My goal is to provide consistent book reviews of Young Adult Fantasy books.  Every week I intend to post at least one review, typically two, of both new and old young adult fantasy books.

I will explain my reasons and try to give the reader enough information to make their own choices, while also helping parents and teachers pick out age appropriate books.

What is Young Adult Fantasy?
Not an easy question to answer.  For my intents here, fantasy contains magic and events that could not take place in our world as it currently is. It might be alternate history with magic as real, or perhaps it takes place in a world of the author’s creation. For the most part, I will avoid science fiction for now, but that might come about later on, or as I find good new books in the young adult science fiction category.  Really, the line between science fiction and fantasy is thin.  Science Fiction tends to be what might happen if our technology changes, and fantasy is what might happen if magic was real.  Both deal with how the world and life might be recreated and expanded, given new circumstances.

Alternate or character-driven history, without the addition of magic, might also make its way in at some point, especially if it examines a time period or subject that is relatively unique.

I will not be reviewing high school drama or other contemporary teen books.  I might occasionally do a review on those books in addition to the normal two reviews, but never instead.  And only if the book is very special to me.