Nickie Nick is reeling from a tragic loss. It is the worst pain she has ever felt in her seventeen years, and it has put her out of commission for a month. Her street friends stop by to check on her, but she just cannot get out of bed. Her governess, Fanny, is about at wit’s end. She finally threatens to tell Nickie’s parents that she roams the streets at night fighting vampires if Nickie will not get up and start to live again. Fanny’s own story of past loss helps Nickie realize her life is not over and she agrees to visit her friends. Read More »

O. M. Grey’s The Zombies of Mesmer,

Nicole Knickerbocker Hawthorn or Nickie Nick, barely makes it home on time for her Debutante ball. She’s been out with the homeless children who she considers her friends. They have nobody else to care for them so she takes it upon herself to see they are fed and warm. This would cause quite the scandal if society found out. The only one who knows is Nickie’s governess Fanny. Fanny is the one who got her the boy’s clothes that she hides behind when she goes out. Read More »

When we last saw Rachel Griffin, she was decompressing after the exciting events of her first week at Roanoke Academy. Participating in epic battles and seeing her friends and instructors wounded and dying affected Rachel deeply, and she was even more aware of her mediocre progress in the study of magic. After agreeing to be Gaius’s girlfriend, she discovered that her family disapproved greatly of a thirteen-year-old having a boyfriend, and especially one who had publicly humiliated her brother, Peter. Read More »

Thirteen-year-old Rachel Griffin was excited about being at Roanoke Academy, where she planned to learn absolutely everything and excel in all seven of the Magical Arts. Rachel’s prodigious memory enabled her to read a passage just once, never to forget, and she had the ability to play back a memory and notice smaller details that were unclear while the event was happening. On Rachel’s first morning at Roanoke, she awakened early, hearing a large black raven with blood red eyes talking with a miniature lion, the familiar of one of her roommates. Read More »

Thirteen-year-old Finley McComb thinks it would be pretty cool to be a surger. After all, it would really help if he could move the hands on the clock at school to bring the day closer to ending. However, he has resigned himself to the fact that he is not a surger and has no special abilities. So what is a recruiter from Brighton Preparatory School for Surgers doing at his house? And how in the world is Finley able to produce a flame from a dead lighter? Read More »

Talisman, or Tali as she prefers to be called, is very used to moving but is still not happy when her mother tells her it is time to leave Chicago. She is happy in the big city and being dragged across the country to Mystic Falls, a small town with seemingly no redeeming qualities, is not her idea of fun. When they pull up to the huge house where they will be staying, she starts to change her mind. Not used to living in the lap of luxury, the Salvatore mansion is easy to get used to and the Read More »

Trying to live a happy life while zombies roam the earth is hard to do. Most people just exist. What’s left of the living gather in towns where there are tall walls although a few still live wild and free traveling the highways, always on the move. The government had to make a drastic decision to help fight against the growing zombie numbers, making people enlist in the service at the ripe old age of sixteen and serving a nine year tour. Read More »

Lucifer has been defeated and the Blue Blood coven has been rebuilt. Under the leadership of Oliver Hazard-Perry, former human familiar of Schuyler Van Alen, now turned vampire, the community is thriving. What better way to celebrate than by resurrecting the Four Hundred Ball and formally taking his place as Regis. Finn, Oliver’s human familiar and half-sister of Schuyler, could not agree more, and relishes planning the social event of the year. Read More »

After her mother’s death, Haley Tremaine dreaded going home. Her alcoholic father, selfishly entitled younger sister, and a never-ending list of household chores were the only things that awaited her when she walked through the door after work. Her schoolwork was suffering, and she had only one friend to offer caring and support. Even Haley’s younger sister, Jocelyn, did not understand Haley’s behavior and continually sided with their father against her. Read More »

Seven people are chosen as winners in an essay contest where they have shared their worst nightmare. Six of these people are subscribed to the Nightmare Elf newsletter; a newsletter from their favorite horror movie maker, Justin Blake. One of the winners has received the newsletter for the first time with the contest information in it. She does not really know Justin Blake or any of his movies but the idea of a contest where the winners will face their own fears and meet a famous director appeals to her. The rest of the winners are all huge Justin Blake fans and know all of his work. Their nightmares are all Read More »

Sydney is continuing with her mission in Palm Springs. She is helping protect Jill, the Moroi princess, from further attacks. What she did not count on was going against everything she believed and dating a Moroi. However, a wrench has been thrown into the cogs of her life when her sister, Zoe, shows up to “assist Sydney with her assignment.” Sydney had hoped to keep her sister out of the Alchemist clutches, but her plan backfired. Now Sydney has to hide her relationship with Adrian and find a way to bond with her sister, despite no longer being a slave to the Alchemist way of life. Read More »

The explosive and thoroughly engrossing Servants of the Storm grabs the reader immediately, never letting go for the duration of the novel. Seventeen-year-old Dovey feels as though she has been operating in a fog since the ferocious Hurricane Josephine hit Savannah a year earlier, claiming the lives of many, including her best friend, Carly, right in front of her eyes. When the story begins, Dovey makes the decision to stop taking the medication she was prescribed after the storm, when she claimed to see things that were not there. The impetus for this action-seeing Carly at their favorite coffee house the day before. Read More »

Sydney Sage is experiencing “hospitality” at the hands of the Alchemists, taken in for the grievous sin of loving a Moroi. The Alchemists hope to re-educate her and return her to a productive member of their society. Little do they know that Sydney has broken her tattoo and is not as malleable and loyal as the Alchemists would hope. Meanwhile, Adrian spends the first few months trying to find her. Read More »

Sydney continues to perform her duties in Palm Springs, but she finds herself getting deeper and deeper into the Moroi and dhampir worlds. In the most recent installment of her adventures, her mentor’s sister is hunting down novice witches and trying to steal their power, so Mrs. Terwilliger asks if Sydney can track down these novices and try to protect them. Read More »

Sydney Melrose is supposed to dislike Moroi and Dhampirs, but the more time she spends with them, the harder time she has not crossing the line. Sydney is in Palm Springs, entrusted with the task of watching over Jill Mastrano, the queen’s cousin and only remaining relative. Along with Jill are her guardians, and Adrian Ivashkov, who saved her life. Read More »

Rebellion is afoot in the world of the Djenrye and it reaches the bedchamber of Raynok and his heavily-pregnant wife, Carlynn. Raynok’s instinct is to grab his sword and fight in defense of his city, Ty Raile ai Highlae. However, as the last living Guardian, he knows that his duty is to the entire world and just as importantly, to the unborn babe who will succeed him as Guardian. In this world, Guardian is not just a title, but instead a link between the people and the powerful magic in the five Orthehlae stones that created the Gods themselves. Without a Guardian, the stones would become instable and tear apart not only Djenrye, but also the Human world in the neighboring dimension. He must survive for both worlds and if he cannot, then he must ensure that his child will. Read More »

When Alice Davenport’s father dies, her perfect childhood comes to an abrupt end as she and her mother are forced to move. When her mother is around, which is not often, she does not pay much attention to Alice, so Alice learns to take care of herself. One day, Alice wakes up to find that her mother has not come home and that horrific storms have left London flooded. Read More »

Our favorite characters are back in the highly-anticipated sequel to Speak of the Devil. Lily has been working with the Angels to stop the Demons, so she can return to her “normal” life. When Lily is captured by none other than the Devil, she needs to figure out how she can get back to Luc. Read More »

Farah lives in a post-apocalyptic world where everyone has roles. With most plant life being considered poisonous as a result of chemical warfare, most people live in villages set up in the desert. At Farah’s age, everyone has a job that is supposed to help them choose their eventual role in the village. Farah is a nightwatcher, assigned to a tower as a look-out to keep her people safe from the undergrounders-pirates who destroy villages and take what they want, disregarding the rules set in place to keep peace between the villages. Read More »

Every teenager in the summer of graduation faces the scary question of “what do I do with my life.” For a group of four teenagers, the question suddenly becomes moot when they are faced with simply surviving their summer. The four are unlikely friends, although they all share the unfortunate bond of having grown up parentless. Red and Ingrid live with Thomas, Ingrid’s older brother. Wil and Nik share an apartment. And the last year of school, they coupled up: Red with Wil and Ingrid with Nik. Read More »