It’s Friday Saturday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today it’s Thea’s turn, with her take on romantic fantasy… She talks about getting into the mood for the upcoming live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast by reading…
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Title: A Season of Daring Greatly Author: Elle Emerson White Genre: Publisher: Greenwillow Books Publication Date: February 2017 Hardcover: 432 Pages Eighteen-year-old Jill Cafferty just made history. Her high school’s star pitcher, she is now the first woman drafted…
Today, we are thrilled to present a giveaway of a brand new YA novel from author Carrie Mac. About the book: Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella’s Finding Audrey and Nicola Yoon’s Everything, Everything, this is the poignant and…
Title: The Bone Witch Author: Rin Chupeco Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: March 2017 Hardcover: 432 Pages An Amazon Best Book of the Month! A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Young Adult Book of Spring 2017!…
Title: Gilded Cage Author: Vic James Genre: Dystopia, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Del Rey Publication Date: February 2017 Hardcover: 368 Pages A darkly fantastical debut set in a modern England where magically gifted aristocrats rule, and commoners are doomed…
Title: American Street Author: Ibi Zoboi Genre: Contemporary YA, Magical Realism Publisher: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins Publication Date: February 14, 2017 Hardcover: 336 Pages On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find…
Title: Goldie Vance Written by Hope Larson, Illustrated by Brittney Williams Genre: Mystery, Historical, Graphic Novels, Young Adult Publisher: Boom! Box Publication Date: October 2016 Paperback: 112 Pages Move over Nancy, Harriet, & Veronica. There’s a new sleuth on…
Title: Martians Abroad Author: Carrie Vaughn Genre: Science Fiction, YA Publisher: Tor Books Publication Date: January 17, 2017 Hardcover: 288 Pages A great new stand-alone science fiction novel from the author of the Kitty Norville series. Polly Newton has…
Title: Caraval Author: Stephanie Garber Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication Date: January 31, 2017 Hardcover: 416 Pages Whatever you’ve heard about Caraval, it doesn’t compare to the reality. It’s more than just a game or…
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)…
2017 only just started and I think I already read the best book of 2017. Title: The Hate U Give Author: Angie Thomas Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins Publication Date: February 28 2017 Hardcover: 464 Pages Sixteen-year-old…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2016! Throughout this month, we will have guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2016, looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2017, and more. Smugglivus continues with…
Title: Scythe Author: Neal Shusterman Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: November 22, 2016 Hardcover: 448 Pages In a world where disease has been eliminated, the…
Sometimes we need to find comfort whichever way we can – so I thought about putting together a list of happy, beautiful reads in YA and Middle Grade that I read and reviewed here over the years. This is…
Title: A Torch Against the Night Author: Sabaa Tahir Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Razorbill Publication Date: August 30, 2016 Hardcover: 452 Pages Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial,…
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Joint Review: Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (Illuminae Files #2)
Another spectacular, gut-wrenching beauty of a book. Title: Gemina Author: Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Genre: Science Fiction, Epistolary Novel, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication Date: October 2016 Hardcover: 608 Pages The highly anticipated sequel…
When you can’t beat the odds, change the game. Fans of Leigh Bardugo’s Six of Crows and Grishaverse–rejoice! It’s very nearly publication date for the second book in the Six of Crows Duology. To celebrate the upcoming release of Crooked…
Title: Poisoned Blade Author: Kate Elliott Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Publication Date: August 16 2016 Hardcover: 468 Pages Jessamy is moving up the ranks of the Fives—the complex athletic contest favored by the lowliest Commoners and…
It’s Friday Monday and we are over at Kirkus. Today, Ana reads a new YA novel by Zoraida Córdova. Labyrinth Lost is excellent! Go over there to check it out.…
So you say you like heist stories? Assembling the team tropes? GOOD. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo is one of the best in the business. Title: Six of Crows Author: Leigh Bardugo Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Henry…
Superior by Jessica Lack Published 08/16/2016 | 16,757 Words A superhero’s intern falls in love with a supervillain’s apprentice in this star-crossed LGBT YA story from The Book Smugglers. Here’s the thing about being a superhero intern: there’s a…
“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…
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“The Originals”: The Wave by Morton Rhue (Todd Strasser)
Title: The Wave Author: Morton Rhue/Todd Strasser Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Penguin Publication Date: 2016 (original publication date 1981) Hardcover: 138 Pages The Wave is based on a true incident that occured in a high school history class in…
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A Smugglerific Cover: Superior by Jessica Lack
In which we reveal the cover for Superior by Jessica Lack! Today we are thrilled to share with you the very penultimate cover for Book Smugglers Publishing’s Superhero season of short stories. Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover!…
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OLD SCHOOL WEDNESDAYS HARRY POTTER RE-READ: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
Old School Wednesdays presents an epic reread of The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. THIS MONTH ON THE RE-READ: we get to the last book and we say goodbye to the series and the re-read. For now. Old…