Title: The White Forest Author: Adam McOmber Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy/Speculative Fiction Publisher: Touchstone Publication Date: September 2012 Hardcover: 320 Pages In this hauntingly original debut novel about a young woman whose peculiar abilities help her infiltrate a mysterious…
Title: Long Lankin Author: Lindsey Barraclough Genre: Historical, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Candlewick (US) / Bodley Head (UK) Publication Date: June 2012 (US) / January 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 455 Pages (US) In an exquisitely chilling debut novel, four children…
Title: Origin Author: Jessica Khoury Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Razor Bill Publication Date: September 2012 Hardcover: 393 Pages An electrifying action-romance that’s as thoughtful as it is tragic Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden…
Title: The Dark Unwinding Author: Sharon Cameron Genre: Historical, Gothic Mystery/Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication date: September 2012 Hardcover: 318 pages A spine-tingling tale of steampunk and spies, intrigue and heart-racing romance! When Katharine Tulman’s inheritance is called…
Title: Two Weeks’ Notice Author: Rachel Caine Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Roc Publication Date: August 2012 Paperback: 320 Pages After dying and being revived with the experimental drug Returne, Bryn Davis is theoretically free to live her unlife—with regular…
You know when you read a good, entertaining book but you don’t really have a lot to say about it? This is the case with these four books. Because I don’t have loads to say about them I thought…
Today at Kirkus, Ana is reviewing another book in our self-imposed challenge to read as many titles as we can from this non-European- fantasy-novels-penned-by-female-authors list . Go HERE to read Ana’s review of Aliette de Bodard’s Servant of the…
Title: Alien on a Rampage Author: Clete Barrett Smith Genre: Science Fiction, Middle Grade Publisher: Hyperion Publication date: June 2012 Hardcover: 304 pages David is looking forward to spending another adventure-filled summer at his grandmother’s Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast–a…
Title: Singing the Dogstar Blues Author: Alison Goodman Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Firebird Publication date: April 2012 (orig Aug 1998) Paperback: 336 pages Seventeen-year-old Joss is a rebel, and a student of time travel at the prestigious…
Title: Keeping the Castle Author: Patrice Kindl Genre: Regency, Historical, Young Adult Publisher: Viking Childrens Books Publication date: June 14th 2012 Hardcover: 224 pages Seventeen-year-old Althea is the sole support of her entire family, and she must marry well.…
Title: Dead Reckoning Author: Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill & Jane Hodson Genre: Western, Horror, Zombies, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publication Date: June 2012 Hardcover: 336 Pages Jett is a girl disguised as a boy, living as…
Title: A Confusion of Princes Author: Garth Nix Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: HarperCollins (US) / HarperCollins Children’s Books (UK) Publication date: May 2012 Hardcover: 337 pages You’d think being a privileged Prince in a vast intergalactic Empire…
Title: Into the Wise Dark Author: Neesha Meminger Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Ignite Books (self-published) Publication date: March 2012 Paperback: 308 pages Pammi has a Secret–she is an Able. At night, she travels through time to an…
Title: Blackout Author: Mira Grant Genre: Horror, Thriller, Speculative Fiction, Zombies Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: May 2012 Paperback: 560 pages Rise up while you can. -Georgia Mason The year was 2014. The year we cured cancer. The year we…
Title: The Hunt Author: Andrew Fukuda Genre: Dystopia, Horror, Post-Apocalypse, Young Adult, Vampires Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 293 Pages (US) Don’t Sweat. Don’t Laugh. Don’t draw attention to…
Title: Insurgent Author: Veronica Roth Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 525 Pages One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in…
Title: A Greyhound of a Girl Author: Roddy Doyle Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Amulet/ Marion Lloyd Publication date: May 1st 2012 Hardcover: 208 pages Mary O’Hara is a sharp and cheeky 12-year-old Dublin schoolgirl who is bravely facing…
Title: Blue Thread Author: Ruth Tenzer Feldman Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Time Travel, Feminism Publisher: Ooligan Press Publication date: February 1st 2012 Paperback: 296 pages The women’s suffrage movement is in full swing in 1912 Portland, Oregon—the last holdout state…
Title: Company of Liars Author: Karen Maitland Genre: Historical, Speculative Fiction, Medieval Publisher: Michael Joseph Publication date: January 2008 Paperback: 576 pages In this extraordinary novel, Karen Maitland delivers a dazzling reinterpretation of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales—an ingenious alchemy of…
Title: Plague Town Author: Dana Fredsti Genre: Urban Fantasy, Zombie Apocalypse Publisher: Titan Books Publication Date: April 2012 Paperback: 368 Pages In the small university town of Redwood Grove, people are succumbing to a lethal strain of flu. They…
Title: Born Wicked Author: Jessica Spotswood Genre: Dystopia, Historical Fantasy (Alternate History), Young Adult Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Publication Date: February 2012 Hardcover: 330 Pages Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far…
Title: The Haunting of Maddy Clare Author: Simone St James Genre: Historical, Romance, Ghost story Publisher: NAL Trade Publication date: March 6 2012 Paperback: 318 pages Sarah Piper’s lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to…
Title: Loss Author: Jackie Morse Kessler Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Graphia Publication date: March 20 2012 Paperback: 272 pages Fifteen-year-old Billy Ballard is the kid that everyone picks on, from the school bullies to the teachers. But things…
Title: Starters Author: Lissa Price Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Publication Date: March 2012 Hardcover: 368 Pages HER WORLD IS CHANGED FOREVER Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out…
Title: Emperor Mollusk vs. The Sinister Brain Author: A. Lee Martinez Genre: Science Fiction, Comedy Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: March 2012 Hardcover: 320 pages Emperor Mollusk. Intergalactic Menace. Destroyer of Worlds. Conqueror of Other Worlds. Mad Genius. Ex-Warlord of…