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About ICE LIKE FIRE: It’s been three months since the Winterians were freed and Spring’s king, Angra, disappeared—thanks largely to the help of Cordell. Meira just wants her people to be safe. When Cordellan debt forces the Winterians to dig their mines for payment, they unearth something powerful and possibly dangerous: Primoria’s lost chasm of magic. Theron sees this find as an opportunity—with this much magic, the world can finally stand against threats like Angra. But Meira fears the danger the chasm poses—the last time the world had access to so much magic, it spawned the Decay. So when the king of Cordell orders the two on a mission across the kingdoms of Primoria to discover the chasm’s secrets, Meira plans to use the trip to garner support to keep the chasm shut and Winter safe—even if it means clashing with Theron. But can she do so without endangering the people she loves? Mather just wants to be free. The horrors inflicted on the Winterians hang fresh and raw in Jan...

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Title: Where Sea Meets Sky Author: Karina Halle  Pages: 384 Genre: New Adult Publisher : Atria Books/Simon Schuster Canada Release Date: March 31, 2015 Buy: Chapters Indigo | Kobo  Summary (Goodreads) A new adult novel that perfectly captures the existential angst of your early twenties with raw wit, fresh insight, and true feeling from a critically adored  USA TODAY  bestselling author. Joshua Miles has spent his early twenties spinning his wheels. Working dead-end jobs and living at home has left him exhausted and uninspired, with little energy to pursue his passion for graphic art. Until he meets Gemma Henare, a vivacious out-of-towner from New Zealand. What begins as a one-night stand soon becomes a turning point for Josh. He can't get Gemma out of his head, even after she has left for home, and finds himself throwing caution to the wind for the first time in his life. It's not long before Josh is headed to New Zealand with only a backpa...

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...

Title: P.S. I Still Love You (To All The Boys I've Loved Before #2)  Author: Jenny Han  Pages: 288 Genre: YA Contemporary  Publisher: Simon Schuster Young Readers  Release Date: May 26, 2015 Pre-Order: Amazon| Chapters Indigo| Kobo Summary: ( Goodreads )  Lara Jean didn’t expect to  really  fall for Peter. She and Peter were just pretending. Except suddenly they weren’t. Now Lara Jean is more confused than ever. When another boy from her past returns to her life, Lara Jean’s feelings for him return too. Can a girl be in love with two boys at once? In this charming and heartfelt sequel to the  New York Times  bestseller  To All the Boys I've Loved Before , we see first love through the eyes of the unforgettable Lara Jean. Love is never easy, but maybe that’s part of makes it so amazing. It has a cover (revealed yesterday) !!! Soo excited to read the sequel to one of my favorite authors! I loved the Summer ...

Title: Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) Author:  Sarah J. Maas Pages: 420 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens/Razorbill Canada Release Date: August 27, 2013 *Read in 2013* Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo | B&N | Book Depository Summary: ( Goodreads ) An assassin’s loyalties are always in doubt. But her heart never wavers. After a year of hard labor in the Salt Mines of Endovier, eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien has won the king's contest to become the new royal assassin. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown – a secret she hides from even her most intimate confidantes. Keeping up the deadly charade—while pretending to do the king's bidding—will test her in frightening new ways, especially when she's given a task that could jeopardize everything she's come to care for. And there are far more dangerous forces gathering on the horizon -- forces that threaten to destroy her entire world, and will surely force Celaena to make ...

Title: The Last Time We Say Goodbye Author: Cynthia Hand Pages: 400 Genre: Contemporary  Publisher: HarperTeen  Release Date : February 10, 2015 Buy: Amazon| Kobo | Chapters Indigo | B&N ** ARC was provided by publisher for review* Summary ( Goodreads )  There's death all around us. We just don't pay attention. Until we do. The last time Lex was happy, it was before. When she had a family that was whole. A boyfriend she loved. Friends who didn't look at her like she might break down at any moment. Now she's just the girl whose brother killed himself. And it feels like that's all she'll ever be. As Lex starts to put her life back together, she tries to block out what happened the night Tyler died. But there's a secret she hasn't told anyone-a text Tyler sent, that could have changed everything. Lex's brother is gone. But Lex is about to discover that a ghost doesn't have to be real to keep you from moving on. From New York Ti...