Browsing: YA review

I picked up Daughter of the Pirate King shortly after reading three excellent, but hard books. I needed a light adventure and that’s exactly what I got.

If you found out you were going to die, what would you do? Len Vlhaos’ Life in a Fishbowl follows a father faced with just that decision.

E.K. Johnston’s “Spindle” is a companion novel to “A Thousand Nights,” which is the retelling of “Arabian Nights.” However, each book stands alone.

Josi S. Kilpack’s “The Lady of the Lakes” tells the story of Walter Scott and the two women he loved — Mina and Charlotte.

Author Louise Gornall pulled from her own mental health experiences for “Under Rose-Tainted Skies,” adding an authenticity that literally throbs on the page.

Sometimes you pick up a book that has the right elements but just doesn’t resonate. That was the case with E. Katherine Kottaras’ “The Best Possible Answer.”

Michaela MacColl is known for taking famous writers and putting them into mysteries — her most recent, “Secrets in the Snow” features Jane Austen.

I began “Moon Chosen” with a lot of hope. P.C. Cast is an author known for sweeping series. Unfortunately, “Moon Chosen” wasn’t for me, but it might be for you.

What would happen if all your memories disappeared every 12 years? What would you do? In Sharon Cameron’s “The Forgetting” those questions are answered.

I have little knowledge of the video game franchise Assassin’s Creed, but Matthew J. Kirby changed that with “Last Descendants,” which is based on the games.