Tag: YA fiction
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Book Review: Caraval
In my Facebook Group, “The Reader’s Guild,” we were discussing what book world readers would want to fall into. One of them suggested the world of Caraval. Until that point, I had never heard of the book, but was intrigued by this reader’s answer. So I went looking, and when I found this book available on my Libby account…
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A Preview into 2025
Buckle up everyone. This year is going to be epic in so many ways. I’m going to be the first to admit that last year didn’t go exactly according to plan. I was supposed to be done with the Comstock Chronicles and moving on to the next big project. However, I wasn’t counting on my…
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Light Does More when Shared
If you have read any of my books, you might be familiar with the phrase “Light does more when shared.” This statement is more that just something I made up to fill space in my books. It is a teaching in my church that has resonated with me since I was a child. When I…
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Deleted Scene from the Queen of the Night
The two scenes I’m sharing today were the last two to be deleted before the release of The Queen of the Night. While both were very emotionally tied to my narrative, they ultimately got cut because they dragged the pacing and other scenes conveyed this information better. So I hope you enjoy this peek at…
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Book Review: On The Wings of Ash and Dust
Action, danger, and challenging tasks, all underscored by a star-crossed romance, make this Hunger Games X Pirates of the Caribbean X Tinkerbell YA novel a nice lighter-hearted read. (And you can find it in audio on Spotify and Audible). When five clans of faeries get together, things heat up into a game of life or…
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Book Review: The Lunar Chronicles
Four fairytale retellings in a futuristic world where cyborgs exist. I first came across The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer when I was a new mom with an infant that didn’t sleep. I loved the series then, and I still love it today. One thing that sets Meyer’s retellings apart is how she gives just enough of…