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Title: Beach Read Author: Emily Henry Pages: 361 Publisher: Berkley/Penguin Canada Genre : Fiction/Romance Release Date: May 19, 2020  Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo   *I received an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley for honest review*  Summary ( Goodreads )  A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters. Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast. They're polar opposites. In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer's block. Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summe...

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 re...

Title: Once and for All Author: Sarah Dessen Pages : 400 Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Release Date: June 6, 2017 Summary (Goodreads) As bubbly as champagne and delectable as wedding cake,  Once and for All , Sarah Dessen's thirteenth novel, is set in the world of wedding planning, where crises are routine.   Louna, daughter of famed wedding planner Natalie Barrett, has seen every sort of wedding: on the beach, at historic mansions, in fancy hotels and clubs. Perhaps that's why she's cynical about happily-ever-after endings, especially since her own first love ended tragically. When Louna meets charming, happy-go-lucky serial dater Ambrose, she holds him at arm's length. But Ambrose isn't about to be discouraged, now that he's met the one girl he really wants.  Sarah Dessen’s many, many fans will adore her latest, a richly satisfying, enormously entertaining story that has everything—humor, romance, and an e...

Title: A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes #2) Author: Sabaa Tahir Pages: 452 Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Razorbill, Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: August 30, 2016 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Read in 2016* Summary: ( Goodreads ) Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire. Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars’ survival. And Elias is determined to help Laia succeed, even if it means giving up his last chance at freedom. But dark forces, human and otherworldly, work against Laia and Elias. The pair must fight every step of the way to outsmart their enemies: the bloodthirsty Emperor Marcus, the merciless Commandant, the sadistic Warden of Kauf, and, most heartbreaking ...

Title: Given to the Sea Author: Mindy McGinnis Pages: 352 Publisher: Putnam's Children  Release Date: April 11, 2017 Summary (Goodreads)  Khosa is Given to the Sea, a girl born to be fed to the water, her flesh preventing a wave like the one that destroyed the Kingdom of Stille in days of old. But before she’s allowed to dance – an uncontrollable twitching of the limbs that will carry her to the shore in a frenzy – she must produce an heir. Yet the thought of human touch sends shudders down her spine that not even the sound of the tide can match. Vincent is third in line to inherit his throne, royalty in a kingdom where the old linger and the young inherit only boredom. When Khosa arrives without an heir he knows his father will ensure she fulfills her duty, at whatever cost. Torn between protecting the throne he will someday fill, and the girl whose fate is tied to its very existence, Vincent’s loyalty is at odds with his heart. Dara and Donil are the l...

Stuck In YA Books is so excited to be part of the cover reveal for EVERY LITTLE THING by New York Times bestselling author, Samantha Young! The second book in the new Hart’s Boardwalk series returns to the picturesque Delaware beachside town for another heartfelt and sexy story… Hartwell, Delaware—the perfect place to get away from it all, and find what you never knew you needed…   Bailey Hartwell has many reasons to feel content—her successful business, a close circle of friends, and her steady boyfriend…even if their romance feels staid after ten years without a serious commitment. The only challenge in her life comes in the form of sexy businessman Vaughn Tremaine. She thinks the ex-New Yorker acts superior and that he considers her a small-town nobody. But when Bailey’s blindsided by a betrayal, she’s shocked to discover Vaughn is actually a decent guy. Vaughn admires Bailey’s free spirit, independence, and loyalty. As his passion for her has grown, his antagoni...

Title: Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms #1) Author: Morgan Rhodes Pages: 412 Genre: Fantasy (Teen) Publisher: Razorbill/Penguin Canada Release Date: December 11, 2012 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo Summary ( Goodreads ) In the three kingdoms of Mytica, magic has long been forgotten. And while hard-won peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest now simmers below the surface. As the rulers of each kingdom grapple for power, the lives of their subjects are brutally transformed... and four key players, royals and rebels alike, find their fates forever intertwined. Cleo, Jonas, Lucia, and Magnus are caught in a dizzying world of treacherous betrayals, shocking murders, secret alliances, and even unforeseen love. The only outcome that's certain is that kingdoms will fall. Who will emerge triumphant when all they know has collapsed? It's the eve of war.... Choose your side. Princess:  Raised in pampered luxury, Cleo must now embark on a rough and treachero...

Look at the trailer for Jojo Moyes famous book Me Before You! I will eventually read this book because I've only heard amazing things about it!  About Me Before You: ( Goodreads ) Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are between the bus stop and home. She knows she likes working in The Buttered Bun tea shop and she knows she might not love her boyfriend Patrick. What Lou doesn't know is she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane. Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. He knows everything feels very small and rather joyless now and he knows exactly how he's going to put a stop to that. What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour. And neither of them knows they're going to change the other for all time.

The 5th Wave Book by: Rick Yancey  Release Date: January 22, 2016 Just after watching The 5th Wave in theaters, I know already that I want to watch it again. The movie is roughly 2 hours long and it followed Rick Yancey's novel. Since the book came out back in 2013, I knew I had to instantly read it because it was going to be a hit. Thank you Penguin Canada for allowing me to review this book! The 5th Wave is one of my favorite books.  The acting that Chloe Grace Moretz who portrays Cassie (our heroine in the books) did an amazing job. Any movie she has done recently has been really good. The novel had me at the edge of my toes and now I really want to re-read the book.  Plus the actors who played Ben and Evan were beyond hot and did a great job with their characters (especially with one scene with Evan and Cassie). If you haven't already seen the movie, I recommend you buy your ticket to this movie, see it today or even read the book because you wil...

Title:  The Rose and the Dagger (The Wrath and the Dawn #2) Author:  Renee Ahdieh  Pages: 416 Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Penguin Canada/Putnam Juvenile  Release Date : May 3, 2016 Summary (Goodreads)  The much anticipated sequel to the breathtaking  The Wrath and the Dawn , lauded by  Publishers Weekly  as "a potent page-turner of intrigue and romance." I am surrounded on all sides by a desert. A guest, in a prison of sand and sun. My family is here. And I do not know whom I can trust. In a land on the brink of war, Shahrzad has been torn from the love of her husband Khalid, the Caliph of Khorasan. She once believed him a monster, but his secrets revealed a man tormented by guilt and a powerful curse—one that might keep them apart forever. Reunited with her family, who have taken refuge with enemies of Khalid, and Tariq, her childhood sweetheart, she should be happy. But Tariq now commands forces set on destroying Khalid's...

  One of my followers can win a signed copy of Queen of Shadows!! This is the fourth book in the Throne of Glass series! Be sure to enter !!  It is open to Canada/USA About Queen of Shadows: Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past . . . She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return. Celaena’s epic journey has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions across the globe. This fourth volume will hold readers rapt as Celaena’s story builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world. ~~ I absolutely loved this book and I'm looking forward to what Sarah has...

Title: The Love That Split the World Author: Emily Henry  Pages: 336  Publisher: Razorbill Release Date: January 26, 2016 Summary (Goodreads)  Natalie Cleary must risk her future and leap blindly into a vast unknown for the chance to build a new world with the boy she loves.  Natalie’s last summer in her small Kentucky hometown is off to a magical start…until she starts seeing the “wrong things.” They’re just momentary glimpses at first—her front door is red instead of its usual green, there’s a pre-school where the garden store should be. But then her whole town disappears for hours, fading away into rolling hills and grazing buffalo, and Nat knows something isn’t right. That’s when she gets a visit from the kind but mysterious apparition she calls “Grandmother,” who tells her: “You have three months to save him.” The next night, under the stadium lights of the high school football field, she meets a beautiful boy named Beau, and it’s as if ti...

Title: Misconduct Author: Penelope Douglas Pages: 368 Genre: Romance Publisher: NAL/Penguin Canada Release Date: December 1, 2015  *Standalone* Summary (Goodreads) From the  New York Times  bestselling author of the Fall Away series who never fails to deliver a “powerfully written contemporary love story…”*   Former tennis player Easton Bradbury is trying to be the best teacher she can be, trying to reach her bored students and trying to forget her past. What brought her to this stage in her life isn’t important. She can’t let it be. But now one parent-teacher meeting may be her undoing… Meeting Tyler Marek for the first time makes it easy for Easton to see why his son is having trouble in school. The man knows how to manage businesses and wealth, not a teenage boy. Or a young teacher, for that matter, though he tries to. And yet…there is something about him that draws Easton in—a hint of vulnerability, a flash of attraction, a spark that ...

Title: The Wrath & the Dawn (The Wrath & the Dawn #1) Author: Renee Ahdieh  Pages: 388 Genre: Fantasy  Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Release Date: May 12, 2015 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo | B&N *e-ARC provided by publisher for review* Summary: ( Goodreads ) A sumptuous and epically told love story inspired by  A Thousand and One Nights Every dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night only to have her executed at sunrise. So it is a suspicious surprise when sixteen-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry Khalid. But she does so with a clever plan to stay alive and exact revenge on the Caliph for the murder of her best friend and countless other girls. Shazi's wit and will, indeed, get her through to the dawn that no others have seen, but with a catch . . . she’s falling in love with the very boy who killed her dearest friend. She ...

Title:  A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) Author: Sarah J. Maas Pages: 432 Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's/RazorbillCA Release Date: May 5, 2015 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo | B&N Summary ( Goodreads ) A thrilling, seductive new series from  New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas, blending  Beauty and the Beast  with faerie lore. When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin—one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world. As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient...

I am so excited that AN EMBER IN THE ASHES by Sabaa Tahir releases today and that I get to share the news, along with a special introduction from Sabaa herself! If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book by Author Sabaa Tahir, be sure to check out all the details below. This blitz also includes a giveaway for a signed copies of the book and some of those awesome sword letter openers we’ve seen around courtesy of Sabaa, Penguin Teen, and Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, enter in the Rafflecopter at the bottom of this post. A letter from Sabaa Tahir. Dear Readers, Today, my “baby” AN EMBER IN THE ASHES is finally out in the world! From inception to pub date, this journey took eight years. And what a journey it was: writing, rewriting, revising, editing, querying, submitting; Meeting other debuts, bloggers, booksellers and librarians, and hearing their thoughts on EMBER. There aren’t enough superlatives to describe the radness. ...

Title: An Ember in the Ashes Author: Sabaa Tahir Pages: 443 Genre: Fantasy (YA) Publisher: Razorbill Release Date: April 28, 2015 Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo | B&N *Received e-ARC for honest review* Summary ( Goodreads ) Set in a terrifyingly brutal Rome-like world,  An Ember in the Ashes  is an epic fantasy debut about an orphan fighting for her family and a soldier fighting for his freedom. It’s a story that’s literally burning to be told. LAIA is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire’s greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution. ELIAS is the academy’s finest soldier—and secretly, its most unwilling. Elias is considering deserting the military, but before he can, he’s ordered to participate in a ruthless contest to choose the next Martial ...