Ringmaster ― Rin, to those who know her best ― can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. And the circus they lead is a rare home and safe haven for magical misfits and outcasts, known as Sparks. With the world still… Continue reading The First Bright Thing, J.R. Dawson
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Drowning, T.J. Newman
Six minutes after takeoff, Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. During the evacuation, an engine explodes and the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced to close the doors—but it’s too late. The plane sinks to the bottom with twelve passengers trapped inside.More than two hundred feet below the surface, engineer Will Kent… Continue reading Drowning, T.J. Newman
Blog Tour Review: Don’t Ask if I’m Okay, Jessica Kara
Title: Don’t Ask If I’m OkayAuthor: Jessica Kara Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Publishing Date: May 16, 2023 Heartfelt and bittersweet, this coming-of age story explores the tender space of healing where grief meets loveA year ago, Gage survived a car accident that killed his best friend, Hunter. Without the person who always brought out the… Continue reading Blog Tour Review: Don’t Ask if I’m Okay, Jessica Kara
The Ferryman, Justin Cronin
Founded by the mysterious genius known as the Designer, the archipelago of Prospera lies hidden from the horrors of a deteriorating outside world. In this island paradise, Prospera’s lucky citizens enjoy long, fulfilling lives until the monitors embedded in their forearms, meant to measure their physical health and psychological well-being, fall below 10 percent. Then… Continue reading The Ferryman, Justin Cronin
Atalanta, Jennifer Saint
Princess, Warrior, Lover, HeroWhen Princess Atalanta is born, a daughter rather than the son her parents hoped for, she is left on a mountainside to die. But even then, she is a survivor. Raised by a mother bear under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis, Atalanta grows up wild and free, with just one… Continue reading Atalanta, Jennifer Saint
Pieces of Me, Kate McLaughlin
When eighteen-year-old Dylan wakes up, she’s in an apartment she doesn’t recognize. The other people there seem to know her, but she doesn't know them – not even the pretty, chiseled boy who tells her his name is Connor. A voice inside her head keeps saying that everything is okay, but Dylan can’t help but… Continue reading Pieces of Me, Kate McLaughlin
In the Lives of Puppets, T.J. Klune
In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe. The day Vic salvages and repairs an… Continue reading In the Lives of Puppets, T.J. Klune
Camp Zero, Michelle Min Sterling
In remote northern Canada, a team led by a visionary American architect is breaking ground on a building project called Camp Zero, intended to be the beginning of a new way of life. A clever and determined young woman code-named Rose is offered a chance to join the Blooms, a group hired to entertain the… Continue reading Camp Zero, Michelle Min Sterling
Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross
When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever.After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to hold her family together. Her mother is suffering from addiction and her… Continue reading Divine Rivals, Rebecca Ross
Silver in the Bone, Alexandra Bracken
Born without a trace of magic, Tamsin Lark is no match for the sorceresses and Hollowers who populate the magical underground of Boston. But when the only parent she’s ever known disappears without so much as a goodbye, she has no choice but to join in their cutthroat pursuit of enchanted relics to keep herself—and… Continue reading Silver in the Bone, Alexandra Bracken
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