(4) YA When they are small, Mairwen, Rhun, and Arthur watch Rhun's cousin sacrifice himself to the Devil's Forest as a part of their village's tradition. Ten years later, things are going wrong in Three Graces, and it is Rhun's turn to be sacrificed. With a racially diverse cast and a polyamorous relationship at its core, this folkloric fantasy of forest devilry is gripping, despite a crowded plot.

Reviewer: Ariel Baker-Gibbs

(3) YA This appealing and accessible compilation of three novellas is both a book of paranormal fiction and a how-to for teens wanting to be writers. With notes from and discussion among the authors throughout, each work focuses on a different aspect of the creative process: Stiefvater's story focuses on character growth and personal knowledge; Gratton's on world-building; and Yovanoff's on the all-consuming idea.

Reviewer: Sian Gaetano

(3) YA United States of Asgard series. In this series installment, Signy Valborn is a lost Valkyrie. Accompanied by Ned Unferth, the spiritless troll hunter, and Soren Bearstar, the berserker who forsook his god, Signy quests to answer the riddle Odin posed to her. Gratton wraps readers in a believable alternate world where Valkyries sit next to the Senate, and modern technology coexists with prayer trees to Norse gods.

Reviewer: Jenn Matters

(4) YA United States of Asgard series. In an alternate United States, beloved sun god Baldur has mysteriously disappeared. Young warrior Soren Bearskin and prophetess Astrid Glyn slip away to find him, their road-trip quest through an iconic American landscape made strange with caravans of gypsy-like Lokiskin, troll-haunted mountains, and volcano goblins. The climactic final chapters set the scene for further adventure and (somewhat tediously overheated) romance ahead.

Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2013

(3) YA Mab, a young witch stepping forward to sustain family traditions, and Will, a boy resisting familial pressure to go into the military, develop an unexpected relationship as they fight together to break an old curse forged in both betrayal and love. Gratton's mesh of contemporary reality and magic brewed in herbal teas and blood tattoos is simultaneously odd, gory, original, and interesting.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(2) YA These experimental, unedited short stories showcase the many faces of horror--goth, faerie, ghostly, grotesque, lyrical, vengeful, and nasty-cool. The pieces were first published online by the three authors as an exercise in creativity and criticism, and the presentation here is innovative, incorporating critique comments, hand-written marginalia describing the writer's process, doodles, short essays, and diagrams.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2012