Author: Alexandra Bracken
Series: Passenger #1
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Pages: 496
In one devastating
night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves.
Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda,
Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles but
years from home. And she’s inherited a legacy she knows nothing about
from a family whose existence she’s never heard of. Until now.
Nicholas
Carter is content with his life at sea, free from the Ironwoods—a
powerful family in the colonies—and the servitude he’s known at their
hands. But with the arrival of an unusual passenger on his ship comes
the insistent pull of the past that he can’t escape and the family that
won’t let him go so easily. Now the Ironwoods are searching for a stolen
object of untold value, one they believe only Etta, Nicholas’
passenger, can find. In order to protect her, he must ensure she brings
it back to them— whether she wants to or not.
Together, Etta and
Nicholas embark on a perilous journey across centuries and continents,
piecing together clues left behind by the traveler who will do anything
to keep the object out of the Ironwoods’ grasp. But as they get closer
to the truth of their search, and the deadly game the Ironwoods are
playing, treacherous forces threaten to separate Etta not only from
Nicholas but from her path home . . . forever.
Notes: After The Darkest Minds trilogy, I will pretty much buy anything that Alexandra Bracken writes.
Author: Marissa Meyer
Series: The Lunar Chronicles (novella bind-up)
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Pages: 304
The enchantment continues....
The
universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds stories—and secrets—that are
wondrous, vicious, and romantic. How did Cinder first arrive in New
Beijing? How did the brooding soldier Wolf transform from young man to
killer? When did Princess Winter and the palace guard Jacin realize
their destinies?
Notes: BUYING FOR THE EPILOGUE NOVELLA!
Author: V.E. Schwab
Series: A Darker Shade of Magic #2
Publisher: Tor
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Pages: 512
Four months have passed
since the shadow stone fell into Kell’s possession. Four months since
his path crossed with Delilah Bard. Four months since Rhy was wounded
and the Dane twins fell, and the stone was cast with Holland’s dying
body through the rift, and into Black London.
In many ways,
things have almost returned to normal, though Rhy is more sober, and
Kell is now plagued by his guilt. Restless, and having given up
smuggling, Kell is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking
only to think of Lila, who disappeared from the docks like she always
meant to do. As Red London finalizes preparations for the Element
Games—an extravagant international competition of magic, meant to
entertain and keep healthy the ties between neighboring countries—a
certain pirate ship draws closer, carrying old friends back into port.
But
while Red London is caught up in the pageantry and thrills of the
Games, another London is coming back to life, and those who were thought
to be forever gone have returned. After all, a shadow that was gone in
the night reappears in the morning, and so it seems Black London has
risen again—meaning that another London must fall.
Notes: A Darker Shade of Magic was one of my favorite reads of 2015; I cannot wait to get my hands on the sequel!!
Author: Cassandra Clare
Series: The Dark Artifices #1
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Pages: 720
It’s been five years
since the events of the Mortal Instruments when Nephilim stood poised on
the brink of oblivion and Shadowhunter Emma Carstairs lost her parents.
After the blood and violence she witnessed as a child, Emma has
dedicated her life to to discovering exactly what it was that killed her
parents and getting her revenge.
Raised in the Los Angeles
Institute with the Blackthorn family, Emma is paired as a parabatai with
her best friend, Julian Blackthorn. A series of murders in the city
catch her attention — they seem to have the same characteristics as the
deaths of her parents. Could the murderer be the same person? And her
attention isn’t the only one caught: someone has been murdering
Downworlders as well. The Fair Folk make a deal with the Institute: if
the Blackthorns and Emma will investigate the killings, they’ll return
Mark Blackthorn to his home. The catch: they have only two weeks to find
the killers. Otherwise it’s open war between faeries and Nephilim.
The
Shadowhunters of the Institute must race against time to catch the
killers, even as they begin to suspect the involvement of those closest
to them. At the same time, Emma is falling in love with the one person
in the world she’s absolutely forbidden by Shadowhunter Law to love. Set
against the glittering backdrop of present-day Los Angeles, Emma must
learn to trust her head and her heart as she investigates a demonic plot
that stretches from the warlock-run nightclubs of the Sunset Strip to
the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica.
Notes: Even though I have yet to read the final book in The Mortal Instruments series and absolutely nothing can compare to Clare's Infernal Devices trilogy, I will probably pick this book up at some point and am looking forward to seeing where the story goes.
Author: Danielle Paige
Series: Dorothy Must Die #3
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Pages: 432
In this dark,
action-packed third book in the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must
Die series, Amy Gumm—the new girl from Kansas—must do everything in her
power to save Kansas, kill Dorothy, and make Oz a free land once more.
Amy
Gumm’s mission to take down Dorothy Gale is not going according to
plan. Dorothy has found a way to bridge the worlds of Oz and Kansas, and
if the power-hungry dictator of Oz has her way, Kansas will be
destroyed forever. Now, Amy has to team up with the Revolutionary Order
of the Wicked to save her home, restore the balance between the magic
and nonmagic worlds, maybe get the guy—and kill that not-so-sweet Kansas
farm girl once and for all.
Notes: I had a lot of problems with the previous book but I do still really like this series and cannot wait to see what happens next.
Author: Rachel Hawkins
Series: Rebel Belle #3
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Pages: 352
Just as Harper Price starts coming to terms with her role as David Stark's battle-ready Paladin, protector, and girlfriend—her world goes crazy all over again.
Overwhelmed by his Oracle powers, David flees Pine Grove and starts
turning teenaged girls into Paladins—and these young ladies seem to
think that Harper is the enemy David needs protecting from.
Ordinarily, Harper would be able to fight off any Paladin who comes her
way, but her powers have been dwindling since David left town, which
means her life is on the line yet again.
Now, it’s a
desperate race for Harper to find and rescue David before she backslides
from superhero to your garden-variety type-A belle.
Author: Rick Yancey
Series: The 5th Wave #3
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Pages: 368
We’re here, then we’re
gone, and that was true before they came. That’s always been true. The
Others didn’t invent death; they just perfected it. Gave death a face to
put back in our face, because they knew that was the only way to crush
us. It won’t end on any continent or ocean, no mountain or plain, jungle
or desert. It will end where it began, where it had been from the
beginning, on the battlefield of the last beating human heart.
Master
storyteller Rick Yancey invokes triumph, loss, and unrelenting action
as the fate of the planet is decided in the conclusion to this epic
series.
Author: Rick Riordan
Series: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #2
Publisher: Disney Hyperion Books
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Pages: Unknown
Author: Marissa Meyer
Series: Unknown
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Pages: 416
Long before she was the terror of Wonderland — the infamous Queen of Hearts — she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.
Catherine
may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of
the yet-unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere. A
talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend and
supply the Kingdom of Hearts with delectable pastries and confections.
But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young
woman who could be the next Queen.
At a royal ball where Cath is
expected to receive the king's marriage proposal, she meets Jest, the
handsome and mysterious court joker. For the first time, she feels the
pull of true attraction. At the risk of offending the King and
infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret
courtship.
Cath is determined to define her own destiny and fall
in love on her terms. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and
monsters, fate has other plans.
Notes: Marissa Meyer
and Alice in Wonderland? Uh, YES PLEASE!
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What books are you most looking forward to this year?
