Darkly’s tantalizing central mystery is sure to entice readers who love a puzzle—and will reward their efforts with a delicious twist.
Banned Together is a must-have anthology for libraries, as well as an invaluable personal resource for high school readers.
Rippling with constant tension, Beasts is an eerie, quick read for teen readers who can handle a bit of horror and unease.
A sci-fi, second-chance romance, Iluminae is utterly immersive (and has an immaculate audiobook version).
Readers who enjoy twisted thrillers in bright tropical settings will revel in Honeysuckle and Bone’s exploration of the contrast between glittery surfaces and the secrets buried beneath them.
Kacen Callender has swept awards in children’s, young adult and adult literature, and we found their YA novel, Infinity Alchemist, to be a “resonant fantasy.” The next soon-to-be-conquered frontier for Callender is, naturally, dark academia. In We Are Villains, Milo tries to untangle the mystery behind his best friend’s death, which has been deemed an accident but leaves several unanswered questions. In the process, he gets mixed up with Liam, the student king of Yates Academy, whose influence threatens to wane when he becomes the target of blackmail.
A release by an author as critically acclaimed as the Emmy-nominated George M. Johnson (All Boys Aren’t Blue, Flamboyants) is something to mark on your calendars. But double your excitement, since There’s Always Next Year is a collaboration with mighty powerhouse Leah Johnson, whose You Should See Me in a Crown won a Stonewall Honor and was listed as one of TIME’s “100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time.” Together, the two authors are bringing you a rom-com switching between the perspectives of two cousins who are both racing to fix their individual love lives before New Year’s Day is over.
Julie Kagawa is adding a new trilogy to her already long list of bestselling endeavors, which includes the Iron Fey series and the Talon saga. The first installment, Fateless, introduces us to a desert world with two suns and our protagonist, Sparrow, a member of the Thieves Guild who is given a dangerous mission to enter the city of the Deathless Kings that now lies buried beneath the sands and steal a relic that may unlock secrets from the ancient past. This will be no easy task—the long-forgotten undercity is full of magical traps, and an assassin is on her tail.
Susan Dennard’s fans have much to celebrate: The Luminaries series continues—with the second installment, The Hunting Moon, having been released last year—and the Witchlands series has a TV adaptation in development. In case we didn’t have enough to wait for, Dennard is graciously offering yet another title to anticipate: The Executioners Three, a mystery with supernatural flair following an escalating prank war—which happens to coincide with an increasing number of corpses being found in the woods.
Allison Saft’s young adult romantasy novels draw you in with their magic and convincing relationship development. Now, the bestselling author of A Fragile Enchantment turns towards a literary reboot of the Disney Fairies franchise, which was launched in 2005. The thrilling clash of worlds that occurs in the meeting between warm-season fairy Clarion and winter fairy Milori will draw in fans both new and old.
Singer-songwriter Hayley Kiyoko has already shown her chops for storytelling with the iconic Girls Like Girls—the novel her song and its viral music video inspired. The fact that our sapphic queen is about to storm the world of Regency romance with Where There’s Room For Us is welcome news, indeed. When Yada Lovell, an American, moves across the Atlantic with her brother, her intent is to use her knowledge of courting women to help him navigate the world of debutantes—not to fall in love herself. But obviously things won’t be going according to plan.
Trang Thanh Tran made quite a splash with the bestselling She Is a Haunting, and they’re poised to make another one with They Bloom at Night. In this atmospheric post-apocalyptic horror novel, red algae takes over a Louisiana town, bringing with it a monster who is drowning protagonist Noon’s neighbors.
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