Saturday Spotlight Tarnished Are The Stars by Rosiee Thor

September 21, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Title: Tarnished Are the Stars Author: Rosiee Thor Publisher: Scholastic Press Release Date: October 15, 2019 Page Count: 384 pages Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, LGBT Summary: The Lunar Chronicles meets Rook in this queer #OwnVoices science-fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer and Sharon Cameron. A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher’s chest: an illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by […]

Saturday Spotlight Crier’s War by Nina Varela

September 14, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Title: Crier’s War Author: Nina Varela Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: October 1, 2019 Page Count: 448 pages Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, LGBT Summary: After the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, designed to be the playthings of royals, usurped their owners’ estates and bent the human race to their will. Now Ayla, a human servant […]

Saturday Spotlight Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

August 17, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Title: Serpent & Dove Author: Shelby Mahurin Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: September 3, 2019 Page Count: 528 pages Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy Summary: Bound as one to love, honor, or burn. Two years ago, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, […]

Saturday Spotlight The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen

July 13, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Title: The Merciful Crow Author: Margaret Owen Publisher: Henry Holt Release Date: July 30, 2019 Page Count: 384 pages Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy Summary: A future chieftain Fie abides by one rule: look after your own. Her Crow caste of undertakers and mercy-killers takes more abuse than coin, but when they’re called to collect royal dead, she’s hoping they’ll […]

Saturday Spotlight The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala

April 6, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Title: The Tiger at Midnight Author: Swati Teerdhala Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Release Date: April 23, 2019 Page Count: 496 pages Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy Summary: Esha is a legend, but no one knows. It’s only in the shadows that she moonlights as the Viper, the rebels’ highly skilled assassin. She’s devoted her life to avenging what she lost in […]

Saturday Spotlight Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

March 30, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Title: Descendant of the Crane Author: Joan He Publisher: Albert Whitman Company Release Date: April 9, 2019 Page Count: 416 pages Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy Summary: Princess Hesina of Yan has always been eager to shirk the responsibilities of the crown, dreaming of an unremarkable life. But when her beloved father is found dead, she’s thrust into power, suddenly the […]

Saturday Spotlight: The Waking Forest by Alyssa Wees

February 16, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Title: The Waking Forest Author: Alyssa Wees Publisher: Delacorte Press Release Date: March 12, 2019 Page Count: 304 pages Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy Summary: Pan’s Labyrinth meets The Hazel Wood in this novel about a girl with terrifying visions and a wish-granting witch whose lives collide in the most unexpected of ways. The waking forest has secrets. To Rhea, it appears like a […]