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Title: The Winner's Kiss (The Winner's Trilogy #3) Author: Marie Rutkoski  Pages: 352 Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (Macmillan)/ Raincoast Books Release Date: March 1, 2016 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 pitted against the West, and Kestrel and Arin are caught between. In a game like th...

Title: Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4) Author: Marissa Meyer Pages: 824  Genre: Fantasy/Fairy Tale retelling (Teen) Publisher: Feiwel and Friends/Raincoast Books Release Date: November 10, 2015 Summary (Goodreads) Princess Winter is admired by the Lunar people for her grace and kindness, and despite the scars that mar her face, her beauty is said to be even more breathtaking than that of her stepmother, Queen Levana. Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won’t approve of her feelings for her childhood friend–the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn’t as weak as Levana believes her to be and she’s been undermining her stepmother’s wishes for years. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even have the power to launch a revolution and win a war that’s been raging for far too long. Can Cinder, Scarlet, Cress, and Winter defeat Levana and find their happily ever afters?

Title: The Heart of Betrayal (Remnant Chronicles #2) Author: Mary E. Pearson Pages: 470 Genre: Teen Fantasy Publisher: Henry Holt Release Date: July 7, 2015 Rating: 5/5 Summary ( Goodreads ) Intrigue abounds in this hotly anticipated sequel to  The Kiss of Deception ! Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape. Desperate to save her life, Lia's erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komizar that she has the gift, and the Komizar's interest in Lia is greater than anyone could have foreseen. Meanwhile, nothing is straightforward: there's Rafe, who lied to Lia, but has sacrificed his freedom to protect her; Kaden, who meant to assassinate her but has now saved her life; and the Vendans, whom Lia always believed to be barbarians. Now that she lives amongst them, however, she realizes that may be far from the truth. Wrestling with her upbringing, her gift, and her sense of self, Lia must make powerful cho...

Title:  Six of Crows (The Dregs #1)  Author: Leigh Bardugo Pages: 480 Genre: Fantasy  Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (Macmillan) & Raincoast Books Release Date: September 29, 2015  Summary (Goodreads)  Game of Thrones meets Ocean's Eleven in this brand-new book in the world of the Grisha by New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone... A convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager. A runaway with a privileged past. A spy known as the Wraith. A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.  A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.  Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the...

Title: I'll Meet You There Author: Heather Demetrios Pages: 400 Genre: Contemporary/YA Publisher: Henry Holt and Co (BYR)/ Raincoast Books Release Date: February 3, 2015 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo | B&N *Received for review from Raincoast/Macmillan Kids* Summary ( Goodreads ) If seventeen-year-old Skylar Evans were a typical Creek View girl, her future would involve a double-wide trailer, a baby on her hip, and the graveyard shift at Taco Bell. But after graduation, the only thing standing between straightedge Skylar and art school are three minimum-wage months of summer. Skylar can taste the freedom—that is, until her mother loses her job and everything starts coming apart. Torn between her dreams and the people she loves, Skylar realizes everything she’s ever worked for is on the line. Nineteen-year-old Josh Mitchell had a different ticket out of Creek View: the Marines. But after his leg is blown off in Afghanistan, he returns home, a shell of t...