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The Opposite of Innocent — Sonya Sones

TITLE: The Opposite of Innocent AUTHOR: Sonya Sones RELEASES: September 4th, 2018; HarperTeen GENRE: Contemporary/Poetry AGE RANGE: YA ACQUIRED: ARC SYNOPSIS: Lily has been crushing on Luke, a friend of her parents’, ever since she can remember. He’s been away for two endless years, but he’s finally returning today. Lily was only twelve when he left. But now, at fourteen, she feels transformed. She can’t wait to see how Luke will react when he sees the new her. And when her mother tells her that...

The Siren and the Specter — Jonathan Janz

TITLE: The Siren and the Specter AUTHOR: Jonathan Janz RELEASES: September 6th, 2018; Flame Tree Press GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult ACQUIRED: ARC SYNOPSIS: When David Caine, a celebrated skeptic of the supernatural, is invited by an old friend to spend a month in “the most haunted house in Virginia,” he believes the case will be like any other. But the Alexander House is different. Built by a 1700s land baron to contain the madness and depravity of his eldest son, the house is...

Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2) — Cassandra Clare

TITLE: Clockwork Prince AUTHOR: Cassandra Clare SERIES: The Infernal Devices, #2 RELEASED: December 6th, 2011; Margaret Ferguson Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: With the help of the handsome, self-destructive Will and the fiercely devoted Jem, Tessa discovers that the Magister’s war on the Shadowhunters is deeply personal. He blames them for a long-ago tragedy that shattered his life. To unravel the secrets of the past, the trio journeys from mist-shrouded Yorkshire to a manor house that holds untold horrors, from the slums of...

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft — Jessica Spotswood & Tess Sharpe

TITLE: Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft EDITORS: Jessica Spotswood, Tess Sharpe RELEASES: August 28th, 2018; Harlequin Teen GENRE: Anthology AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: From good witches to bad witches, to witches who are a bit of both, this is an anthology of diverse witchy tales from a collection of diverse, feminist authors. The collective strength of women working together—magically or mundanely–has long frightened society, to the point that women’s rights are challenged, legislated against, and denied all over the world. Toil &...

Mirage — Somaiya Daud

TITLE: Mirage AUTHOR: Somaiya Daud SERIES: Mirage, #1 RELEASES: August 28th, 2018; Flatiron Books GENRE: Sci-fi/Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: In a star system dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry like the old-world poems she adores; she dreams of receiving a sign from Dihya that one day, she, too, will have adventure, and travel beyond her isolated moon. But when adventure comes for Amani, it is...

Summer Bird Blue — Akemi Dawn Bowman

TITLE: Summer Bird Blue AUTHOR: Akemi Dawn Bowman RELEASES: September 11th, 2018; Simon Pulse GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Rumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying she doesn’t have the answers to everything. What to eat, where to go, whom to love. But there is one thing she is absolutely sure of—she wants to spend the rest of her life writing music with her younger sister, Lea. Then Lea dies in a car accident, and her mother sends her away to live...

Devil in Ohio — Daria Polatin

TITLE: Devil in Ohio AUTHOR: Daria Polatin RELEASED: November 7th, 2017; Feiwel & Friends GENRE: Horror/Thriller AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS:When fifteen-year-old Jules Mathis comes home from school to find a strange girl, her mother explains that Mae is one of her patients at the hospital and will be staying with their family for a few days. But shortly after, Mae is wearing Jules’ clothes, sleeping in her bedroom, edging her out of her position on the school paper, and kissing Jules’s crush. Then...

Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked — Christa Carmen

TITLE: Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked AUTHOR: Christa Carmen RELEASES: August 21st, 2018; Unnerving GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: A young woman’s fears regarding the gruesome photos appearing on her cell phone prove justified in a ghastly and unexpected way. A chainsaw-wielding Evil Dead fan defends herself against a trio of undead intruders. A bride-to-be comes to wish that the door between the physical and spiritual worlds had stayed shut on All Hallows’ Eve. A lone passenger on a midnight train finds that...

To Be Honest — Maggie Ann Martin

TITLE: To Be Honest AUTHOR: Maggie Ann Martin RELEASES: August 21st, 2018; Swoon Reads GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Savannah is dreading being home alone with her overbearing mother after her sister goes off to college. But if she can just get through senior year, she’ll be able to escape to college, too. What she doesn’t count on is that her mother’s obsession with weight has only grown deeper since her appearance on an extreme weight-loss show, and now Savvy’s mom is pressuring her...

City of Ghosts — Victoria Schwab

TITLE: City of Ghosts AUTHOR: Victoria Schwab SERIES: Cassidy Blake, #1 RELEASES: August 28th, 2018; Scholastic GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: MG SYNOPSIS: Cassidy Blake’s parents are The Inspectres, a (somewhat inept) ghost-hunting team. But Cass herself can REALLY see ghosts. In fact, her best friend, Jacob, just happens to be one. When The Inspectres head to ultra-haunted Edinburgh, Scotland, for their new TV show, Cass—and Jacob—come along. In Scotland, Cass is surrounded by ghosts, not all of them friendly. Then she meets Lara, a girl who...