The Not-Where, the second installment in the Dark Lands series, seems to be (whether intended or not) a homage to Harry Potter which differs dramatically from your standard fanfiction fare. In this dark supernatural fantasy for young adults, the author seems to be paying tribute to some of our most beloved characters and moments in…
Patricia Cornwell is a New York Times bestselling author and currently resides in Boston. CHAOS is book number 24 in her Kay Scarpetta series. Series: Kay Scarpetta (Book 24) Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: William Morrow (November 15, 2016) Language: English ISBN-10: 0062436686 ISBN-13: 978-0062436689 $28.99 Preorder on Amazon About CHAOS: During the twilight hours on an…
The first in the Dark Lands series, Requiem is a supernatural dark fantasy for young adults. It is high fantasy that takes place in a realm between the living and the dead, or between life and heaven/hell – but not quite purgatory. The Dark Lands, ruled over by skies of rumbling black clouds and lightning…
ON THE SICKLE’S EDGE By Neville D. Frankel ISBN: 978-1-944884-10-9 (pbk.) ISBN: 978-1-944884-11-6 (ebook) 471 pages: $25.95 Special Preorder price: $19.95 January 16, 2017 With the current refugee crisis in Europe reaching a scale unknown since World War II, ON THE SICKLE’S EDGE illuminates today’s issues, even as it sheds penetrating insight from the past….
Recently released, The Lost Girls by Heather Young is a novel that switches between past and present and one that provides characters marked by disturbed minds rivaling those in Gone Girl or The Girl on the Train but with the added satisfaction of actually being believable. This is the story of a young six-year-old girl who vanished without a trace…
VL Towler is a local author from Dover with an award-winning mystery debut. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I live in Dover, NH. I am an attorney who for the past 15 years has focused on being a caregiver for my mother, doing legal consulting, and writing my…
The Winner’s Trilogy comes to a close with The Winner’s Kiss as Kestrel and Arin play for keeps in a high-stakes battle between regions within a high fantasy world. We get relief from the romantic frustrations that owned the second book before the real battle commences. But who will win? Will author Rutkoski give us the ending we…
The Winner’s Crime is the second in The Winner’s Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski, a young adult high fantasy based on a world similar to this one but steeped in the past with traditions of imperialism, conquering lands, colonization, and the taking of slaves. Imbued with a romance between the highest and the lowest of societal standings, this second…
Author Allegra Hyde is a local novelist hailing from Peterborough, New Hampshire. Her debut book is already an award-winning achievement. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I’m the author of the short story collection, Of This New World, which won the 2016 John Simmons Short Fiction Award. I’m…
Am I late to the party? The Winner’s Trilogy has been a young adult favorite for a while, but I like to wait until at least three books in the series are out (usually) for a back-to-back read. The first two books were GoodReads Choice Award Nominees for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction in…