The Power Club by Greg GildersleeveMy rating: 3 of 5 stars I received this ARC from Red Coat Publishing and the author in exchange for an honest review.It has been a while since I last read a middle grade school story and I was surprised by the amount of details and depth of fantasy this one contained.Personally, I found that the characters, more than anything else in this story maintained the reader’s interest. They were well thought out and highly developed, not only for a book geared to a younger audience, but one that belongs in the fantasy genre in general.The plot was good and straight forward, with the added…

Between the Blade and the Heart by Amanda HockingMy rating: 5 of 5 stars I was given this ARC by NetGalley in return for an honest review.A few months ago, the museum in my hometown began their run of a special exhibition about Vikings and Norse mythology and since then I have visited it three times. One can only imagine my excitement when I found this little gem of a story on NetGalley, which combines futuristic elements with Norse mythology. I must confess that recently I took a small step back from reading Young Adult fiction, because of the overused stock characters that came to dominate this genre. The reader…