(3) YA Three Dark Crowns series. Katharine finally holds the crown of Fennbirn, but a growing rebellion troubles her reign. On the mainland, Arsinoe's and Mirabella's new lives are interrupted by haunting dreams that call them to return home. But it seems the rules the triplet queens were raised with have changed... With her large cast of characters fully established, Blake's expertly labyrinthine plotting comes to the fore in this third installment in the series.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(3) YA Three Dark Crowns series. The triplet queens from Three Dark Crowns continue their fight for the throne of Fennbirn Island as their respective magical talents grow. Equally important, however, are the complicated networks of family, friends, and political allies each sister sustains. In Blake's second bloody high fantasy, a twisty series of betrayals and back-from-the-brink survivals climaxes as an unexpected sister ascends at the expense of the others.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(3) YA Three Dark Crowns series. Every generation, royal female triplets are born, each to a different magical tradition. At sixteen, they fight to the death to rule Fennbirn Island. Blake builds a nuanced portrait of each girl, her powers, and her friends as the focus shifts among the heroines. The labyrinthine plot and its surprising twist set up a sequel; readers shouldn't expect resolution here.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(4) YA Goddess War series. In this final volume of the series, the separate paths of Cassandra, Athena, and other reincarnated mythical figures come together for a showdown with Atropos, the corrupted Fate who's been causing sickness and discord among the gods. The convoluted plot gets pretty far into the weeds, but fans of teen romance, gothic horror, and myth-based action will appreciate the solid conclusion.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(4) YA Goddess War series. In modern-day Kincade, NY, the war between the dying Greek gods begun in Antigoddess continues. Athena wants to use reincarnated prophetess Cassandra of Troy, the god-killer, to destroy the gods who killed Cassandra's boyfriend Aiden, formerly the god Apollo. Though motivations in this sequel are a bit opaque, the episodes of teen life and godly conflict are believable.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(3) YA Goddess War series. The gods are dying. As Athena and Hermes struggle to understand their decline, ordinary teen Cassandra discovers she is a reincarnation of the Trojan prophet of the same name. New alliances are complicated by old histories as each divine and human actor chooses a side in this first installment of a strange apocalypse that ends with many of its mysteries still unexplained.

Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

(3) YA Teenage ghost hunter Cas starts having visions of his dead girlfriend, Anna Korlov, being tortured in Hell, so he journeys to England in search of a way to bring her back to the world of the living. This dark, fast-paced story of magic, friendship, and the undead will appeal to fans of TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Supernatural.

Reviewer: Barratt Miller