A kingdom under attack from an evil magician. A fearless warrior princess. A handsome prince who would do anything for his princess. And an ancient prophecy that could bring back the light to Gaban— or herald in a new era of darkness. All this can be found in Britani Armitage’s epic Young Adult Fantasy, “Darkest Light”, the first book in the “Light of the Magi” series. Princess Briala is a fierce character. Naturally tomboyish and trained in combat, yet she still loves

Shan Hayes. Andromeda. Kim Le. Cobalt. Loxx. Sigma. The names are unique, but easy to pronounce, and they meld seamlessly into the cyberpunk world of DevTown. Written in third-person present tense, with vivid descriptions of the neon lights, technology, and grime, Hohulin's writing immerses the reader into Shan Hayes' gritty world. Shan is a killer-for-hire who eschews the kind of mechanical and technological enhancements that are prevalent in her city in favor of a type of

Jane Eyre meets Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in this delightful clean Regency romance. In this story, Arabella is a duke’s daughter who grows bored with life in the beau monde and goes incognito as a governess. The father of her young charges is a handsome and brilliant inventor with a slight Scottish accent and a secret heritage. As someone who likes predictable stories, I enjoyed the easy-to-guess mystery of Phillip Merivale’s past and the natural progression of the feelings be