REVIEW: Feyland: The Dark Realm by Anthea Sharp

Dear Ms. Sharp,

There is a strong stigma surrounding self-published YA novels that suggests that they are all badly written and derivative. Even with authors like Amanda Hocking becoming successes in both print and digital publishing, there is an inherent idea that self-published YA is bad and a constant stream of riffs on the latest trends – namely Twilight.

Many books live up to this stigma, but I had the hope that Feyland would be a different story. The pitch you sent sounded interesting, th...