The Spirit Well by Stephen Lawhead, a review
Kit, fleeing from the bad guys, takes a hop across dimensions along a ley line (a line of energy on the earth's surface). Eventually Kit mysteriously stumbles on the way to the Spirit Well. But how can...
View ArticleGateway to Gannah: Words in the Wind by Yvonne Anderson
Dassa is returning from a mission elsewhere, and she’s in an aircraft in a storm. As things go horribly wrong, she realizes the folly of the way she has been living lately, relying on herself rather...
View ArticleA Storm in Tormay by Christopher Bunn, a review
A young apprentice thief is given the task of stealing an item from a house guarded, or warded, by magic. Jute has got a natural talent for detecting the "wards" that protect the house, and he manages...
View ArticleStarflower by Anne Elisabeth Stengl, a review
Starflower is a mortal woman who flees a life of abuse and loses her way in a faerie wood, tortured by dreams of what she left behind. She had sought to save her sister’s life. Now that Starflower has...
View ArticleRumi and the Savage Mountain by Bradley Roth, a review
Rumi is an 11-year-old boy who lives in the Andes mountains. His main worries are dealing with the local bully and caring for his younger sisters while his mother is at work in the fields. Suddenly a...
View ArticleBrad Roth, South American writer?
I was intrigued by the wonderful book I reviewed yesterday, Rumi and the Savage Mountain by Bradley Roth. Its protagonist is a boy who lives in a village in the Andes mountains, and it's very...
View ArticleAngel Eyes by Shannon Dittemore, a review
I loved this book the first time around. I wondered: would I love it the second time around too?
View ArticleThe Orphan King by Sigmund Brouwer, a review
It's England, AD 1312. Thomas is a slave, an 18-year-old orphan raised by cruel, selfish monks. Thomas knows he has a destiny, some of it revealed to him at age 10 as his mother lay dying. He knows...
View ArticleFortress of Mist by Sigmund Brouwer, a review
Thomas longs to trust the Earl of York, whose domain contains Thomas's kingdom. But the kind earl wears a ring with a druid symbol. Clearly he can't be trusted. Or can he? And how about the two...
View ArticleThe Rock of Ivanore by Laurisa White Reyes, a review
Marcus Frye, 14-year-old orphan apprentice to the minor magician Master Zyll, has learned a bit of magic that sometimes works. Now his town is sending him and the other five boys his age on a quest as...
View ArticleCaptives by Jill Williamson, a review
Omar, a sensitive boy mocked and bullied by their father, decides to make friends with the people who live in the Safe Lands, although others warn him that those who go in never come out. Maybe there...
View ArticleAvenger by Heather Burch, a review
In this third book of the Halflings series, Nikki Youngblood now knows she's a Halfling -- a descendant of the dark-angel sons of God who slept with the daughters of men as recorded in Genesis 6:1-4....
View ArticleBroken Wings by Shannon Dittemore, a review
Brielle has a gift to sometimes see angels and demons, though no mortal normally can. And Jake, her boyfriend, has the gift of healing in his hands. The news has reached the dark throne.
View ArticleSeraphina by Rachel Hartman, a review
Seraphina is a peculiar young lady living in a world where the dragons and the humans live together in very uneasy peace. The dragons are able to fold themselves into human shape to live among the...
View ArticleMuseum of Thieves by Lian Tanner, a review
Goldie is protected, so much that she has never been in any kind of danger, never petted a dog, never seen a snake, and ... never been off a leash.
View ArticleMerlin’s Blade by Robert Treskillard, a review
In Treskillard's take on the Arthurian saga, Merlin begins as a bashful, gawky teenager, son of a blacksmith, nearly blind. Some unknown druids come to his tiny town in post-Roman Britain, bringing...
View ArticleSon of Truth by Morgan Busse, a review
Caleb Tala, prince of Temanin, has lived in luxury all his life, but he's no spoiled brat. He's taken his job seriously. He's an assassin for his cousin, the king, and he's the best of the best.
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Avenger by Heather Burch, a review
Avenger, a Halflings Novel, by Heather Burch Published 2013 by Zondervan, 300 pages Genre: Young adult supernatural with Christian worldview In this third book of the Halflings series, Nikki Youngblood...
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Broken Wings by Shannon Dittemore, a review
Broken Wings by Shannon Dittemore, Book Two of the Angel Eyes trilogy Published 2013 by Thomas Nelson, 304 pages Genre: Young adult supernatural, Christian Brielle has a gift to sometimes see angels...
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Seraphina by Rachel Hartman, a review
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman Published 2012 by Random House, 451 pages Genre: Secular fantasy, young adult I’m taking a look at this secular book from a Christian point of view. If you or your son or...
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