Reviews written by Jan Farnworth, Digital Manager/Blog Assistant and Staff Reviewer

What I liked: Amari is dealing with the fallout of her magical ability being discovered. As she and her friends try to keep the magicians and the rest of the world from actual war, she is forced to participate in a crazy game designed to see who will...

What I liked: The author shares with us in her acknowledgments that this tale is inspired by an obscure Grimm fairy tale about a man who shed his shadow, and when the shadows become real, they take over the man's life. I find this to show...

The Final Gambit is the final book in a three-book series that follows Avery Kylie Grambs as she discovers that she is the one person a wealthy billionaire left everything. What I liked: Avery Kylie Grambs has learned a lot since we met her in book one, and...

What I liked: Christmas Clash is a POC romantic comedy with the two main characters fighting for the lively hood of their families. The two families work at the same mall but have a long-standing family feud that they are holding on to, to the extreme measure of...

What I liked: Have you ever finished a story and wished so much that there were more books but books that told the backstory of a particular character or extended a specific character beyond the primary level? Gleanings do just that, and for sure, you will enjoy this...

What I Liked: Are you a reader who loved the Wings of Fire series and How to Train your Dragon? Do you like middle-grade novels that tackle more vital than yourself questions, stories about survival, and a significant overall situation that makes you think, what if? Noah and...

What I liked: Debunked is a debut young adult fantasy that takes inspiration from Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and the author's unique blend of adventure. We follow the unbelievable journey of two twins whose uncle routinely sends them death letters, to the point where they are unsure if they should...

I Liked: Blade Breaker picks up where we left off in Realm Breaker, a continued battle to save the world from Coryane's uncle and his power-hungry bride. The tension that leaps off the page made for an epic page-turner. The creativeness of the monsters that escape from the...

The Mother's Wheel is the final book in The Bond Trilogy by Robin Kirk. In this last book, we follow Sil, a loving, conscientious, and reluctant hero. Sil is unique like all the characters in this world; she is an amphibian who we meet in book one. ...

The second book builds on what we learned in book one, but just like Dinatra thought, she knew her path everything was about to be turned on its head. In this second book, we are dealing with the fall out of the weave being destroyed. The males have escaped. He...

The bond is a sci-fi tale about a girl and her dog. But the girl is not a girl, and the dog is not just a dog. Plucked from her path that she has known her whole life Dinatra is moved to an entirely new reality where she bonds with...

What I liked: A great final book about those suppressed in the Pit striving to overthrow those who stop and bring about a better world for all that what more than what the bourge has planned for this world. This is a well-thought-out series that builds on...

What I liked: Stop the Clock is an eye-opening children's book that surrounds the idea of how rushed we all are in this world and how much we can miss, and maybe taking a bit more time to see our world could be a good thing. ...

What I liked: Swim Jim takes a real fear of deep swimming holes and puts it into a funny perspective. Imagine a crocodile in a swimming floaties afraid of sinking because he can't see the bottom of his family's swimming hole? The cover and...

What I liked: Nervous Nigel takes a perfectly normal situation that many children will enjoy and gives them words to express what they may be feeling stressed about. Maybe the readers in a family full of doctors want to please the family, so they start to work towards...