CleanLit Review: EDGEDANCER by Brandon Sanderson

From the STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older–a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one. Although the young Azish emperor granted her safe haven from an executioner she knows only as Darkness, […]

CleanLit Review: WALK TWO MOONS by Sharon Creech

Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle, proud of her country roots and the “Indian-ness in her blood,” travels from Ohio to Idaho with her eccentric grandparents. Along the way, she tells them of the story of Phoebe Winterbottom, who received mysterious messages, who met a “potential lunatic,” and whose mother disappeared. As Sal entertains her grandparents with […]

CleanLit Review: THE AGONY AND ECSTASY by Irving Stone

His time—the turbulent Renaissance, the years of poisoning princes, warring Popes, and the all-powerful de’Medici family… His loves—the frail and lovely daughter of Lorenzo de’Medici, the ardent mistress of Marco Aldovrandi, and his last love, his greatest love—the beautiful, unhappy Vittoria Colonna… His genius—a God-driven fury from which he wrested brilliant work that made a […]

CleanLit Review: KISSING THE ENEMY by Leighann Dobbs, Harmony Williams

A debutante-turned-spy. A duke’s brother with a dark secret. Falling in love was never part of the mission… London, 1806. Fredrica “Freddie” Vale would do anything to protect her younger sister. When a dubious benefactor threatens Freddie’s family, he gives the plain girl a mission. To keep her sister safe, Freddie must steal a codebook […]

CleanLit Review: THE GRAND SOPHY by Georgette Heyer

Resourceful, adventurous and utterly indefatigable, Sophy is hardly the mild-mannered girl that the Rivenhalls expect when they agree to take her in. Kind-hearted Aunt Lizzy is shocked; stern Cousin Charles and his humorless fiancée Eugenia are disapproving. With her inimitable mixture of exuberance and grace, Sophy soon sets about endearing herself to her family, but […]

CleanLit Review: DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE by Laini Taylor

Errand requiring immediate attention. Come. The note was on vellum, pierced by the talons of the almost-crow that delivered it. Karou read the message. ‘He never says please’, she sighed, but she gathered up her things. When Brimstone called, she always came. In general, Karou has managed to keep her two lives in balance. On […]

CleanLit Review: THE YEAR I DATED THE INTERNET by Stacy Lynn Carroll

With her thirtieth birthday fast approaching, Chelsea Wilson decides she is done being single. She is going to be married by the end of the year if it kills her. And sixteen first dates might just do that. With no male companionship, other than her cat Daughtry, Chelsea reluctantly creates an online dating profile. She […]

CleanLit Review: THE DAYS OF ELIJAH by John Noble

Elijah’s friends are dead, and without a miracle, he’s next.   Elijah is a young prophet studying the Torah, when the soldiers of Queen Jezebel burn his school and massacre his teachers. He escapes, barely, but finds himself on the run and hunted as Queen Jezebel attempts to stamp out the worship of the Hebrew […]

CleanLit Review: MR. DARCY’S ENCHANTMENT by Abigail Reynolds

In a Regency England where magic and faeries are real… Fitzwilliam Darcy is a powerful magician who controls fire, water, and wind. What he cannot control is his growing feelings for Miss Elizabeth Bennet. Elizabeth’s sentiments towards Darcy are quite different. She detests his arrogance, and she fears he will expose her use of forbidden […]

CleanLit Review: BOUNDARY CROSSED by Melissa F. Olsen

After her twin sister’s brutal murder, former US Army Sergeant Allison “Lex” Luther vowed to protect her niece, Charlie. So when two vampires try to kidnap the baby, it quickly turns into a fight to the death—Lex’s death, that is. She wakes up to two shocking discoveries: she has miraculously survived the fight, and baby […]