Category: young adult

  • Review of “On the Run”

    On the Run is the first book in the More Than Conquerors series by DJanee. It opens with Sophie as she tries to escape a compound controlled by a group she refers to as Firebursts. As she tries to find her way out she gets attacked by what she calls a killer and narrowly manages…

  • Review of “The Battle of the Labyrinth”

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    Today we are going back to the mystical world of Greek Mythology with The Battle of the Labyrinth, book four of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan. It opens on Percy attending orientation at his soon to be new school only to be chased and attacked by a group of Empousa.…

  • Review of “City of Orphans”

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    City of Orphans by Avi takes place in New York City but in 1893. It tells the story of two young teenagers, Maks Geless and his new friend Willa. Maks is a newsie just trying to help his family make ends meet when he starts getting harassed by the Plug Ugly Gang. One day he…

  • Review of “Ink and Bone”

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    This is a little weird to say but I think I found a world where I would not want to live. Ink and Bone is the first book in The Great Library series by Rachel Caine. It is based in a world that is ruled, albeit indirectly, by the Great Library of Alexandria. Apparently here…

  • Review of “The Castle of Llyr”

    This book is a return to a previous world as The Castle of Llyr is the third book in The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander. It opens on young Taran being told that his friend Eilonwy must go away to learn how to be a proper princess, something that she is unable to do at…

  • Review of “The Family Fortuna”

    The Family Fortuna is the YA debut novel for Lindsay Eagar. It tells the story of Avita, the youngest member of The Family Fortuna which runs the circus of the same name. Avita is the star of the circus due to her rather feathered and monstrous status. Having been born with a beak and feathers…

  • Review of “A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking”

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    A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher is not exactly what the title implies. Mona is a young girl, only fourteen, when she finds a dead body in her family’s bakery first thing in the morning. Despite her age and her having immediately reported the body the man in charge of the investigation,…

  • Review of “The Candlestone”

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    I am going back to one of my favorite topics in literature with today’s book, The Candlestone, which is the second book in the series Dragons In Our Midst by Bryan Davis. It continues the story of Billy and Bonnie as they continue adjusting to their new world. Billy is still trying to adjust to…

  • Review of “Seizure”

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    Human-Wolf hybrids hunting for pirate treasure. That almost doesn’t sound like it could be a real book but in Seizure, book two of the Virals series by Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs, there really are human-wolf hybrids hunting for pirate treasure. The book opens with Tory Brennan and her friends experimenting in order to figure…

  • Review of “The Conference of the Birds”

    This next book is the penultimate book in the series Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. The Conference of the Birds chronicles the continuing adventures of Jacob Portman and his friends. It opens with Jacob and Noor dealing with the aftermath of the attack on H as they try to figure out what is…