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THE BLOOD ORCHID By Kylie Lee Baker

Short and Sweet Review Zilan thought that being a royal alchemist would be amazing it was her dream after all, but it’s caused her nothing but pain and loss. Now Zilan is traveling with Wenshu (who is in Hong’s body) in search of Penglai Island where legend has it life can be restored. The journey […]

THREE THINGS ABOUT EMMY CRAWFORD By Allison L. Bitz

Short and Sweet Review Emmy Crawford is a senior in high school and she has three goals: Winning the debate nationals, protecting her sister Issy, and being a good representation of her family because her mom is running for president. Our main character is Emmy. Emmy likes to make lists of threes to keep everything […]

THE DAGGER AND THE FLAME By Catherine Doyle

Short and Sweet Review In the city of Fantome there’s two enemy factions the Cloaks (thieves) and the Daggers (assassins), and each has control of shade magic. On the night Seraphine finds her mother murdered she goes and seeks refuge with the Cloaks and she waits for the right time to get revenge. Ransom is […]

The Fate of Magic By Sara Raasch and Beth Revis

Short and Sweet Review After Fritzi and Otto escaped Dieter, they take refuge with the witches in the Black Forest. Fritzi focuses on being the best champion she can be to the goddess Holda. Otto is still a warrior at heart and he becomes bonded to Fritzi to be her protector. Otto and Fritzi thought […]

CLASS ACT By Kelsey Rodkey

Short and Sweet Review Ella and her younger sister, Connie, are starting the school year as transfer students. When someone finds out about Connies fan fiction and gets made fun of, Ella decides to defend her. The only thing is the bully, Thomas, is the student council president and it’s only the first day but […]

A CONSTELLATION OF MINOR BEARS By Jen Ferguson

Short and Sweet Review Molly’s brother Hank had a climbing accident that left him with a traumatic brain injury. Molly blames their best friend Tray for the accident, which has left things between this once inseparable trio with an uncomfortable tension. Fast forward to graduation, the trio had a hiking trip planned and Molly is […]

NIGHT OWLS By A.R. Vishny

Short and Sweet Review Clara and her sister Molly are Estries. An Estrie is a vampire and Clara and Molly have been undead for over a century and Clara would like to keep it that way, which is why she has rules and a lot of them. The sisters also run a historic movie theater. […]

AISLE NINE By Ian X. Cho

Short and Sweet A few years ago portals to hell opened all over the world, and on a regular basis demons pop out of these portals. Jasper works at Here For You Mart, which happens to have a portal in aisle nine. This portal is guarded by the Vanguard and Jaspers crush Kyle happens to […]

TILL THE LAST BEAT OF MY HEART By Louangie Bou-Montes

Short and Sweet Review Jaxon’s family runs the funeral home in town, so seeing dead bodies roll through is normal for Jaxon. When the next body on the table belongs to Jaxon’s former friend Christian, Jaxon is shocked but also regrets the things he never got to tell Christian. Jaxon accidentally resurrects Christian and he […]