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Two Sides to a Face: My Journey with Sturge Weber Syndrome by Chelsey Peat

A searing exploration of identity, disability, and self-acceptance. Peat’s gripping narrative offers an unflinching account of living with Sturge Weber Syndrome and confronting a world that rarely looks beyond appearances. The book opens with a vivid account of her difficult…
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Call of the Desert: Crossing by A. A. Vogel

A raw, evocative, and atmospheric coming-of-age story. Vogel delves into the complexities of self-discovery through a young girl’s journey in a new culture in her compelling novel. In a new country and school, Claire sees the chance to reinvent herself.…
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Series review: The Tales of Zren Janin: Boxed Set, Book 1-6 by M. L. Dunker

Impeccably crafted, thoroughly entertaining; a sweeping cross-genre adventure brimming with daring escapades, bravery, and intrigue. Set against the backdrop of a meticulously crafted South Pacific-inspired world, Dunker’s 6-part cross-genre series is characterized by thrilling adventures, intricate political intrigue, and acts…
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Final Video Game by Craig Speakes

Lively, entertaining, and technologically compelling… A total hoot. Speakes’ thrilling middle grade sci-fi offers an exhilarating plunge into a world where technology and humanity collide in spectacular fashion. Thirteen-year-old Oliver and his mother move to a new town, leaving behind…
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Sunstruck: A Young Adult Fantasy Adventure by Melissa Bellis

An utterly readable tale… Bellis’s debut is a gripping YA fantasy featuring an authentic cast and atmospheric settings. The world is a dangerous place, especially during the day when the sun’s rays can kill in minutes. Nineteen-year-old Dustin is in…
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Love & Fate by Peter Toeg

A bittersweet and, at times, bizarre collection that looks at the complexities of life with style and savvy… In his absorbing latest collection of short stories, Toeg deftly explores love, life, death, family dynamics, loneliness, grief, guilt, regret, and redemption.…
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Critical Habitat by Terrence King

A fast-paced, exhilarating dystopian tale that hits all the right notes… King’s first installment in the planned dystopian series features grim conflict, a corrupt utopian government, and social upheaval steeped in hunger, starvation, and survival. A world devastated by war…
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The Silver Prison by Peter Shokeir

A perfect fusion of SF, steampunk, and action thriller… A misfit group of strangers set out on a mission to stop the dangerous villains in Shokeir’s thrilling debut. When a mysterious superpowered man, Slate, is dug up at a semi-secret…
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Crystal and the Underlings: The future of humanity by Jack Kelley

Intricate, intriguing, and wonderfully engaging… Kelley’s epic dystopian tale brims with vivid characters and subplots. Part of the seventh generation of Elite humans, Crystal is considered the best warrior and strategist. When her twin brother goes missing in the Mojave…
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Nuggets: A Tale of the Cariboo Gold Rush by Susan K Kehoe

Addictive, exciting, thoroughly engaging… A page-turner. Kehoe takes readers on an exhilarating ride through the 1860s BC gold rush in her exciting latest novel. Victoria, British Columbia. Seventeen-year-old Robb McDonald works at the Hudson’s Bay post at a clerical position…
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Grandma Goody by Randy Cornell

An engrossing superhero adventure with deep moral convictions… A super-powered grandma goes on a quest to eradicate violence and crime in Cornell’s fun debut. An enigmatic old woman with superpowers has taken upon herself to eliminate both crime and criminals,…
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It’s About Time by Mickey Bridges

An absorbing and candid chronicle of hard-won success… Making his debut with a sincere, raw memoir, Bridges recounts his rocky journey from life of crime to professional and personal success. Born in a dysfunctional family to a chronically ill mother…
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Domestic Arts (Sisters of Stella Mare) by Annie M. Ballard

A layered and nuanced literary tale… An expected betrayal forces a struggling artist to confront the opportunistic relationship that defines her romantic past in Ballard’s poignant latest installment in the Sisters of Stella Mare. Evie is back in Stella Mare…
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Listening to Chopin while fighting Nazis: A Journey into my Family’s WWII Polish Past by M. Alexander Charns

A deeply revealing, intimate account of a family’s Polish history… As a six-year-old boy, Charns came across a book named ‘I Survived Hitler’s Hell’ by A.P. Gwiazdowski and became curious about his family’s Polish history. As he grows older, he…
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Imperious Realm (Reign of the North Forest Book 1) by Athene Z. Adam

An exciting series starter with engaging concepts and tight plotting… With the fate of their people hanging in the balance, two young heroes must join hands and find a way out of the impossible situation in Adam’s debut installment in…
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NAILS by M.D. Nuth

A twisted and darkly gripping thriller… Nuth’s latest novel offers a grand-scale narrative that fuses elements of political fiction with crime thriller and human drama. Hardcore criminal Tau has always liked to be his own boss. When he is recruited…
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Sit Down And Have A Beer Again by Greg Wyss

A jarring and beautiful book of poems, stories, and excerpts about everything that’s life. In his latest book, Wyss delivers a generous variety of poetry, prose, and stories. The book is divided into three chapters. Some of the pieces deal…
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The Adventures of Randy by Andrew Zellgert

An enthralling tale seasoned with fun, adventure, and SF intrigue… Zellgert’s latest follows the adventures of an unlikely hero, who finds himself entangled in a horde of life-and-death situations after he joins a restaurant workforce. Randy is just an ordinary…
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ASSIGNMENT: Earth by Lynne Armstrong-Jones

 A warm, satisfying SF tale that intrigues and charms… A young man falls in love with an enigmatic stranger in Armstrong-Jones’s latest novel. Trying to get over his recent break-up, Jared Collins is desperate to get a meaningful job and…
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A Shadow Melody by Brian Kaufman

Disquieting, visceral, and compulsively readable. The expert handling of narrative complexity and authentic period detail makes Kaufman’s latest a solid historical tale of supernatural suspense. When the brilliant Harry Browning began to work on a device to communicate with the…