“Dragon Slippers” is the debut novel of new author Jessica Day George, and I found it completely charming. Creel is the orphaned daughter of a mother who taught her how to embroider and weave. When Creel is left in the care of her aunt, her keeping puts a strain on the already impoverished household, and her aunt decides that the only solution is to offer Creel up to a dragon. When a knight in shining armor comes to rescue her, he’ll madly in love with her, carry her off and make all of them fabulously wealthy. A silly plan, but … Continue reading →

R. D. Henham, scribe in the Great Library of Palanthas, brings us “Red Dragon Codex,” a story taken from the annals of the library and brought into the light to be shared with all who are curious about the lives of dragons. Only one of a series, in this book we learn more about the red dragon. Mudd and his sister Hiera live in the small village of Potter’s Mill where they often visit the village seer, Shemnara. A few years ago, Shemnara was visited by a young man named Kirak who was seeking the famed Dragon’s Well. She had … Continue reading →

In “Farworld,” the new young adult fantasy novel, we meet Marcus Kanenas, a thirteen-year-old boy who was abandoned as an infant by parents who have never returned. His body is deformed and he spends his time in a wheelchair, although he can scoot around without it, when necessary, for short distances. He lives in a home for boys, and figures he’s pretty much stuck there forever, despite the fact that the other residents pick on him mercilessly. When a strange man comes to the school and tells Marcus that he’s there to pick up him up and take him to … Continue reading →