Can you steal infinity? Am I going to answer that question? No! Alyson Noel’s young adult novel “Stealing Infinity” is a fascinating, trippy, and sometimes unexpected story. The novel is told from a first person point of view, and because we only have Natasha’s understanding of the happenings, there’s a lot of mystery surrounding events, […]
“Survive the Dome”: A Bold Dystopian Novel
Dystopian? Thriller? Kosovo Jackson’s young adult novel, “Survive the Dome,” smashes several genres together and creates an entertaining story that is a mix of thriller, gay romance, and dystopian. This story isn’t a distant dystopian future—the set up felt contemporary. I could imagine something similar happening now. We live in a crazy world. Throw in […]
“Mammoth Drop”: A Zany Cozy Mystery
Delightfully Entertaining The subtitle of “Mammoth Drop: Murder, Mammoths, and Mimosas” by R. J. Corgan foreshadows the fun in this zany story. The book is the third in the Kea Wight Mystery series. It stands on its own, so you don’t have to read the other books. A few of the characters have a previous […]
“Give Up the Ghost”: A Cozy Mystery with Ghosts a Plenty
Southern Ghost Hunter Series “Give Up the Ghost” is the eleventh book in Angie Fox’s The Southern Ghost Hunter Series. I haven’t read the entire series, but I’ve read a few of the books. One of the nice things about the series is that each book stands alone, and you can read them out of […]
“The Stardust Thief”: a Smuggler, a Prince, and a Magic Lamp
A Fantasy Adventure You Won’t Forget If you want to be swept up in an adventure inspired by “The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights,” then Chelsea Abdullah’s debut novel “The Stardust Thief” is the book for you. The Midnight Merchant, Loulie al-Nazari, and her jinn bodyguard are criminals who find and […]
“The City of Dusk”: Four Houses, Four Gods, and Four Heirs
A Race to Save Their World: From the description and the reviews, I expected to love “The City of Dusk” by Tara Sim. It’s a fantasy novel with a well developed magic system, an interesting world, and vivid descriptions and prose. That said, at the twenty-five percent mark, I seriously considered not finishing the book, […]