What's New? House of Salt and Sorrows (Of Salt and Sorrows #1) by Erin A. Craig

Expected publication: August 6th 2019 by Delacorte

 

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Get swept away in Erin A. Craig's mesmerizing House of Salt and Sorrows. As one by one her beautiful sisters mysteriously die on their isolated island estate, Annaleigh must unravel the curse that haunts her family. Be careful who you dance with. . . .

In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters are cursed.

Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor, a manor by the sea, with her sisters, their father, and stepmother. Once they were twelve, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls' lives have been cut short. Each death was more tragic than the last—the plague, a plummeting fall, a drowning, a slippery plunge—and there are whispers throughout the surrounding villages that the family is cursed by the gods.

Disturbed by a series of ghostly visions, Annaleigh becomes increasingly suspicious that the deaths were no accidents. Her sisters have been sneaking out every night to attend glittering balls, dancing until dawn in silk gowns and shimmering slippers, and Annaleigh isn't sure whether to try to stop them or to join their forbidden trysts. Because who—or what—are they really dancing with?

When Annaleigh's involvement with a mysterious stranger who has secrets of his own intensifies, it's a race to unravel the darkness that has fallen over her family—before it claims her next.

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Some Books Ago: The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas

Some Books Ago is a shout out to all those books published some years ago. I don't want you to forget them!

So, I read Little Monsters a while ago and then I found out Kara Thomas has another thrillers and I'm just DYING to read it too! I've read many great reviews, so if you haven't read it either, let's add it to your TBR now!
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The Darkest Corners was published on April 19th 2016 by Delacorte

 

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Summary:

There are ghosts around every corner in Fayette, Pennsylvania. Tessa left when she was nine and has been trying ever since not to think about it after what happened there that last summer. Memories of things so dark will burn themselves into your mind if you let them.

Callie never left. She moved to another house, so she doesn’t have to walk those same halls, but then Callie always was the stronger one. She can handle staring into the faces of her demons—and if she parties hard enough, maybe one day they’ll disappear for good.

Tessa and Callie have never talked about what they saw that night. After the trial, Callie drifted and Tessa moved, and childhood friends just have a way of losing touch.

But ever since she left, Tessa has had questions. Things have never quite added up. And now she has to go back to Fayette—to Wyatt Stokes, sitting on death row; to Lori Cawley, Callie’s dead cousin; and to the one other person who may be hiding the truth.

Only the closer Tessa gets to the truth, the closer she gets to a killer—and this time, it won’t be so easy to run away.

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Review: What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

What to Say Next

by Julie Buxbaum

Source: ARC provided for review. Thank you!

My Rating: 4 stars

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Summary:

When an unlikely friendship is sparked between relatively popular Kit Lowell and socially isolated David Drucker, everyone is surprised, most of all Kit and David. Kit appreciates David’s blunt honesty—in fact, she finds it bizarrely refreshing. David welcomes Kit’s attention and her inquisitive nature. When she asks for his help figuring out the how and why of her dad’s tragic car accident, David is all in. But neither of them can predict what they’ll find. Can their friendship survive the truth?

****

What To Say Next is one of the cutest stories out there.

This is my first book by Julie Buxbaum, but I’ve heard so many great things about it that I was dying to read it.

The beginning felt a little slow and confusing for me, but suddenly it became a page turner. I don’t know how to explain it, except that this book fascinated me.

I’ve read many, many book about “issues” or mental illness because with limited education and not a lot of free time, I learn through books, and What To Say Next is not only a beautiful book with a lovely romance, but a thought provoking read, too.

The main characters, David and Kit are likable and charming. Their lives are complex and hard, but I loved how they both are… well, nice. David is such a lovely, lovely boy.

Their friends-to-romance relationship was so cute and it happened naturally, so I shipped them hard.

There are so many great things to say about this book, but you know, it’s really hard to think about them individually because I loved this book overall.

The characters were all realistic and “almost” (except Kit’s male friends) all of them were likable. My favorite one was David’s sister. I loved how supportive she was!

The writing was fast-paced and enjoyable. And the ending was really satisfying.

If you’re looking for a thought-provoking read and a cute romance between diverse characters, add this book to your TBR right now!

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Some Books Ago: The Beautiful and the Cursed (The Dispossessed #1) by Page Morgan

Some Books Ago is a shout out to all those books published some years ago. I don't want you to forget them!

This is one of the few books I have in Spanish, and though I absolutely HATE the Spanish title: Dark Night in Paris, I really, really liked this book. I want to re-read it soon because I don't remember much about and since I stopped reading the Spanish Ed, halfway through it, I might as well finish it. 
If you haven't read it yet, you have to!

The Beautiful and the Cursed was published on May 14th 2013 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers

 

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Summary:

After a bizarre accident, Ingrid Waverly is forced to leave London with her mother and younger sister, Gabby, trading a world full of fancy dresses and society events for the unfamiliar city of Paris.

In Paris there are no grand balls or glittering parties, and, disturbingly, the house Ingrid’s twin brother, Grayson, found for them isn’t a house at all. It’s an abandoned abbey, its roof lined with stone gargoyles that could almost be mistaken for living, breathing creatures.

And Grayson has gone missing.

No one seems to know of his whereabouts but Luc, a devastatingly handsome servant at their new home.

Ingrid is sure her twin isn’t dead—she can feel it deep in her soul—but she knows he’s in grave danger. It will be up to her and Gabby to navigate the twisted path to Grayson, a path that will lead Ingrid on a discovery of dark secrets and otherworldly truths. And she’ll learn that once they are uncovered, they can never again be buried.

 

 

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Waiting on Wednesday: Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine

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The story of a young woman whose diabolical smarts are her ticket into a charmed life. But how many times can someone reinvent themselves? You be the judge.

Imogen is a runaway heiress, an orphan, a cook, and a cheat.
Jule is a fighter, a social chameleon, and an athlete.
An intense friendship. A disappearance. A murder, or maybe two.
A bad romance, or maybe three.
Blunt objects, disguises, blood, and chocolate. The American dream, superheroes, spies, and villains.
A girl who refuses to give people what they want from her.
A girl who refuses to be the person she once was.

 

 

*****

 

I've read this book is told in reverse and the few books like this I've read, I've love them! And of course, I loved We Were Liars, so please give me this book now!

 

 

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What's New? Brave New Girl by Rachel Vincent

 

Hey there! Happy Valentine's Day!!! 

Today in my country we celebrate the Day of Love and Friendship. Everyone in school do this thing called Secret Friend (like the Secret Santa in the US) and lovers buy themselves a lot of roses and chocolate... I kind of wish I had a lover... for the chocolates, obviously.
So, Happy Friendship Day from this side of the world. I'm very thankful to all my bookish friends, and if you're reading this. Thank you so much, you mean the most to me! <3


Now, for my What's New? post, I want to share my new bookish found: Brave New Girl by Rachel Vincent! I had no idea about this book, and it makes me so excited because I LOVE stories about clones (not sure if clon is the right word, sorry).
Anyway, you must add it to your TBR list, asap!
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Expected publication: May 9th 2017 by Delacorte Press

 

 

We have brown hair. Brown eyes. Fair skin.
We are healthy and strong and smart.
But only one of us has ever had a secret.

Dahlia 16 sees her face in every crowd. She's nothing special—just one of five thousand girls created from a single genome to work for the greater good of the city.
Meeting Trigger 17 changes everything. He thinks she’s interesting. Beautiful. Unique. Which means he must be flawed. When Dahlia can't stop thinking about him—when she can't resist looking for him, even though that means breaking the rules—she realizes she's flawed, too. But if she’s flawed, then so are all her identicals. And any genome found to be flawed will be recalled.
Destroyed.
Getting caught with Trigger would seal not only Dahlia's fate, but that of all five thousand girls who share her face. But what if Trigger is right? What if Dahlia is different?
Suddenly the girl who always follows the rules is breaking them, one by one by one. . . .

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What's New? Going Geek by Charlotte Huang

 

Hi there! I hope you're all having a great week! Yesterday was the first day of our national holidays, which means that sadly, I have to work more and read even less. I've been reading so little this year and I feel so guilty, but life happens, even when you don't want, I guess. 
Today I want to introduce you to Going Geek by Charlotte Huang. I'm going to be honest and say that the only reason why I'm so excited about this book is the title... I don't love the synopsis so much, but I hope it's great.
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Expected publication: September 13th 2016 by Delacorte Press

 

 

A girl forced out of her comfort zone finds that being true to herself is the best way to live her life, in this second novel from the author of For the Record.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Skylar Hoffman’s senior year at her preppy East Coast boarding school should have been perfect:
amazing boyfriend
the coolest friends
the most desirable dorm
But it’s far from it. To her dismay, Skylar’s not going to rule senior year because she’s stuck in Abbot House, a tiny dorm known for, well, nothing. Living with a group of strangers everyone thinks is lame is bad enough. Worse is that Skylar wasn’t exactly truthful about how she spent summer break in Los Angeles—and her little white lie is causing her once rock-solid romance to crumble fast. And when it turns out that Skylar’s best friend is the one responsible for having her booted from Lincoln? It’s an all-out war.

Stepping out of her comfort zone never felt so scary—or necessary. But everything is different now. Including, maybe, Skylar herself . . . 

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What's New? Shadow Run (Kaitan Chronicles #1) by AdriAnne Strickland & Michael Miller

 

Okay... I have to say that I'm a little confused with the synopsis. I'm not sure if it's because my brain is dying or my English is still that bad. However, from what I understand, this book sounds really interesting, and that lovely cover alone makes me want to read it as soon as possible.
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Expected publication: March 21st 2017 by Delacorte Press

 

 

"Firefly" meets DUNE in this action-packed sci-fi adventure about a close-knit, found family of a crew navigating a galaxy of political intrigue and resource-driven power games.

Nev has just joined the crew of the starship Kaitan Heritage as the cargo loader. His captain, Qole, is the youngest-ever person to command her own ship, but she brooks no argument from her crew of orphans, fugitives, and con men. Nev can’t resist her, even if her ship is an antique.

As for Nev, he’s a prince, in hiding on the ship. He believes Qole holds the key to changing galactic civilization, and when her cooperation proves difficult to obtain, Nev resolves to get her to his home planet by any means necessary.

But before they know it, a rival royal family is after Qole too, and they’re more interested in stealing her abilities than in keeping her alive.

Nev’s mission to manipulate Qole becomes one to save her, and to survive, she’ll have to trust her would-be kidnapper. He may be royalty, but Qole is discovering a deep reservoir of power—and stars have mercy on whoever tries to hurt her ship or her crew.

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What's New? Shadow Run (Kaitan Chronicles #1) by AdriAnne Strickland & Michael Miller

 

Hello there! I saw this book while scrolling through twitter last week and I ADORED the cover. Then, I read the synopsis and I loved it even more. Shadow Run comes out next year, but I guess I can start pining for it right now, don't you think? I hope is as good as it seems!
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Expected publication: March 21st 2017 by Delacorte Press

 

 

"Firefly" meets DUNE in this action-packed sci-fi adventure about a close-knit, found family of a crew navigating a galaxy of political intrigue and resource-driven power games.

Nev has just joined the crew of the starship Kaitan Heritage as the cargo loader. His captain, Qole, is the youngest-ever person to command her own ship, but she brooks no argument from her crew of orphans, fugitives, and con men. Nev can’t resist her, even if her ship is an antique.

As for Nev, he’s a prince, in hiding on the ship. He believes Qole holds the key to changing galactic civilization, and when her cooperation proves difficult to obtain, Nev resolves to get her to his home planet by any means necessary.

But before they know it, a rival royal family is after Qole too, and they’re more interested in stealing her abilities than in keeping her alive.

Nev’s mission to manipulate Qole becomes one to save her, and to survive, she’ll have to trust her would-be kidnapper. He may be royalty, but Qole is discovering a deep reservoir of power—and stars have mercy on whoever tries to hurt her ship or her crew.

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Waiting on Wednesday: And I Darken by Kiersten White

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine

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No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwyla likes it that way.

Ever since she and her brother were abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman sultan’s courts, Lada has known that ruthlessness is the key to survival. For the lineage that makes her and her brother special also makes them targets.

Lada hones her skills as a warrior as she nurtures plans to wreak revenge on the empire that holds her captive. Then she and Radu meet the sultan’s son, Mehmed, and everything changes. Now Mehmed unwittingly stands between Lada and Radu as they transform from siblings to rivals, and the ties of love and loyalty that bind them together are stretched to breaking point.

The first of an epic new trilogy starring the ultimate anti-princess who does not have a gentle heart. Lada knows how to wield a sword, and she'll stop at nothing to keep herself and her brother alive.

Why am I waiting on this book? Okay, so I must admit that I've read only 1 book by Kiersten White, and though I love ALL of her covers, I never had thee chance to read another one. This one, though. It sounds amazing! I didn't know about this new cover, but it's kinda badass so it makes me more excited!

What about you?

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What's New? Dead Girls Society by Michelle Krys

 

Have you heard about Dead Girls Society yet? I was reading reviews about Hexed when this one came to view and oh boy, I really want to read it. It sounds exactly like the kind of mystery I enjoy!
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Expected publication: November 2016 by Delacorte Press

 

 

You are cordially invited to participate in a game of thrills and dares. Tell no one, and come alone. If you dare.

Hope is sick of everyone treating her like she’s breakable. Sure, she has cystic fibrosis (basically really bad lungs), but she’s tired of being babied by her mom and her overprotective best friend, Ethan, not to mention worrying about paying for her expensive medication and how she’s going to afford college. And she’s bored with life in her run-down New Orleans suburb.

When an invitation arrives from a mysterious group that calls itself the Society, Hope jumps at the chance for some excitement. This could be her ticket out. All she has to do is complete a few dares and she might win some real money.

But the Society isn’t all it seems . . . and soon Hope finds that playing the game isn’t a choice—it’s a requirement.

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