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Waiting on Wednesday: The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) by Holly Black

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Title: The Cruel Prince Author: Holly Black Pages: 384 Genre: YA, Paranormal  Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers/Hatchette Book Group Canada Release Date: January 2, 2018  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 consequences. In doing so, she becomes embroiled in palace intrigues and...

Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All The Boys I've Loved Before #3) by Jenny Han

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Title:  Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All The Boys I've Loved Before #3) Author: Jenny Han Pages: 336 Genre: YA Contemporary/Romance Publisher : Simon Schuster for Young Readers/Simon Schuster Canada Release Date: May 2, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo  *Received a finished copy to review from Simon Schuster Canada Summary ( Goodreads ) Lara Jean’s letter-writing days aren’t over in this surprise follow-up to the New York Times bestselling  To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before  and  P.S. I Still Love You. Lara Jean is having the best senior year a girl could ever hope for. She is head over heels in love with her boyfriend, Peter; her dad’s finally getting remarried to their next door neighbor, Ms. Rothschild; and Margot’s coming home for the summer just in time for the wedding. But change is looming on the horizon. And while Lara Jean is having fun and keeping busy helping plan her father’s wedding, she can’t ignore the big life deci...

Perfect Strangers by Megan Miranda Blog Tour

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Title: The Perfect Stranger Author: Megan Miranda Pages: 337 Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction Publisher: Simon Schuster/Simon Schuster Canada Release Date: April 11, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo Summary ( Goodreads ) In the masterful follow-up to the runaway hit  All the Missing Girls , a journalist sets out to find a missing friend, a friend who may never have existed at all. Confronted by a restraining order and the threat of a lawsuit, failed journalist Leah Stevens needs to get out of Boston when she runs into an old friend, Emmy Grey, who has just left a troubled relationship. Emmy proposes they move to rural Pennsylvania, where Leah can get a teaching position and both women can start again. But their new start is threatened when a woman with an eerie resemblance to Leah is assaulted by the lake, and Emmy disappears days later. Determined to find Emmy, Leah cooperates with Kyle Donovan, a handsome young police officer on the case. As they in...

Waiting on Wednesday: Top Ten by Katie Cotugno

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Title: Top Ten Author: Katie Cotugno Pages: 320 Genre: YA Contemporary Publisher: Blazer + Bray Release Date: October 3, 2017 Summary (Goodreads)  Ryan McCullough and Gabby Hart are the unlikeliest of friends. Introverted, anxious Gabby would rather do literally anything than go to a party. Ryan is a star hockey player who can get any girl he wants—and does, frequently. But against all odds, they became not only friends, but each other’s favorite person. Now, as they face high school graduation, they can’t help but take a moment to reminisce and, in their signature tradition, make a top ten list—counting down the top ten moments of their friendship: 10. Where to begin? Maybe the night we met. 9. Then there was our awkward phase. 8. When you were in love with me but never told me… 7. Those five months we stopped talking were the hardest of my life. 6. Through terrible fights… 5. And emotional makeups. 4. You were there for me when I got my heart broken. 3. ...

The Dead List by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Title: The Dead List Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout Pages: 316 Genre:  YA Thriller Release Date: April 25, 2017 *Received for review by the author* Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Summary ( Goodreads ) It's Ella's senior year of high school and she and her best friend Linds plan to make it the best year ever. At Brock Cochran's end of summer pool party, the girls vow to have as much fun as possible before they head off to different colleges next fall. But when Ella is mysteriously attacked on her way home from the party, everything changes. Ella's carefree senior year plans disintegrate as she finds herself at the center of an attempted murder investigation. Ella tries to move on, but her attacker isn't done yet. He shows himself in the form of horrifying signs and symbols: a clown mask strewn on her bed, a dead bird in her backpack, a shadow moving past her window in the night. And as the weeks pass, it turns out that Ella isn't the only one being torment...

Canada 150: Sign Ups

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To celebrate Canada turning 150 this year, Stuck in YA Books invites bloggers and authors to be a part of the celebration. Proud to live in this beautiful country we call home I would like to say thank you to all for your great work! Bloggers would able to post why you are proud to be Canadian or would like to share a story, favourite Canadian authors. I would like to make it a fun event for both the authors and bloggers with also providing giveaways! If you are interested in signing up here are the links! Authors ---> HERE Bloggers ---> HERE Thanks so much for signing up! Questions? You can email me at amandapedulla21@hotmail.com 

Waiting on Wednesday: Fireblood (Frostblood Saga #2) by Elly Blake

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Title: Fireblood (Frostblood #2)  Author: Elly Blake  Pages: 384 Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Hatchette Book Group Canada/Little Brown Release Date : September 12, 2017 Summary (Goodreads)  In this action-packed sequel to  Frostblood , the future of Ruby's world and a court ruled by the love of her life depends on the uncovered secrets of her past. . Against all odds, Ruby has defeated the villainous Frost King and melted his throne of ice. But the bloodthirsty Minax that was trapped inside is now haunting her kingdom and everyone she loves. The answers to its demise may lie to the south in Sudesia, the land of the Firebloods, and a country that holds the secrets to Ruby's powers and past.... Despite warnings from her beloved Arcus, Ruby accompanies a roguish Fireblood named Kai to Sudesia, where she must master her control of fire in a series of trials to gain the trust of the suspicious Fireblood queen. Only then can she hope to access the kn...