June 25, 2019

New Releases: Week of June 25, 2019

DEV1AT3 (LIFEL1K3 #2)
Author: Jay Kristoff
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf BYR
Publication Date: June 25, 2019

Lemon Fresh has seen better days.

After the climactic battle in Babel, she finds herself separated from Ezekiel and Cricket in the wastelands. Lemon’s abilities to manipulate electricity mark her as a deviate, and deadly corporate operatives are hunting her to use as a weapon in the war between BioMaas Incorporated and Daedelus Technologies. Instead, Lemon finds herself falling in with a group of fellow deviates—a band of teenagers with astonishing abilities, led by an enigmatic figure known as the Major, who may hold the secrets to Lemon’s past.

Meanwhile, Cricket finds himself in possession of the puritanical Brotherhood, a religious cult set for a head-on collision with the Major and his band. Searching for Lemon, Ezekiel finds a strange ally in an old enemy, and uncovers a plot that may see him reunited with his beloved Ana.

And inside Babel, a remade Eve hatches a plan to bring an end to the world.

Wicked Fox (Gumiho #1)

Author: Kat Cho

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons BYR

Publication Date: June 25, 2019

A fresh and addictive fantasy-romance set in modern-day Seoul.

Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret--she's a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss, the modern city of Seoul is the perfect place to hide and hunt.

But after feeding one full moon, Miyoung crosses paths with Jihoon, a human boy, being attacked by a goblin deep in the forest. Against her better judgment, she violates the rules of survival to rescue the boy, losing her fox bead--her gumiho soul--in the process.

Jihoon knows Miyoung is more than just a beautiful girl--he saw her nine tails the night she saved his life. His grandmother used to tell him stories of the gumiho, of their power and the danger they pose to humans. He's drawn to her anyway.

With murderous forces lurking in the background, Miyoung and Jihoon develop a tenuous friendship that blossoms into something more. But when a young shaman tries to reunite Miyoung with her bead, the consequences are disastrous . . . forcing Miyoung to choose between her immortal life and Jihoon's.

Other New Releases This Week: 

The Evil Queen (The Forest of Good and Evil #1) by Gena Showalter (6/25/19) [Inkyard Press]

Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer (6/25/19) [Bloomsbury YA]

Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson (6/25/19) [Scholastic Press]

Better Than The Best Plan by Lauren Morrill (6/25/19) [Farrar, Straus, & Giroux]

Return To Zero (Lorien Legacies: Reborn #3) by Pittacus Lore (6/25/19) [Harper Collins]

The Virtue of Sin by Shannon Schuren (6/25/19) [Philomel]