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

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)

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)