TORN is the first book in an enchanting debut fantasy series featuring a seamstress who stitches magic into clothing, and the mounting political uprising that forces her to choose between her family and her ambitions, for fans of The Queen of the Tearling. Sophie is a dressmaker who has managed to open her own shop … Continue reading TORN, by Rowenna Miller, Orbit Books/Hachette Book Group
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40 Books Everyone Should Read, by J.L. Slipak, Part Six
LOOKING FOR DEI, by David A. Willson
Fifteen-year-old Nara Dall has never liked secrets. Yet it seems that her life has been filled with them, from the ugly scar on her back to the strange powers she possesses. Her adoptive father refuses to say anything about her origins, and soon, she and her best friend must attend the announcement ceremony, in which … Continue reading LOOKING FOR DEI, by David A. Willson
THE ALTERED HISTORY OF WILLOW SPARKS, by Tara O’Connor, ONI Press
What happens when you can finally get everything you ever wanted? Willow Sparks and her best friend Georgia Pratt are at the bottom of the social ladder at Twin Pines High School, just trying to get through each day relatively unscathed. But when Willow finds a mysterious book that allows her to literally change her … Continue reading THE ALTERED HISTORY OF WILLOW SPARKS, by Tara O’Connor, ONI Press
40 Books Everyone Should Read, by J.L. Slipak, Part Five
THE FIRE WISH, by Amber Lough, Random House Publishing
Najwa is a jinni, training to be a spy in the war against the humans. Zayele is a human on her way to marry a prince of Baghdad—which she’ll do anything to avoid. So she captures Najwa and makes a wish. With a rush of smoke and fire, they fall apart and re-form—as each other. … Continue reading THE FIRE WISH, by Amber Lough, Random House Publishing
THE HEART FORGER, by Rin Chupeco, Sourcebooks
In The Bone Witch, Tea mastered resurrection―now she's after revenge... No one knows death like Tea. A bone witch who can resurrect the dead, she has the power to take life...and return it. And she is done with her self-imposed exile. Her heart is set on vengeance, and she now possesses all she needs to … Continue reading THE HEART FORGER, by Rin Chupeco, Sourcebooks
POISON’S KISS, Breeana Shields, Random House Teens
A teenage assassin kills with a single kiss until she is ordered to kill the one boy she loves.. Marinda has kissed dozens of boys. They all die afterward. It's a miserable life, but being a visha kanya, a poison maiden, is what she was created to do. Marinda serves the Raja by dispatching … Continue reading POISON’S KISS, Breeana Shields, Random House Teens
40 Books Everyone Should Read, by J.L. Slipak, Part Four
BORNE, by Jeff Vandermeer, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
In a ruined, nameless city of the future, a woman named Rachel, who makes her living as a scavenger, finds a creature she names “Borne” entangled in the fur of Mord, a gigantic, despotic bear. Mord once prowled the corridors of the biotech organization known as the Company, which lies at the outskirts of the … Continue reading BORNE, by Jeff Vandermeer, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
