#OUABC 2024 Reading Challenge: 40 Prompts (11. A romantasy novel)
4.5 Stars � Violet Sorrengail, a young woman with a non-combat background, is forced #OUABC 2024 Reading Challenge: 40 Prompts (11. A romantasy novel)
4.5 Stars � Violet Sorrengail, a young woman with a non-combat background, is forced into the deadly Basgiath War College, where cadets train to become dragon riders. Despite her unsuitability for warfare, Violet possesses a rare ability to hear dragon thoughts, which could either be her salvation or her downfall. The story follows her brutal first year at the academy, where she must survive harsh training, navigate complex relationships, particularly with the mysterious Xaden Riorson, and uncover her role in a larger war.
2.5 Stars � Pell is an engineer and excavator, dedicated to uncovering and restoring the intriguing relics of the Ancients on the arid planet Tampere.2.5 Stars � Pell is an engineer and excavator, dedicated to uncovering and restoring the intriguing relics of the Ancients on the arid planet Tampere. Her mission is to aid her village's survival and decode the mysteries of the past. Heartwood and Moses are custodians of a daunting tower located near Emgarden village, which houses remnants of sophisticated machinery unfamiliar to Pell. Recognizing her expertise in Ancient technology, they believe she's crucial to reassembling and activating these intricate devices. Additionally, the tower holds another mystery: Heartwood, a man who is both aloof and protective, to whom Pell feels an unexplainable attraction.
3.5 Stars � The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab is a captivating tale set in a small village where children mysteriously vanish. The story follows Lexi, a y3.5 Stars � The Near Witch by V.E. Schwab is a captivating tale set in a small village where children mysteriously vanish. The story follows Lexi, a young girl who uncovers a hidden truth about a mysterious boy and the legend of a witch. As Lexi navigates the secrets of her community, she also finds herself drawn to the enigmatic stranger, leading to a thrilling adventure filled with magic, suspense, and a touch of romance.
#OUABC 2024 Reading Challenge: 40 Prompts (10. A book with a green spine)
4 Stars � Avery Grambs, a high school senior, inherits a billionaire's fortun#OUABC 2024 Reading Challenge: 40 Prompts (10. A book with a green spine)
4 Stars � Avery Grambs, a high school senior, inherits a billionaire's fortune from Tobias Hawthorne, a man she never met. She must live in his mansion with his four grandsons—Nash, Grayson, Jasper, and Xander—while solving puzzles to uncover why she was chosen. The book explores family secrets, rivalry, and Avery's journey to understand her unexpected legacy, leaving many mysteries for subsequent books in the series.
3.5 Stars � In The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry, set in 1980s Smiths Hollow, teenage Lauren grapples with her dad’s unsolved murder while the town ig3.5 Stars � In The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry, set in 1980s Smiths Hollow, teenage Lauren grapples with her dad’s unsolved murder while the town ignores the gruesome deaths of two girls. As her friend Miranda drifts away, Lauren’s visions of a monster reveal a dark secret: a witch’s curse demands sacrifices for the town’s prosperity. With a curious new cop in town, Lauren must face the evil herself in this eerie, bloody coming-of-age story.
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This novel is set in a world where five gods are warring afKindle Unlimited � fantasy � historical � romance � young adult � war � adventure � 3 Stars
This novel is set in a world where five gods are warring after centuries of slumber. Iris Winnow and Roman Kitt, two rival journalists work for the Oath Gazette, a newspaper that is censored by the chancellor. Iris and Roman discover a magical connection through letters that they exchange anonymously, unaware of each other’s identity. They fall in love through their correspondence, but their relationship is tested when they both become war correspondents and witness the horrors of the conflict.
� 384 pages � first pub 2023 � fiction � fantasy � young adult � dark � emotional � mysterious � dar#StoryGraph Readalong #Kindle ebook #Everand audio
� 384 pages � first pub 2023 � fiction � fantasy � young adult � dark � emotional � mysterious � dark-academia � 4 Stars
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid is a good fit for readers who are interested in a dark and atmospheric story that explores themes of mystery, fantasy, and the blurred lines between reality and myth.
When architecture student Effy Sayre wins a contest to design her favorite author's family manor, she finds herself on a remote, crumbling estate filled with disturbing secrets. With the help of a rival student, Effy must unravel a decades-old mystery, but there are dark forces, both mortal and magical, conspiring against them, and the truth may bring them both to ruin.
#OUABC Once Upon A Book Club Adult June 2017 selection
� 270 pages � first pub 2017 � contemporary fiction � reincarnation � YA � Wales � 3 Stars
A youn#OUABC Once Upon A Book Club Adult June 2017 selection
� 270 pages � first pub 2017 � contemporary fiction � reincarnation � YA � Wales � 3 Stars
A young woman, still mourning the loss of her first love, believes he has been reincarnated into the body of her adopted niece. Now she is determined to find out why he has come back to her. Taking on the topics of love, loss, and how we deal with grief, this is a twisted love triangle among the living, the dead, and the reincarnated.
#OUABC 2023 Reading Challenge: 40 Prompts (13. A Book you picked up just for the cover) � 3.5 Stars
This book follows the Nomeolvides women, who have #OUABC 2023 Reading Challenge: 40 Prompts (13. A Book you picked up just for the cover) � 3.5 Stars
This book follows the Nomeolvides women, who have the power to grow flowers with their hands, but also suffer from a curse that makes their loved ones disappear. The story is set in La Pradera, a beautiful estate owned by the Briar family, where the Nomeolvides women have been working as gardeners for generations. One day, the cousins discover that they are all in love with Bay Briar, the heiress of La Pradera, and they fear that she will vanish because of their curse.
AI: Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore is a young adult novel that combines magical realism, romance, and family drama. The book follows the Nomeolvides women, who have the power to grow flowers with their hands, but also suffer from a curse that makes their loved ones disappear. The story is set in La Pradera, a beautiful estate owned by the Briar family, where the Nomeolvides women have been working as gardeners for generations. One day, the cousins discover that they are all in love with Bay Briar, the heiress of La Pradera, and they fear that she will vanish because of their curse. They try to protect her by making an offering to the garden, but instead of taking Bay, the garden gives them a mysterious young man named Fel, who has no memory of his past. As Estrella, one of the cousins, tries to help Fel recover his identity, she also begins to question the rules and secrets that have bound her family for so long.
The book is a lush and lyrical tale of love, magic, and family that explores themes such as sexuality, gender, and socioeconomic divide. The author uses vivid imagery and poetic language to create a spellbinding setting and complex characters. The book has received positive reviews from critics and readers alike, and has been praised for its diversity and representation of queer characters....more
The Fifth Doll is a dark fantasy novel by Charlie N. Holmberg. It tells the story of Matrona, a young woman who lives in a secluded village where a maThe Fifth Doll is a dark fantasy novel by Charlie N. Holmberg. It tells the story of Matrona, a young woman who lives in a secluded village where a man named Slava, makes Russian-nesting dolls that contains everyone’s secrets, emotions, and memories. When Matrona opens her doll, she unleashes a series of events that reveal the truth about her village and its mysterious keeper, Slava. She also discovers her feelings for Jaska, the village potter, and faces a choice between staying in the familiar world or escaping to a new one. The novel won the 2017 Whitney Award for Speculative Fiction....more
A speculative YA thriller in the vein of The Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, Vox, and The Power
No one speaks of the grace year. It's forbidden. In Garner County, girls are banished for their sixteenth year to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive.
Tierney James dreams of a better life--but as her own grace year draws near, she quickly realizes that there's more to fear about the grace year than the brutal elements and the poachers in the woods.
Their greatest threat may very well be each other. With sharp prose and gritty realism, Kim Liggett's The Grace Year examines the complex and sometimes twisted relationships between girls, the women they eventually become, and the difficult decisions they make in-between....more
#OUABC Once Upon A Book Club Young Adult October 2021 selection (Deadly Secrets)
A historical novel, set in postwar New York City.
In 1946, Eva leaves b#OUABC Once Upon A Book Club Young Adult October 2021 selection (Deadly Secrets)
A historical novel, set in postwar New York City.
In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful than the truth. Eva holds the key to a deadly secret: Project Bluebird -- a horrific experiment of the concentration camps, capable of tipping the balance of world power. Both the Americans and the Soviets want Bluebird, and it is something that neither should ever be allowed to possess.
But Eva hasn't come to America for secrets or power. She hasn't even come for a new life. She has come to America for one thing: justice. And the Nazi that has escaped its net....more
Nothing like #CoHo for maximum emotional enjoyment!
This story #StoryGraph: fiction contemporary romance emotional 365 pages � first pub 2019 � 4 Stars
Nothing like #CoHo for maximum emotional enjoyment!
This story is told from the alternating perspectives of Morgan Grant and her teenage daughter Clara, who have a strained relationship. Morgan got pregnant and married young, and wants to prevent Clara from making the same mistakes. Clara rebels against her mother and falls in love with a boy who has a connection to their family’s past.
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Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, would like nothing more than to be nothing alike.
Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did. By getting pregnant and married way too young, Morgan put her own dreams on hold. Clara doesn't want to follow in her mother's footsteps. Her predictable mother doesn't have a spontaneous bone in her body.
With warring personalities and conflicting goals, Morgan and Clara find it increasingly difficult to coexist. The only person who can bring peace to the household is Chris--Morgan's husband, Clara's father, and the family anchor. But that peace is shattered when Chris is involved in a tragic and questionable accident. The heartbreaking and long-lasting consequences will reach far beyond just Morgan and Clara.
While struggling to rebuild everything that crashed around them, Morgan finds comfort in the last person she expects to, and Clara turns to the one boy she's been forbidden to see. With each passing day, new secrets, resentment, and misunderstandings make mother and daughter fall further apart. So far apart, it might be impossible for them to ever fall back together....more
#StoryGraph: fiction contemporary thriller young adult mysterious tense 374 pages � first pub 2020 � 3 Stars
This young adult thriller novel is the se#StoryGraph: fiction contemporary thriller young adult mysterious tense 374 pages � first pub 2020 � 3 Stars
This young adult thriller novel is the sequel to One of Us Is Lying. The novel follows three Bayview High students—Maeve Rojas, Knox Myers, and Phoebe Lawton—as an anonymous tester begins a game of truth or dare that has fatal consequences. The story is set 18 months after the events of the first book.
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The highly anticipated, #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to One of Us Is Lying! There’s a new mystery to solve at Bayview High, and there’s a whole new set of rules.
Come on, Bayview, you know you’ve missed this.
A ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since Simon died, but in the year since the Bayview four were cleared of his shocking death, no one’s been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. The problem is no one has the facts.
Until now.
This time it’s not an app, though—it’s a game.
Truth or Dare.
Phoebe‘s the first target. If you choose not to play, it’s a truth. And hers is dark.
Then comes Maeve and she should know better—always choose the dare.
But by the time Knox is about to be tagged, things have gotten dangerous. The dares have become deadly, and if Maeve learned anything from Bronwyn last year, it’s that they can’t count on the police for help. Or protection.
Simon’s gone, but someone’s determined to keep his legacy at Bayview High alive. And this time, there’s a whole new set of rules....more
� Thank you to #RandomHouse #DelacortePress and #NetGalley for providing this #ARC Advance Reading Copy. Expected publication date is July 25, 2023.
#S� Thank you to #RandomHouse #DelacortePress and #NetGalley for providing this #ARC Advance Reading Copy. Expected publication date is July 25, 2023.
#StoryGraph: fiction mystery young-adult dark mysterious tense crime-fiction 368 pages â€� first pub 2023 â€� 3.5 Stars, rounded up to 4 on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
“One of Us is Back� is the third book in the “One of Us is Lying� series, and arguably the best. Life hasn’t been easy for the Bayview Crew. First they had to prove they weren’t killers. Then a new generation had to outwit a vengeful copycat. Now, it’s beginning again.
Kirkus Reviews described it as “A satisfying and hopeful closer in a masterful trilogy� and "McManus keeps the cinematic plotting tight with plenty of twists, red herrings, and long-buried secrets as she entwines the mysteries from the first two books…Another solid thriller from a master of the genre."
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The global phenomenon returns with the third book in the One of Us Is Lying series, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen M. McManus. When someone from the Bayview Four’s past resurfaces, history begins to repeat itself—and the consequences are deadly.
The third time’s a charm.
It’s been almost two years since Simon died in detention, and the aftermath has been hard to shake. First the Bayview Four had to prove they weren’t killers. Then a new generation outwitted a vengeful copycat. Now the entire Bayview Crew is back home for the summer, and everyone is trying to move on.
Only, this is Bayview, and life is never that simple.
At first the mysterious billboard seems like a bad joke: Time for a new game, Bayview. But when a member of the Bayview Crew disappears, it’s clear this “game� is serious—and whoever’s in charge isn’t sharing the rules. Or maybe there aren’t any.
Bronwyn. Cooper. Addy. Nate. Maeve. Phoebe. Knox. Luis. Kris. Everyone’s a target. And now that someone unexpected has returned to Bayview, things could start getting deadly.
The thing is, Simon was right about secrets—they all come out eventually. And Bayview has a lot it’s still hiding....more
#StoryGraph: fiction historical romance dark emotional reflective 384 pages � first pub 2022
#OUABC Once Upon A Book Club December 2022 (Custom Edition)#StoryGraph: fiction historical romance dark emotional reflective 384 pages � first pub 2022
#OUABC Once Upon A Book Club December 2022 (Custom Edition)
This novel follows the lives of three characters who are connected by a boarding school for the deaf in#MMDBookClub Pick for September 2023 � 4 Stars
This novel follows the lives of three characters who are connected by a boarding school for the deaf in Ohio. It explores themes of identity, community, disability, and civil rights. Charlie is a rebellious transfer student who is deaf; Austin, a popular senior who is also deaf and whose sister is hearing; and February, a hearing headmistress who is a child of deaf adults. The novel is based on the author’s own experiences as a deaf person and a teacher of deaf students....more
� Read in June 2023 for Litsy Markup Postal Book Club #LMPBC Round 17 - Group W
#StoryGraph: fiction contemporary fantasy young adult adventurous emoti� Read in June 2023 for Litsy Markup Postal Book Club #LMPBC Round 17 - Group W
#StoryGraph: fiction contemporary fantasy young adult adventurous emotional hopeful 367 pages � first pub 2021 � 3 Stars
� ModernMrsDarcy.com 2023 Spring Book Preview #MMDSpringReading #MMDBookClub
#OUABC 2023 Reading Challenge: 40 Prompts (11. A Book with the same title � ModernMrsDarcy.com 2023 Spring Book Preview #MMDSpringReading #MMDBookClub
#OUABC 2023 Reading Challenge: 40 Prompts (11. A Book with the same title as a song)
Lauren Thoman’s I’ll Stop the World is an incredible coming-of-age mystery that takes place across two lifetimes, and two timelines, as a young man is given an unexpected chance to save his grandparents from their impending murder. ~ Mindy Kaling
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The end and the beginning become one in a heart-pounding coming-of-age mystery about the power of friendship, fate, and inexplicable second chances.
Is it the right place at the wrong time? Or the wrong place at the right time?
Trapped in a dead-end town, Justin Warren has had his life defined by the suspicious deaths of his grandparents. The unsolved crime happened long before Justin was born, but the ripple effects are still felt after thirty-eight years. Justin always knew he wouldn’t have much of a future. He just never imagined that his life might take him backward.
In a cosmic twist of fate, Justin’s choices send him crashing into the path of determined optimist Rose Yin. Justin and Rose live in the same town and attend the same school, but have never met―because Rose lives in 1985. Justin won’t be born for another twenty years. And his grandparents are still alive―for now.
In a series of events that reverberate through multiple lifetimes, Justin and Rose have a week to get Justin unstuck in time and put each of them in control of their futures―by solving a murder that hasn’t even happened yet....more
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