Heart of
Thorns by Bree Barton
Heart of Thorns; Book One
“In the
ancient river kingdom, where touch is a battlefield and bodies the instruments
of war, Mia Rose has pledged her life to hunting Gwyrach: women who can
manipulate flesh, bones, breath, and blood. The same women who killed her
mother without a single scratch. But when Mia's father announces an alliance
with the royal family, she is forced to trade in her knives and trousers for a
sumptuous silk gown. Determined to forge her own path forward, Mia plots a
daring escape, but could never predict the greatest betrayal of all: her own
body. Mia possesses the very magic she has sworn to destroy. Now, as she
untangles the secrets of her past, Mia must learn to trust her heart…even if it
kills her.” –Amazon
Love, Hate
& Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
“American-born
seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There’s the proper one her
parents expect for their good Indian daughter: attending a college close to
their suburban Chicago home, and being paired off with an older Muslim boy her
mom deems suitable And then there is the world of her dreams: going to film
school and living in New York City—and maybe (just maybe) pursuing a boy she’s
known from afar since grade school, a boy who’s finally falling into her orbit
at school.” –Amazon
Onyx &
Ivory by Mindee Arnett
“Cast out of
the nobility, Kate now works for the royal courier service. Only the most
skilled ride for the Relay and only the fastest survive, for when night falls,
the drakes—deadly flightless dragons—come out to hunt. Fortunately, Kate has a
secret edge: She is a wilder, born with forbidden magic that allows her to
influence the minds of animals. And it’s this magic that leads her to a caravan
massacred by drakes in broad daylight—the only survivor Corwin Tormaine, the
son of the king. Her first love, the boy she swore to forget after he condemned
her father to death. With their paths once more entangled, Kate and Corwin must
put the past behind them to face this new threat and an even darker menace
stirring in the kingdom.” –Amazon
Puddin’
by Julie Murphy
Companion to Dumplin’
“Millie
Michalchuk has gone to fat camp every year since she was a little girl. Not
this year. This year she has new plans to chase her secret dream of being a
newscaster—and to kiss the boy she’s crushing on. Callie Reyes is the pretty
girl who is next in line for dance team captain and has the popular boyfriend.
But when it comes to other girls, she’s more frenemy than friend. When
circumstances bring the girls together over the course of a semester, they surprise
everyone (especially themselves) by realizing that they might have more in
common than they ever imagined.” –Amazon
Sadie
by Courtney Summers
“Sadie hasn't
had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie
in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep
their heads above water.
But when
Mattie is found dead, Sadie's entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched
police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to
justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him.
When West
McCray―a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in
America―overhears Sadie's story at a local gas station, he becomes obsessed
with finding the missing girl. He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie's
journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it's too
late.” –Amazon
The Hazel
Wood by Melissa Albert
“Seventeen-year-old
Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step
ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s
grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy
tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her luck
can really get: Her mother is stolen away―by a figure who claims to come from
the Hinterland, the cruel supernatural world where her grandmother's stories
are set. Alice's only lead is the message her mother left behind: “’Stay away
from the Hazel Wood.’” – Amazon