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Rule — Ellen Goodlett

TITLE: Rule AUTHOR: Ellen Goodlett SERIES: Rule, #1 RELEASES: September 11th, 2018; Little, Brown AGE RANGE: YA ACQUIRED: ARC SYNOPSIS: The king is dying, his heir has just been murdered, and rebellion brews in the east. But the kingdom of Kolonya and the outer Reaches has one last option before it descends into leaderless chaos. Or rather, three unexpected options. Zofi has spent her entire life trekking through the outer Reaches with her band of Travelers. She would do anything to protect the band,...

August Wrap

Another month is coming to a close, and it’s time to show you guys what I read this month! I’m changing up my haul layout a little: if I have a review for the book, you’ll be able to click the STARS for the review link! (Titles will still take you to Goodreads.) I think this may have been my worst reading month all year. I think doing back-to-back-to-back readathons at the end of July messed me up, plus I...

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...

City of Fallen Angels — Cassandra Clare

TITLE: City of Fallen Angels AUTHOR: Cassandra Clare SERIES: The Mortal Instruments, #4 RELEASED: April 5th, 2011; Margaret Ferguson Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: The Mortal War is over, and sixteen-year-old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited about all the possibilities before her. She’s training to become a Shadowhunter and to use her unique power. Her mother is getting married to the love of her life. Downworlders and Shadowhunters are at peace at last. And—most importantly of all—she can finally...

Grace and Fury — Tracy Banghart

This book has been fairly hyped lately, mainly for its claims as a staunchly feminist YA fantasy. You guys already know I’m here for all the feminist reads, so I was pretty excited to pick this one up. When it comes to ARCs, I usually like to go in without knowing much about the story in advance, but a lot of my friends posted reviews for this book over the last week or so, so I had to peek—and found that I ended up agreeing with almost all of them.

Children of Blood and Bone — Tomi Adeyemi

TITLE: Children of Blood and Bone AUTHOR: Tomi Adeyemi SERIES: Legacy of Orïsha, #1 RELEASED: March 6th, 2018; Henry Holt Books for Young Readers GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Now Zélie has one...

Sky in the Deep — Adrienne Young

TITLE: Sky in the Deep AUTHOR: Adrienne Young RELEASED: April 24th, 2018; Wednesday Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS:OND ELDR. BREATHE FIRE. Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield — her brother, fighting with the enemy — the brother she watched die five years ago. Faced with her brother’s betrayal, she...

Twilight — Stephenie Meyer (Reread Review)

TITLE: Twilight AUTHOR: Stephenie Meyer SERIES: Twilight Saga, #1 RELEASED: October 5th, 2005; Little, Brown and Company GENRE: Paranormal Romance/Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him—and I didn’t know how dominant that part might be—that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him. In the first book of the Twilight Saga, internationally bestselling author Stephenie Meyer introduces Bella Swan...

Clockwork Angel — Cassandra Clare

TITLE: Clockwork Angel AUTHOR: Cassandra Clare SERIES: The Infernal Devices, #1 RELEASED: August 31st, 2010; Margaret Ferguson Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Magic is dangerous—but love is more dangerous still. When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London’s Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the...