Second Star by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

e-ARC, 193 pages Release Date: May 13, 2014 Published by: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Stand-alone Source: Netgalley For fans of: YA, Contemporary, Romance, Retellings      A twisty story about love, loss, and lies, this contemporary oceanside adventure is tinged with a touch of dark magic as it follows seventeen-year-old Wendy Darling on a search…

Great by Sara Benincasa

ARC, 263 pages Release Date: April 8, 2014 Published by: Balzer + Bray Stand-alone Source: Around the World ARC Tours For fans of: Retellings, Chick-lit, LGBTQ, Cntemporary      In Sara Benincasa’s contemporary retelling of The Great Gatsby, a teenage girl becomes entangled in the drama of a Hamptons social circle, only to be implicated…

Cress by Marissa Meyer

ARC, 550 pages Release Date: February  4, 2014 Published by: Feiwel & Friends The Lunar Chronicles, #3 Source: Around the World ARC Tours For fans of: Fantasy, YA, Romance, Retellings, Sci-fi, Fantasy, YA      Rapunzel’s tower is a satellite. She can’t let down her hair—or her guard.      In this third book in…

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

e-ARC, 352 pages Release Date: January 28, 2014 Published by: Balzer + Bray Cruel Beauty Universe, #1 Source: Edelweiss For fans of: Fantasy, YA, Romance, Retellings Graceling meets Beauty and the Beast in this sweeping fantasy about one girl’s journey to fulfill her destiny and the monster who gets in her way-by stealing her heart. …

Nameless by Lili St. Crow

ARC, 328 pages Release Date: April 9, 2013 Read in: December 2012 Published by: Razorbill A Tale of Beauty and Madness #1 Source: Sent from publisher for review* For fans of: Re-tellings, Vampires, Fairies, YA When Camille was six years old, she was discovered alone in the snow by Enrico Vultusino, godfather of the Seven—the…

Splintered by A.G Howard

Hardcover, 371 pages Release Date: January 1, 2013 Published by: Amulet Books Splintered, #1 Source: Own For fans of: Adventure, Retellings, Fantasy, Creepy, Hot Literary Guys, Beautiful Covers, YA      This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner…

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