Tag: new releases
My most anticipated releases of the year (part 3) // Grabby Hands
Published: July 7th 2018 by Del Rey
Genres: adult, fantasy, retelling
At long last. I adored Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, which came out forever ago (and by that I mean: three years ago) and I had been wanting to read something else by her. Apparently, this one is inspired by Lithuanian/Russian folklore (from what I gathered from early reviews, I might be wrong) and follows Miryem, who comes from a family of moneylenders and is sent to collect money from villagers. For unknown reasons, she manages to change silver to gold, which leads her story to be tangled with creatures that haunt the wood and their king. *dramatic music* Spinning Silver sounds absolutely amazing and I cannot wait to devour it!
Published: July 31st 2018 by Katherine Tegen Books
Genres: young adult, fantasy, retelling
Published: August 7nd 2018 by Sourcebooks Landmark
Genres: historical fiction
If you don’t know, Susanna Kearsley is my favourite historical fiction writer as well as writing inspiration. Yup. No biggies. So of course, Bellewether has been one of my most anticipated reads of 2018 ever since I heard she was working on a new project. This one is set in 1759, in the North American colonies, during the Seven Years War which opposed France and Britain. When French officers are brought as prisoners to Long Island, it changes Lydia Wilde’s life, because she eventually develops feelings for a French-Canadian lieutenant. Centuries later, their story has become a local legend, that Charley, the new curator of the Wilde House Museum, is set on exploring to understand what happened. I actually got an ARC of it and am planning to read it in July, so I’ll be talking to you about it and fangirling about Susanna Kearley’s writing some more very soon on here!
Published: August 7th 2018 by Balzer + Bray
Genres: young adult, fantasy
Published: August 7th 2018 by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Genres: young adult, fantasy
Published: August 28th 2018 by Scholastic
Genres: middle grade, fantasy
Published: August 28th 2018 by Harlequin Teen
Genres: anthology, young adult, fantasy
Published: September 11th 2018 by Katherine Tegen Books
Genres: young adult, fantasy
Published: September 18th by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Genres: young adult, science fiction
I read Heidi Heilig’s debut, The Girl From Everywhere, when it came out a few years ago and really enjoyed it, so I was curious to know what the author would come up next, this one definitely sounds interesting! It follows Jetta, who comes from a troupe of shadow players, it seems like she’s moving puppets without string or stick. In truth, she is able to see the souls of people who recently passed away and bind them to puppets with her blood. However, practicing the old ways has been forbidden ever since the colonial army conquered Jetta’s country, but she manages to earn a spot aboard the royal ship where she’ll have to hide the truth on her powers. But as rebellion seethes and as Jetta meets a young smuggler, she will face truths and decisions that she never imagined—and safety will never seem so far away. This trilogy is set in a world inspired by Asian cultures and French colonialism, it has a bipolar heroine and the story is told through different formats. I really cannot wait to get my hands on this one.
Published: September 25th 2018 by Delacorte Press
Genres: young adult, historical fiction, retelling
ies always intrigue me so much and The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein is no exception. This one follows Elizabeth Lavenza, who has had a tough life and is on the verge of being thrown out into the streets, until she is brought to the home of Victor Frankenstein, a boy who has everything, except a friend. She becomes her friend and is taken in by his family, but as the years pass, her survival depends on managing Victor’s dangerous temper and entertaining his every whim. I am so excited about this one because the main character is a secondary character from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and I so trust Kiersten White with this.
Published: September 25th 2018by Tor
Genres: adult, science fiction
My most anticipated releases of 2018 (part 2) // Grabby Hands #10
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland – April 3rd
Okay, I have to admit that I have yet to read The Song of Achilles, even though I’ve seen people on bookstagram raving about it. My only excuse is that I need to get the Bloomsbury Modern Classics edition and well… I’m not ready for this book to destroy me, like it did for everyone else. Anyway, I’m quite curious about Circe, which follows the Greek mythology character of the same name, a witch who was banished by Zeus to an island, where her path is intertwined with many important characters: Hermes, Daedalus or even Odysseus. I’ve heard so many great things about Madeline Miller’s writing, I’m so ready to jump into this one!
Last Shot: A Han and Lando Novel by Daniel José Older – April 17th
Genres: science-fiction
It’s no secret that I’ve been completely obsessed with Star Wars ever since Episode VIII came out last December (I already loved Star Wars, but it got so much worse). Last Shot is coming out right before Solo: A Star Wars story and I have to say that I’m really not excited about that movie*, but I added Last Shot on my TBR because I really want to read more Star Wars novels. Apparently, it follows different timelines and as I’ve always been curious about Han’s character, I knew that I wanted to read it, but I didn’t need it right this instant, you know? AND THEN. We got an excerpt involving a two years old Ben Solo. BEN SOLO. I adore him so much, he’s my ultimate weakness, I need every single piece of information on him. I need to know everything. I’m so obsessed. Maybe it’ll help me keep faith until Episode IX is released, but let’s be real, I’ll just cry every time they talk about him**.
Genres: young adult, contemporary
A new book by Becky Albertalli is always something to rejoice about. I really enjoyed Simon vs. the Homosapiens Agenda, her debut, but my personal favourite is The Upside of Unrequited. This one follows Leah, Simon’s best friend that we met in his novel and as a matter of fact, I don’t really know much about it, except that Leah is bisexual. Now that I think about it, if it has Becky’s name on the cover, it will most likely be amazing. I know she has sensitivity readers who loved this one, which means the representation must be good.
Genres: young adult, fantasy
Sky in the Deep is Adrienne Young’s debut novel and the premise sounds so exciting. It follows Eelyn, who was raised to be a warrior and fights alongside her clansmen in an ancient rivalry against another clan, until they face her brother who was supposed to have died on the battlefield. She is then forced to flee into the mountains, her clan is raided by a ruthless clan supposed to be a legend and to ally herself with someone she doesn’t think she can trust. This is a Viking-inspired fantasy novel, I’ve been looking for Vikings books my entire like.
Genres: young adult, fantasy
So anyway, this one is set in Scotland. This is the main reason I need it. I
always need books set in Scotland. It involves dark secrets, faeries, royalty, brothers and from the summary, it says that it “explores the darkness of the human heart as well as its unceasing capacity for love”, honestly it sounds so good? Now that I’ve read The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, I know that I need more ruthless faeries in my life (hopefully it’ll be like that). Nancy Springer also wrote the Enola Holmes series that I adored as a child, it followed Sherlock Holmes’ younger sister, she was one of my heroines, so I’m curious to read another of her novels.
Genres: young adult, contemporary
This is another case where seeing Angie Thomas’ name is more than enough to make me want to read this book. On The Come Up follows Bri, a young woman who wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time, which comes with a lot of pressure considering her father was an underground rap legend who died before getting his big hit. When her mother unexpectedly loses her job and her family might become homeless, Bri no longer wants to make it, she has to make it. I cannot wait to read another book by Angie Thomas.
The wait is almost over. Finally. The Ember series has been one of my favourite YA fantasy series for such a long time and I can’t believe we almost waited two years for the third book. It was for the best, I’m sure of that, but oh, it was excruciating. It’s my fault for reading A Torch Against the Night on its release week, because I have no restraint, but oh well. I can’t say much considering it’s the third book in a series, but I cannot wait to reunite with all the characters and see what will happen next.
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings is an anthology focusing on reimagining the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia. It has star-crossed lovers, meddling immortals, feigned identities, it involves fairy tales, myths and folklore. I don’t know all the authors who are contributing to this anthology, but reading an anthology is also about discovering new authors, right? I’m quite looking forward to reading stories by new-to-me authors, as well as to get some more out of the authors I already know, such as Renee Ahdieh or Julie Kagawa. I’ve come to really enjoy anthologies, so I hope I’ll love this one as well.