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Title: Grace and Glory (The Harbinger #3) Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout  Pages: 512 Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy  Publisher: Inkyard Press  Release Date: June 1, 2021 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo  *I received an e-ARC from the author and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Summary ( Goodreads )  Danger, betrayal, and enticing forbidden love clash in book three of #1  New York Times  bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Harbinger trilogy! When Angels Fall Trinity Marrow has lost the battle and her beloved Protector. Even with both demons and Wardens on her side, Trin may not win the war against the Harbinger. Bringing Lucifer back to the world to fight the Harbinger is probably a really, really bad idea, but they’re out of options—and the world’s ultimate fallen angel is the only being powerful enough to impact the outcome. As Trin and Zayne form a new and more dangerous bond and Lucifer unleashes Hell on earth, the ap...

Title: The Storm Crow Author: Kalyn Josephson Pages: 352 Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Release Date: July 9, 2019 Summary ( Goodreads ) In the tropical kingdom of Rhodaire, magical, elemental Crows are part of every aspect of life...until the Illucian empire invades, destroying everything. That terrible night has thrown Princess Anthia into a deep depression. Her sister Caliza is busy running the kingdom after their mother's death, but all Thia can do is think of all she has lost. But when Caliza is forced to agree to a marriage between Thia and the crown prince of Illucia, Thia is finally spurred into action. And after stumbling upon a hidden Crow egg in the rubble of a rookery, she and her sister devise a dangerous plan to hatch the egg in secret and get back what was taken from them. Review: If you are a fan of Six of Crows, you will definitely love this book! The cover immediately grabs your attention. The main character also deals with ...

Title:  Storm and Fury (The Harbinger #1) Author:  Jennifer L. Armentrout Pages: 512 Genre: YA/Romance/Fantasy Publisher: Inkyard Press Release Date: June 11, 2019 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo * I received an E-ARC from the author for honest review* Summary ( Goodreads ) Eighteen-year-old Trinity Marrow may be going blind, but she can see and communicate with ghosts and spirits. Her unique gift is part of a secret so dangerous that she’s been in hiding for years in an isolated compound fiercely guarded by Wardens—gargoyle shape-shifters who protect humankind from demons. If the demons discover the truth about Trinity, they’ll devour her, flesh and bone, to enhance their own powers. When Wardens from another clan arrive with disturbing reports that something out there is killing both demons and Wardens, Trinity’s safe world implodes. Not the least because one of the outsiders is the most annoying and fascinating person she’s ever met. Zayne has secrets of h...

Title: Be the Girl  Author: K.A. Tucker Release Date: January 21, 2019  Summary (Goodreads)  From the national bestselling author of the Ten Tiny Breaths series and The Simple Wild comes a poignant story about a girl trying to change her future while evading her past. Almost sixteen-year-old Aria Jones is starting over. New postal code, new last name, new rules. But she doesn’t mind, because it means she can leave her painful regrets behind. In the bustling town of Eastmonte, she can become someone else. Someone better. With the Hartford family living next door, it seems she will succeed. Sure, Cassie Hartford may be the epitome of social awkwardness thanks to her autism, but she also offers an innocent and sincere friendship that Aria learns to appreciate. And Cassie’s older brother, Emmett—a popular Junior A hockey player with a bright future—well … Aria wishes that friendship could lead to something more. If he didn’t already have a girlfriend, maybe it...

Title: Never-Contented Things Author: Sarah Porter Pages: 368 Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Tor Teen/Raincoast Books  Release Date: March 19, 2019 Summary (Goodreads)  Seductive. Cruel. Bored Be wary of…  Prince and his fairy courtiers are staggeringly beautiful, unrelentingly cruel, and exhausted by the tedium of the centuries―until they meet foster-siblings Josh and Ksenia. Drawn in by their vivid emotions, undying love for each other, and passion for life, Prince will stop at nothing to possess them. First seduced and then entrapped by the fairies, Josh and Ksenia learn that the fairies' otherworldly gifts come at a terrible price―and they must risk everything in order to reclaim their freedom.

Title:  The Darkest Star (Origin #1) Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Pages: 368 Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction Publisher: Tor Teen Release Date: October 30, 2018 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo | *Received for review by publisher for honest review* Summary : ( Goodreads ) When seventeen-year-old Evie Dasher is caught up in a raid at a notorious club known as one of the few places where humans and the surviving Luxen can mingle freely, she meets Luc, an unnaturally beautiful guy she initially assumes is a Luxen...but he is in fact something much more powerful. Her growing attraction for Luc will lead her deeper and deeper into a world she'd only heard about, a world where everything she thought she knew will be turned on its head... #1  New York Times, USA Today,  and internationally bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout returns to the universe of the Lux in this brand new series, featuring beloved characters both new and old. Review:...

Title: S.T.A.G.S. Author: M.A. Bennett Pages: 296 Genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Thriller, Contemporary Publisher: Delacorte Press/Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: January 30, 2018 Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo *Received for review by publisher* Summary ( Goodreads ) Donna Tartt's  The Secret History  meets  Pretty Little Liars  in this propulsive, edge-of-your-seat novel that explores just how far the elite at an English boarding school will go to maintain the social order. There's no point hunting if there's no kill. At St. Aidan the Great School, or S.T.A.G.S., new things--and new people--are to be avoided. Unfortunately, Greer MacDonald, token scholarship student, is very much a new person. She has just transferred to S.T.A.G.S., and finds herself ignored at best and mocked at worst by the school's most admired circle of friends, the Medievals. So imagine Greer's surprise when this very group invites her to an exclusive weekend re...

Title: I Have Lost My Way Author: Gayle Forman Pages: 258 Genre: Contemporary/YA Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada/Viking Books for YR Release Date: March 27, 2018 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo| Kobo| AmazonCA Summary ( Goodreads ) A powerful story of empathy and friendship from the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of  If I Stay . Around the time that Freya loses her voice while recording her debut album, Harun is making plans to run away from everyone he has ever loved, and Nathaniel is arriving in New York City with a backpack, a desperate plan, and nothing left to lose. When a fateful accident draws these three strangers together, their secrets start to unravel as they begin to understand that the way out of their own loss might just lie in help­ing the others out of theirs. An emotionally cathartic story of losing love, finding love, and discovering the person you are meant to be,  I Have Lost My Way  is best­selling author Gayle Forman at her...

Title: Furyborn (Empirium #1) Author: Claire Legrand Pages: 512 Genre: YA, Fantasy Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Release Date: May 22, 2018 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo | B&N *Received for review from Raincoast Books Summary ( Goodreads ) Follows two fiercely independent young women, centuries apart, who hold the power to save their world...or doom it. When assassins ambush her best friend, the crown prince, Rielle Dardenne risks everything to save him, exposing her ability to perform all seven kinds of elemental magic. The only people who should possess this extraordinary power are a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light and salvation and a queen of blood and destruction. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven trials to test her magic. If she fails, she will be executed...unless the trials kill her first. A thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a mere fairy tale to bounty hunter Eliana Ferracora. When the Undying Empire ...

Title: Sky in the Deep Author: Adrienne Young Pages: 352 Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Wednesday Books/Raincoast Books Release Date: April 24, 2018 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo  *Received ARC for review from publisher for honest review* My Rating: 5/5 Summary ( Goodreads ) OND ELDR . BREATHE FIRE. Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield—her brother, fighting with the enemy—the brother she watched die five years ago. Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is raided by a ruthless clan thought to be a legend, Eelyn is even more desperate to get back to her beloved family. She is given n...

Title: The Prophecy (Titan #4) Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Pages: 356 Genre: YA, Mythology, Fantasy/New Adult Release Date: March 20, 2018 Buy: Amazon| AmazonCA| Kobo| *Received ARC for review* Summary ( Goodreads ) History is on repeat… Seth never thought he’d have a future. But now he’s on the brink of having it all with Josie: A tomorrow. A family. A forever. And all that's standing between him and that forever is the Titans. If he helps Josie entomb them -- without killing them, a nearly impossible task for him -- everything he could ever want will be in reach. But he soon realizes that as a god, every little choice he makes can reshape the world for the better… or worse. And in meddling with the Titans, Seth may have just set into motion catastrophic consequences that will force the Olympians to enter the mortal realm and reshape the delicate balance of power that keeps the world from total collapse. A price must be paid… Entombing the Titans is Josie’s top pri...

Title: Ash Princess Author: Laura Sebastian  Pages: 432 Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Delacorte Press for Young Readers/Random House Canada Release Date: April 24, 2018 Pre-order: AmazonUS | Chapters Indigo | Kobo | Summary (Goodreads) Theodosia was six when her country was invaded and her mother, the Queen of Flame and Fury, was murdered before her eyes. Ten years later, Theo has learned to survive under the relentless abuse of the Kaiser and his court as the ridiculed “Ash Princess.” Pretending to be empty-headed and naive when she's not enduring brutal whippings, she pushes down all other thoughts but one:  Keep the Kaiser happy and he will keep you safe. When the Kaiser forces her to execute her last hope of rescue, Theo can't keep her feelings and memories pushed down any longer. She vows revenge, throwing herself into a plot to seduce and murder the Kaiser's warrior son with the help of a group of magically gifted and volatile rebels. But T...

Title: The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) Author: Holly Black Pages: 384 Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Little Brown for Young Readers/HBG Canada Release Date: January 2, 2018 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Received for review by HBG Canada for honest review* Summary ( Goodreads ) Of course I want to be like them. They’re beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King. To win a place at the Court, she must defy him–and face the conseq...

Title: There's Someone Inside Your House Author: Stephanie Perkins Pages: 289 Genre: YA/Horror/Contemporary Publisher: Dutton Books for YR/Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: September 26, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Received for review by Penguin Random House Canada* Summary ( Goodreads ) Love hurts... Makani Young thought she'd left her dark past behind her in Hawaii, settling in with her grandmother in landlocked Nebraska. She's found new friends and has even started to fall for mysterious outsider Ollie Larsson. But her past isn't far behind. Then, one by one, the students of Osborne Hugh begin to die in a series of gruesome murders, each with increasingly grotesque flair. As the terror grows closer and her feelings for Ollie intensify, Makani is forced to confront her own dark secrets. Review:  A NEW STEPHANIE PERKINS BOOK!!! As you can see I'm so excited for this book to be officially out!! Waiting for years for this boo...

Title: Sky in the Deep Author: Adrienne Young Pages: 352 Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Wednesday Books Release Date: April 24, 2018  Summary (Goodreads)  Seventeen-year-old Eelyn’s world is war. Raised to fight alongside her Aska clansmen in a generations-old blood feud against the Riki, her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield—her brother, fighting with the enemy—the brother she watched die five years ago.  Faced with her brother's betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki if she wants to make it back to the fjord after the thaw. But when she begins to see herself in the people she's been taught to hate, the world Eelyn once knew begins to crumble. And after the village is raided by a ruthless clan many believe to be a myth, Eelyn is given no choice but to trust Fiske, her brother’s friend who has tried more than once to kill her. Together, they must end the b...

Title: Warcross (Warcross #1) Author: Marie Lu Pages: 368 Genre: Young Adult, Sci-fi Publisher: Penguin Teen/Penguin RandomHouse Canada Release Date: September 12, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Received for review by Publisher and Indigo Books and Music Summary ( Goodreads ) For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn’t just a game—it’s a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from reality and others hoping to make a profit. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down players who bet on the game illegally. But the bounty hunting world is a competitive one, and survival has not been easy. Needing to make some quick cash, Emika takes a risk and hacks into the opening game of the international Warcross Championships—only to accidentally glitch herself into the action and become an overnight sensation. Convinced she’s going to be arres...

Title: Fate of Flames (The Effigies #1) Author: Sarah Raughley Pages: 368 Genre: Fantasy/ YA Publisher: Simon Pulse Release Date: November 22, 2016 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo Summary ( Goodreads ) Years ago, everything changed. Phantoms, massive beasts of nightmare, began terrorizing the world. At the same time four girls, the Effigies, appeared, each with the unique power to control a classical element. Since then, they have protected the world from the Phantoms. At the death of one Effigy, another is chosen, pulled from her normal life into the never-ending battle. When Maia unexpectedly becomes the next Fire Effigy, she resists her new calling. A quiet girl with few friends and almost no family, she was much happier to admire the Effigies from afar. Never did she imagine having to master her ability to control fire, to protect innocent citizens from the Phantoms, or to try bringing together the other three Effigies. But with the arrival of the mysterious Sau...

Title:  A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3) Author: Sarah J. Maas Pages: 705 Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, New Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's/ Raincoast Books Release Date: May 2, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo  Rating: 5/5 Summary ( Goodreads ) A nightmare, I’d told Tamlin.  I  was the nightmare. Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit—and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well. As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords—and hunt for allies in unexpected places. Review:  I'm addicted to this series!! Sarah J. Maas is by far one of my favourite authors and I will read anything by her since I started reading her books. By far this lovely ...

Title: The Names They Gave Us Author: Emery Lord Pages: 384 Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, Romance Publisher: Bloomsbury/Raincoast Books Release Date: May 16, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo *ARC was provided by Raincoast Books for honest review* Summary ( Goodreads ) When it all falls apart, who can you believe in? Everything is going right for Lucy Hansson, until her mom’s cancer reappears. Just like that, Lucy breaks with all the constants in her life: her do-good boyfriend, her steady faith, even her longtime summer church camp job. Instead, Lucy lands at a camp for kids who have been through tough times. As a counselor, Lucy is in over her head and longs to be with her parents across the lake. But that’s before she gets to know her coworkers, who are as loving and unafraid as she so desperately wants to be. It’s not just new friends that Lucy discovers at camp—more than one old secret is revealed along the way. In fact, maybe there’s much more to her...

Title: Kissing Max Holden  Author: Katy Upperman Pages: 304 Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance Publisher: Swoon Reads and Raincoast Books R elease Date: August 1, 2017 Summary (Goodreads)  Kissing Max Holden was a terrible idea... After his father has a life-altering stroke, Max Holden isn't himself. As his long-time friend, Jillian Eldridge only wants to help him, but she doesn't know how. When Max climbs through her window one night, Jill knows that she shouldn't let him kiss her. But she can't resist, and when they're caught in the act by her dad, Jill swears it'll never happen again. Because kissing Max Holden is a terrible idea. With a new baby sibling on the way, her parents fighting all the time, and her dream of culinary school up in the air, Jill starts spending more and more time with Max. And even though her father disapproves and Max still has a girlfriend, not kissing Max is easier said than done. Will Jill follow her he...