Reviews - Young Adult / New Adult

FANTASY:  Will Sumner is determined to avenge his father’s death at the hands of the dictator king Alexander Drygo. To do that, he and his brothers set off to steal the legendary soul stone which holds the abilities of the gods and keep its powers out of Drygo’s possession.

FANTASY:  Queen Maya Drygo, assuming the throne after her father is murdered, must somehow quell the anarchy threatening to pull the kingdom down around her, stop an invading army of elves, and discover who is at the heart of the assassination attempt against her.

FANTASY:  Melvin Morrow and his friends, Jason and Richard, are gamers needing a fourth. They cajole Melvin’s older brother Mike into playing, and put a lot of effort into making their avatars complete with powers and wardrobe. Suddenly, the four of them are transported to a forest and transformed into a woman warrior, an archer, a mage, and a megrym, respectively.

Princess Elodie of Zelnon is one wrong choice away from being doomed to the cursed world of Malediction forever. What she does not know is that even Malediction has rules it cannot break, and if she can learn the rules, she might just have a chance to escape. To find the key and return to Zelnon, Elodie must finally determine who she is really in love with.

MULTI-RACIAL:  “Captain” is the nickname of the main character and storyteller. “Queen” is Calista/Callie, his girlfriend.  Set in the fall of their senior year, in 1986 Long Island, New York, this is their coming-of-age tale. Captain is a Hispanic middle-class average kid. Callie is the daughter of a Greek tycoon. Their love would be forbidden but their passions say otherwise.

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