Janine Spendlove, an old friend of mine, published her first novel back in June.

It’s called War of the Seasons: The Human. It’s the first part of a planned trilogy and fits neatly into the YA Fantasy category of books. The Human tells the story of a 17 year old girl named Story who is transported to a different world all by her lonesome and has to overcome great obstacles to save the world.

It’s difficult to find the entire world is hanging in the balance and you can’t even get your own life together.

The Human is a very fun read, very much in the vein of the Chronicles of Narnia or The Hunger Games. It has a very strong female lead, an incredibly well-developed world, a fiendish villain you just love to hate, and above all: a love story that doesn’t actually make you want to gag.

Though it’s a long book (90,000 words or so), I really couldn’t put it down and read it in a single sitting, a rarity for me these days. The world really draws you in and keeps you asking questions about it. And Spendlove has such a rich knowledge of the history of the world she created that it’s just dripping with details behind details you don’t even see. There are elves and faeries, dryads and selkies, trolls and gnomes, and anything else you can think of. And it’s all brought to life through Spendloves charming prose.

It’s destined to be a classic, so I’m telling you all now that you should get in on the ground floor so you can like it before it hits big. The second book doesn’t come out until next year and from what I’ve read of it, I can’t wait until it comes out.

You can order a signed copy from her website, or pick it up on eReaders. I would advise you to do it and see why it’s my Book Of the Week.