September 28, 2018

Review: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1)
Author: Holly Black
Publisher: Little, Brown BYR
Publication Date: January 2, 2018
Pages: 370
Format: Hardcover/Own

Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.

As Jude becomes more deeply embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, she discovers her own capacity for trickery and bloodshed. But as betrayal threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

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February 19, 2018

Review: SINthetic by J.T. Nicholas

SINthetic (The New Lyons Sequence #1)
Author: J.T. Nicholas
Publisher: Rebel Base Books
Publication Date: January 23, 2018
Pages: 178
Format: Galley/NetGalley

The Artificial Evolution

They look like us. Act like us. But they are not human. Created to perform the menial tasks real humans detest, Synths were designed with only a basic intelligence and minimal emotional response. It stands to reason that they have no rights. Like any technology, they are designed for human convenience. Disposable.

In the city of New Lyons, Detective Jason Campbell is investigating a vicious crime: a female body found mutilated and left in the streets. Once the victim is identified as a Synth, the crime is designated no more than the destruction of property, and Campbell is pulled from the case.

But when a mysterious stranger approaches Campbell and asks him to continue his investigation in secret, Campbell is dragged into a dark world of unimaginable corruption. One that leaves him questioning the true nature of humanity.

And what he discovers is only the beginning . . .

*I recieved this book from NetGalley & Kensington/Rebel Base books in exchange for an honest review*

Review: So I have to admit, I wasn't initially sure I'd be sold on this book. The sci-fi/dystopian aspects pulled me towards it, but I wasn't sure I was going to like the crime/thriller aspect of it. I decided to give it a try and I genuinely liked it! I also thoroughly enjoyed that this was a quick read, less than 200 pages. 

So New Lyons is built on what is our modern day New Orleans. There are areas of town that pretty much float, including where the main character lives. Cars that drive themselves. I thought the sci-fi/futuristic stuff was pretty neat. 

I really enjoyed the mystery behind the story. It definitely held my attention with different things throughout the entire book. First was what information Campbell's filed held about his past that caused so much to be expunged (is that the right word?) or redacted. All that's assumed is that it had to do with a synth. We eventually find out the big secret about halfway through the book, which finally put a bunch of pieces in place. It helps us understand why Campbell has certain feelings regarding synths that most of the humans do not share. It also helps us understand why a synth, Silas, went to Campbell in the first place to try and get him looking into the synth murders and why he was the best choice. You really gain an understanding of so many things once Campbell's past is brought to light. The other big mystery is why the synth murders were taking place in the first place and who was ordering it. We find out who is ordering it shortly after Campbell's past is revealed, however the reason why these synths were being killed isn't revealed until the end of the book. There was always some type of mystery or question you wanted to know the answer to that kept pulling you along in the story. 

There was a few things I wasn't so fond of. It was a bit slow for the first half of the book. It was a mix of just going with Campbell through his daily routine or getting a lot of details about his police work. Usually I'm a big fan of details, but the one thing that bugged me with this book was that we got a lot of details in scenes where we didn't need it. Doing searches through the database, during a fight scene, an entire chapter about a fight with another guy at the precinct. We didn't need an entire chapter to establish Campbell's good at fighting. I think the fact he is a cop and was military gives you a good idea of what he's capable of. But even though we got those details, I felt like the details were lacking in more important parts. How did society get to where it was? How did it come down to society treating the synthetics like slaves pretty much? If something like that were to happen now, I don't feel like they'd be treated like that. These were things I was hoping to get more details about. Overall though, the first half pacing and the details were the only things that bugged me. I enjoyed the story beyond that. 

I definitely think the end events set things up nicely for SINdicate! 

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January 30, 2018

New Releases: Week of January 30, 2018

Say You'll Remember Me
Author: Katie McGarry
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Publication Date: January 30, 2018

When Drix was convicted of a crime--one he didn't commit--he thought his life was over. But opportunity came with the new Second Chance Program, the governor's newest pet project to get delinquents off the streets, rehabilitated and back into society. Drix knows this is his chance to get his life back on track, even if it means being paraded in front of reporters for a while.

Elle knows she lives a life of privilege. As the governor's daughter, she can open doors with her name alone. But the expectations and pressure to be someone she isn't may be too much to handle. She wants to follow her own path, whatever that means.

When Drix and Elle meet, their connection is immediate, but so are their problems. Drix is not the type of boy Elle's parents have in mind for her, and Elle is not the kind of girl who can understand Drix's messy life.

But sometimes love can breach all barriers.

Fighting against a society that can't imagine them together, Drix and Elle must push themselves--Drix to confront the truth of the robbery, and Elle to assert her independence--and each other to finally get what they deserve.

The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood #1)

Author: Melissa Albert

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Publication Date: January 30, 2018

Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck can really get: her mother is stolen away―by a figure who claims to come from the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother's stories are set. Alice's only lead is the message her mother left behind: “Stay away from the Hazel Wood.”

Alice has long steered clear of her grandmother’s cultish fans. But now she has no choice but to ally with classmate Ellery Finch, a Hinterland superfan who may have his own reasons for wanting to help her. To retrieve her mother, Alice must venture first to the Hazel Wood, then into the world where her grandmother's tales began―and where she might find out how her own story went so wrong.

Gone Rogue (Wires and Nerve #2)

Author: Marissa Meyer

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Publication Date: January 30, 2018

Iko – an audacious android and best friend to the Lunar Queen Cinder – has been tasked with hunting down Alpha Lysander Steele, the leader of a rogue band of bioengineered wolf-soldiers who threaten to undo the tenuous peace agreement between Earth and Luna. Unless Cinder can reverse the mutations that were forced on them years before, Steele and his soldiers plan to satisfy their monstrous appetites with a massacre of the innocent people of Earth.

And to show he’s serious, Steele is taking hostages.

Cinder and Kai, Scarlet and Wolf, Cress and Thorne, and Winter and Jacin all feature in this epic new battle. But it is Iko who must face her deepest fears when she uncovers the truth about her own unusual programming.

Other New Releases This Week:

Keeper by Kim Chance (1/30/18) [Flux]

Reign the Earth (The Elementae #1) by A.C. Gaughen (1/30/18) [Bloomsbury]

This Is Not A Love Letter by Kim Purcell (1/30/18) [Disney-Hyperion]

The Upside of Falling Down y Rebekah Crane (1/30/18) [Skyscape]

Purple Hearts (Front Lines #3) by Michael Grant (1/30/18) [Katherine Tegen]

Losing Brave by Bailee Madison & Stefne Miller (1/30/18) [Blink]

The Dangerous Art of Blending In by Angelo Surmelis (1/30/18) [Balzer + Bray]

American Heart by Laura Moriarty (1/30/18) [Harper Teen]

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January 23, 2018

New Releases: Week of January 23, 2018

The Last Girl On Earth
Author: Alexandra Blogier
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publication Date: January 23, 2018

Raised among them.

Li has a father and a sister who love her. A best friend, Mirabae, to share things with. She goes to school and hangs out at the beach and carefully follows the rules. She has to. Everyone she knows--her family, her teachers, her friends--is an alien. And she is the only human left on Earth.

A secret that could end her life.

The Abdoloreans hijacked the planet sixteen years ago, destroying all human life. Li's human-sympathizer father took her in as a baby and has trained her to pass as one of them. The Abdoloreans appear human. But they don't think with human minds or feel with human hearts. And they have special abilities no human could ever have.

Fit in or die.

When Li meets Ryn, she's swept up in a relationship that could have disastrous consequences. How far will Li go to stay alive? Will she save herself--and in turn, the human race--or will she be the final witness to humanity's destruction?

Reign of the Fallen (Reign of the Fallen #1)

Author: Sarah Glenn March

Publisher: Razorbill

Publication Date: January 23, 2018

Odessa is one of Karthia's master necromancers, catering to the kingdom's ruling Dead. Whenever a noble dies, it's Odessa's job to raise them by retrieving their souls from a dreamy and dangerous shadow world called the Deadlands. But there is a cost to being raised--the Dead must remain shrouded, or risk transforming into zombie-like monsters known as Shades. If even a hint of flesh is exposed, the grotesque transformation will begin.

A dramatic uptick in Shade attacks raises suspicions and fears among Odessa's necromancer community. Soon a crushing loss of one of their own reveals a disturbing conspiracy: someone is intentionally creating Shades by tearing shrouds from the Dead--and training them to attack. Odessa is faced with a terrifying question: What if her necromancer's magic is the weapon that brings Karthia to its knees?

Other New Releases This Week:

Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann (1/23/18) [Swoon Reads]

Markswoman (Asiana #1) by Rati Mehrotra (1/23/18) [Harper Voyager]

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January 16, 2018

New Releases: Week of January 16, 2018

Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1)
Author: Maureen Johnson
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication Date: January 16, 2018

Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. “A place,” he said, “where learning is a game.”

Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym “Truly, Devious.” It became one of the great unsolved crimes of American history.

True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the jokester. But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits Ellingham Academy. The past has crawled out of its grave. Someone has gotten away with murder.

The two interwoven mysteries of this first book in the Truly Devious series dovetail brilliantly, and Stevie Bell will continue her relentless quest for the murderers in books two and three.

Iron Gold (Red Rising Saga #4)

Author: Pierce Brown

Publisher: Del Rey

Publication Date: January 16, 2018

They call him father, liberator, warlord, Reaper. But he feels a boy as he falls toward the pale blue planet, his armor red, his army vast, his heart heavy. It is the tenth year of war and the thirty-second of his life.

A decade ago, Darrow was the hero of the revolution he believed would break the chains of the Society. But the Rising has shattered everything: Instead of peace and freedom, it has brought endless war. Now he must risk everything he has fought for on one last desperate mission. Darrow still believes he can save everyone, but can he save himself?

And throughout the worlds, other destinies entwine with Darrow’s to change his fate forever: 

A young Red girl flees tragedy in her refugee camp and achieves for herself a new life she could never have imagined.

An ex-soldier broken by grief is forced to steal the most valuable thing in the galaxy—or pay with his life.

And Lysander au Lune, the heir in exile to the sovereign, wanders the stars with his mentor, Cassius, haunted by the loss of the world that Darrow transformed, and dreaming of what will rise from its ashes.

Red Rising was the story of the end of one universe, and Iron Goldis the story of the creation of a new one. Witness the beginning of a stunning new saga of tragedy and triumph from masterly New York Times bestselling author Pierce Brown.

Other New Releases This Week:

Zenith (The Androma Saga #1) by Sasha Alsberg & Lindsay Cummings (1/16/18) [Harlequin Teen]

Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed (1/16/18) [Soho Teen]

Poison's Cage (Poison's Kiss #2) by Breeana Shields (1/16/18) [Random House]

Blood and Sand (Untitled #1) by C.V. Wyk (1/16/18) [Tor Teen]

All That Was by Karen Rivers (1/16/18) [Farrar, Straus & Giroux]

You Won't Know I'm Gone (The Black Angel Chronicles #2) by Kristen Orlando (1/16/18) [Swoon Reads]

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January 10, 2018

Review: The Last Girl on Earth by Alexandra Blogier

The Last Girl On Earth
Author: Alexandra Blogier
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Publication Date: January 23, 2018
Pages: 256
Format: E-ARC/NetGalley

RAISED AMONG THEM.

Li has a father and a sister who love her. A best friend, Mirabae, to share things with. She goes to school and hangs out at the beach and carefully follows the rules. She has to. Everyone she knows--her family, her teachers, her friends--is an alien. And she is the only human left on Earth.

A SECRET THAT COULD END HER LIFE.

The Abdoloreans hijacked the planet sixteen years ago, destroying all human life. Li's human-sympathizer father took her in as a baby and has trained her to pass as one of them. The Abdoloreans appear human. But they don't think with human minds or feel with human hearts. And they have special abilities no human could ever have.

FIT IN OR DIE. 

When Li meets Ryn, she's swept up in a relationship that could have disastrous consequences. How far will Li go to stay alive? Will she save herself--and in turn, the human race--or will she be the final witness to humanity's destruction?

*I received this book from NetGalley & Delacorte Press in exchange for an honest review*

Review: I'll be honest, I was a little worried going into this book based on its low ratings on Goodreads. I was definitely pleasantly surprised to find it wasn't as bad as it was being made out to be. 

So lets start with the things I loved. I really liked the whole premise of the story. Li being the last human left on Earth, trying to hide and fit in with the alien race, the Abdoloreans, who took over the planet. Throughout the book, Li is worried about doing as well as the Abdoloreans on the assessment while still hiding her secret that she was one of them. With the fact that the Abdoloreans were more intelligent and stronger, and even had some skills Li as a human didn't, it made things quite a challenge for her. She only succeeds as much as she did because of all the training her Abdolorean father had been giving her since she was little. 

Family & Friends. Another thing I loved was how close Li's Abdolorean dad and sister were to her. They did absolutely everything in their power to protect her and help her secret stay hidden. They loved her as if she wasn't any different from them most of the time. But they also knew she was different and helped her to blend in as much as they could. They gave her as much encouragement as possible that she would succeed despite being different. I definitely don't think Li ever would have survived like she did if she didn't have them. Also, her friend Mirabae. She didn't actually know Li was human until Li told her late in the book, but for the most part, she didn't even let that information faze her and her friendship with Li. The only time she let it make a difference in their friendship was when she was unhappy about her own failures and tries to blame it on Li, which she later regrets and apologizes for. Li had a really good friend in Mirabae generally and it showed. It definitely helped her having such a close friend for her fitting in with the Abdoloreans. 

The things I didn't love so much. 

We get some vague information about what happened, but no detail. We learned in a few sentences why the Abdoloreans took over earth and how the humans were killed. It was pretty vague and I feel like it was rushed through to get to the romance part. I honestly feel like if we were given maybe a chapter or two about this, really getting into the background of what caused the current events, it would have really enhanced the overall storytelling and gave much more meaning to Li's survival and why we shouldn't like the Abdoloreans. I also feel like this would have helped me connect to and feel for Li earlier on in the book than I did. 

The romance. It completely overshadowed the Sci-fi/dystopia themes of the book. Li fell hard for Ryn after just looking at him and talking to him for like 5 minutes. After that, she was thinking about him literally all the time. While she's at home, in training, with other friends. It was too much. And then the fact she couldn't focus on anything but him when he was around and that they were just constantly like lovey dovey with each other just really played down the whole tone of the book and Li needing to survive. I wouldn't have minded the romance with Ryn if it wasn't so overdone. He genuinely seemed like a nice guy and really cared for Li. 

The ending. This was mixed. I was happy for Li after what her dad told her, about what he did when he was saving her. But I also saw everything else coming. I saw what happened with Braxton coming since he hated on her so much during the assessments since Li was his main competition, and I saw Li going on the run and Ryn joining her because why not? With the heavy romance it wouldn't have a realistic ending without him. 

If this book wasn't so heavy on the romance, and had more background and information about the people and events, I would have given it more stars. But for the story it did have I give it a solid 3. It was a good story, but definitely needs to be expanded upon. If it ever gets a sequel, which the ending definitely leaves open for, I would give it a shot if it gives some of the background and answers some of those questions we have about everything. 

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January 09, 2018

New Releases: Week of January 9, 2018

Thunderhead (Arc Of A Scythe #2)
Author: Neal Shusterman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: January 9, 2018

Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, in the second novel of the chilling New York Times bestselling series from Neal Shusterman, author of the Unwind dystology.

Rowan has gone rogue, and has taken it upon himself to put the Scythedom through a trial by fire. Literally. In the year since Winter Conclave, he has gone off-grid, and has been striking out against corrupt scythes—not only in MidMerica, but across the entire continent. He is a dark folk hero now—“Scythe Lucifer”—a vigilante taking down corrupt scythes in flames.

Citra, now a junior scythe under Scythe Curie, sees the corruption and wants to help change it from the inside out, but is thwarted at every turn, and threatened by the “new order” scythes. Realizing she cannot do this alone—or even with the help of Scythe Curie and Faraday, she does the unthinkable, and risks being “deadish” so she can communicate with the Thunderhead—the only being on earth wise enough to solve the dire problems of a perfect world. But will it help solve those problems, or simply watch as perfection goes into decline?

Unearthed (Unearthed #1)

Authors: Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion

Publication Date: January 9, 2018

When Earth intercepts a message from a long-extinct alien race, it seems like the solution the planet has been waiting for. The Undying's advanced technology has the potential to undo environmental damage and turn lives around, and Gaia, their former home planet, is a treasure trove waiting to be uncovered.

For Jules Addison and his fellow scholars, the discovery of an alien culture offers unprecedented opportunity for study... as long as scavengers like Amelia Radcliffe don't loot everything first. Mia and Jules' different reasons for smuggling themselves onto Gaia put them immediately at odds, but after escaping a dangerous confrontation with other scavvers, they form a fragile alliance.

In order to penetrate the Undying temple and reach the tech and information hidden within, the two must decode the ancient race's secrets and survive their traps. But the more they learn about the Undying, the more their presence in the temple seems to be part of a grand design that could spell the end of the human race...

Other New Releases This Week:

Beneath The Sugar Sky (Wayward Children #3) by Seanan McGuire (1/9/18) [Tor]
Beneath The Haunting Sea by Joanna Ruth Meyer (1/9/18) [Page Street]

Nice Try, Jane Sinner by Lianne Oelke (1/9/18) [Clarion]

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January 02, 2018

New Releases: Week of January 2, 2018

Everless (Untitled #1)
Author: Sara Holland
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publication Date: January 2, 2018

In the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency—extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed to add time to one’s own lifespan. The rich aristocracy, like the Gerlings, tax the poor to the hilt, extending their own lives by centuries.

No one resents the Gerlings more than Jules Ember. A decade ago, she and her father were servants at Everless, the Gerlings’ palatial estate, until a fateful accident forced them to flee in the dead of night. When Jules discovers that her father is dying, she knows that she must return to Everless to earn more time for him before she loses him forever.

But going back to Everless brings more danger—and temptation—than Jules could have ever imagined. Soon she’s caught in a tangle of violent secrets and finds her heart torn between two people she thought she’d never see again. Her decisions have the power to change her fate—and the fate of time itself.

The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1)

Author: Holly Black

Publisher: Little Brown Books

Publication Date: January 2, 2018

Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.

In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

Batman: Nightwalker (DC Icons #2)

Author: Marie Lu

Publisher: Random House

Publication Date: January 2, 2018

Before he was Batman, he was Bruce Wayne. A reckless boy willing to break the rules for a girl who may be his worst enemy.

The Nightwalkers are terrorizing Gotham City, and Bruce Wayne is next on their list.

One by one, the city's elites are being executed as their mansions' security systems turn against them, trapping them like prey. Meanwhile, Bruce is turning eighteen and about to inherit his family's fortune, not to mention the keys to Wayne Enterprises and all the tech gadgetry his heart could ever desire. But after a run-in with the police, he's forced to do community service at Arkham Asylum, the infamous prison that holds the city's most brutal criminals.

Madeleine Wallace is a brilliant killer . . . and Bruce's only hope.

In Arkham, Bruce meets Madeleine, a brilliant girl with ties to the Nightwalkers. What is she hiding? And why will she speak only to Bruce? Madeleine is the mystery Bruce must unravel. But is he getting her to divulge her secrets, or is he feeding her the information she needs to bring Gotham City to its knees? Bruce will walk the dark line between trust and betrayal as the Nightwalkers circle closer.

Other New Releases This Week:

Between The Blade and The Heart (Valkyrie #1) by Amanda Hocking (1/2/18) [Wednesday Books]

Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely (1/2/18) 

Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp (1/2/18) [Sourcebooks Fire]

Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined To Meet by Various Authors (1/2/18) [HMH]

The Forgotten Book by Mechthild Glaser (1/2/18) [Feiwel & Friends]

Pretty Dead Girls by Monica Murphy (1/2/18) [Entangled]

A Conspiracy of Stars (Untitled Duology #1) by Olivia A. Cole (1/2/18) [Katherine Tegen]

Together At Midnight by Jennifer Castle (1/2/18) [Harper Teen]

Love and Other Train Wrecks by Leah Konen (1/2/18) [Katherine Tegen]

You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon (1/2/18) [Simon Pulse]

Someone To Love by Melissa De La Cruz (1/2/18) [Harlequin Teen]

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December 13, 2017

Can't-Wait Wednesday [#7]

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight the books we are eagerly awaiting. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine.

The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1)

Author: Holly Black

Expected Publication: January 2, 2018

Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever.

And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe.

Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.

To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the consequences.

In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and deceptions, discovering her own capacity for bloodshed. But as civil war threatens to drown the Courts of Faerie in violence, Jude will need to risk her life in a dangerous alliance to save her sisters, and Faerie itself.

I think this book sounds pretty good. And so far a lot of the early reviews I've seen for it seem positive!

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November 08, 2017

Can't Wait Wednesday [#3]

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight the books we are eagerly awaiting. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine.

Say You'll Remember Me

Author: Katie McGarry

Publisher: Harlequin Teen

Expected Publication: January 30, 2018

When Drix was convicted of a crime--one he didn't commit--he thought his life was over. But opportunity came with the new Second Chance Program, the governor's newest pet project to get delinquents off the streets, rehabilitated and back into society. Drix knows this is his chance to get his life back on track, even if it means being paraded in front of reporters for a while.

Elle knows she lives a life of privilege. As the governor's daughter, she can open doors with her name alone. But the expectations and pressure to be someone she isn't may be too much to handle. She wants to follow her own path, whatever that means.

When Drix and Elle meet, their connection is immediate, but so are their problems. Drix is not the type of boy Elle's parents have in mind for her, and Elle is not the kind of girl who can understand Drix's messy life.

But sometimes love can breach all barriers.

Fighting against a society that can't imagine them together, Drix and Elle must push themselves--Drix to confront the truth of the robbery, and Elle to assert her independence--and each other to finally get what they deserve.

I'm always a big sucker for a Katie McGarry book. I really enjoy her writing! So I'm definitely looking forward to this book coming out!

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October 18, 2017

Waiting on Wednesday [#108]

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly meme that was hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating.

Everless

Author: Sara Holland

Publisher: Harper Teen

Expected Publication Date: January 2, 2018

In the land of Sempera, time is extracted from blood and used as payment. Jules Ember and her father were once servants at Everless, the wealthy Gerling family’s estate, but were cast out after of a fateful accident a decade ago. Now, Jules’s father is reaching his last hour, and she will do anything to save him. Desperate to earn time, she arrives at the palace as it prepares for a royal wedding, ready to begin her search into childhood secrets that she once believed to be no more than myths. As she uncovers lost truths, Jules spirals deeper into a past she hardly recognizes, and faces an ancient and dangerous foe who threatens her future and the future of time itself.

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