Book Reviews

Uptown Oracle Reads… The Diminished

In the Alskad Empire, nearly all are born with a twin, two halves to form one whole…yet some face the world alone. A rare few are singleborn in each generation, and therefore given the right to rule by the gods and goddesses. Bo Trousillion is one of these few, born into the royal line and destined…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Oracle Year

Will Dando awakens from a dream one morning with 108 predictions in his head, he rapidly finds himself the most powerful man in the world. Protecting his anonymity by calling himself the Oracle, he sets up a website with the help of his friend Hamza to announce his revelations. In no time, global corporations are…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Goblins of Bellwater

Most people have no idea goblins live in the woods around the small town of Bellwater, Washington. But some are about to find out. Skye falls victim to a goblin curse in the forest one winter night, rendering her depressed and silenced, unable to speak of what happened. Her older sister, Livy, is at wit’s end trying to understand what’s wrong with her.…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Nothing But Sky

Grace Lafferty only feels alive when she’s dangling 500 feet above ground. As a post-World War I wing walker, Grace is determined to get to the World Aviation Expo, proving her team’s worth against flashier competitors and earning a coveted Hollywood contract. No one’s ever questioned Grace’s ambition until Henry Patton, a mechanic with plenty of…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Looking for Dei

Fifteen-year-old Nara has never liked secrets. Yet it seems that her life has been filled with them, from the ugly scar on her back to the strange powers she possesses. Her mysterious father refuses to say anything about her origins, and soon, she and her best friend must attend the announcement ceremony, in which youths…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Winterfolk

Rain is a homeless teen living with her father in the woods outside Seattle, near a community of other homeless people called the Winterfolk. She finds safety and sanctuary in this hidden world – until the day that safety is shattered when she learns the city plans to clear the woods of everyone who lives…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The October Men

Otto Parsons, a brilliant physicist, is missing. The October Men is a story of Otto’s experiment in quantum physics – trying to create zero gravity without going into space – which yields spectacularly unexpected results: time travel. Professor Dan Sibley, ever more desperate to secure funding to keep the experiment running, allows their work to…
Uptown Oracle Reads… The Zanna Function

When fourteen-year-old Zanna Mayfield gets an acceptance letter from St. Pommeroy’s School for Gifted Children, she jumps at the chance to put her considerable intellect to good use. But nothing can prepare her for the first day, when she discovers that she is a Scientist —one able to see and bend the basic functions of…
Uptown Oracle Reads… Roar

In a land ruled and shaped by violent magical storms, power lies with those who control them. As the sole heir of Pavan, Aurora’s been groomed to be the perfect queen. She’s intelligent and brave and honorable. But she’s yet to show any trace of the magic she’ll need to protect her people. To keep her…