Reviews - Young Adult / New Adult

Sunday Foster has been abused physically and mentally by her parents for most of her life. All she has ever wanted is their love. She is also bullied and picked on in school but can deal with it with the help of her boyfriend and his family, who loves her.

FANTASY: Noor has one chance at survival: find the crown. She is a daughter of Aten, the human embodiment of Sol. While she has always remained faithful to Sol, she often feels forgotten and unloved. As the youngest Atenas come of age, Sol will be looking to appoint a new Aten to reign over Helios.

From Bricks & Darkness
J.L.
Sullivan

FANTASY: Baxter Allen has always been a loner, the kid who drifts just under the radar. However, the young high school student is in for a treat when he runs into a man with purple eyes. Once the man hands him a shiny ring with a purple jewel, Bax enters a whole new world of magical creatures called djinn.

Black Dove
Carrigan
Richards

Alisa Hopewell and her father move back to her hometown in Alabama from Kentucky after her mother dies. While there, she reconnects with her childhood best friends, Sarah and Ben. Sarah and Ben have long since had a falling out, in no small part because of Ben’s controlling girlfriend, Courtney. Each of the three is struggling with family issues.

In feudal Japan, Risuko and fellow students Emi, Toumi, Mai, and Shino train to become kunoichi under the instruction of Lady Chiyome. The kunoichis are, to the outside world, shrine maidens. But to those in the know, they are also deadly assassins. When the Takeda and Matsudaira armies arrive at Full Moon, trouble follows.

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