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The Low, Low Woods — Carmen Maria Machado (Hill House Comics)

TITLE: The Low, Low Woods (Hill House Comics series) AUTHOR: Carmen Maria Machado ILLUSTRATOR: DaNi GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult PAGES: 168pg SOURCE: NetGalley FORMAT: Graphic Novel Shudder-to-Think, Pennsylvania, is plagued by a mysterious illness that eats away at the memories of those affected by it. El and Octavia are two best friends who find themselves the newest victims of this disease after waking up in a movie theater with no memory of the past few hours. As El and...

Pennies (twisted, but I couldn't get enough) — Pepper Winters

TITLE: Pennies (Dollar, #1) AUTHOR: Pepper Winters GENRE: Dark Romance AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Once upon a time, I was an eighteen year old psychology student. Now, I’m a man’s property. Stolen and sold, I’ve been decorated in bruises since the day my world changed two years ago. I suffer in silence, I crave freedom, but I never break. I can’t. Until he arrives. Elder Prest, the only man to look at me and see me. The only man more ruthless than my...

Finding Baba Yaga — Jane Yolen

TITLE: Finding Baba Yaga AUTHOR: Jane Yolen RELEASES: October 30th, 2018; TorDotCom GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA PAGE COUNT: 144 SYNOPSIS: A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: A house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice, her power, herself…. I’ve always loved the story...

Imagine Us Happy — Jennifer Yu

TITLE: Imagine Us Happy AUTHOR: Jennifer Yu RELEASES: October 23rd, 2018; Harlequin Teen GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Stella lives with depression, and her goals for junior year are pretty much limited to surviving her classes, staying out of her parents’ constant fights and staving off unwanted feelings enough to hang out with her friends Lin and Katie. Until Kevin. A quiet, wry senior who understands Stella and the lows she’s going through like no one else. With him, she feels less lonely,...

Birthday Girl — Penelope Douglas

TITLE: Birthday Girl AUTHOR: Penelope Douglas RELEASED: April 16th, 2018 GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: JORDAN He took me in when I had nowhere else to go. He doesn’t use me, hurt me, or forget about me. He doesn’t treat me like I’m nothing, take me for granted, or make me feel unsafe. He remembers me, laughs with me, and looks at me. He listens to me, protects me, and sees me. I can feel his eyes on me over the breakfast table,...

The Summer Children — Dot Hutchison (ARC Review)

TITLE: The Summer Children AUTHOR: Dot Hutchison SERIES: The Collector, #3 RELEASES: May 22nd, 2018; Thomas & Mercer GENRE: Thriller AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: This FBI agent has come to expect almost anything—just not this… When Agent Mercedes Ramirez finds an abused young boy on her porch, covered in blood and clutching a teddy bear, she has no idea that this is just the beginning. He tells her a chilling tale: an angel killed his parents and then brought him here so Mercedes could...