Book Review Directory
Last Updated: 2020-12-05
Kid-Lit Round-ups & Tour Stops
- Round-Up #1 (September 2020, 25 titles)
- Being Small (Isn’t So Bad After All) by Lori Orlinsky
- Big Wishes for Little Feat by Cheryl Olsten
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5-Star Reviews

- A Shot of Murder by Brenda Gayle (Historical Mystery, Canadiana)
- Becoming Human by Amy Michelle Carpenter (YA Science Fiction)
- Boy Queen by George Lester (LGBTQIA YA Contemporary Fiction)
- Calla by Christina Bauer (Fantasy)
- Cracked: An Anthology of Eggsellent Chicken Stories (Short Fiction)
- Dragon Bourne by T. J. Reynolds (LitRPG, Dragon Core)
- Esme’s Gift by Elizabeth Foster (MG/YA High Fantasy)
- Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (LGBTQIA YA Contemporary Fiction)
- Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson (YA Contemporary)
- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (YA Urban Fantasy, Own Voices)
- The Betrayals by Bridget Collins (Magical Realism, Alternate-Historical Fantasy)
- The Cyborg Tinkerer by Meg LaTorre (Steampunk, Science Fiction Space Opera)
- The Lost Sentinel by Suzanne Rogerson (Epic High Fantasy)
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (Literary Fiction, Magical Realism)
- The Rage Room by Lisa de Nikolits (Speculative Fiction)
- The Reluctant Wizard by A. A. Warne (MG Fantasy)
- The Savior’s Sister by Jenna Moreci (Dark Urban Fantasy Romance)
- The Soul Thief by Majanka Vertsraete (YA Paranormal Urban Fantasy)
- The Tribulations of August Barton by Jennifer LeBlanc (YA/NA Contemporary Fiction)
- The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (Historical Fiction, Horror)
- To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini (Science Fiction)
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4-Star Reviews

- A Peculiar Royal by Alonna Williams (Middle Grade Fantasy)
- Alex McKenna & the Geranium Deaths by Vicki-Ann Bush (YA Paranormal Fantasy, LGBTQIA)
- Awaken by B.L. Callaghan (Fantasy)
- Beauty and the City, Chapter Magazine Vol 1 (YA Contemporary Romance)
- Cursed Objects by J. W. Ocker (Non-Fiction, History)
- Dance with Me by Judith Crow (YA Historical Fantasy)
- Dark by Paul L. Arvidson (Fantasy, Steampunk)
- Dawn of the Overlords by Kevin Potter (High Fantasy)
- Djinn by Sang Kromah (YA Paranormal Urban Fantasy)
- Esme’s Wish by Elizabeth Foster (MG/YA High Fantasy)
- Georgian Romance Revolt by Lucinda Elliot (Satire)
- Goddess in Time by Adriadne LeFox (Historical Fantasy, Arthurian)
- Heresy by C. A. Campbell (YA Dystopian)
- How to Pack for the End of the World by Michelle Falkoff (YA Literary Fiction, Mystery)
- Hunter by Nicole Conway (High Fantasy)
- The Killer Karma by Ana T. Drew (Cosy Mystery)
- Marilia the Warlord by Morgan Cole (Fantasy)
- Moon in Bastet by S.E. Danon (Fantasy, Magical Realism)
- Sentient by Michael Leon (Science Fiction)
- She’s the One Who Thinks Too Much by S. R. Cronin (Historical Fantasy)
- Shadows of Lela by Tessonja Odette (YA High Fantasy)
- Songs of Autumn by Lauren Sevier (YA Fantasy)
- Summoned by McKayla Eaton (YA Urban Fantasy, Canadian Fiction)
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (YA Dystopian)
- The Breakthrough in Two Acts by Dr. Fredric Hartman (Non-fiction, Self-Help, Stage Play)
- The Burning Son by TH Leatherman (Science Fiction, Space Opera)
- The Claires by C. L. Gaber (YA Dark Fantasy)
- The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike (Historical Fantasy)
- The Ghost of Walhachin by Ramona Nehring-Silver (Middle Grade Historical Fantasy)
- The House Called Hadlows by Victoria Walker (MG Fantasy)
- The Rose (Vol 1.) by P.D. Alleva (Dystopian Science Fiction Horror)
- The Storyteller’s Diary by J. Edwards Holt (Fantasy, Short Fiction)
- The Waltz of Devil’s Creek by Justine Carver (Historical Fiction)
- Time is a Fine White Lie by William Steffey (Magical Realism)
- Tristan’s Folly by Marcus Lee (Dark Fantasy Romance)
- What’s That Growing in My Sour Cream? by Brad Graber (Non-Fiction Memoire, Comedy)
- Wolf Born by J. N. Moon (Dark Fantasy, Paranormal)
- Why Can’t Life Be Like Pizza? by Andy V. Roamer (LGBTQIA YA Contemporary Fiction)
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3.5-Star Reviews

- Animal Instincts by S. L. Jackson (Urban Fantasy, Short Fiction)
- The Adventures of Tom Finch, Gentleman by Lucy May Lennox (Historical Fiction)
- The Beast of Bellevue by Grace Chen (YA Urban Fantasy)
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3-Star Reviews

- El Paso by Michael Van Cleve (Contemporary Fiction, Hybrid Format)
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