Reviews written by Samantha Randolph

LITTLE BUTTERFLY by Laura Logan is a wordless picture book about the power of small acts of kindness. The style of illustration is absolutely gorgeous and is hands down my favorite part of the book. The author/illustrator uses gentle and soft lines which are strangely comforting and relaxing. Occasional infusions...

Katherine Bateson, her sister, her brother, and a family friend are forced to flee London as the bombings of World War II worsen. Their families send them to the mysterious Rookskill Castle, run by Lady Eleanor who is much stranger than she appears. As the mysteries and scares of the...

What I Loved: Samanthasaurus Rex is an adorable picture book featuring a family of T-rexes. Samanthasaurus doesn’t enjoy doing typical T-rex activities, such as chasing animals and gnawing on bones, like the rest of her family does. Instead, she prefers to get creative, invent, and discover. ...

Sixteen-year-old Nix is more traveled than most. For years, she has sailed with her father, a Navigator who can travel through time. Nix has seen both history and myth in action, and someday, she hopes to Navigate on her own. When a deal for a map puts everyone at risk,...

Jayden’s heart was nearly torn apart when she thought her beloved, Kadesh, was dead. After months of hard traveling and almost lost hope, she is reunited with him again only to discover the danger she was running from is closer than she ever imagined. Together, she and her prince must...

When Greta’s little brother is kidnapped by a witch whose hut has chicken feet, Greta must find a mysterious magical item to save the only family she has left. Unfortunately, locating such an item requires going back to the place Greta has her worst memories- the kingdom of Belladoma. She...

In this alternate history, women are subject to being drafted and can enlist during World War II. Three of the young women who sign up are Rio Richlin, Frangie Marr, and Rainy Schulterman, all with different backgrounds, different hopes, and different paths in the war, but their stories overlap in...

When Breezy wakes up, it isn’t from a normal night’s sleep. Instead, she wakes up from the ground, after a year of being dead, and the first thing she does is touch a man and unexpectedly kills him. Not knowing what has happened to her, she wanders and struggles to...

Sarah Merson is used to a world of Goodwill and foster homes, and the new, prestigious school she’s been accepted to, Sanctuary Bay, is a world she’s never experienced before with its privilege, secrets, and isolation. As Sarah dives deeper into the school’s mystery ways, her roommate goes missing, and...

Cecelia “CeCe” Price used to blend in at her school. Then, she became a drug dealer after watching her brother get hooked on pain medication. When CeCe’s brother dies, and the district attorney is convinced she is his murderer. Now, Cece is in a juvenile treatment facility awaiting the court...

Callie’s seventeenth birthday has arrived, and it’s time for her to receive her vision from the future. Each citizen does gets their vision, and the rest of their lives are determined. When Callie’s vision shows her killing her younger sister, she is horrified and then rushed to Limbo, a sort...

Bea loves playing the piano, but she feels she has to hide her desire to make a career out of playing from her father and everyone else. When Bea meets Dane Rossi, she finds someone she believes can finally understand her, and she falls quickly and intensely as they bond...

After the death of his mother, Stefan Drosselmeyer realizes he needs to make a change, starting with taking the next step after apprenticing with her father. When his mysterious cousin, Christian, shows up just in time, they set off in search of a mysterious nut to cure a princess who...

Molly is settled and ready to adopt a baby with her loving husband in San Diego. When the adoption process starts gaining speed, however, she begins to doubt that she can’t truly leave her past behind. She’s kept secrets about her childhood in North Carolina for years, but as she...

When Lorelai was a young child who watched her stepmother, Queen Irina, destroy her family (literally), she vowed to return to take back the throne. In the years following, Lorelai trained her body, mind, and magic to become better than the dangerous woman crushing Lorelai’s beloved kingdom. Now, the time...