Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling

Hardcover, 280 pages Release Date: November 18, 2016 Published by: Swoon Reeads Read from: January 12-13, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Bought For fans of: Harry Potter, LOL, Screenplays,       J.K. Rowling’s screenwriting debut is captured in this exciting hardcover edition of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay. When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends…

Heartless by Marissa Meyer

ARC, 449 pages Release Date: November 8, 2016 Published by: Feiwel & Friends Read from: October 6-November 18, 2016 Stand-alone Source: Texas Library Association For fans of: Re-tellings, Romance, Fantasy, YA       Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland and a favorite of the unmarried King, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, she…

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Hardcover,  536 pages Release Date: September 27, 2016 Published by: HMH Books for Young Readers Read from: October 7, 2016 Stand-alone Source: Bought For fans of: Fantasy, Diversity, Romance, Action, Adventure, Sparkly Covers, YA      Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn’t think they’d survive. But instead of divvying up…

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

ARC,  416 pages Release Date: September 20, 2016 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: September 19 Three Dark Crowns, #1 Source: TxLA For fans of: Fantasy, Paranormal, YA      Every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a…

As I Descended by Robin Talley

ARC,  370 pages Release Date: September 6, 2016 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: August 24- August 31, 2016 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of: Retellings, Creepy, LGBTQIA, Diversity, Fantasy, Ghosts, Disability, Stand-alones, YA      Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school’s ultimate power couple—even if no one knows it but them.     Only one thing stands between them…

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

ARC, 427  pages Release Date: July 5, 2016 Published by: Greenwillow Books Read from: July 5-18th, 2016 Monsters of Verity, #1 Source: TLA 2016 For fans of: Fantasy, Paranormal, Action, Bombshell Endings, YA      There’s no such thing as safe.     Kate Harker wants to be as ruthless as her father. After five years and six boarding schools,…

Ivory and Bones by Julie Eshbaugh

ARC, 384 pages Release Date: June 7, 2016 Published by: HarperTeen Ivory & Bone, #1 Source: Around the World ARC Tours For fans of: Historical Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Retellings, YA      A prehistoric fantasy—with allusions to Pride and Prejudice.     Hunting, gathering, and keeping his family safe—that’s the life seventeen-year-old Kol knows. Then bold,…

Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes

ARC, 306 pages Release Date: May 3, 2016 Published by: HarperTeen Queen of Hearts Saga, #1 Source: Texas Library Association (TLA) For fans of: Re-tellings, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Romance, YA      As Princess of Wonderland Palace and the future Queen of Hearts, Dinah’s days are an endless monotony of tea, tarts, and a stream…

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