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Obsidio — Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman (NO SPOILERS!)

TITLE: Obsidio AUTHOR: Kristoff, Jay; Kaufman, Amie RELEASED: March 13th, 2018; Knopf Books for Young Readers GENRE: Sci-fi AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza—but who knows what they’ll find seven months after the invasion? Meanwhile, Kady’s cousin, Asha, survived the initial...

Siege and Storm — Leigh Bardugo

TITLE: Siege and Storm AUTHOR: Leigh Bardugo RELEASED: June 4th, 2013; Henry Holt and Company GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land. She finds starting new is not easy while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. She can’t outrun her past or her destiny for long. The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a...

Blood Water Paint — Joy McCullough (ARC Review/Blog Tour)

TITLE: Blood Water Paint AUTHOR: Joy McCullough RELEASED: March 6th, 2018; Dutton Books GENRE: Historical Fiction AGE RANGE: YA “When I finished this novel, I knew I would be haunted and empowered by Artemisia Gentileschi’s story for the rest of my life.” –Amanda Lovelace, award-winning author of the princess saves herself in this one Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father’s paint....

Vices and Virtues: A Horror Anthology – Ashley Franz Holzmann

TITLE: Vices and Virtues: A Horror Anthology EDITOR: Ashley Franz Holzmann RELEASED: September 30th, 2017; As For Class GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Discover some of the best up-and-coming horror writers today. These stories explore the best and worst aspects of human nature, each story based on vices or virtues from the cultures of human history. There is true horror throughout this anthology that will touch the center of your soul and leave it burning. {GOODREADS . AMAZON . BOOKDEPOSITORY} It’s time for another horror...

DNF Mini-Reviews: January & February 2018

Recently, I ran a poll over on twitter, in which I asked if you guys would like me to post occasional wrap-ups of mini reviews for books I’ve DNFed. I didn’t think they’d be of much interest to most people, but the poll answers were overwhelming in the “yes” direction, so here we are! I don’t know how often I’ll be posting these, as I don’t normally DNF books very often. I mean, I have 5 mini reviews to give...

Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World — Ashley Herring Blake (ARC Review)

TITLE: Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World AUTHOR: Ashley Herring Blake RELEASES: March 6th, 2018; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: MG SYNOPSIS: When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen’s house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm–and what’s worse, her notebook filled with secret drawings of girls holding hands has gone missing. Mysteriously, Ivy’s drawings begin to reappear in her locker with notes from someone...

To Kill A Kingdom — Alexandra Christo (ARC Review)

TITLE: To Kill A Kingdom AUTHOR: Alexandra Christo RELEASES: March 6th, 2018; Feiwel & Friends GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most—a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until...

More Than We Can Tell — Brigid Kemmerer (ARC Review)

TITLE: More Than We Can Tell AUTHOR: Brigid Kemmerer RELEASES: March 6th, 2018; Bloomsbury Children’s GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Rev Fletcher is battling the demons of his past. But with loving adoptive parents by his side, he’s managed to keep them at bay…until he gets a letter from his abusive father and the trauma of his childhood comes hurtling back. Emma Blue spends her time perfecting the computer game she built from scratch, rather than facing her parents’ crumbling marriage. She can solve any...

All Out — Saundra Mitchell (ARC/Anthology Review)

TITLE: All Out: The No-Longer Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages AUTHOR: Saundra Mitchell RELEASES: February 27th, 2018; Harlequin Teen GENRE: Historical Fiction AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Take a journey through time and genres and discover a past where queer figures live, love and shape the world around them. Seventeen of the best young adult authors across the queer spectrum have come together to create a collection of beautifully written diverse historical fiction for teens. From a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set in...

Heart of Iron — Ashley Poston (ARC Review)

TITLE: Heart of Iron AUTHOR: Ashley Poston RELEASES: February 27th, 2018; Balzer + Bray GENRE: Sci-fi AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a fearsome space captain and the grizzled crew she now calls family. But D09—one of the last remaining illegal Metals—has been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him. Ana’s...