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 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: "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: "The Shadow Queen"
Series: Ravenspire, #1
Author: C.J. Redwine
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Published: February 16, 2016
Publisher: Balzar + Bray
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Retelling
Pages: 387
Format: Hardcover
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Lorelai Diederich,
crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked
queen who took both the Ravenspire throne and the life of her father. To
do that, Lorelai needs to use the one weapon she and Queen Irina have
in common—magic. She’ll have to be stronger, faster, and more powerful
than Irina, the most dangerous sorceress Ravenspire has ever seen.
In
the neighboring kingdom of Eldr, when Prince Kol’s father and older
brother are killed by an invading army of magic-wielding ogres, the
second-born prince is suddenly given the responsibility of saving his
kingdom. To do that, Kol needs magic—and the only way to get it is to
make a deal with the queen of Ravenspire, promise to become her personal
huntsman…and bring her Lorelai’s heart.
But Lorelai is nothing
like Kol expected—beautiful, fierce, and unstoppable—and despite dark
magic, Lorelai is drawn in by the passionate and troubled king. Fighting
to stay one step ahead of the dragon huntsman—who she likes far more
than she should—Lorelai does everything in her power to ruin the wicked
queen. But Irina isn’t going down without a fight, and her final move
may cost the princess the one thing she still has left to lose.
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
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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: "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.
