Some of the Parts by Hannah Barnaby

Hardcover, 293 pages Release Date: February 16, 2016 Published by: Knopf Books for Young Readers Stand-alone Source: Bought For fans of: Contemporaries, Grief, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Debuts, YA      Sometimes bad things happen, and we are not the same when they are over.     For months, Tallie McGovern has been coping with the death…

Anne & Henry by Dawn Ius

Hardcover, 289 pages Release Date: September 1, 2015 Published by: Simon Pulse Stand-alone Source: Netgalley/ Library For fans of: Historical Re-tellings, Romance, Contemporary, YA      In this wonderfully creative retelling of the infamous—and torrid—love affair between Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII, history collides with the present when a sizzling romance ignites in a…

Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman

Hardcover, 336 pages Release Date: September 1, 2015 Published by: HMH Books for Young Readers Stand-alone Source: Library For fans of: Westerns, Adventure, Romance, Historical Fiction, YA      Revenge is worth its weight in gold.     When her father is murdered for a journal revealing the location of a hidden gold mine, eighteen-year-old Kate…

Dumplin by Julie Murphy

ARC, 376 pages Release Date: September 15, 2015 Published by: Balzer + Bray Stand-alone Source: #RT2015 For fans of: Diversity, Contemporary, Romance, Girl Power, Realistic Fiction, YA       Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on…

Take Me Away