Timekeeper by Tara Sim is a young adult fiction novel that explores the concept of time and its impact upon the books’ characters. Set in an alternate Victorian London where time is literally controlled by clock towers, the story follows clock mechanic Danny who is struggling to come to terms with his father's death and the repercussions of a clock tower explosion that has thrown London's time out of sync.
Selina Kyle returns to Gotham as Holly Vanderhees to carry out a vital personal mission. Luke Fox wants to prove that he is the hero that the city needs. As the two are pitted against each other in a game of cat and mouse, Selina is faced with other threats from her past. Will she be able to complete her mission before time runs out?
When Bryce Quinlan’s friends are murdered by a demon she knows she will do anything it takes to avenge their deaths. However when similar murders start up again despite the suspected murder being behind bars, Bryce becomes a vital part of the investigation with Hunt Athalar. Hunt Athalar is a infamous enslaved Fallen angel whose brutal skills and known strength have been always used for murdering his boss’s enemies. However, with a demon running lose in the city, Hunt is given an irresistible offer: help Bryce crack the case and his freedom will be granted.
Jude watched as her parents were murdered at the young age of 7. She came to know of a land, one other than the typical mortal world, known as Faerie. In Faerie, bloodshed comes before family. Power comes before loyalty.
Emilia and her twin sister, streghe witches, have been cautioned their whole lives regarding the dangers of attracting the attention of or interacting with the Wicked, or seven Princes of Hell. Each twin was gifted with the mysterious cornicello, amulets of protection, and advised never to remove them. While Emilia prefers creating recipes for their family restaurant in Sicily, the more daring Vittoria disappears one evening only to be later discovered by her twin, gruesomely murdered.
When I was first introduced to this book, I didn’t think I’d like it as much as I did when I actually read it. The whole plot and the characters were quite unique. The story starts out with introducing the main character, Jacob (Jake) Portman who was a kid who was socially inept. When Jake’s grandfather mysteriously dies from what Jake thinks was a monster, he ends up going on an adventure to find out the truth about his grandfather’s past. He finds out that his grandfather was involved with strange things, stranger than he thought.
Eragon lives in the dystopian Empire, and must hunt in the ominous woods of the Spine in order to survive. On one of his treks, he discovers a strangely smooth and hollow blue stone. He plans to sell it, but it is in fact not a stone at all but a dragon egg. This discovery launches him into a world filled with all that he thought was legend - the world of the Dragon Riders. But the Emperor is not happy with their revival, and Eragon must figure out a way to escape him, all while his dreams are plagued by a mysterious beautiful elven woman and he knows not who is friend or foe.
Stellarlune by Shannon Messenger is the ninth book in the Keeper of the Lost Cities fantasy series. Sophie and her friends are in incredible danger. Lies are being discovered, the truth is being found, and suddenly everything seems to be already decided. Sophie and her friends can’t seem to agree on things like who to trust, who to tell what, when to act, and when to let the enemy struggle for themselves. Sophie thinks Elysian is the answer to Stellarlune, and that if
