Fake Blood by Whitney Gardner

Paperback, 336 pages Release Date: September 4, 2018 Published by: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Read from: September 5-6 ,2018 Stand-alone Source: Publisher (This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW: N/A For fans of: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Paranormal, Graphic Novels       A middle schooler comes head-to-head with his vampire slayer crush in this laugh-out-loud funny…

Legendary by Stephanie Garber

ARC, 341 pages Release Date: May 29, 2018 Published by:  Flatiron Books Read from: May 21-28, 2018 Caraval, #2 Source: Blogger Trade For fans of:  Romance, Fantasy, YA      Stephanie Garber’s limitless imagination takes flight once more in the colorful, mesmerizing, and immersive sequel to the bestselling breakout debut Caraval      A heart to protect….

Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

ARC, 334 pages Release Date: April 24, 2018 Published by: Wednesday Books  Read from: April 18-22, 2018 Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss For fans of:  Fantasy, Romance, Vikings, YA       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…

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

ARC, 357 pages Release Date: January 30, 2018 Published by: Flatiron Books Read from: January 22-28, 2018 The Hazelwood, #1 Source: Publisher For fans of:  Magical Realism, Fantasy, Horror, YA/Adult Crossover Appeal      Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at…

Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh

ARC, 370 pages Release Date: January 23, 2018 Published by: Razorbill Read from: January 12-14, 2018 Reign of the Fallen, #1 Source: #booksfortrade For fans of:  LGBTQ+, Fantasy, Necromancy, Romance, YA      Odessa is one of Karthia’s master necromancers, catering to the kingdom’s ruling Dead. Whenever a noble dies, it’s Odessa’s job to raise them by retrieving…

Top Elf by Caleb Zane Huett

Hardcover, 279 pages Release Date: September 26, 2017 Published by: Scholastic Press  Read from: December 13-16, 2017 Stand-alone Source: Bought/ Suggested for Purchase by my Library System! For fans of: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Holidaze, LOL, Elves, Magic, MG       The elves can’t be kept on shelves in this hilarious middle-grade debut about what happens when Santa opens a…

Renegades by Marissa Meyer

ARC, 478 pages Release Date: November 6, 2017 Published by: Feiwel & Friends Read from: November 6-24, 2017 Renegades, #1 Source: #BooksforTrade For fans of: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Super-heroes, YA      Secret Identities. Extraordinary Powers. She wants vengeance. He wants justice.     The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies—humans with extraordinary abilities—who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled…

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