Reviews written by Michelle Lynn, Assistant Indie Manager

What a ride! The story: Tempest is our fierce heroine who wants nothing more than to become the first female house - one of the King’s personal soldiers. She’s been raised by the hounds and considers them uncles. But once she’s in, the king sets her off...

Different than I was expecting - and that’s a good thing! The story: All Angie ever wanted to do was make it in the music world like her idol Mona Stone. When Mona announces a songwriting contest, Angie gets to work...

An intriguing world. The story: Maray is an American girl living in Vienna with just her dad. Her mother abandoned them when she was young and they never got over it. When she stumbles upon a young man fighting a creature she’s...

An intriguing follow up. The Story: River and Omen were born on the same date, along with Omen's two sisters. Unlike in Sable's time, Fate has chosen more than one vessel to guide to do its bidding. Now, there are four...

The Story: Chloe is after revenge for what happened the year before to her best friend. She blames the popular clique at school for her friend's fall from grace and will do anything to take them down, even become one of them. Enter Will, the boy who is...

I'm going to steal a quote from this book to accurately explain it. "Kind people are the best kind of people." That could be changed to say "Kind books are the best kind of books." The ones that inspire us to help others, to treat them with respect. ...

A cute adaptation of a familiar song. We all know the song about the monkeys jumping on the bed and this book takes it almost word for word, swapping out monkeys for cute little bunnies. It's sure to excite the young reader who can sing along while still...

What a wonderful story. The world - young and old -- know C.S. Lewis most than they know most authors. His stories are a part of our culture, a rite of passage growing up. Yet, most nonfiction works telling about men and women behind the stories are usually...

You know those books that hit you in the gut? The ones you can't look away from? That was this one for me. The Story: Hadley and Sam had an epic friendship before romantic feelings got involved, namely Sam's. He sees more...

An imaginative story with a unique world. The Story: Sable is a witch who harbors fate inside her and does his bidding - which usually means hunting criminals and hanging them. Until fate decides she must save the prince’s life. After reading...

The story: After living in foster care since the death of her mother, Edie finally has a home-- though not one she's excited about. Taken in by her mother's estranged sister and thrown into a life of wealth where private schools were...

The Story: Addie has an obsession with British rocker Jude, but it's just a fan thing. She's never supposed to actually meet him. When he shows up at a concert that isn't his in her small town, she catches his eye and...

This book doesn't meet the expectations of most kid's books about the ocean with their bright and colorful pictures depicting the beautiful dolphins and sea turtles of the world. No, this tells a different story of the sea, one much darker and deeper and...

John Glenn is unlike any other public figure before or after him. His story isn't simply a man rising through the ranks to eventually leave the earth behind. It's a love story at its simplest roots. A love for flying. A love for his country....

The first time my niece saw me do a yoga video, she was obsessed. She's five years old and it made me realize how fascinating yoga is to kids. There are plenty of kid-friendly yoga videos online. I've been forced to sit through many of them now, but few make...