Title: "Windwitch"
Series: The Witchlands, #2
Author: Susan Dennard
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Published: January 10, 2017
Publisher: TorTeen
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Adventure
Pages: 400
Format: ARC
Source: I received this arc from the publisher for being a part of the Witchlanders
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Sometimes our enemies are also our only allies…
After
an explosion destroys his ship, the world believes Prince Merik,
Windwitch, is dead. Scarred yet alive, Merik is determined to prove his
sister’s treachery. Upon reaching the royal capital, crowded with
refugees, he haunts the streets, fighting for the weak—which leads to
whispers of a disfigured demigod, the Fury, who brings justice to the
oppressed.
When the Bloodwitch Aeduan discovers a bounty on
Iseult, he makes sure to be the first to find her—yet in a surprise
twist, Iseult offers him a deal. She will return money stolen from him,
if he locates Safi. Now they must work together to cross the Witchlands,
while constantly wondering, who will betray whom first?
After a
surprise attack and shipwreck, Safi and the Empress of Marstok barely
escape with their lives. Alone in a land of pirates, every moment
balances on a knife’s edge—especially when the pirates’ next move could
unleash war upon the Witchlands.
Title: "Queen of Shadows"
Series: Throne of Glass, #4
Author: Sarah J. Maas
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Published: September 1, 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance
Pages: 648
Format: Hardcover
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The queen has returned.
Everyone
Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she’s at last
returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious
kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past…
She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight.
She
will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will
fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And
she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting
their lost queen’s triumphant return.
The fourth volume in the New York Times
bestselling series continues Celaena’s epic journey and builds to a
passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world.
Title: "Illuminae"
Series: The Illuminae Files, #1
Author: Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
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Published: October 20, 2015
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Adventure
Pages: 599
Format: Hardcover
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This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do.
This afternoon, her planet was invaded.
The
year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet
that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the
universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With
enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even
talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating
fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.
But their problems
are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is
mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be
protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will
say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to
find the truth, it's clear only one person can help her bring it all to
light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she'd never speak to again.
Told
through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails,
schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae
is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives
interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.
Title: "White Hot Kiss"
Series: The Dark Elements, #1
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
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Published: February 25, 2014
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Pages: 388
Format: eBook
Source: Overdrive
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One kiss could be the last.
Seventeen-year-old
Layla just wants to be normal. But with a kiss that kills anything with
a soul, she's anything but normal. Half demon, half gargoyle, Layla has
abilities no one else possesses.
Raised among the Wardens—a
race of gargoyles tasked with hunting demons and keeping humanity
safe—Layla tries to fit in, but that means hiding her own dark side from
those she loves the most. Especially Zayne, the swoon-worthy,
incredibly gorgeous and completely off-limits Warden she's crushed on
since forever.
Then she meets Roth—a tattooed, sinfully hot
demon who claims to know all her secrets. Layla knows she should stay
away, but she's not sure she wants to—especially when that whole
no-kissing thing isn't an issue, considering Roth has no soul.
But
when Layla discovers she's the reason for the violent demon uprising,
trusting Roth could not only ruin her chances with Zayne… it could brand
her a traitor to her family. Worse yet, it could become a one-way
ticket to the end of the world.
Title: "Fire Falling"
Series: Air Awakens #2
Author: Elise Kova
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Published: November 19, 2015
Publisher: Silver Wing Press
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance
Pages: 378
Format: Paperback
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Soldier… Sorcerer… Savior… Who is Vhalla Yarl?
Vhalla
Yarl marches to war as property of the Solaris Empire. The Emperor
counts on her to bring victory, the Senate counts on her death, and the
only thing Vhalla can count on is the fight of her life. As she grapples
with the ghosts of her past, new challenges in the present threaten to
shatter the remnants of her fragile sanity. Will she maintain her
humanity? Or will she truly become the Empire’s monster?
Fire Falling is the second book in the Air Awakens Series.
Title: "Passenger"
Series: Passenger, #1
Author: Alexandra Bracken
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Published: January 5, 2016
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Genres: Young Adult, Time Travel, Adventure
Pages: 486
Format: Hardcover
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Passage, n.
i. A brief section of music composed of a series of notes and flourishes.
ii. A journey by water; a voyage.
iii. The transition from one place to another, across space and time.
In
one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she
knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a
dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled
not just miles but years from home. And she’s inherited a legacy she
knows nothing about from a family whose existence she’s never heard of.
Until now.
Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea, free
from the Ironwoods—a powerful family in the colonies—and the servitude
he’s known at their hands. But with the arrival of an unusual passenger
on his ship comes the insistent pull of the past that he can’t escape
and the family that won’t let him go so easily. Now the Ironwoods are
searching for a stolen object of untold value, one they believe only
Etta, Nicholas’ passenger, can find. In order to protect her, he must
ensure she brings it back to them—whether she wants to or not.
Together,
Etta and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey across centuries and
continents, piecing together clues left behind by the traveler who will
do anything to keep the object out of the Ironwoods’ grasp. But as they
get closer to the truth of their search, and the deadly game the
Ironwoods are playing, treacherous forces threaten to separate Etta not
only from Nicholas but from her path home... forever.
Title: "A Court of Mist and Fury"
Series: A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2
Author: Sarah J. Maas
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Published: May 3, 2016
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Genres: New Adult, Fantasy, Adventure
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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Feyre survived
Amarantha's clutches to return to the Spring Court--but at a steep cost.
Though she now has the powers of the High Fae, her heart remains human,
and it can't forget the terrible deeds she performed to save Tamlin's
people.
Nor has Feyre forgotten her bargain with Rhysand, High
Lord of the feared Night Court. As Feyre navigates its dark web of
politics, passion, and dazzling power, a greater evil looms--and she
might be key to stopping it. But only if she can harness her harrowing
gifts, heal her fractured soul, and decide how she wishes to shape her
future--and the future of a world cleaved in two.
With more than a
million copies sold of her beloved Throne of Glass series, Sarah J.
Maas's masterful storytelling brings this second book in her seductive
and action-packed series to new heights.
Title: "The Power"
Series: Titan, #2
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
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Published: February 23, 2016
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback
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With any great change,
there is always strife, and the Covenant University has become the
frontline between pure-bloods who want the Breed Order reinstated and
the half-bloods who want the right to control their own destinies.
Fate has other plans.
The
violence is escalating and war between the races seems inevitable, and
it couldn’t come at a worse time. Hyperion may be out of commission, but
Josie and Seth know they have only earned a reprieve. Seth must get
Josie fully prepared, which means controlling her newfound abilities,
and they need to find the other demigods before the Titans do.
But the gods are sensing a greater threat.
Only
one thing is more dangerous than a bunch of starved Titans, and that’s
an out-of-control Apollyon. The aether in Josie is drawing Seth in
deeper, and when lust mixes with love and gives way to power, he knows
being close to her is not only dangerous to her, but to everyone around
them, but letting her go requires a level of selflessness that just
isn’t Seth’s style.
The paths taken in the past are becoming the roads of the future.
Just
as chaos breaks out, familiar faces from the past return, complicating
the already strained bond between Josie and Seth, and when the danger
from the Titans erupts with devastating consequences, the dark allure of
power calls to Seth again, but this time Josie might not be able to
pull him back.
And when the struggle between power and love becomes the deadliest battleground, there may be no salvation.
Title: "The Return"
Series: Titan, #1
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
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Published: February 16, 2015
Publisher: Spencer Hill Press
Genres: New Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Pages: 335
Format: Paperback
Source: MeL Cat
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The Fates are cackling their bony asses off…
It’s
been a year since Seth made the deal with the gods that pledged his
life to them. And so far, the jobs they’ve given him have been violent
and bloody–which is kind of all right with him. But now Apollo has
something else in mind for Seth. He’s got to play protector while
keeping his hands and fingers off, and for someone who really has a
problem with restraint, this new assignment might be the most
challenging yet.
Josie has no idea what this crazy hot guy’s deal
might be, but it’s a good bet that his arrival means the new life she
started after leaving home is about to be thrown into an Olympian-sized
blender turned up to puree. Either Josie is going insane or a nightmare
straight out of ancient myth is gunning for her.
But it might be
the unlikely attraction simmering between her and the golden-eyed,
secret-keeping Seth that may prove to be the most dangerous thing of
all.
Because history has once again been flipped to repeat.
Book 1 in the new adult paranormal TITAN series, spin-off to the best selling COVENANT series.
Title: "The Mirror King"
Series: The Orphan Queen, #2
Author: Jodi Meadows
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Published: April 5, 2016
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Adventure
Pages: 531
Format: Hardcover
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Wilhelmina has a hundred enemies.
HER
FRIENDS HAVE TURNED. After her identity is revealed during the
Inundation, Princess Wilhelmina is kept prisoner by the Indigo Kingdom,
with the Ospreys lost somewhere in the devastated city. When the
Ospreys’ leader emerges at the worst possible moment, leaving Wil’s
biggest ally on his deathbed, she must become Black Knife to set things
right.
HER MAGIC IS UNCONTROLLABLE. Wil’s power is to animate,
not to give true life, but in the wraithland she commanded a cloud of
wraith mist to save herself, and later ordered it solid. Now there is a
living boy made of wraith—destructive and deadly, and willing to do
anything for her.
HER HEART IS TORN. Though she’s ready for her
crown, declaring herself queen means war. Caught between what she wants
and what is right, Wilhelmina realizes the throne might not even matter.
Everyone thought the wraith was years off, but already it’s destroying
Indigo Kingdom villages. If she can’t protect both kingdoms, soon there
won’t be a land to rule.
In this stunning conclusion to THE
ORPHAN QUEEN, Jodi Meadows follows Wilhelmina’s breathtaking and brave
journey from orphaned criminal on the streets to magic-wielding queen.
Title: "All the Feels"
Series: N/A
Author: Danika Stone
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Published: June 7, 2016
Publisher: Swoon Reads
Genres: New Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Pages: 336
Format: ebook
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College freshman Liv is
more than just a fangirl: The Starveil movies are her life… So, when her
favorite character, Captain Matt Spartan, is killed off at the end of
the last movie, Liv Just. Can’t. Deal.
Tired of sitting in her
room sobbing, Liv decides to launch an online campaign to bring her
beloved hero back to life. With the help of her best friend, Xander,
actor and steampunk cosplayer extraordinaire, she creates
#SpartanSurvived, a campaign to ignite the fandom. But as her online
life succeeds beyond her wildest dreams, Liv is forced to balance that
with the pressures of school, her mother’s disapproval, and her (mostly
nonexistent and entirely traumatic) romantic life. A trip to DragonCon
with Xander might be exactly what she needs to figure out what she
really wants.
Title: "Forged"
Series: Taken, #3
Author: Erin Bowman
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Published: April 14, 2015
Publisher: HarperTeen
Genres: Young Adult, Dystopia, Romance
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Source: MeL Cat
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The time has come to make a stand.
Gray
Weathersby and his group of rebels are determined to bring down the
Franconian Order. But they may be too late. The Order is closer than
ever to its ultimate goal—building an unstoppable army—and every
generation of Forgeries is more sophisticated, harder to detect, and
deadlier than the one before.
Now the rebels have joined forces
with new allies, the Expats. But when even the most familiar faces can’t
be trusted, Gray will have to tread carefully if he wants to succeed—or
survive.
Title: "The Winner's Kiss"
Series: The Winner's Trilogy, #3
Author: Marie Rutkoski
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Published: March 29, 2016
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (BYR)
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance
Pages: 484
Format: Hardcover
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Some kisses come at a price.
War
has begun. Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allies and
the empire as his enemy. Though he has convinced himself that he no
longer loves Kestrel, Arin hasn’t forgotten her, or how she became
exactly the kind of person he has always despised. She cared more for
the empire than she did for the lives of innocent people—and certainly
more than she did for him.
At least, that’s what he thinks.
In
the frozen north, Kestrel is a prisoner in a brutal work camp. As she
searches desperately for a way to escape, she wishes Arin could know
what she sacrificed for him. She wishes she could make the empire pay
for what they’ve done to her.
But no one gets what they want just by wishing.
As
the war intensifies, both Kestrel and Arin discover that the world is
changing. The East is pitted against the West, and they are caught in
between. With so much to lose, can anybody really win?
Title: "Reign of Shadows"
Series: Reign of Shadows, #1
Author: Sophie Jordan
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Published: February 9, 2016
Publisher: HarperTeen
Genres: Young Adult, Retelling, Fantasy
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Source: MeL Cat
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Seventeen years ago, an
eclipse cloaked the kingdom of Relhok in perpetual darkness. In the
chaos, an evil chancellor murdered the king and queen and seized their
throne. Luna, Relhok’s lost princess, has been hiding in a tower ever
since. Luna’s survival depends on the world believing she is dead.
But
that doesn’t stop Luna from wanting more. When she meets Fowler, a
mysterious archer braving the woods outside her tower, Luna is drawn to
him despite the risk. When the tower is attacked, Luna and Fowler escape
together. But this world of darkness is more treacherous than Luna ever
realized.
With every threat stacked against them, Luna and
Fowler find solace in each other. But with secrets still unspoken
between them, falling in love might be their most dangerous journey yet.
Title: "A Girl of Fire and Thorns"
Series: Fire and Thorns, #1
Author: Rae Carson
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Published: September 20, 2011
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Adventure
Pages: 423
Format: Paperback
Source: Own
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Once a century, one
person is chosen for greatness. Elisa is the chosen one. But she is also
the younger of two princesses. The one who has never done anything
remarkable, and can't see how she ever will. Now, on her sixteenth
birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly
king—a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs her to be the
chosen one, not a failure of a princess.
And he's not the only
one who seeks her. Savage enemies, seething with dark magic, are hunting
her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his
people's savior. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that
is at stake.
Elisa could be everything to those who need her
most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within
herself. If she doesn't die young. Most of the chosen do.
Title: "In the Afterlight"
Series: The Darkest Minds, #3
Author: Alexandra Bracken
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Published: October 28, 2014
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Romance
Pages: 535
Format: Hardcover
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Ruby can't look back.
Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the
government's attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. With them is
a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few
people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Only Ruby has any
power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on
their minds.
They are armed only with a volatile secret: proof
of a government conspiracy to cover up the real cause of IAAN, the
disease that has killed most of America's children and left Ruby and
others like her with powers the government will kill to keep contained.
But internal strife may destroy their only chance to free the
"rehabilitation camps" housing thousands of other Psi kids.
Meanwhile,
reunited with Liam, the boy she would-and did-sacrifice everything for
to keep alive, Ruby must face the painful repercussions of having
tampered with his memories of her. She turns to Cole, his older brother,
to provide the intense training she knows she will need to take down
Gray and the government. But Cole has demons of his own, and one fatal
mistake may be the spark that sets the world on fire.
Title: "Boundless"
Series: Unearthly, #3
Author: Cynthia Hand
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Published: January 22, 2013
Publisher: HarperTeen
Genres: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Pages: 453
Format: ebook
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Described as "utterly
captivating" by Richelle Mead and as "enchanting and exciting, romantic
and believable" by Melissa Marr, the New York Times
bestselling Unearthly series has dazzled readers and critics alike. In
this riveting finale, Cynthia Hand explores the timeless question of
whether it is better to follow the rules or your heart. This
incandescent paranormal romance will win the hearts of fans of Becca
Fitzpatrick, Andrea Cremer, and Cassandra Clare.
The past few
years held more surprises than part-angel Clara Gardner ever could have
anticipated. Now, with the fallen angel who attacked her watching her
every move and the threat of Black Wings looming, Clara knows she must
finally fulfill her destiny—a destiny that includes Christian Prescott
by her side. But in order to complete her purpose, Clara must first find
a way to give up the thing she wants most . . . a future with the boy
she loves, Tucker Avery.
Title: "Summer of Sloane"
Series: N/A
Author: Erin L. Schneider
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Published: May 3, 2016
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Pages: 304
Format: ARC
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Warm Hawaiian sun. Lazy beach days. Flirty texts with her boyfriend back in Seattle.
These
are the things seventeen-year-old Sloane McIntyre pictured when she
imagined the summer she’d be spending at her mom’s home in Hawaii with
her twin brother, Penn. Instead, after learning an unthinkable secret
about her boyfriend, Tyler, and best friend, Mick, all she has is a
fractured hand and a completely shattered heart.
Once she arrives
in Honolulu, though, Sloane hopes that Hawaii might just be the escape
she needs. With beach bonfires, old friends, exotic food, and the
wonders of a waterproof cast, there’s no reason Sloane shouldn’t enjoy
her summer. And when she meets Finn McAllister, the handsome son of a
hotel magnate who doesn’t always play by the rules, she knows he’s the
perfect distraction from everything that’s so wrong back home.
But
it turns out a measly ocean isn’t nearly enough to stop all the emails,
texts, and voicemails from her ex-boyfriend and ex-best friend,
desperate to explain away their betrayal. And as her casual connection
with Finn grows deeper, Sloane’s carefree summer might not be as easy to
find as she’d hoped. Weighing years of history with Mick and Tyler
against their deception, and the delicate possibility of new love,
Sloane must decide when to forgive, and when to live for herself.
