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Today is book release day for Evernigh by M.J. Padgett! I beta-read this book prior to its release, and it's such a fantastic, well-developed fantasy! If you're into epic fantasy, definitely check out this book! Its protagonists are young adults--probably upper teens to early twenties, I'd guess--so it makes a perfect recommendation for my YA Clean Reads list. Grab the book on Amazon (paperback and e-book), Kobo, or Nook -- or read my full review below for more information!

Hello, everyone, and welcome to my very first YA Clean Reads Book Review post! I'm starting this project as a way to help parents find "Clean" Young Adult Reads for their teens. (For more information on the Facebook group that I started to help parents share recommendations, learn about YA books, and more, click here.) For the purposes of my YA Clean Reads standards, "Clean" is defined as: No on-page sexual content (romance that focuses on emotion and/or stops at "just kisse