A Darkness of Dragons, S.A. Patrick

  Thank you Usborne Publishing for this book in exchange for an honest review   Synopsis: After playing a forbidden spell-song to save a village from rats, 12-year-old piper Patch Brightwater is thrown in jail. But there he meets Wren – a noble girl under a rat-shaped curse – and together they befriend Barver, a...

The Wicker King, K. Ancrum

Thank you Macmillan publishing for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review Synopsis: When August learns that his best friend, Jack, shows signs of degenerative hallucinatory disorder, he is determined to help Jack cope. Jack’s vivid and long-term visions take the form of an elaborate fantasy world layered over our own—a...

The Emerald Sea, Richelle Mead

Thank you Penguin for this book in exchange for an honest review.   Synopsis: Meet Tamsin, the Glittering Court's hard-angled emerald. Her outsized aspirations make her a fierce competitor, rising to the top of the ranks. But when the ship she boards for the New World is tragically lost at sea, she is quite literally...

Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi

Synopsis: Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut Children of Blood and Bone. They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise. Zelie remembers when the soil of Orisha hummed with magic. When different clans ruled - Burners...

Token Huntress, Kia Carrington Russell

Token Huntress   I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review   Synopsis: The sun’s light dimmed many centuries before; now in the year of 2,341 rampant vampires now stalk their victims in a half-lit world. Humanity has been overtaken by a new society: one comprised of vampires, the supernatural...

The Raven Boys, Maggie Stiefvater

Synopsis: There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.” It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead...

Serpent’s Wake: A tale for the Bitten, L. E. Daniels

Thank you Interactive Press for this book in exchange for an honest review Synopsis: After twelve years trapped in the throat of a serpent, a girl escapes. She returns to her village naked with a monstrous snakeskin trailing behind her. One decision at a time, she reclaims her life. Each character she encounters by land...

Akarnae, Lynette Noni

Synopsis: With just one step, sixteen-year-old Alexandra Jennings's world changes—literally. Dreading her first day at a new school, Alex is stunned when she walks through a doorway and finds herself stranded in Medora, a fantasy world full of impossibilities. Desperate to return home, she learns that only a man named Professor Marselle can help her......

The Wild Robot, Peter Brown

Synopsis: When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. Why is she there? Where did she come from? And, most important, how will she survive in her harsh surroundings? Roz's only hope is to learn from the island's hostile animal inhabitants. When...

The Mulberry Tree, Allison Rushby

Thank you Walker Books for this book in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Do naught wrong by the mulberry tree, or she'll take your daughters ... one, two, three…. Ten-year-old Immy and her family run away from their storm cloud of problems to a tiny village in Cambridgeshire, England. When they find an adorable...