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Just City by Olga Tymofiyeva

Gripping, moving, and thought-provoking… A page-turner.  Determined to find his own path in life, a 21-year-old young man seeks a new life credo in Tymofiyeva’s outstanding debut novel. Young and highly driven Nathan is looking to put together $10,000 to…
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Dreams of Song Times by Amy L. Bernstein

Poignant, raw, original, and thoroughly absorbing…  Vivid characters, a dash of romance, and ratcheted-up stakes keep readers invested in Bernstein’s gripping coming-of-age novel. Sixteen-year-old Ell Gossamer has always struggled with her human-mermaid hybrid identity. When Ahr and Per, her two…
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The Queering by Brooke Skipstone

Deeply evocative and consistently moving… Skipstone returns with this breathtaking story about one woman’s journey to fulfillment and happiness. Suffocating in a loveless marriage, seventy-year-old Taylor MacKenzie is living through her writing, using the pen name Brooke Skipstone, her best…
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A STUDY IN TERMINAL BY KARA LINABURG

A superb, complex YA contemporary full of heart and unforgettable characters. Linburg’s remarkable novel tells the story of a young man struggling to come to terms with his inner demons. Tired of running from his tragic past, nineteen-year-old Sean Brogan…
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Forest (Vox Oculis Trilogy Book 3) by Frederic Martin 

Brilliantly wholesome and deeply heartening… A true page-turner Martin’s scintillating YA latest, the finale to his Vox Oculis trilogy, has richly described worldbuilding, tight plot, and hefty emotion, making for a complex and layered story. Blue’s unexpected encounter with Babineau’s…
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Trine Revelation, The Kinderra Saga: Book 3 by C. K. Donnelly

A thrill ride from the first page to the last… Riveting. Donnely strikes a perfect balance between powerful worldbuilding and rich thematic exploration as Mirana and Teague struggle against their fates in Donnelly’s third in The Kinderra Saga. Though her parents’ lives are…
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The Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy, Book 8: The Shadows of War by Claire Youmans

A sprawling, heady, engrossing tale… Azuki grapples with mysterious happenings, secrets, and the tumultuous meanings of what it means to stand for one’s family, friends, and nation in the eighth installment of Youmans’s addictive, layered historical fantasy series. Japan, 1877.…
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From Brick & Darkness by J.L. Sullivan

A wonderfully imaginative YA urban fantasy… Sullivan’s debut is an exhilarating page-turner, featuring a fully fleshed-out cast and a fantastical world packed with both whimsey and dark. When Bax accepted a ring intended for his estranged father from a decrepit…