YA Books That Come Out This Week

Alas, another week has gone by. Spring is slowly coming our way and soon we're going to be dripping with sweat. I don't know if I'm dreading that or not.
Anyway, not a lot of books come out this week, but it doesn't mean they're bad. Oh no, these are awesome!



Perfect Lies by Kiersten White
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12578370-perfect-lies?ac=1
WARNING- SEQUEL!
Annie and Fia are ready to fight back.

The sisters have been manipulated and controlled by the Keane Foundation for years, trapped in a never ending battle for survival. Now they have found allies who can help them truly escape. After faking her own death, Annie has joined a group that is plotting to destroy the Foundation. And Fia is working with James Keane to bring his father down from the inside.

But Annie's visions of the future can't show her who to trust in the present. And though James is Fia's first love, Fia knows he's hiding something. The sisters can rely only on each other - but that may not be enough to save them.



Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18053047-maybe-one-day?ac=1
Critically acclaimed author Melissa Kantor masterfully captures the joy of friendship, the agony of loss, and the unique experience of being a teenager in this poignant new novel about a girl grappling with her best friend's life-threatening illness.

Zoe and her best friend, Olivia, have always had big plans for the future, none of which included Olivia getting sick. Still, Zoe is determined to put on a brave face and be positive for her friend.

Even when she isn't sure what to say.

Even when Olivia misses months of school.

Even when Zoe starts falling for Calvin, Olivia's crush.

The one thing that keeps Zoe moving forward is knowing that Olivia will beat this, and everything will go back to the way it was before. It has to. Because the alternative is too terrifying for her to even imagine.

In this incandescent page-turner, which follows in the tradition of The Fault in Our Stars, Melissa Kantor artfully explores the idea that the worst thing to happen to you might not be something that is actually happening to you. Raw, irreverent, and honest, Zoe's unforgettable voice and story will stay with readers long after the last page is turned.



Bright Before Sunrise by Tiffany Schmidt
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13634097-bright-before-sunrise?ac=1
When Jonah is forced to move from Hamilton to Cross Pointe for the second half of his senior year, "miserable" doesn't even begin to cover it. He feels like the doggy-bag from his mother's first marriage and everything else about her new life—with a new husband, new home and a new baby—is an upgrade. The people at Cross Pointe High School are pretentious and privileged—and worst of all is Brighton Waterford, the embodiment of all things superficial and popular. Jonah’s girlfriend, Carly, is his last tie to what feels real... until she breaks up with him.

For Brighton, every day is a gauntlet of demands and expectations. Since her father died, she’s relied on one coping method: smile big and pretend to be fine. It may have kept her family together, but she has no clue how to handle how she's really feeling. Today is the anniversary of his death and cracks are beginning to show. The last thing she needs is the new kid telling her how much he dislikes her for no reason she can understand. She's determined to change his mind, and when they're stuck together for the night, she finally gets her chance.

Jonah hates her at 3p.m., but how will he feel at 3 a.m.?

One night can change how you see the world. One night can change how you see yourself.



Insanity by Susan Vaught
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17978095-insanity?ac=1
Never, Kentucky is not your average scenic small town. It is a crossways, a place where the dead and the living can find no peace. Not that Forest, an 18-year-old foster kid who works the graveyard shift at Lincoln Hospital, knew this when she applied for the job. Lincoln is a huge state mental institution, a good place for Forest to make some money to pay for college. But along with hundreds of very unstable patients, it also has underground tunnels, bell towers that ring unexpectedly, and a closet that holds more than just donated clothing....When the dead husband of one of Forest's patients makes an appearance late one night, seemingly accompanied by an agent of the Devil, Forest loses all sense of reality and all sense of time. Terrified, she knows she has a part to play, and when she does so, she finds a heritage that she never expected.

With her deep knowledge of mental illness and mental institutions, Susan Vaught brings readers a fascinating and completely creepy new book intertwining the stories of three young people who find themselves haunted beyond imagining in the depths of Lincoln Hospital.

Only four books that I know of come out this week. Well, at least you can catch up with your reading!

In My Mailbox Take 17!!!

What'd you get in your mailbox this week?

So, this week included the day of love! How's was everyone's Valentine's Day? I spent mine watching Netflix with my cat. Good times, good times. My parents had more romance than I did. But being forever alone did give me plenty of time to read and receive some books. Wanna know what I got? Here we go!



Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18079719-grasshopper-jungle?ac=1

   

Pretty Girl-13 by Liz Coley
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13450398-pretty-girl-13



Fates by Lanie Bross
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17080266-fates?ac=1



Storm by Donna Jo Napoli
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18051213-storm?ac=1



The Unseemly Education of Anne Merchant by Joanna Wiebe
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17675434-the-unseemly-education-of-anne-merchant?ac=1



Starstruck by Rachel Shukert
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13721335-starstruck?ac=1



Feral Nights by Cynthia Leitich Smith
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15754484-feral-nights

  

Anything to Have You by Paige Harbison
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18168638-anything-to-have-you

 

17 & Gone by Nova Ren Suma
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13132403-17-gone



The Almost Girl by Amalie Howard
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17397481-the-almost-girl?ac=1



Feral Curse by Cynthia Leitich Smith
WARNING- SEQUEL!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18240235-feral-curse?ac=1



The Tyrant's Daughter by J.C. Carleson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17910573-the-tyrant-s-daughter?ac=1



Three by Kristen Simmons
WARNING- THIRD BOOK!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17559899-three?ac=1

This Saturday was my birthday so I got a load of books from my parents. That's basically all I asked for: books.



Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15839984-cruel-beauty?ac=1



The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13600701-the-glass-casket?ac=1



Alienated by Melissa Landers
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13574417-alienated?ac=1



The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18079527-the-impossible-knife-of-memory?ac=1



Uninvited by Sophie Jordan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13645645-uninvited?ac=1



The Real Prom Queens of Westfield High by Laurie Boyle Crompton
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17683782-the-real-prom-queens-of-westfield-high?ac=1



Minders by Michelle Jaffe
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18079614-minders?bf=2000&from_search=true



No One Else Can Have You by Kathleen Hale
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18052934-no-one-else-can-have-you?ac=1

I definitely have awesome parents.
So, what'd ya'll get this week?

Review on The Summer of Letting Go

Hey book lovers out there! Today, I have a comtemporary book up for review. Do you like contemporary? Do you like not having any paranormal? Do you like not having to deal with any weirdness and just reliving teenage drama and pain? I'm perfectly fine with contemporary though paranormal is definitely my first choice. But this contemporary book is one you don't want to miss out on.
I have read... The Summer of Letting Go by Gae Polisner



Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: March 18th, 2014
Summary:
Still reeling from her little brother’s drowning death, a girl finds her herself holding back – from summer trips to the ocean, friendship, budding romance – till she meets another young boy who may be her brother’s reincarnation, which awakens her to new possibilities.
My rating: 5 out of 5 angel wings!
My recommendation: Anyone who wants to read a book about overcoming grief and facing your fears.
My review:
My copy was provided to me by Netgalley.
This book was so sad and uplifting at the same time that it almost made me cry! This book was so real and raw with emotion. I loved it and I would definitely read it again.
Francesca or Frankie has been overcome with grief ever since her little brother, Simon, drowned when she should have been watching him. She has been so filled with sadness since then, blaming herself over her brother's death.
While still burying herself in grief, she finds herself taking care of a boy who actually ends up saving Frankie. This boy acts just like Simon did. They both love frogs, they both love the water, and they both love Frankie. Frankie, which is the boy's name, believes he can swim even though he was never taught before.
Frankie, the girl, believes that Frankie Sky, the boy, holds a piece of Simon's soul within him. She spends the whole book researching reincarnation and learning more and more about Frankie Sky's past. There's so much evidence that Frankie Sky might actually be Simon, but Frankie never knows if she's imagining it or not.
But Frankie Sky isn't the whole purpose of this book. No, the main focus is on Frankie learning to overcome her grief, to accept that what happened in the past will stay in the past. Frankie Sky helps her learn not to blame herself and be free, to fly in the sky.
I loved Frankie Sky so much! He was so full of life and acted just like a little kid, but also like someone wise beyond their years. He was magic with his innocence and his wisdom. He knew just what to say to Frankie and Frankie Sky seemed to be able to make Frankie happier whenever she saw him.
He helped her move on and I loved him for it.
The grief and wonder of reincarnation are woven around everyday things quite beautifully. There isn't a missing seam or a hole anywhere. The problems that Frankie experiences in her life are problems that everyone can experience. What made this book so great was whole read Frankie felt. She felt what others feel. She felt love, betrayal, and loss just like everyone else.
Instead of being immune to the sadness, Frankie wasn't afraid to breakdown and cry. She was real. She felt like an actual person with real, raw feelings. She came alive and so did Frankie Sky.
This book was so touching and amazing. It was all about life's beautiful surprises and how, no matter what is taken from you, it can always be returned. And that grief, no matter how large it is, shrinks little by little by time and by love.

Review on The Lost Boys

Another day, another review. How's everyone doing? Today I have a review for ya'll and the book is about ghosts. Has anyone had an encounter with a ghost? It could be a haunted house, feeling cold for no apparent reason, or seeing something out of the corner of your eye. I've never had a ghost experience, but I have watched Supernatural so I know that most of the time, you don't want one.
I recommend having salt if you live in a haunted house.
Anyway, my blabbering has a reason. I read a book about ghosts, but this wasn't a ghost looking for revenge. Think of Casper.
Here's the book... The Lost Boys by Lilian Carmine



Format: Paperback/e-book
Pub. Date: October 24th, 2013
Summary:
An intensely addictive romance novel about girls, ghosts, and forbidden love, ideal for fans of Stephenie Meyer
 Fate has brought them together. But will it also keep them apart? Having moved to a strange town, 17-year-old Joey Gray is feeling a little lost, until she meets a cute, mysterious boy near her new home. But there’s a very good reason why Tristan Halloway is always to be found roaming in the local graveyard. Perfect for fans of Stephenie Meyer and Lauren Kate, The Lost Boys is a magical, romantic tale of girl meets ghost.
My rating: 4 out of 5 ghosts!
My recommendation: Anyone who likes ghosts, music, and a whole lot of fluff.
My review:
My copy was provided to me by Netgalley.
At one point or another, everyone has hated their name. Most of the time, it's for having the name of Rainbow or Sunshine. Well, Joey might sound like a boy's name, but being named Joe when you're a girl is terrible. But Joe has lived with her name her whole life and that's been the only thing weird about her. Until she moved to a new town and met a boy who never seemed to leave the cemetery. Tristan talked weird, acted oddly, and never let Joe touch him. It was pretty obvious to me, but it took Joe awhile. Basically until she pushed him and she went right through him.
Now, this book isn't an ordinary ghost book. Nope, this book involves the ghost becoming human, reapers, and even Death makes an appearance once or twice. Now, while this may seem confusing, you must factor in a couple of old witches too!
This book was really cute and funny. The beginning had such premise. It sounded so good and it made me want to know more about the witches, to know more about Joey's powers. The middle of the book is where it kind of fell through for me.
You'd think a paranormal book would have a lot of ghost stuff, right? Well, the middle of the book is all fluff basically. There's barely any mention about the supernatural and it's all about Joey and her friends. It's like the book changed to contemporary when all Joey cared about was dances, music, and getting Tristan to love her. It was all about teen angst and such and it kind of got boring after awhile.
But it was still very cute! I love all the side characters, all of Joey's friends. I especially loved Harry and how all the guys made him strip. The banter between everyone was hilarious. This book made me laugh out loud at times, which a book hardly ever makes me do. Even though the book was mostly fluff, I still enjoyed it.
The ending more than made up for the fluff. At first, it was kind of weird and it felt like everything was piling up way too fast, but it all made sense and created an action packed ending. The emotions these characters felt really made this book feel alive.
Even though this book is a pretty lengthy read, it didn't feel long to me at all. It was pretty fast paced and it kept me amused the whole time. I loved the romance between Joey and Tris and it made me awe at times.
The make out scenes (and more) were definitely very exciting.
I loved this book and if it wasn't just for the abundance of fluff, I would have loved this book even more.
I can't wait to read the sequel; I'm practically dying to read it!
If you want hotness overload with some ghosts and witches thrown in, this is definitely your kind of book!

YA Books Out This Week

Wow, this week has some amazing books! While I say that for basically every week (because it's true!) this week does have some amazing books that are the starts to what will hopefully be even more amazing series. So, let's start off with... well, you'll find out.



Fates by Lanie Bross
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17080266-fates?ac=1

Lanie Bross's debut FATES is perfect for fans of Jennifer Armentrout, Julie Kagawa, Rachel Vincent, and Sarah J. Maas, and for girls who love all things pretty, romantic and inspirational.
One moment. One foolish desire. One mistake. And Corinthe lost everything.

She fell from her tranquil life in Pyralis Terra and found herself exiled to the human world. Her punishment? To make sure people's fates unfold according to plan. Now, years later, Corinthe has one last assignment: kill Lucas Kaller. His death will be her ticket home.

But for the first time, Corinthe feels a tingle of doubt. It begins as a lump in her throat, then grows toward her heart, and suddenly she feels like she is falling all over again--this time for a boy she knows she can never have. Because it is written: one of them must live, and one of them must die. In a universe where every moment, every second, every fate has already been decided, where does love fit in?




The Worlds We Make by Megan Crewe
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17373172-the-worlds-we-make?ac=1
WARNING- THIRD BOOK!
The virus has taken away Kaelyn’s friends, her family, her home.

And now a deadly enemy threatens to take the one hope she has left: THE CURE.

When Kaelyn and her friends reached Toronto with a vaccine for the virus that has ravaged the population, they thought their journey was over. But now they're being tracked by the Wardens, a band of survivors as lethal as the virus who are intent on stealing the vaccine no matter what the cost.

Forced onto the road again, Kaelyn and her companions discover the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta is their best hope for finding scientists who can reproduce the vaccine. But with the virus already spreading among them, the Wardens hot on their trail, and hundreds of miles to cross, Kaelyn finds herself compromising her morals to keep her group alive. Her conscience seems a small price to pay if protects them and their precious cargo. Unless even that is not enough...

In the final installment in Megan Crewe’s captivating the Fallen World trilogy, Kaelyn is on the run from her biggest adversaries yet. While she continues to face horrific loss, her resolve is still strong. But to survive this shattered world, will she have to sacrifice all that's left of the girl she was?



The Glass Casket by McCormick Templeton
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13600701-the-glass-casket?ac=1
Death hasn't visited Rowan Rose since it took her mother when Rowan was only a little girl. But that changes one bleak morning, when five horses and their riders thunder into her village and through the forest, disappearing into the hills. Days later, the riders' bodies are found, and though no one can say for certain what happened in their final hours, their remains prove that whatever it was must have been brutal.

Rowan's village was once a tranquil place, but now things have changed. Something has followed the path those riders made and has come down from the hills, through the forest, and into the village. Beast or man, it has brought death to Rowan's door once again.

Only this time, its appetite is insatiable.



Love Me by Rachel Shukert
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17573641-love-me?ac=1
WARNING- SEQUEL!
A new series set in the golden age of glam . . . 
Amanda is heartbroken. She's tried, but she can't get over her breakup with hotshot writer Harry Gordon. If only she could talk to him, she could convince him that their love story is bigger than any screenplay. But Amanda isn't the only one in Hollywood keeping a secret—Harry's got one too.

Margo has to pinch herself: there's talk of her getting an Oscar nom for her first film role, and she's living with the Dane Forrest, the gorgeous movie star millions—including herself—swoon over. But if the public finds out about their domestic arrangement, her career will be over. The studio has a plan to fix it all . . . but is Margo prepared to pay the price?

Gabby's drinking is out of control, but who cares? She's bored and depressed. She needs someone who will treat her like the woman she is beneath the silly stage costumes and pigtails. And she's sure unpredictable musician Eddie Sharp is The One. But playing with bad boys like Eddie isn't for little girls. . . .



Pieces of Me by Amber Kizer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17842039-pieces-of-me?ac=1
When high school oddball and introvert Jessica Chai is killed in a car accident, her parents decide that Jessica would have wanted her organs donated to those who so desperately need these gifts of life. But Jessica is angry about dying and being dismembered. Taking the idea of cell memory to the next level, not only do the recipients get pieces of Jessica, but gets pieces of their memories and lives moving forward—she knows what they know and keeps tabs on their growth, recovery, and development. This begins her journey to learn her purpose as she begins to grasp that her ties to these teenagers goes beyond random weirdness. It's through their lives that Jessica learns about herself, as she watches the lives she literally touched continue to interlock.




Road Rash by Mark Parsons
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17910568-road-rash?ac=1
A teenage drummer finds out what life is really like on tour with a rock band in this funny, funky, bittersweet debut YA novel. For anyone who loved Almost Famous or This Is Spinal Tap.

After being dropped from one band, 17-year-old drummer Zach gets a chance to go on tour with a much better band. It feels like sweet redemption, but this is one rocky road trip. . . .

Zach's in control on the drums, driving the band, keeping things moving at the right pace. But when the show is over, his timing is all off. The jealousies and rivalries within his new group keep him off-balance. The awesome original song he recorded backfires. And the girl he left back home is suddenly talking about this other guy . . .

 Mark Parsons has written a fast-paced, feel-good novel about a boy finding his place in the world, in a band, and in the music. Zach is a character teens will stand up and cheer for as he lands the perfect gig, and the perfect girl.




The Tyrant's Daughter by J.C. Carleson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17910573-the-tyrant-s-daughter?ac=1
From a former CIA officer comes the riveting account of a royal Middle Eastern family exiled to the American suburbs.

When her father is killed in a coup, 15-year-old Laila flees from the war-torn middle east to a life of exile and anonymity in the U.S. Gradually she adjusts to a new school, new friends, and a new culture, but while Laila sees opportunity in her new life, her mother is focused on the past. She’s conspiring with CIA operatives and rebel factions to regain the throne their family lost. Laila can’t bear to stand still as an international crisis takes shape around her, but how can one girl stop a conflict that spans generations?

J.C. Carleson delivers a fascinating account of a girl—and a country—on the brink, and a rare glimpse at the personal side of international politics.

*Bonus Backmatter includes a note about the author's CIA past, and a commentary by RAND researcher and president of ARCH International, Dr. Cheryl Benard. Recommendations for further reading are also included.




White Space by Ilsa J. Bick
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13449631-white-space?ac=1
In the tradition of Memento and Inception comes a thrilling and scary young adult novel about blurred reality where characters in a story find that a deadly and horrifying world exists in the space between the written lines.

Seventeen-year-old Emma Lindsay has problems: a head full of metal, no parents, a crazy artist for a guardian whom a stroke has turned into a vegetable, and all those times when she blinks away, dropping into other lives so ghostly and surreal it's as if the story of her life bleeds into theirs. But one thing Emma has never doubted is that she's real.

Then she writes "White Space," a story about these kids stranded in a spooky house during a blizzard.

Unfortunately, "White Space" turns out to be a dead ringer for part of an unfinished novel by a long-dead writer. The manuscript, which she's never seen, is a loopy Matrix meets Inkheart story in which characters fall out of different books and jump off the page. Thing is, when Emma blinks, she might be doing the same and, before long, she's dropped into the very story she thought she'd written. Trapped in a weird, snow-choked valley, Emma meets other kids with dark secrets and strange abilities: Eric, Casey, Bode, Rima, and a very special little girl, Lizzie. What they discover is that they--and Emma--may be nothing more than characters written into being from an alternative universe for a very specific purpose.

Now what they must uncover is why they've been brought to this place--a world between the lines where parallel realities are created and destroyed and nightmares are written--before someone pens their end.



Storm by Donna Jo Napoli
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18051213-storm?ac=1
A sixteen-year-old stowaway discovers her destiny on Noah's ark in this riveting reimagining from award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli, available in time for the March 2014 major motion picture Noah.

The rain starts suddenly, hard and fast. After days of downpour, her family lost, Sebah takes shelter in a tree, eating pine cones and the raw meat of animals that float by. With each passing day, her companion, a boy named Aban, grows weaker. When their tree is struck by lightning, Sebah is tempted just to die in the flames rather than succumb to a slow, watery death. Instead, she and Aban build a raft. What they find on the stormy seas is beyond imagining: a gigantic ark. But Sebah does not know what she'll find on board, and Aban is too weak to leave their raft.

Themes of family, loss, and ultimately, survival and love make for a timeless story. Donna Jo Napoli has imagined a new protagonist to tell the story of Noah and his ark. As rain batters the earth, Noah, his family, and hordes of animals wait out the storm, ready to carry out their duty of repopulating the earth. Hidden below deck is Sebah.



The Tinker King by Tiffany Trent
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17900119-the-tinker-king?ac=1
WARNING- SEQUEL!
After Vespa, Syrus and Bayne defeated the Grue and restored order to their world, they thought their future was secure. Empress Olivia, committed to peace and equality for humans and Elementals alike, was a fair and just ruler. And the Creeping Waste had vanished for good, giving them hope for the first time.

But rebellion is brewing in the far-off city of Scientia, and dark Elementals are plotting war in the ruins of New London. When a wave of unimaginable terror threatens to destroy everything in its path, Vespa, Syrus and their friends are plunged into a new swamp of intrigue, deception and magic---and the cost of survival may be more than any of them are willing to pay.



The Lure by Lynne Ewing
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18052928-the-lure?ac=1
From the bestselling author of the Daughters of the Moon series comes a gritty, sexy novel about a teen who is forced to become a "lure"-a beautiful girl who is used to lure victims of gang violence.

Fifteen-year-old Blaise Montgomery lives in the gritty outskirts of Washington, DC, where a stray bullet can steal a life on the way to school. Drugs and violence are the only ways to survive, so Blaise and her friends turn to gangs for safety, money, and love. When Blaise is invited to join Core 9, one of the most infamous crews, she jumps at the chance. Though her best guy friends, Rico and Satch, warn her about the danger, she agrees to be beaten for a minute straight as part of the gang's initiation ritual.

Now Blaise is finally part of a crew. A family.

But things get only more dangerous when she becomes a member of Core 9 and tensions with a rival gang heat up. Trek, the head of Core 9, asks Blaise to be his "lure," the sexy bait he'll use to track down enemy gang members and exact revenge. Rico and Satch tell her it's a death sentence, but Blaise can't resist the money and unparalleled power. As Trek puts Blaise in increasingly dangerous situations, she begins to see that there's more to lose than she ever realized-including Satch, the one person who has the power to get under her skin. With death lurking around every corner, should Blaise continue to follow the only path she's ever known, or cut and run?



Split Second by Kasie West
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15792316-split-second?ac=1
WARNING- SEQUEL!
Life can change in a split second.

Addie hardly recognizes her life since her parents divorced. Her boyfriend used her. Her best friend betrayed her. She can’t believe this is the future she chose. On top of that, her ability is acting up. She’s always been able to Search the future when presented with a choice. Now she can manipulate and slow down time, too . . . but not without a price.

When Addie’s dad invites her to spend her winter break with him, she jumps at the chance to escape into the Norm world of Dallas, Texas. There she meets the handsome and achingly familiar Trevor. He’s a virtual stranger to her, so why does her heart do a funny flip every time she sees him? But after witnessing secrets that were supposed to stay hidden, Trevor quickly seems more suspicious of Addie than interested in her. And she has an inexplicable desire to change that.

Meanwhile, her best friend, Laila, has a secret of her own: she can restore Addie’s memories . . . once she learns how. But there are powerful people who don’t want to see this happen. Desperate, Laila tries to manipulate Connor, a brooding bad boy from school—but he seems to be the only boy in the Compound immune to her charms. And the only one who can help her.

As Addie and Laila frantically attempt to retrieve the lost memories, Addie must piece together a world she thought she knew before she loses the love she nearly forgot . . . and a future that could change everything.



Willow by Tonya Cherie Hegamin
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18142378-willow?ac=1
In 1848, an educated slave girl faces an inconceivable choice — between bondage and freedom, family and love.

On one side of the Mason-Dixon Line lives fifteen-year-old Willow, her master’s favorite servant. She’s been taught to read and has learned to write. She believes her master is good to her and fears the rebel slave runaways. On the other side of the line is seventeen-year-old Cato, a black man, free born. It’s his personal mission to sneak as many fugitive slaves to freedom as he can. Willow’s and Cato’s lives are about to intersect, with life-changing consequences for both of them. Tonya Cherie Hegamin’s moving coming-of-age story is a poignant meditation on the many ways a person can be enslaved, and the force of will needed to be truly emancipated.



Feral Curse by Cynthia Leitich Smith
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18240235-feral-curse?ac=1
WARNING- SEQUEL!
The second installment of New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith’s thrilling Feral series delivers danger, romance, and suspense in an all new action-packed adventure.

The adopted daughter of two respectable human parents, Kayla is a werecat in the closet. All she knows is the human world. When she comes out to her boyfriend, tragedy ensues, and her determination to know and embrace her heritage grows. Help appears in the lithe form of sexy male werecat Yoshi, backed up by Aimee and Clyde, as the four set out to solve the mystery of a possessed antique carousel while fielding miscast magic, obsessive strangers, and mounting species intolerance. Paranormal fans will go wild for this rousing second Feral adventure.



Three by Kristen Simmons
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17559899-three?ac=1
WARNING- THIRD BOOK!
Kristen Simmons' fast-paced, gripping YA dystopian series continues in Three.

Ember Miller and Chase Jennings are ready to stop running. After weeks spent in hiding as two of the Bureau of Reformation’s most wanted criminals, they have finally arrived at the safe house, where they hope to live a safe and quiet existence.

And all that’s left is smoking ruins.

Devastated by the demolition of their last hope, Ember and Chase follow the only thing left to them—tracks leading away from the wreckage. The only sign that there may have been survivors.

With their high profile, they know they can’t stay out in the open for long. They take shelter in the wilderness and amidst the ruins of abandoned cities as they follow the tracks down the coast, eventually finding refugees from the destroyed safe house. Among them is someone from Chase’s past—someone he never thought he’d see again.

Banding together, they search for a place to hide, aiming for a settlement a few of them have heard about…a settlement that is rumored to house the nebulous organization known as Three. The very group that has provided Ember with a tiny ray of hope ever since she was first forced on the run.

Three is responsible for the huge network of underground safe houses and resistance groups across the country. And they may offer Ember her only chance at telling the world her story.

At fighting back.



Before My Eyes by Caroline Bock
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17934644-before-my-eyes?ac=1
From the author of LIE, a powerful new young adult novel about a fateful Long Island summer and the lives of three young people who will never be the same.

Dreamy, poetic Claire, seventeen, has spent the last few months taking care of her six-year-old sister, Izzy, as their mother lies in a hospital bed recovering from a stroke. Claire believes she has everything under control until she meets “Brent” online. Brent appears to be a kindred spirit, and Claire is initially flattered by his attention. But when she meets Max, the awkward state senator’s son, her feelings become complicated.

Max, also seventeen, has been working the worst summer job ever at the beachside Snack Shack. He’s also been popping painkillers. His parents—more involved in his father’s re-election than in their son’s life—fail to see what’s going on with him.

Working alongside Max is Barkley, twenty-one. Lonely and obsessive, Barkley has been hearing a voice in his head. No one—not his parents, not his co-workers—realizes that Barkley is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Until the voice in his head orders him to take out his gun.

Narrated in turns by Claire, Max, and Barkley, Before My Eyes captures a moment when possibilities should be opening up, but instead everything teeters on the brink of destruction.



Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18079719-grasshopper-jungle?ac=1
Sixteen-year-old Austin Szerba interweaves the story of his Polish legacy with the storyof how he and his best friend , Robby, brought about the end of humanity and the rise of an army of unstoppable, six-foot tall praying mantises in small-town Iowa.

To make matters worse, Austin's hormones are totally oblivious; they don't care that the world is in utter chaos: Austin is in love with his girlfriend, Shann, but remains confused about his sexual orientation. He's stewing in a self-professed constant state of maximum horniness, directed at both Robby and Shann. Ultimately, it's up to Austin to save the world and propagate the species in this sci-fright journey of survival, sex, and the complex realities of the human condition.



All That Glows by Ryan Graudin
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12711662-all-that-glows?ac=1
Emrys—a fiery, red-headed Fae—always embraced her life in the Highlands, far from the city’s draining technology, until she’s sent to London to rejoin the Faery Guard. But this isn’t any normal assignment—she’s sent to guard Prince Richard: Britain’s notorious, partying bad boy and soon-to-be King. The prince’s careless ways and royal blood make him the irresistible for the dark spirits that feed on mortals. Sweet, disheveled, and alive with adventure—Richard is one charge who will put Emrys’s magic and heart to the test.

When an ancient force begins preying on the monarchy, Emrys must hunt through the London’s magical underworld, facing down Banshees, Black Dogs and Green Women to find the one who threatens Richard’s life. In this chaos of dark magic, palace murders and paparazzi, Emrys finds herself facing an impossible choice. For despite all her powers, Emrys has discovered a force that burns brighter than magic: love.



Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20410977-queen-of-hearts?ac=1
Not every fairytale has a happy ending.
This is the story of a princess who became a villain.
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A Father’s Betrayal. A Kingdom with a Black Secret. A Princess Slowly Unraveling.

As Princess of Wonderland Palace and the future Queen of Hearts, Dinah’s days are an endless monotony of tea, tarts, and a stream of vicious humiliations at the hands of her father, the King of Hearts. The only highlight of her days is visiting Wardley, her childhood best friend, the future Knave of Hearts — and the love of her life.

When an enchanting stranger arrives at the Palace, Dinah watches as everything she’s ever wanted threatens to crumble. As her coronation date approaches, a series of suspicious and bloody events suggests that something sinister stirs in the whimsical halls of Wonderland. It’s up to Dinah to unravel the mysteries that lurk both inside and under the Palace before she loses her own head to a clever and faceless foe.

Part epic fantasy, part twisted fairy tale, this dazzling saga will have readers shivering as Dinahs furious nature sweeps Wonderland up in the maelstrom of her wrath.

Familiar characters such as Cheshire, the White Rabbit, and the Mad Hatter make their appearance, enchanting readers with this new, dark take on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Well, what do you want to read this week? Anything sound interesting? Let me know!