Avi Cantor Has Six Months To Live by Sacha Lamb Published 8/22/2017 Avi Cantor Has Six Months To Live Avi comes across these foreboding words scrawled on the bathroom mirror, but what do they mean? Is this a curse,…
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Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live: Sacha Lamb on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
Book Smugglers Publishing Gods and Monsters
A Smugglerific Cover: Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb
In which we reveal the cover for the sixth – and final – story in our 2017 season of Gods and Monsters: Avi Cantor Has Six Months to Live by Sacha Lamb! Behold the smugglerific cover! About the Story…
Title: Wolf by Wolf Author: Ryan Graudin Genre: Alternate History, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Little Brown BFYR Publication date: October 2015 Paperback: 416 pages Her story begins on a train. The year is 1956, and the Axis powers…
Vivian, a young high school girl fed up with the sexism and rank misogyny in her school, creates and distributes an anonymous zine called “Moxie” and unintentionally starts a feminist movement. I recently read The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret…
It’s Saturday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea talks about a YA sci-fi novel about teenagers shot into space, but with an interesting twist… Waste of Space by Gina Damico follows a television production company, a…
To celebrate the release of Buried Heart, the last book in the Court of Fives trilogy, we have Kate Elliott here today, talking about the decisions she has made as a writer. Decisions, Decisions How does a story get…
Title: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue Author: Mackenzi Lee Genre: Historical YA, Romance Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Publication Date: June 27 2017 Hardcover: 513 Pages Henry “Monty” Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but…
It’s Monday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea talks about a YA fantasy novel with an intriguing premise… Royal Bastards by Andrew Shvarts follows a ragtag team of actual bastards–half-noble, half-common–as they accidentally uncover a traitorous…
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Pride 2017 Guest Review: The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller
As part of Pride 2017, we are highlighting new and upcoming LGBTQIA books. Today, we are giving the floor over to Charles Payseur, reviewer extraordinaire and a Book Smugglers Author, to talk about the upcoming YA novel The Art…
It’s Friday Monday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Like so many other fans this past weekend, Thea went to watch Wonder Woman–and fell in love with the phenomenal portrayal of Diana of Themyscira. To celebrate the awesomeness,…
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Title: When Dimple Met Rishi Author: Sandhya Menon Genre: Contemporary YA, Romance Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: May 30 2017 Hardcover: 380 Pages A laugh-out-loud, heartfelt YA romantic comedy, told in alternating perspectives, about two Indian-American teens whose parents…
Title: Long May She Reign Author: Rhiannon Thomas Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: February 2017 Hardcover: 422 Pages The Girl of Fire and Thorns meets The Queen of the Tearling in this thrilling fantasy standalone about…
Title: Strange the Dreamer Author: Laini Taylor Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Publication Date: March 2017 Hardcover: 544 Pages The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has…
Title: A Crown of Wishes Author: Roshani Ckokshi Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: March 2017 Hardcover: 369 Pages An ancient mystery. An unlikely union. For one young princess in a state of peril, a…
Title: Defy the Stars Author: Claudia Gray Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Publication Date: April 2017 Hardcover: 503 Pages Our worlds belong to us. She’s a soldier. Noemi Vidal is seventeen years old and sworn to protect…
Today we are delighted to be partnering with Little, Brown to share a giveaway of Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor! About the Book: A new epic fantasy by National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author…
Book Smugglers Publishing The Novella Initiative
Excerpt & Giveaway: KEEPER OF THE DAWN by Dianna Gunn
Today we are thrilled to launch the debut novella in our brand new Novella Initiative Project: Keeper of the Dawn by Dianna Gunn. We’ve got plenty of shenanigans happening today including an excerpt and giveaway here and a Facebook…
Inspirations and Influences
The White Road of the Moon: Rachel Neumeier on Those Early Novels You Haven’t Looked at in Ten Years
Happy Monday to all! Today, we are pleased to host Fantasy author Rachel Neumeier to talk about her most recent novel The White Road of the Moon, a stand-alone YA Fantasy, out last March. Those Early Novels You Haven’t…
Inspirations and Influences The Novella Initiative
KEEPER OF THE DAWN: Dianna Gunn on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…
Today we are delighted to be partnering with Little, Brown to share a brand new giveaway with you, celebrating the release of Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray! About the Book: Our worlds belong to us. She’s a soldier.…
Hello, it’s Friday and we are over at… Tor.com! Well, the cover of our first Novella Initiative title is! Go over to Tor.com for the full cover! ABOUT THE NOVELLA Sometimes failure is just the beginning All Lai has…
Title: The Dark Days Pact Author: Alison Goodman Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Publication Date: January 2017 Hardcover: 496 Pages June 1812. Just weeks after her catastrophic coming-out ball, Lady Helen Wrexhall—now disowned by…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their Inspirations and Influences. In this feature, we invite writers to talk about their new books, older titles, and their…