It's hasn't been too long since my last post about awesome books that I'm excited for, but I've got a bunch of book covers saved because I can't wait to read the books, so I thought I might as well share these ones with you all. :) Especially since I haven't gotten much reading done lately...so I'm going to have to start getting creative with some posts....and maybe have myself a bit of a read-a-thon! haha
All of these links and descriptions are from Goodreads, and they aren't in a particular order. :)
Note: A few of these are sequels, so if you haven't read the previous books in the series, I'd skip reading the description.
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Defiance (Defiance #1)
by C. J. Redwine
Within the walls of
Baalboden, beneath the shadow of the city’s brutal leader, Rachel Adams
has a secret. While other girls sew dresses, host dinner parties, and
obey their male Protectors, Rachel knows how to survive in the
wilderness and deftly wield a sword. When her father, Jared, fails to
return from a courier mission and is declared dead, the Commander
assigns Rachel a new Protector, her father’s apprentice, Logan—the same
boy Rachel declared her love for two years ago, and the same boy who
handed her heart right back to her. Left with nothing but fierce belief
in her father’s survival, Rachel decides to escape and find him herself.
But treason against the Commander carries a heavy price, and what
awaits her in the Wasteland could destroy her.
At nineteen, Logan
McEntire is many things. Orphan. Outcast. Inventor. As apprentice to
the city’s top courier, Logan is focused on learning his trade so he can
escape the tyranny of Baalboden. But his plan never included being
responsible for his mentor’s impulsive daughter. Logan is determined to
protect her, but when his escape plan goes wrong and Rachel pays the
price, he realizes he has more at stake than disappointing Jared.
As
Rachel and Logan battle their way through the Wasteland, stalked by a
monster that can’t be killed and an army of assassins out for blood,
they discover romance, heartbreak, and a truth that will incite a war
decades in the making.
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Why I Want to Read it: This book sounds amazing! It sounds fierce, and action-packed. I seriously can't wait for this one, and I absolutely adore this cover! It's gorgeous, and I love the way there are buildings that you can see through the gossamer of her dress...so pretty! :D
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Breathe (Breathe #1)
by Sarah Crossan
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?
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Publisher: Greenwillow
Why I Want to Read it: Oh, how I love dystopias! :D This one sounds intense, and while sometimes three POVs can be a bit much, I'm hoping that this one will turn out to be fantastic. :D
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Crewel (Crewel World #1)
by Gennifer Albin
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.
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Books for Young Readers
Why I Want to Read it: This book has such an interesting premise, and the main character sounds incredibly unique. I'm seriously just counting down the days until I can read this one, and I've also heard from a Goodreads friend that is was amazing...so I'm even more excited now! :D
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Ten
by Gretchen McNeil
And their doom comes swiftly.
It
was supposed to be the weekend of their lives—an exclusive house party
on Henry Island. Best friends Meg and Minnie each have their reasons for
being there (which involve T.J., the school’s most eligible bachelor)
and look forward to three glorious days of boys, booze and fun-filled
luxury.
But what they expect is definitely not what they get, and
what starts out as fun turns dark and twisted after the discovery of a
DVD with a sinister message: Vengeance is mine.
Suddenly
people are dying, and with a storm raging, the teens are cut off the
from the outside world. No electricity, no phones, no internet, and a
ferry that isn’t scheduled to return for two days. As the deaths become
more violent and the teens turn on each other, can Meg find the killer
before more people die? Or is the killer closer to her than she could
ever imagine?
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Why I Want to Read it: While I'm not huge into thrillers, this definitely sounds like the kind that I like! It sounds creepy, and mysterious...and pretty intense! I love when thrillers revolve around mystery killers...especially when you can't quite figure out who it is, and so you start mistrusting absolutely everyone...even the main characters! Dun Duh Dunnnnnn! I definitely can't wait until I get to read it! :D
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Promised (Birthmarked #3)
by Caragh M. O'Brien
After defying the
ruthless Enclave, surviving the wasteland, and upending the rigid
matriarchy of Sylum, Gaia Stone now faces her biggest challenge ever.
She must lead the people of Sylum back to the Enclave and persuade the
Protectorat to grant them refuge from the wasteland. In Gaia’s absence,
the Enclave has grown more cruel, more desperate to experiment on
mothers from outside the wall, and now the stakes of cooperating or
rebelling have never been higher. Is Gaia ready, as a leader, to
sacrifice what—or whom—she loves most?
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Why I Want to Read it: Pfft! Why wouldn't I want to read this one?! I absolutely loved the first two books in this trilogy, and I can't wait to read this one! :D If you haven't read
Birthmarked yet, you seriously need to! This is a fantastic dystopian trilogy...one of my favourites! :D
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Scorch (Croak #2)
by Gina Damico
Sixteen-year-old Lex
Bartleby is a teenage grim reaper with the bizarre ability to damn
souls. That makes her pretty scary, even to fellow Grims. But after
inadvertently transferring her ability to Zara, a murderous outlaw, Lex
is a pariah in Croak, the little town she calls home. To escape the
townspeople’s wrath, she and her friends embark on a wild road trip to
DeMyse. Though this sparkling desert oasis is full of luxuries and
amusements, it feels like a prison to Lex. Her best chance at escape
would be to stop Zara once and for all—but how can she do that from
DeMyse, where the Grims seem mysteriously oblivious to Zara’s killing
spree?
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Why I Want to Read it: The first book,
Croak, was amazing and so hilarious, and I can't wait to read this one and find out what happens next in Lex's story! :D
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The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle #1)
by Maggie Stiefvater
“There are only two
reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said.
“Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”
It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.
Every
year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the
soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this
year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.
His
name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at
Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away
from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.
But
Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it
all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much
more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven
Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege
around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and
Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but
says very little.
For as long as she can remember, Blue has been
warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this
would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the
strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.
From Maggie Stiefvater, the bestselling and acclaimed author of the Shiver trilogy and The Scorpio Races,
comes a spellbinding new series where the inevitability of death and
the nature of love lead us to a place we’ve never been before.
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Why I Want to Read it: I loved Maggie Stiefvater's
Wolves of Mercy Falls Trilogy, so I'm always looking forward to what she'll write next! :D I also really need to read
The Scorpio Races, but this one also sounds amazing, and I already read the first little bit because Maggie posted the first bit to read and it was awesome!
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Hidden (Firelight #3)
by Sophie Jordan
Jacinda was supposed to
bond with Cassian, the "prince" of their pride. But she resisted long
before she fell in love with Will—a human and, worse, a hunter. When she
ran away with Will, it ended in disaster, with Cassian's sister, Miram,
captured. Weighed down by guilt, Jacinda knows she must rescue her to
set things right. Yet to do so she will have to venture deep into the
heart of enemy territory.
The only way Jacinda can reach Miram is
by posing as a prisoner herself, though once she assumes that disguise,
things quickly spiral out of her control. As she learns more about her
captors, she realizes that even if Will and Cassian can carry out their
part of the plan, there's no guarantee they'll all make it out alive.
But what Jacinda never could have foreseen is that escaping would be
only the beginning....
Loyalties are tested and sacrifices made in the explosive conclusion to Sophie Jordan's Firelight trilogy.
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Publisher: HarperTEEN
Why I Want to Read it: I loved the first two books in this trilogy, and I can't wait to read
Hidden! :D I have no clue how this series is going to end...but I'm totally looking forward to it! Okay, I'm gonna stop now because I'm getting myself all excited over this one, and my thoughts are pretty much turning into "eeks" and "can't waits"! haha
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Auracle
by Gina Rosati
16 year old Anna Rogan
has a secret she's only shared with her best friend, Rei; she can
astrally project out of her body, allowing her spirit to explore the
world and the far reaches of the universe.
When there's a fatal
accident and her classmate Taylor takes over Anna's body, what was an
exhilarating distraction from her repressive home life threatens to
become a permanent state. Faced with a future trapped in another
dimension, Anna turns to Rei for help. Now the two of them must find a
way to get Anna back into her body and stop Taylor from accusing an
innocent friend of murder. Together Anna and Rei form a plan but it
doesn't take into account the deeper feelings that are beginning to grow
between them.
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Why I Want to Read it: This gorgeous cover is what initially lured me in, but once I read the description I was completely sold! It sounds so crazy! Astral projection...possible murder, body taken over....holy moly! Seriously I can't wait for this book! :D
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So, these are some of the books that I can't wait for! :D
What about you?
Are you excited for these ones?
Are there any that I haven't listed here that you can't wait for?
The Vindico by Wesley King (from Penguin Canada)
Stolen Away by Alyxandra Harvey
The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth #1) by Carrie Ryan (from Amber at The Musings of aLmYbNeNr)
City of Lost Souls (The Mortal Instruments #5) by Cassandra Clare 
