Category: Speculative Fiction

The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller

Girl power YA fantasy treat
(#2 in The Shadows Between Us series)

Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma

Great premise, disappointing execution

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Promising beginning, but loses steam

Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough

Gripping dystopian eco-thriller

What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

Promising premise, disappointingly slow

My Salty Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows

Fun & silly Little Mermaid / historical pirate queen mash up

Songlight by Moira Buffini

Gripping tale of struggle against dystopian oppression

The Other Merlin by Robyn Schneider

Fun-filled Arthurian romp

Liar’s Test by Ambelin Kwaymullina

Engaging action but weighed down by complicated details

The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson

Addictive, ghostbusting page-turner (Shades of London, Book #2)