Reviews written by Elizabeth Drake, Staff Reviewer

Daniel Holmes never expected his life to be anything special. Orphaned at a young age, he is running from the bullies at his group home when he stumbles upon the most magical of buildings. The Nowhere Emporium's front room holds all manner of knick-knacks to tempt a young...

The only hope for Sophia's family to maintain their ancestral home and escape debtors prison is for her to marry Rene Hasard and have him pay for the privilege. However, unknown to all but her inner circle, Sophia spends her nights creeping about prison halls releasing those who would...

Working in the mines and obeying orders (at least the ones that aren't stupid), Nic has one goal - to free himself and his sister. When the men discover a mysterious cave one doesn't come out, and the other will never be the same again. Forced to enter...

Having failed to assasinate Dorothy, Amy Gumm is on the run. Alongside her is princess Ozma, former ruler of Oz and current space case. All she has to go on is the Wizard's assurance that she can succeed in her task once she has collected the three most...

Shadow Scale continues the story of half-dragon, Seraphina as she seeks out others of her kind and endeavors to find a way to save her home from the fallout of a dragon civil war. Seraphina still struggles with who she is as she travels the region meeting hatred in...

Lies I Told tells the story of a family of con artists as they embark on their biggest heist to date. Having spent considerable time in the foster care system and been adopted during her teens, this life is the only one that Grace knows. She trusts her...

Rafe's entire life has been colored by the fact that he is gay. He is comfortable with who he is, and is proud of what he is accomplished, but he really wants a chance to see what life would be like without the label. He gets his opportunity...

For hundreds of years, the children of Gavaldon have been going missing. Every four years, two at a time, one beautiful and one ugly. After a time, the children of the town realized that these former playmates would appear within the pages of their favorite fairy tales. ...

Cath and her twin sister Wren are embarking on their first year of college. While Wren is taking the campus by storm, Cath is left behind struggling to deal with the unfamiliarity of a new environment and her often crippling fear of socializing with strangers. In real life,...

Ruby's time with the Children's League is cut short as she is sent on a secret mission to recover a flashdrive. The information she is seeking could change the world as she knows it and, naturally, it rests in the hands of Liam Stewart - the boy she thought...

I was actually quite surprised by how much I enjoyed The Naturals. In the world of YA, it is not too often that I get to read a straight-laced mystery. As a big fan of Criminal Minds, I was really interested to see how Jennifer Lynn Barnes would...

Ketchup Clouds begins with a letter to an inmate on death row. Zoe (real name withheld) is writing to Stuart Harris - convicted killer of two - in order to confess her crimes to someone who might understand the depths of her betrayal. Through her letters, she reveals...

Sisters of Blood and Spirit has a really interesting premise. Twin sisters, one girl and one ghost - both more powerful than they know. When they encounter a group of teens who have been marked by a frightening spirit, they agree to try and save them, even if...

Having lost his twin brother in a drowning accident as they ventured out to find the sea, Ned never feels completely whole and is unable to do many of the things that he had previously taken for granted. He has been plagued by the assumption that his father had...

I loved loved LOVED The False Prince. It was one of my top books the year it was released. So there were some pretty high expectations for The Runaway King. I was not disappointed. I recently had a favorite student of mine as for a book...