The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg

e-ARC, 352 pages            Release Date: May 28, 2019 Published by: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Read from: May 22-29, 2019 Stand-alone (?) Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW: Death For…

Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy

e-Audio, 10:55:26 Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang Release Date: March 26, 2019 Published by: Blackstone Publishing Read from: May 12-May 17, 2019 Once & Future, #1 Source: Library (Overdrive/ Libby)   TW:  For fans of: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Space, Re-tellings, LGBTQIAP+, Fantasy, YA, Sparkly Covers      I’ve been chased my whole life. As a fugitive refugee in the territory controlled by…

Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

ARC, 449 pages Release Date: March 5, 2019 Published by: Katherine Tegen Books Read from: March 7-13, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW:  For fans of: Contemporaries, Realistic Fiction, Fantasy, Time Travel, Romance, YA  …

Wildcard by Marie Lu

e-Audio, 10 Hours 51 minutes  Release Date: September 18, 2018 Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Read from: December 15-20, 2018 Warcross, #2 Source: Library TW: N/A For fans of: Gaming, Coding, Science Fiction, Series Enders, Action, YA      Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Now that she knows the truth…

Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman

e-ARC, 390 pages Release Date: October 2, 2018 Published by: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Read from: October 17-21,2018 Stand-Alone Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW: N/A For fans of: Dystopias, Science…

Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston

e-ARC, 480 pages Release Date: February 27, 2018 Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: February 14-21, 2018 Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Edelweiss and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  For fans of:  Science Fiction, Space Opera, Romance, Sparkly Covers, LGBTQ,…

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…

Want by Cindy Pon

ARC, 323 pages Release Date: June 13, 2017 Published by: Simon Pulse Read from: June 4-11 , 2017 Want, #1 Source: TxLA  For fans of: Sci-Fi, YA      From critically acclaimed author Cindy Pon comes an edge-of-your-seat sci-fi thriller, set in a near-future Taipei plagued by pollution, about a group of teens who risk everything to save their city. …

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