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FLASHBACK (Keeper of the Lost Cities 7) by Shannon Messenger

FLASHBACK Keeper of the Lost Cities #7 by Shannon Messenger Age Range: 8 - 12 years Grade Level: 3 - 7 Hardcover: 848 pages Publisher: Aladdin (November 6, 2018) Goodreads | Amazon In this unforgettable seventh book, Sophie must let the past and present blur together, because the deadliest secrets are always the ones that get erased. Sophie Foster doesn’t know what—or whom—to believe. And in a game with this many players, the worst mistake can be focusing on the wrong threat. But when the Neverseen prove that Sophie’s far more vulnerable than she ever imagined, she realizes it’s time to change the rules. Her powerful abilities can only protect her so far. To face down ruthless enemies, she must learn to fight. Unfortunately, battle training can’t help a beloved friend who’s facing a whole different danger—where the only solution involves one of the biggest risks Sophie and her friends have ever taken. And the distraction might be exactly what the villains have been ...

Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes // How to Be a Debutante for BA Beginners

LITTLE WHITE LIES by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Series : Debutantes Hardcover : 400 pages Publisher: Freeform (November 6, 2018) Buy The Book: Amazon.com Eighteen-year-old auto mechanic Sawyer Taft did not expect her estranged grandmother to show up at her apartment door and offer her a six-figure contract to participate in debutante season. And she definitely never imagined she would accept. But when she realizes that immersing herself in her grandmother's "society" might mean discovering the answer to the biggest mystery of her life-her father's identity-she signs on the dotted line and braces herself for a year of makeovers, big dresses, bigger egos, and a whole lot of bless your heart. The one thing she doesn't expect to find is friendship, but as she's drawn into a group of debutantes with scandalous, dangerous secrets of their own, Sawyer quickly discovers that her family isn't the only mainstay of high society with skeletons in their close...

ARCHENEMIES by Marissa Meyer // How to chose between Heroes and Villains? Hint: You Can't

ARCHENEMIES Renegades #2 By Marissa Meyer Print Length: 496 pages Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (November 6, 2018) Publication Date: November 6, 2018 Sold by: Macmillan Buy the Book: Amazon.com The Renegades Trilogy continues, in this fiercely awaited second installment after the New York Times-bestselling Renegades by Marissa Meyer, author of the Lunar Chronicles. Time is running out. Together, they can save the world. But they each other's worst nightmare. In Renegades, Nova and Adrian (aka Insomnia and Sketch) fought the battle of their lives against the Anarchist known as the Detonator. It was a short-lived victory. The Anarchists still have a secret weapon, one that Nova believes will protect her. The Renegades also have a strategy for overpowering the Anarchists, but both Nova and Adrian understand that it could mean the end of Gatlon City - and the world - as they know it. Okay Marissa Meyer needs to stop making these books because let me tell you l...

Giveaway / Review / Character Interview: THE DEVIL'S THIEF by Lisa Maxwell (WE LOVE THIS SERIES)

Guys, we are so genuinely excited for this blog tour. Reagan and I (Andye) both fell in love with  THE LAST MAGICIAN  by Lisa Maxwell, and desperately want everyone else to read it and fall in love as well. And book two, THE DEVIL'S THIEF, is coming out soon, so now is the time! Check out Reagan's review for TDT, and don't miss her interview with one of the most swoon-worthy book boys ever! And, of course, you'll want to enter the giveaway at the end. THE DEVIL'S THIEF The Last Magician #2 by Lisa Maxwell Print Length: 704 pages Publisher : Simon Pulse (October 9, 2018) Publication Date : October 9, 2018 Sold by : Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc Buy the Book: Amazon.com Esta’s parents were murdered. Her life was stolen. And everything she knew about magic was a lie. She thought the Book of Mysteries held the key to freeing the Mageus from the Order’s grasp, but the danger within its pages was greater than she ever imagined. Now the Book’s fu...

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer // Feisty and the Beast

Print Length: 496 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury YA; 1 edition (January 29, 2019) Publication Date: January 29, 2019 Goodreads | Amazon Fall in love, break the curse. It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he knew he could be saved if a girl fell for him. But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. That was before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope. Nothing has ever been easy for Harper Lacy. With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother barely holding their family together while constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, she learned to be tough enough to survive. But when she tries to save someone else on the streets of Washington, DC, she’s instead somehow sucked into Rhen’s cursed world. Break the curse, save the kingd...

Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf // Zombies with Brains (and No Hearts)

Publisher: Entangled: Teen (June 5, 2018) Sold by: Macmillan Goodreads | Amazon Zera is a Heartless – the immortal, unageing soldier of a witch. Bound to the witch Nightsinger ever since she saved her from the bandits who murdered her family, Zera longs for freedom from the woods they hide in. With her heart in a jar under Nightsinger’s control, she serves the witch unquestioningly. Until Nightsinger asks Zera for a Prince’s heart in exchange for her own, with one addendum; if she’s discovered infiltrating the court, Nightsinger will destroy her heart rather than see her tortured by the witch-hating nobles. Crown Prince Lucien d’Malvane hates the royal court as much as it loves him – every tutor too afraid to correct him and every girl jockeying for a place at his darkly handsome side. No one can challenge him – until the arrival of Lady Zera. She’s inelegant, smart-mouthed, carefree, and out for his blood. The Prince’s honor has him quickly aiming for her throat. So begins a...

#MURDERTRENDING by Gretchen McNeil #HungergamesForCriminals

#MURDERTRENDING  by Gretchen McNeil Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Freeform (August 7, 2018) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon @doctorfusionbebop: Some 17 y. o. chick named Dee Guerrera was just sent to Alcatraz 2.0 for killing her stepsister. So, how long do you think she'll last? @morrisdavis72195: I hope she meets justice! She'll get what's coming to her! BWAHAHA! @EltonJohnForevzz: Me? I think Dee's innocent. And I hope she can survive. WELCOME TO THE NEAR FUTURE, where good and honest citizens can enjoy watching the executions of society's most infamous convicted felons, streaming live on The Postman app from the suburbanized prison island Alcatraz 2.0. When seventeen-year-old Dee Guerrera wakes up in a haze, lying on the ground of a dimly lit warehouse, she realizes she's about to be the next victim of the app. Knowing hardened criminals are getting a taste of their own medicine in this place is one thing, but Dee refuses to roll over ...

The Devil's Thief by Lisa Maxwell // Did You Mean: The Visual Representation of Frustration?

THE DEVIL'S THIEF The Last Magician #2 by Lisa Maxwell Print Length: 704 pages Publisher : Simon Pulse (October 9, 2018) Publication Date : October 9, 2018 Sold by : Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc Buy the Book: Amazon.com Esta’s parents were murdered. Her life was stolen. And everything she knew about magic was a lie. She thought the Book of Mysteries held the key to freeing the Mageus from the Order’s grasp, but the danger within its pages was greater than she ever imagined. Now the Book’s furious power lives inside Harte. If he can’t control it, it will rip apart the world to get its revenge, and it will use Esta to do it. To bind the power, Esta and Harte must track down four elemental stones scattered across the continent. But the world outside the city is like nothing they expected. There are Mageus beyond the Brink not willing to live in the shadows—and the Order isn’t alone in its mission to crush them. In St. Louis, the extravagant World’s Fair hides...

THE MUSEUM OF US by Tara Wilson Redd // Review and Giveaway

THE MUSEUM OF US by Tara Wilson Redd Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books (June 26, 2018) Language: English Goodreads | Amazon Secrets are con artists: they trick you into letting them out.  Sadie loves her rocker boyfriend Henry and her running partner and best friend Lucie, but no one can measure up to her truest love and hero, the dazzling and passionate George. George, her secret.  When something goes wrong and Sadie is taken to the hospital calling out for George, her hidden life may be exposed. Now she must confront the truth of the past, and protect a world she is terrified to lose. Mental health is a serious issue that, thanks to books like Museum of Us , is coming into a whole new light. Everyone copes in their own way. Scrolling through social media, diving into a book, or maybe throwing yourself into your sport. The way Sadie copes is through her mind. She completely encompasses herself inside fantasies. The writing of this book is beauti...

Listen to Your Heart by Kasie West // Podcasting for Dummies

LISTEN TO YOUR HEART by Kasie West Publisher: Scholastic Inc. (May 29, 2018) Publication Date: May 29, 2018 Sold by: Scholastic Trade Publisher Buy the Book: Amazon.com Talking to other people isn't Kate Bailey's favorite activity. She'd much rather be out on the lake, soaking up the solitude and sunshine. So when her best friend, Alana, convinces Kate to join their high school's podcast, Kate is not expecting to be chosen as the host. Now she'll have to answer calls and give advice on the air? Impossible. But to Kate's surprise, she turns out to be pretty good at the hosting gig. Then the podcast gets in a call from an anonymous guy, asking for advice about his unnamed crush. Kate is pretty sure that the caller is gorgeous Diego Martinez, and even surer that the girl in question is Alana. Kate is excited for her friend ... until Kate herself starts to develop feelings for Diego. Suddenly, Kate finds that while doling out wisdom to others may be easy,...

A Very Timely Book // AFTERMATH by Kelley Armstrong

AFTERMATH by Kelley Armstrong Age Range: 12 - 17 years Grade Level: 7 - 9 Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers (May 22, 2018) Goodreads | Amazon Three years after losing her brother Luka in a school shooting, Skye Gilchrist is moving home. But there's no sympathy for Skye and her family because Luka wasn't a victim; he was a shooter. Jesse Mandal knows all too well that the scars of the past don't heal easily. The shooting cost Jesse his brother and his best friend--Skye. Ripped apart by tragedy, Jesse and Skye can't resist reopening the mysteries of their past. But old wounds hide darker secrets. And the closer Skye and Jesse get to the truth of what happened that day, the closer they get to a new killer. DISCLAIMER: Aftermath is a book that is crucial in this current world. It shows a new perspective on these horrible school shootings, the family of someone who participated in a school shooting. The main character is the sister, an...