cassel Sharpe comes from a family steeped in magic who've collectively turned to a life of crime to pay the bills. After all, if all magic is illegal... what else is there to do? After spending most of his life thinking that he… Continue reading Black Heart – Holly Black

★★★ ½ Out of breath, gasping for air, they dashed through the forest for their lives. Tej and his mother barely escaped a couple of time-demons through the help of the sage, Rigu. His mother was tortured before his very eyes and while Tej was grateful to be rescued, he cannot quench a burning desire to exact revenge. Two hundred years ago, you… Continue reading Demons of Time: Race to the 7th Sunset – Varun Sayal

★★★★★ ...her head was filled with magic and things that go bump in the night. Poor Susannah!  She survived the stress of adjusting to third grade but now has to deal with.. .*drum roll*... a haunted house. Lola's house was very old. It was filled with dark little rooms and strange noises. Lola, one of Susannah's… Continue reading Oh Susannah: Things That Go Bump – Carole P Roman