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Waiting on Wednesday: Everless by Sara Holland

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Title: Everless Author: Sara Holland Pages: 336 Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: HarperTeen/HarperCollins Canada Release Date: January 2, 2018 Summary ( Goodreads )  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. What is your Waiting on Wednesday?

Frostblood (Frostblood Saga #1) by Elly Blake

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Title: Frostblood (Frostblood Saga #1) Author: Elly Blake Pages: 376 Genre: Fantasy, Teen Publisher: Little Brown for YR/ HBG Canada Release Date: January 10, 2017 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo *An ARC was provided by the publisher for review* Summary ( Goodreads ) The frost king will burn. Seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has concealed her powers of heat and flame from the cruel Frostblood ruling class her entire life. But when her mother is killed trying to protect her, and rebel Frostbloods demand her help to overthrow their bloodthirsty king, she agrees to come out of hiding, desperate to have her revenge. Despite her unpredictable abilities, Ruby trains with the rebels and the infuriating—yet irresistible—Arcus, who seems to think of her as nothing more than a weapon. But before they can take action, Ruby is captured and forced to compete in the king’s tournaments that pit Fireblood prisoners against Frostblood champions. Now she has only one chan

Fallen Heir (The Royals #4)

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Title: Fallen Heir (The Royals #4) Author: Erin Watt Pages: 300 (e-book) Genre: New Adult/Romance/YA Release Date: August 28, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Kobo | *Received for review from author* Summary ( Goodreads ) These Royals will ruin you. Easton Royal has it all: looks, money, intelligence. His goal in life is to have as much fun as possible. He never thinks about the consequences because he doesn’t have to. Until Hartley Wright appears, shaking up his easy life. She’s the one girl who’s said no, despite being attracted to him. Easton can’t figure her out and that makes her all the more irresistible. Hartley doesn’t want him. She says he needs to grow up. She might be right. Rivals. Rules. Regrets. For the first time in Easton’s life, wearing a Royal crown isn’t enough. He’s about to learn that the higher you start, the harder you fall. Review:  I have been definitely ruined by these Royals!! Erin Watt has done it again and sucked me into the world of these amazing ch

What To Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

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Title: What to Say Next Author: Julie Buxbaum Pages : 292 Genre: Teen Contemporary Publisher: Delacorte Press/Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: July 11, 2017 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo| Kobo Summary ( Goodreads ) From the New York Times bestselling author of  Tell Me Three Things  comes a charming and poignant story about two struggling teenagers who find an unexpected connection just when they need it most. For fans of Sophie Kinsella, Jennifer Niven, and Rainbow Rowell. Sometimes a new perspective is all that is needed to make sense of the world. KIT:   I don’t know why I decide not to sit with Annie and Violet at lunch. It feels like no one here gets what I’m going through. How could they? I don’t even understand. DAVID:   In the 622 days I’ve attended Mapleview High, Kit Lowell is the first person to sit at my lunch table. I mean, I’ve never once sat with someone until now. “So your dad is dead,” I say to Kit, because this is a fact I’ve recently learned abou

Wish You Were Here by Renee Carlino

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Title: Wish You Were Here Author: Renee Carlino Pages: 320 Genre: Romance/Contemporary Publisher: Atria Books/Simon Schuster Canada Release Date: August 15, 2017 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo Summary ( Goodreads ) Charlotte has spent her twenties adrift, floating from interest to interest, job to job, and guy to guy, searching for a spark but never quite finding it. All she knows is that she won’t discover it working as a waitress at a pies-and-fries joint in Los Angeles or living with her fun but aimless best friend in a tiny apartment in the Arts District. Then Charlotte collides with Adam, a gorgeous and soulful painter who seems just as lost as she feels. Their instant connection turns into a midnight drink… and a whirlwind night of champagne, Chinese food, and the kind of conversation that only happens in romantic comedies. But the next morning, Adam gives Charlotte the cold shoulder, leaving her confused and hurt—and wondering if the few odd moments betwee