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Title: Crystal Storm (Falling Kingdoms #5) Author: Morgan Rhodes Pages: 336 Genre: Fantasy Teen Publisher: Razorbill Release Date: December 13, 2016 Summary (Goodreads)  *Note this does have spoilers* do not read if you have not read the series A n epic clash between gods and mortals threatens to tear Mytica apart . . . and prove that not even the purest of love stands a chance against the strongest of magic. MAGNUS and CLEO are forced to test the strength of their love when Gaius returns to Mytica claiming he's no longer the King of Blood but a changed man seeking redemption. LUCIA, pregnant with the child of a Watcher, has escaped the clutches of the unhinged fire god. Her powers are dwindling as she goes forth to fulfill a prophecy that will keep her baby safe . . . but could mean her demise. JONAS treks back to Mytica with a plan to overtake Amara, but fate takes hold when he runs into the beautiful Princess Lucia and joins her on her peril...

Title: The Winner's Kiss (The Winner's Trilogy #3) Author: Marie Rutkoski Pages: 352 Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux/Raincoast Books Release Date: March 29, 2016 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo | B&N *Received for review by publisher* eARC from Netgalley Summary ( Goodreads ) War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it, with the East as his ally and the empire as his enemy. He’s finally managed to dismiss the memory of Kestrel, even if he can’t quite forget her. Kestrel turned into someone he could no longer recognize: someone who cared more for the empire than for the lives of innocent people—and certainly more than she cared for him. At least, that’s what he thinks. But far north lies a work camp where Kestrel is a prisoner. Can she manage to escape before she loses herself? As the war intensifies, both Kestrel and Arin discover unexpected roles in battle, terrible secrets, and a fragile hope. The world is changing. The East is...

Title: With Malice Author: Eileen Cook  Pages: 320 Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers Release Date: June 7, 2016 Summary (Goodreads)  A read about a teenage girl who wakes up in a hospital bed and cannot remember the last six weeks of her life, including the accident that killed her best friend--only what if the accident wasn't an accident? Eighteen-year-old Jill Charron wakes up in a hospital room, leg in a cast, stitches in her face and a big blank canvas where the last 6 weeks should be. She comes to discover she was involved in a fatal accident while on a school trip in Italy three days previous but was jetted home by her affluent father in order to receive quality care. Care that includes a lawyer. And a press team. Because maybe the accident...wasn't an accident. Wondering not just what happened but what she did, Jill tries to piece together the events of the past six weeks before she loses her thin hold on her once-perfect life.

Top Ten Tuesday  is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!     Ten Books I Really Love But Feel Like I Haven't Talked About Enough/In A While  I'm cheating and going to go will 12 because I love all of these books. Give me any of Jennifer L. Armentrout or any of these authors books because they are officially auto-buys for me! I could talk about these books all day because they are my favorites (I have many) but these are what come to mind right away. Everyone should read The Sea of Tranquility because its beyond amazing and you will be surprised and love this book to pieces. Go read these books!

Top 10 Favorite Book Covers: Here are some of my favorite covers!  I love many more covers but it was really hard to choose which ones but all of these are some of my favorites! 

Title: The Crown's Game Author: Evelyn Skye Pages : 416 Publisher: Balzer +Bray  Release Date: May 17, 2016 Summary (Goodreads) Vika Andreyeva can summon the snow and turn ash into gold. Nikolai Karimov can see through walls and conjure bridges out of thin air. They are enchanters—the only two in Russia—and with the Ottoman Empire and the Kazakhs threatening, the Tsar needs a powerful enchanter by his side. And so he initiates the Crown’s Game, an ancient duel of magical skill—the greatest test an enchanter will ever know. The victor becomes the Imperial Enchanter and the Tsar’s most respected adviser. The defeated is sentenced to death. Raised on tiny Ovchinin Island her whole life, Vika is eager for the chance to show off her talent in the grand capital of Saint Petersburg. But can she kill another enchanter—even when his magic calls to her like nothing else ever has? For Nikolai, an orphan, the Crown’s Game is the chance of a lifetime. But his deadly opponent i...

Top Ten Tuesday  is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists! Ten Books On My Spring/Summer TBR 1) The Last Star by Rick Yancey  2) Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum  3) A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas 4) A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir  5) The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh  6) The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead 7)It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover  8)The Crown's Game by Evelyn Skye  9)The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson  10) The Crown by Kiera Cass  11) Swear On This Life by Renee Carlino 12) The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout

What are some of your biggest pet peeves with books ie. Love triangles? I would say that some of my pet peeves in books would be: 1) Insta love 2) weird topics that don't relate to the book 3) Cliff-hangers (depends on what happened in the book) 4) Characters that you can't relate to 5) Where the plot doesn't make sense This was a hard one for me to answer!

Title: Frost Like Night Author: Sara Raasch  Pages :496 Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Balzer + Bray Release Date: September 20, 2016 Summary (Goodreads)  Angra is alive, his Decay is spreading—and no one is safe. Meira will do anything to save her world. With Angra trying to break through her mental defenses, she desperately needs to learn to control her own magic—so when the leader of a mysterious Order from Paisly offers to teach her, she jumps at the chance. But the true solution to stopping the Decay lies in a labyrinth deep beneath the Season Kingdoms. To defeat Angra, Meira will have to enter the labyrinth, destroy the very magic she’s learning to control—and make the biggest sacrifice of all. Mather will do anything to save his queen. He needs to rally the Children of the Thaw, find Meira—and finally tell her how he really feels. But with a plan of attack that leaves no kingdom unscathed and a major betrayal within their ranks, winning the war—and pro...

Amazon Kindle  |  Paperback  |  iBooks  |  Barnes & Noble I cannot wait to read this book! I was a huge fan after reading Before We Were Strangers and now I am just as excited to read this book! Can it be August  Summary (Goodreads)  When a bestselling debut novel from mysterious author J.Colby becomes the literary event of the year, Emiline reads it reluctantly. As an adjunct writing instructor at UC San Diego with her own stalled literary career and a bumpy long-term relationship, Emiline isn’t thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of a young and gifted writer. Yet from the very first page, Emiline is entranced by the story of Emerson and Jackson, two childhood best friends who fall in love and dream of a better life beyond the long dirt road that winds through their impoverished town in rural Ohio. That’s because the novel is patterned on Emiline’s own dark and desperate childhood, which means that “J. Colby” must be ...

This week's question: Write a letter to your favorite author Gah!! This is going to be hard to write since I have a lot of favorite authors. But I will say this to all of them: Dear authors, To each and everyone one of you, thank you for writing some of my favorite books because they are amazing, create an image of your characters, recommend to other readers when I am working at my job because if you didn't write I would be without a job and would not be reading. Being a blogger, getting to know you during this experience and being able to meet you in person creates joy in me as we become friends. Thank you for giving every reader a chance to explore your minds! Can't wait to read all your upcoming books and to eventually meet in person! - Amanda

The day has finally come for the cover reveal of It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover! She is one of my favorite contemporary new adult books and has never made me hate her books. Just fall in love with them more. This book will be no different but definitely an auto-buy for me! It doesn't have a description but its still looks good! Here is the cover ... . .... ........ ................. .................................. ................................................... Comes out on August 2, 2016!!!! Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most. Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up—she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So  when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true. ...

  The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski On Sale March 29th, 2016 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: First Comes Love Author: Emily Giffin  Pages: 400 Genre: Contemporary  Publisher: Ballantine Books/Random House Canada Release Date: June 28, 2016 Summary (Goodreads)  In this dazzling new novel, Emily Giffin, the #1  New York Times bestselling author of  Something Borrowed, Where We Belong,  and The One & Only  introduces a pair of sisters who find themselves at a crossroads.   Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if sometimes contentious relationship. Josie was impulsive, spirited, and outgoing; Meredith hardworking, thoughtful, and reserved. When tragedy strikes their family, their different responses to the event splinter their delicate bond.   Fifteen years later, Josie and Meredith are in their late thirties, following very different paths. Josie, a first grade teacher, is single—and  this close  to swearing off dating for good. What she wants more than the right guy, howe...