First of all, how amazing is that cover? I happened across this as I was shopping for Elizabeth Scott books last week and was completely devastated that it doesn't come out till September! I don't know what to make of this synopsis. At first it sounds like a really interesting look at a girl's struggle with amnesia, but then it gets much darker -- she's not who they say she is? Was she kidnapped? What caused her amnesia? PTSD (a la
)? And THEN it gets kind of dystopian or maybe mental ward-ish? They were under constant scrutiny? And to top it all off, there's a mysterious boy. I'm really getting into this kind of mystery thriller thing, and it seems like something totally different from Elizabeth Scott. I can't wait to find out the answers to my many, many questions!
What's your favorite Elizabeth Scott book? What are you waiting on this week?
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A Beautiful Evil (Gods & Monsters #2) by Kelly KeatonA power she can’t deny. A destiny she’s determined to fight.
When Ari first arrived in the dilapidated city of New 2, all she wanted was to figure out who she was. But what she discovered was beyond her worst nightmare. Ari can already sense the evil growing inside her—a power the goddess Athena will stop at nothing to possess.
Desperate to hold on to her humanity and protect her loved ones, Ari must fight back. But Athena’s playing mind games, not just with Ari but with those she cares about most. And Athena has a very special plan for the brooding and sexy Sebastian.
Ari is determined to defeat Athena, but time is running out. With no other options, Ari must unleash the very thing she’s afraid of: herself.
I LOVED
Darkness Becomes Her, so I cannot WAIT for the sequel! The New Orleans atmosphere, mythology, magic, mystery and even a little dystopian for good measure -- what's not to love? Athena was a killer character in the first book, and I can't wait to see what chaos she has up her sleeve in this one -- especially where "brooding and sexy Sebastian" is concerned. I also hadn't seen this cover until recently, but I think it works PERFECTLY with the books. There's nothing quiet as haunting and creepy as a weeping angel, don't you think?
Have you read Darkness Becomes Her? Wasn't it a-MAZ-ing?
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Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie PerkinsBudding designer Lola Nolan doesn’t believe in fashion . . . she believes in costume. The more expressive the outfit -- more sparkly, more fun, more wild -- the better. But even though Lola’s style is outrageous, she’s a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the neighborhood.
When Cricket -- a gifted inventor -- steps out from his twin sister’s shadow and back into Lola’s life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door.
“You’re going to fall in love with Lola and the Boy Next Door. Madly in love! Every page sparkles.”
— Sarah Mlynowski, author of Bras & Brookmsticks and Ten Things We Did (And Probably Shouldn’t Have)
Let's face it -- we're all waiting on this one, aren't we? I'm scrambling to get caught up on my review-writing -- one of which will be for
Anna and the French Kiss, which was fun and flirty and full of swoon. It sounds like Stephanie Perkins' sophomore novel will be no less fabulous. Lola seems positively quirky, and what do we love more than a quirky heroine? Nothing! Well, except for hot rocker boyfriends ;) And this Cricket is BETTER than Hot Rocker? AND an inventor? AND named Cricket? I have seriously got to meet him! What is so dreaded about these twins? Is the sister a Mean Girl? I can't wait to find out -- you know we've all
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsThanks to Eric at Quirk Books!A mysterious island.
An abandoned orphanage.
A strange collection of very curious photographs.
It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.
A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.
The Beginnin
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Incarnate (Newsoul #1) by Jodi MeadowsNEWSOUL
Ana is new. For thousands of years in Range, a million souls have been reincarnated over and over, keeping their memories and experiences from previous lifetimes. When Ana was born, another soul vanished, and no one knows why.
NOSOUL
Even Ana’s own mother thinks she’s a nosoul, an omen of worse things to come, and has kept her away from society. To escape her seclusion and learn whether she’ll be reincarnated, Ana travels to the city of Heart, but its citizens are suspicious and afraid of what her presence means. When dragons and sylph attack the city, is Ana to blame?
HEART
Sam believes Ana’s new soul is good and worthwhile. When he stands up for her, their relationship blooms. But can he love someone who may live only once, and will Ana’s enemies—human and creature alike—let them be together? Ana needs to uncover the mistake that gave her someone else’s life, but will her quest threaten the peace of Heart and destroy the promise of reincarnation for all?
Jodi Meadows expertly weaves soul-deep romance, fantasy, and danger into an extraordinary tale of new life.
I've always been fascinated by reincarnation, and it sounds like
Incarnate approaches the idea in a wholly new way. I can't think of any other YA novels that are premised on souls and a string of new lives. It's so fascinating! I'm not completely clear on what the synopsis means when it says "when Ana was born, another soul vanished" -- do they have some sort of filing system so that they can tell when a soul goes missing? I don't know, but it sounds like an intricate world -- and there are dragons! There's
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Darker Still (Magic Most Foul #1) by Leanna Renee HieberThe Picture of Dorian Gray meets Pride and Prejudice, with a dash of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
New York City, 1882. Seventeen-year-old Natalie Stewart's latest obsession is a painting of the handsome British Lord Denbury. Something in his striking blue eyes calls to her. As his incredibly life-like gaze seems to follow her, Natalie gets the uneasy feeling that details of the painting keep changing...
Jonathan Denbury's soul is trapped in the gilded painting by dark magic while his possessed body commits unspeakable crimes in the city slums. He must lure Natalie into the painting, for only together can they reverse the curse and free his damaged soul.
"The Picture of Dorian Gray meets Pride and Prejudice, with a dash of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." What?! Yes, please! Seriously, could you ask for a better comparison? Lords and Golden Age New York, dark magic and possessed bodies? This book sounds so atmospheric! Why is Natalie the only one who can help him? Who is possessing his body and why was he trapped in the painting? How long has he been there? So many questions!
What future release are you waiting on this Wednesday?
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The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.
This book just sounds so fun and different, don't you think? What future release are you most excited for this week?
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Bloodspell by Amalie HowardThe spell was simple …
CRUENTUS PROTECTUM. Defend the Blood.
But what do you do if your blood is your enemy?
Victoria Warrick has always known she was different. An outcast at school, she is no stranger to adversity. But when she receives an old journal for her seventeenth birthday, nothing prepares her for the dark secrets it holds—much less one that reveals she’s a witch with unimaginable power.
What’s more, when she meets the dazzling but enigmatic Christian Devereux, she has no idea how much her life is about to change. Enemies will hunt her. Friends will turn on her. The terrible curse that makes her blood run black will stop at nothing to control her. And Christian has a sinister secret of his own …
Without knowing whom to trust, can Victoria survive her blood’s deadly desires? Or will she lose everything, including herself?
This sounds like a darkly fascinating read. I've been looking for more witch stories lately, so this is an answer to my bookish prayers! I can't wait to see why (and how) Victoria's blood is rebelling against her and running black -- blood magic is always a bad sign. Mysterious diaries, enigmatic heroes with French last names, and obviously dark magic? I'm definitely intrigued!
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The Twisted Tale of Stormy Gale by Christine Bell
I'm a time pirate—born in 1810, now a 21st-century woman. I travel through time trying to right wrongs without disrupting the fragile balance between what is and what can never be.
That's why it's vital that I go to 1836 and find the man who conned my brother out of his Time Travel Mechanism as quickly as possible. If the technology falls into the wrong hands, it could change the world as we know it. The notorious Duke of Leister definitely qualifies as the wrong hands. An amateur scientist of the slightly mad variety, he's bound to figure out how to use the TTM sooner rather than later.
I knew this wouldn't be easy. But I wasn't counting on him being as sexy as hell. Or winding up chained to his bed…
April 26
Bumped by Megan McCafferty
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Intrinsical by Lani Woodland
Thanks to Lani!Sixteen-year-old Yara Silva has always known that ghosts walk alongside the living. Her grandma, like the other females in her family, is a Waker, someone who can see and communicate with ghosts. Yara grew up watching her grandmother taunted and scorned for this unusual ability and doesn't want that to be her future. She has been dreading the day when she too would see ghosts, and is relieved that the usually dominant Waker gene seems to have skipped her, letting her live a normal teenage life. However, all that changes for Yara on her first day at her elite boarding school when she discovers the gene was only lying dormant. She witnesses a dark mist attack Brent, a handsome fellow student, and rushes to his rescue. Her act of heroism draws the mist's attention, and the dark spirit begins stalking her. Yara finds herself entrenched in a sixty-year-old curse that haunts the school, threatening not only her life, but the lives of her closest friends as well. Yara soon realizes that the past she was trying to put behind her isn't going to go quietly.
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Wolfsbane (Nightshade #2) by Andrea Cremer
Thanks SO much to Penguin!Coming July 26, 2011!This thrilling sequel to the much-talked-about Nightshade begins just where it ended.Calla Tor wakes up in the lair of the Searchers, her sworn enemy, and she's certain her days are numbered.
But then the Searchers make her an offer,one that gives her the chance to destroy her former masters and save the pack and the man she left behind. Is Ren worth the price of her freedom? And will Shay stand by her side no matter what? Now in control of her own destiny, Calla must decide which battles are worth fighting and how many trials true love can endure and still survive.
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The Faerie Ring by Kiki HamiltonLondon, December 1871
Orphaned and picking pockets in London’s Charing Cross station to support not only herself, but her ‘family’ of orphans, sixteen year-old Tiki steals the Queen’s ring and thinks she’s solved their problems. That is, until Rieker, a pickpocket from the North End, suspects her in the theft and tells her that the ring is really a reservoir that holds a truce between the British and Faerie courts.
When he warns her that the fey will do anything, including murder, to recover the ring, Tiki is unsure whether to believe him or not. To complicate matters, Rieker seems to know something about the unusual birthmark on Tiki’s wrist. But when Tiki and her family are threatened the game changes.
In a dazzling debut that takes you from the gritty slums of Victorian London to the glittering ballrooms of the Royal Palace to the menacing Otherworld, you won’t want to miss this thrilling tale of mystery, adventure and romance.
Victorian London and faeries? Count me in, please! I'm intrigued by this truce between the British and the fey -- I wonder if the novel weaves the fantastical into the real history? Maybe blames the English Civil War on the faeries? That would be awesome. Cromwell, a faerie -- could you imagine? Ha! I also love the Dickensian vibe of the pickpocketing orphans, and their family bond could be a great emotional center for the novel. This book sounds like it was made for me =)
Doesn't this book sound fabulous? September is too far away! What future release are you anticipating this week?
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The Twisted Tale of Stormy Gale by Christine Bell
Thanks to Carina Press and NetGalley!I'm a time pirate—born in 1810, now a 21st-century woman. I travel through time trying to right wrongs without disrupting the fragile balance between what is and what can never be.
That's why it's vital that I go to 1836 and find the man who conned my brother out of his Time Travel Mechanism as quickly as possible. If the technology falls into the wrong hands, it could change the world as we know it. The notorious Duke of Leister definitely qualifies as the wrong hands. An amateur scientist of the slightly mad variety, he's bound to figure out how to use the TTM sooner rather than later.
I knew this wouldn't be easy. But I wasn't counting on him being as sexy as hell. Or winding up chained to his bed…
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HERE THERE BE SPOILERS if you haven't read If I Stay!!!
I just read
If I Stay for the first time a few days ago (review coming soon), so now I'm pining for
Where She Went just like the rest of the bookish world! This trailer is stunning. I LOVE that it includes those lines from the end of
If I Stay. They were powerful on the page, but it gave me chills to hear them spoken. I'm kind of depressed that Mia left....but according to
Lori at Pure Imagination, that doesn't stop the novel from being as incredible as the first. I can't wait to see what the magnificently talented Gayle Forman has left up her sleeve!
What do you think of this trailer? Are you excited for
Where She Went? Are you in love with Adam like I am? ;)
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Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs
Grace just moved to San Francisco and is excited to start over at a new school. The change is full of fresh possibilities, but it’s also a tiny bit scary. It gets scarier when a minotaur walks in the door. And even more
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Possess by Gretchen McNeil
Fifteen-year-old Bridget Liu just wants to be left alone: by her overprotective mom, by the hunky son of the police officer who got her father killed, and by the eerie voices which she can suddenly and inexplicably hear. Turns
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Vi knows the Rule: Girls don’t walk with boys, and they never even thinkabout kissing them. But no one makes Vi want to break the Rules more than Zenn…and since the Thinkers have chosen him as Vi’s future match, how much trouble
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My Beating Teenage Heart by C. K. Kelly Martin
Ashlyn Baptiste is falling. One moment she was nothing—no memories, no self—and then suddenly, she's plummeting through a sea of stars. Is she in a coma? She doesn't remember dying, and she has no memories
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"Imagine Anna Quindlen or Sue Miller turning her attention to writing a young adult novel, and you have an idea what [Williams] has done for early teen readers…" —Audrey Couloumbis, author of the Newbery Honor Book Getting Close
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Witch Song by Amber Argyle
The world is changing.
For thousands of years, witch song has controlled everything from the winds to the shifting of the seasons. But not anymore. All the Witches are gone, taken captive by the dark Witch, Espen.
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The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
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Witch Eyes by Scott Tracey
Braden Michaels wears his sunglasses at night. And at the movies. And in the shower. Raised by his warlock uncle and taught to use magic, he suffers from a deadly curse: the witch eyes. He sees everything that normal eyes filter
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Demon Glass is my favorite as well.
But have you noticed that the person in the pond is never Sophie? Lady in Green on the first cover? Alice.
Lady in White on the second? Not Sophie.
The reflection thing seems to be about people she comes to identify with. To depend on. So, maybe instead of going back, she has to depend on the people there to accomplish her goals?
OOOh, I like it! I think I like this better than the other two and this cover series is certainly nicer than the new UK covers.
LOL, it's true, they are consistent with that random cat! I am really liking the awesome sword she's got there.
@Tricia -- NO! I hadn't noticed that! Are you sure? Cause they all look an awful lot like Soph. *eyeballs covers*
@The Slowest Bookworm -- I think I've only seen the first UK cover. I'll have to check the others out! Have you seen the Bulgarian cover? O_O
@danya -- I'm seriously hoping there's a cat in this last book, just so Rachel Hawkins can be like SEE WHAT I DID THERE??