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Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3) — Cassandra Clare

TITLE: Clockwork Princess AUTHOR: Cassandra Clare SERIES: The Infernal Devices, #3 RELEASED: March 19th, 2013; Margaret Ferguson Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most, would you do it? The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose. book 1 | book 2 Everyone warned me that this series would take everything I love, chew it up, spit it back out, and stomp on it while I wept in a corner (okay, they didn’t...

Kill Hill Carnage — Tim Meyer

TITLE: Kill Hill Carnage AUTHOR: Tim Meyer RELEASED: July 15th, 2018; Sinister Grin Press GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: In 1991, hell was unleashed upon Saint Christopher’s Summer Camp for Kids. The killers left behind piles of bodies and rivers of blood. Some say a family of inbred cannibals was responsible. A masked psychopath with a butcher’s knife is another popular theory. Some still believe a camp counselor lost his mind and went crazy on everyone with an axe. But there’s also the...

Damsel — Elana K. Arnold

TITLE: Damsel AUTHOR: Elana K. Arnold RELEASES: October 2nd, 2018; Balzer + Bray GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: The rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: when the prince-who-will-be-king comes of age, he must venture out into the gray lands, slay a fierce dragon, and rescue a damsel to be his bride. This is the way things have always been. When Ama wakes in the arms of Prince Emory, however, she knows none of this. She has no memory of what...

Nightingale — Amy Lukavics

TITLE: Nightingale AUTHOR: Amy Lukavics RELEASES: September 25th, 2018; Harlequin Teen GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: At seventeen, June Hardie is everything a young woman in 1951 shouldn’t be–independent, rebellious, a dreamer. June longs to travel, to attend college and to write the dark science fiction stories that consume her waking hours. But her parents only care about making June a better young woman. Her mother grooms her to be a perfect little homemaker while her father pushes her to marry his business partner’s...

Phoenix Unbound (Fallen Empire, #1) — Grace Draven

TITLE: Phoenix Unbound AUTHOR: Grace Draven RELEASES: September 25th, 2018; Ace GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Every year, each village is required to send a young woman to the Empire’s capital–her fate to be burned alive for the entertainment of the masses. For the last five years, one small village’s tithe has been the same woman. Gilene’s sacrifice protects all the other young women of her village, and her secret to staying alive lies with the magic only she possesses. But this year is...

The Sisters of the Winter Wood — Rena Rossner

TITLE: The Sisters of the Winter Wood AUTHOR: Rena Rossner RELEASES: September 25th, 2018; Redhook/Orbit GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Raised in a small village surrounded by vast forests, Liba and Laya have lived a peaceful sheltered life – even if they’ve heard of troubling times for Jews elsewhere. When their parents travel to visit their dying grandfather, the sisters are left behind in their home in the woods. But before they leave, Liba discovers the secret that their Tati can transform into a...

The Good Demon — Jimmy Cajoleas

TITLE: The Good Demon AUTHOR: Jimmy Cajoleas RELEASES: September 18th, 2018; Amulet Books GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Clare has been miserable since her exorcism. The preacher that rid her of evil didn’t understand that her demon—simply known as Her—was like a sister to Clare. Now, Clare will do almost anything to get Her back. After a chance encounter with the son of the preacher who exorcised her, Clare goes on an adventure through the dark underbelly of her small Southern town, discovering...

We Sold Our Souls — Grady Hendrix

TITLE: We Sold Our Souls AUTHOR: Grady Hendrix RELEASES: September 18th, 2018; Quirk Books GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success — but then lead singer Terry Hunt embarked on a solo career and rocketed to stardom as Koffin, leaving his fellow bandmates to rot in rural Pennsylvania. Two decades later, former guitarist Kris Pulaski works as the night manager of a Best Western – she’s tired, broke, and unhappy. Everything changes...

The Haunting of Hill House — Shirley Jackson

TITLE: The Haunting of Hill House AUTHOR: Shirley Jackson RELEASED: 1959; Viking Press GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre. First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting;’ Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor,...

Strange Grace — Tessa Gratton

TITLE: Strange Grace AUTHOR: Tessa Gratton RELEASES: September 18th, 2018; Margaret K. McElderry Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Long ago, a village made a bargain with the devil: to ensure their prosperity, when the Slaughter Moon rises, the village must sacrifice a young man into the depths of the Devil’s Forest. Only this year, the Slaughter Moon has risen early. Bound by duty, secrets, and the love they share for one another, Mairwen, a spirited witch; Rhun, the expected saint; and Arthur, a...