Reviews - Young Adult / New Adult

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.

PARANORMAL: Having endured losing her parents, not knowing where they disappeared to and unable to locate them, Ashling and her friends are slowly losing hope.

Howl of the Ice
Christian
Raymond

FANTASY: When Falc notices someone out on the ice, he realizes he must save whoever is out there. He falls through the ice, however, and becomes unconscious. Falc eventually wakes up, but now he fears the ice. Falc’s father asks him to look in on Rikkar, his grandfather who has Alzheimer’s disease.

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