Sup guys, it seems like forever since I've been on this blog (how is it October already?!). Haven't had much time to read cause of work (school and otherwise), so no reviews quite yet, but I felt like I should post some stuff up.
Here's some of the YA releases in October, tried to balance the genres...and yeah, that didn't really work out. I'll just post the covers below, along with the respective goodreads/amazon summary. :)
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Published October 2nd
Inhale. Exhale.
Breathe.
Breathe.
Breathe . . .
The world is dead.
The survivors live under the protection of Breathe, the corporation that found a way to manufacture oxygen-rich air.
Alina
has been stealing for a long time. She's a little jittery, but not terrified. All she knows is that she's never been caught before. If she's careful, it'll be easy. If she's careful.
Quinn
should be worried about Alina and a bit afraid for himself, too, but even though this is dangerous, it's also the most interesting thing to happen to him in ages. It isn't every day that the girl of your dreams asks you to rescue her.
Bea
wants to tell him that none of this is fair; they'd planned a trip together, the two of them, and she'd hoped he'd discover her out here, not another girl.
And as they walk into the Outlands with two days' worth of oxygen in their tanks, everything they believe will be shattered. Will they be able to make it back? Will they want to?
Published October 23rd
Is death the end . . . or only the
beginning?
Ethan Wate has spent most of his life longing to escape the
stiflingly small Southern town of Gatlin. He never thought he would meet the
girl of his dreams, Lena Duchannes, who unveiled a secretive, powerful, and
cursed side of Gatlin, hidden in plain sight. And he never could have expected
that he would be forced to leave behind everyone and everything he cares about.
So when Ethan awakes after the chilling events of the Eighteenth Moon, he has
only one goal: to find a way to return to Lena and the ones he
loves.
Back in Gatlin, Lena is making her own bargains for Ethan's
return, vowing to do whatever it takes -- even if that means trusting old
enemies or risking the lives of the family and friends Ethan left to protect.
Worlds apart, Ethan and Lena must once again work together to rewrite
their fate, in this stunning finale to the Beautiful Creatures
series.
Published October 16th
Elysia is created in a laboratory, born as
a sixteen-year-old girl, an empty vessel with no life experience to draw from.
She is a Beta, an experimental model of a teenage clone. She was replicated from
another teenage girl, who had to die in order for Elysia to exist.
Elysia's
purpose is to serve the inhabitants of Demesne, an island paradise for the
wealthiest people on earth. Everything about Demesne is bioengineered for
perfection. Even the air induces a strange, euphoric high, which only the
island's workers--soulless clones like Elysia--are immune to.
At first,
Elysia's life is idyllic and pampered. But she soon sees that Demesne's human
residents, who should want for nothing, yearn. But for what, exactly? She also
comes to realize that beneath the island's flawless exterior, there is an
under-current of discontent among Demesne's worker clones. She knows she is
soulless and cannot feel and should not care--so why are overpowering sensations
cloud-ing Elysia's mind?
If anyone discovers that Elysia isn't the unfeeling
clone she must pretend to be, she will suffer a fate too terrible to imagine.
When her one chance at happi-ness is ripped away with breathtaking cruelty,
emotions she's always had but never understood are unleashed. As rage, terror,
and desire threaten to overwhelm her, Elysia must find the will to survive.
The first in a dazzlingly original science fiction series from best-selling
author Rachel Cohn, "Beta "is a haunting, unforgettable story of courage and
love in a cor-rupted world.
Published October 23rd
Seventeen-year-old Tricia Farni’s body floated to the surface of Alaska’s Birch
River six months after the night she disappeared. The night Roz Hart had a fight
with her. The night Roz can’t remember. Roz, who struggles with macular
degeneration, is used to assembling fragments to make sense of the world around
her. But this time it’s her memory that needs piecing together—to clear her name
. . . to find a murderer.
This unflinchingly emotional novel is written
in the powerful first-person voice of a legally blind teen who just wants to be
like everyone else.
Published October 16th
Incapable. Awkward. Artless.
That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: she wants to fail.
Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen as a Spinster is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to embroider the very fabric of life. But if controlling what people eat, where they live and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested.
Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and wove a moment at testing, and they’re coming for her—tonight.
Now she has one hour to eat her mom’s overcooked pot roast. One hour to listen to her sister’s academy gossip and laugh at her Dad’s stupid jokes. One hour to pretend everything’s okay. And one hour to escape.
Because once you become a Spinster, there’s no turning back.
Published October 23rd
Fates unfurl in the gripping conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Hush, Hush saga.
Nora is more certain than ever that she is in love with Patch. Fallen angel or no, he is the one for her. Her heritage and destiny may mean they are fated to be enemies, but there is no turning her back on him. Now Nora and Patch must gather their strength to face one last, perilous trial. Old enemies return, new enemies are made, and a friend's ultimate betrayal threatens the peace Patch and Nora so desperately want. The battle lines are drawn—but which sides are they on? And in the end, are there some obstacles even love can't conquer?
Published October 2nd
What if you could dream your way into a different life? What if you could choose to live that life forever?
Sloane and Maggie have never met. Sloane is a straight-A student with a big and loving family. Maggie lives a glamorously independent life as an up-and-coming actress in New York. The two girls couldn't be more different--except for one thing. They share a secret that they can't tell a soul. At night, they dream that they're each other.
The deeper they're pulled into the promise of their own lives, the more their worlds begin to blur dangerously together. Before long, Sloane and Maggie can no longer tell which life is real and which is just a dream. They realize that eventually they will have to choose one life to wake up to, or risk spiraling into insanity. But that means giving up one world, one love, and one self, forever.
This is a dazzling debut that will steal readers' hearts.
Published October 30th
From the internationally bestselling author who brought us Ender's Game, a brand-new series that instantly draws readers into the dystopian world of Rigg, a teenager who possesses a secret talent that allows him to see the paths of people's pasts.
Rigg's only confidant is his father, whose sudden death leaves Rigg completely alone, aside from a sister he's never met. But a chance encounter with Umbo, another teen with a special talent, reveals a startling new aspect to Rigg's abilities, compelling him to reevaluate everything he's ever known. Rigg and Umbo join forces and embark on a quest to find Rigg's sister and discover the true depth and significance of their powers. Because although the pair can change the past, the future is anything but certain?.
Published October 23rd
Don't look at Them. Never let Them know you can see Them.That is Ethan Chase's unbreakable rule. Until the fey he avoids at all costs—including his reputation—begin to disappear, and Ethan is attacked. Now he must change the rules to protect his family. To save a girl he never thought he'd dare to fall for.
Ethan thought he had protected himself from his older sister's world—the land of Faery. His previous time in the Iron Realm left him with nothing but fear and disgust for the world Meghan Chase has made her home, a land of myth and talking cats, of magic and seductive enemies. But when destiny comes for Ethan, there is no escape from a danger long, long forgotten.
Published October 2nd
They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn’t exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That it had been stolen from her body. Claire had a son. But what became of him she never knew. What was his name? Was he even alive?
She was supposed to forget him, but that was impossible. Now Claire will stop at nothing to find her child, even if it means making an unimaginable sacrifice. Son thrusts readers once again into the chilling world of the Newbery Medal winning book,
The Giver, as well as
Gathering Blue and
Messenger where a new hero emerges. In this thrilling series finale, the startling and long-awaited conclusion to Lois Lowry’s epic tale culminates in a final clash between good and evil.
Published October 23rd
Mara Dyer once believed she could run from her past.
She can’t.
She used to think her problems were all in her head.
They aren’t.
She couldn’t imagine that after everything she’s been through, the boy she loves would still be keeping secrets.
She’s wrong.
In this gripping sequel to The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, the truth evolves and choices prove deadly. What will become of Mara Dyer next?
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Most interested in Crewel (Cool, unique looking premise), Blind Spot (seems pretty good, kind of a different take on a crime/mystery. Hopefully there's no romance though, ruins the suspense completely) and the Lost Prince (because it is by Miss. Julie Kagawa, and I read the other fey books, otherwise - cover and description = no. Anyways, pretty sure I'm getting a copy when it comes out. :D )
What about everyone else? I missed a million books, so any other ones you guys are excited to read this month?
