Bloodwoven by GJ Terral
Lies woven in blood are lines waiting to be crossed.
Lin is a competent, dedicated soldier but his mission takes a drastic turn when one of his charges is found murdered. Soon after, he is ambushed by magic-twisted monsters, gravely wounded, and abandoned by his one remaining ally.
Waking to find his injuries healed by forbidden magic, Lin is marked as an oathbreaker by the very laws and beliefs he upholds.
Lin soon finds his faith in the faction he’s lived his life upholding tested by the woman who saved him from the brink of death. With his fate hanging by a thread, he faces an impossible choice: stand by his new ally and seek vengeance for his murdered charge or betray her for amnesty from those who’d execute him.
Author Rating: (PG-13 for violence, blood, and a very brief contemplation of death)
Daisy Dunlap and the Cartoon Carnival by C O Bonham
Find the truth. Save the family legacy. Don't get eaten by the giant cartoon spider.
Reeling from the loss of her mother, twelve-year-old Daisy comforts herself with the cartoons and carnival run by her family's animation studio.
When an anonymous source accuses Grandpa of stealing his most famous character, the impish Tom Greenthumb, their family's reputation, and business, are on the line. The only thing that can clear their name? A mysterious sketch book hidden somewhere within the Cartoon Carnival.
Sneaking into the theme park at night, Daisy uncovers her family's greatest secret. Their cartoon creations are alive---and some of them are deadly.
Author Rating: (G)
Fae of Cinders by Cara Ruegg
There is fire in my veins.
A burning in my heart.
He sees me as the sun.
I see myself as chaos.
I want him
But he is everything I’m not.
They found her wrapped in white wool on the outskirts of the wood. She was covered in her mother’s blood but entirely unharmed—a human babe kissed by the fae forest. They called her a changeling, a curse, but the stories over time became swept under the rug, forgotten.
Ella knows the rumours aren’t entirely untrue. There is something about her that’s deadly, that’s fae, but she manages to keep all of this hidden until the day she can’t anymore—the day she chooses to enter into the forest to save her one and only friend, a servant she’s known since childhood.
It is there she encounters the fae prince of Glacialis. He sees in her what she wishes she could see in herself—goodness, and he promises to help her wield her powers, control that part of herself that is a fiery chaos.
But something happens that she didn’t expect: she falls in love. A human loving a fae is forbidden—an abomination; it can end in both their deaths.
Now she has to choose—to love him or to live.
Author rating: (PG for heavy themes war, near-death experiences, dealing with grief and trauma)
Game On: Supervillain Rescue Project by H.L. Burke (PG)
The Department of Super Abled has announced the first ever teen competition: a multi-stage challenge to find the next great superhero talent ... and Ruby Powell wants in.
The daughter of superheroes, fifteen-year-old Ruby has spent her whole life waiting to be old enough to start saving the day. When the Sable Games are announced, she sees her chance. Step 1, convince her superstar mother to lead her team. Step 2, prove herself the most valuable member of her team and win the hearts of the viewing public. Step 3, win the game and set herself up as DOSA's next big thing.
The son of a supervillain, Oliver Shelby has a lot to prove. When his application is rejected due to his history of heart issues, it looks like he'll be sidelined. The Powells' new underdog team might be his last chance. All he has to do is fudge the paperwork about his extensive medical history and hide the huge surgical scar on his chest. No big deal, right?
With some teens willing to play dirty for the top spot, Oliver and Ruby's team struggles to stay in the running. If Oliver's secret gets out, will they even be allowed to compete?
Magic Collapse by Wilton Burke
Magic is failing in Arthenia, and when it dies, the islands will fall.
Robyn, a talented mage, never imagined a world without her spells. For Leonin, whose volatile powers have already caused disaster, the collapse could spell ruin. Garrick, a magicless outcast hardened by a harsh upbringing, sees this as his chance to escape the kingdom's oppressive grip.
Their paths intertwine on an unconventional ship that sails through the skies, leading them across Arthenia's floating islands, where they face cursed transformations, elemental beings, and the dark ambitions of those who would see the kingdom descend into chaos. Among them, a ruthless mage-turned-magpie is obsessed with claiming Robyn's family heirloom.
As powerful foes close in, they must learn to rely on one another. In a world where trust is as fragile as magic itself, they might discover that together, they can face whatever the shattered skies throw at them.
If they fail, Arthenia's magic won't just fade—it will shatter, taking the kingdom and everyone down with it.
Author Rating: (G)
Power On: Supervillain Rescue Project by H.L. Burke (PG)
Jake's family ties have turned to cuffs.
Born with the ability to fragment his body at a molecular level, Jake Lucas has devoted his life to his uncle's supervillain gang. When he's captured by superheroes, he's certain his life is over at only sixteen.
To Jake's surprise, he doesn't end up in prison but at Camp Sable: an intervention project for at-risk super powered teens. Jake's not interested in rehabilitation. As far as he's concerned, the camp mentors are just a barrier between him and his true family, the Sand Fox gang.
Forced to work alongside the likewise screwed up duo of fire-powered Marco and electricity manipulator Laleh, Jake waits for the perfect escape opportunity. Having friends and the chance at a real family is more appealing than Jake originally thought, but going soft can cost a supervillain his life. Jake soon finds the forces fighting to control his life threatening to tear him apart.
Will Jake choose to remain the villain his uncle made him, or become the hero his new friends think he can be?
Prince of Malorn by Annie Lima
With a tyrant threatening the throne, a young prince struggles to survive …
Korram has the right to rule Malorn when he turns 18, but Regent Rampus has no intention of giving up power. In a desperate bid to recruit allies, Korram treks into the Impassable Mountains on a dangerous quest.
But the reclusive Mountain Folk hate Lowlanders and have no interest in the prince's problems. To gain their trust, Korram must attempt the Rite of Acceptance, braving the blizzards and deadly snowcats of the upper slopes in a brutal ordeal of survival…all while avoiding the regent’s assassin.
Even if Korram survives the Impassables and earns the Mountain Folk’s help, he will have to lead a band of untrained hunters and gatherers against the full might of the Malornian military. If he fails, his enemy will seize Malorn as his own and crush them all.
Author Rating: (PG)
Shard & Shield by Laura VanArendonk Baugh
He can save her life—if he sacrifices those he swore to protect.
When outcast soldier Shianan's only friend is trapped on the wrong side of an interdimensional rift in a magical war, she can return home only if he sacrifices the people he's pledged to defend. Worse, Shianan knows the cheery young boy swept away with Ariana is really one of the monstrous enemy, disguised as a human.
State mage Ariana struggles as a prisoner of war in a world of unfamiliar customs and deadly magic. Her only ally is her former servant Tamaryl, once again a renowned warrior caught up in political machinations. To survive, he must renew the fight against Ariana’s world.
As their people’s wasted armies brace for fresh battle, bastard, mage, and monster must set aside prejudices and rivalries to find an end to centuries of conflict, before they die as traitors.
Author Rating: (Mostly PG, interupted attempted assult)
Star of Hope by Brigitte Cromey
The daughters of the forest are healers, storytellers, and caretakers—warriors by another name. When the world they knew is shaken, it’ll take all of Violet’s loyalty, Willow’s cunning, and Heather and Clover’s innovation to reunite a hopeless country—and see Rose take the crown that she was born to wear.
Raised in secret, sixteen-year-old Rose is unaware of her royal birthright until her family’s old enemies come hunting. When confronted with the truth—and a desperate people without a leader—will she back down or will she dare to see who she might become?
Scattered across forest, mountains, and seas, Rose and the girls she grew up with embark on their own journeys to gather forces and reunite with each other. Alliances are forged in blood and each of their limits are tested, as the lifelong friends become embroiled in a conflict much bigger than any of them ever imagined.
They’ve fought for each other all their lives, but the world is rapidly changing around them. When the smoke clears, there won’t be any going back—and how will it have changed them?
Author Rating: (PG-13 for fantasy violence)
Sworn to the Sea by Dawn Dagger
He faced Levanine with the intensity of flames. “You must swear that you will not try to escape. You will not die by your own hand.”
“I swear it.”
Levanine’s life as a servant for the Ehrenfeld Family is not an unfortunate one. She has food, a place to sleep, and her best friend, Putra. But as they prepare for the suitors of Miss Leoni Ehrenfehld to arrive, the worst happens: pirates ransack the home.
And they demand Leoni Ehrenfehld, the family’s only heir, as payment.
Bound by duty, Levanine offers herself as a surrogate for the girl, and the frightening captain accepts her offer. But there is one condition. She must swear that she will never leave.
The world is bigger and more frightening than she could ever imagine. The men are dangerous, the seas even more so. Levanine has one of two choices: to become stronger or to die.
And she has sworn to the captain that she will not die.
Author Rating: (PG-13)
The Edge Of Nothing by Crystal Crawford
Those out to save Arameth have a serious problem: their prophesied hero is dead.
When Lex is thrown into an unfamiliar realm of magic and fantastical beings, he must uncover two truths to survive: who he is, and why everyone keeps trying to kill him.
On his quest to discover his fate, Lex meets a mysterious girl who only deepens the enigma, and some strangers who may know more than they let on. With each revelation, Lex realizes that in Arameth, almost nothing is as it seems.
The Edge of Nothing is a young adult epic fantasy with a twist of urban fantasy & sci-fi, perfect for readers who love adventure, mystery, humor, magic, and a dash of sweet romance.
Author Rating: (PG-13, some violence and difficult subject matter)
The Kingdom Of Dragons by Cara Ruegg
More than a decade has now passed since war ravaged the land. The dragons are extinct, and the people who once stood beside them are but scattered ash, or so they say...
But, as Ava Cern begins to learn, not all may be as it seems including her own identity as a humble peasant. Marked with a strange symbol on her wrist among other oddities, she begins to question the stories of her childhood. Are the dragons really gone? Is this really her home?
Though a stranger to foreign lands, she will soon find herself on an epic adventure, crossing into worlds she once thought existed only in legends.
Author Rating: (PG for heavy themes war, near-death experiences, dealing with grief and trauma)