Daisy and Hazel are back in their fifth mystery – this time, a mystery in a Cambridge college during the Christmas holidays. Title: Mistletoe and Murder Written by Robin Stevens Genre: Middle Grade, Murder Mysteries Publisher: Puffin Publication Date:…
Introducing Book Smugglers Publishing’s first four official novellas for our Novella Initiative 2017! BOOK SMUGGLERS PUBLISHING PROUDLY PRESENTS Four Novellas for the Savvy Reader Earlier this year, we announced our newest venture: The Novella Initiative. Starting in 2017, we…
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…
Hello everyone. It’s been a hard week–but it’s time to get back to work. Let’s dive right in, shall we? This Week on The Book Smugglers: We kick off the week on Monday, with Ana’s list of comfort middle…
Hello, friends. We were supposed to be posting book reviews and essays this week but frankly, we haven’t been able to focus or muster the energy to do so because of the result of the United States presidential election.…
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,…
Title: Certain Dark Things Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Publication Date: October 25 2016 Hardcover: 323 Pages Welcome to Mexico City… An Oasis In A Sea Of Vampires… Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid,…
Hello everyone, and happy Sunday! Let’s dive into it, shall we? An Extrahuman Ebook Sale Guess what? The first two books in the Extrahuman Union series, Broken and Sky Ranger, are currently available as an ebook for $0.99 for…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana starts her annual freak-out tradition… … of looking at ALL the books that need to be read before the end of the year.…
“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…
Three Horror reads for this Halloween Season: TWO TO KEEP, ONE TO SKIP. The Family Plot by Cherie Priest (Tor Books, September 2016) is Southern Gothic meets Haunted Mansion: Dahlia works at a salvage shop contracted by one Augusta…
In which we celebrate Halloween and the publication day of The Convergence of Fairy Tales by Octavia Cade. We are delighted to announce the official publication day of The Convergence of Fairy Tales by Octavia Cade. This is the…
Hello everyone, and Happy almost Halloween Sunday! Let’s dive into it, shall we? An Extrahuman Ebook Sale Guess what? Sky Ranger, book 2 in the Extrahuman Union series, is now available as an ebook for $0.99 for a limited…
On this special Halloween edition of Trope Anatomy 101, Carlie St. George examines horror movies and the girls in horror movies who are too often killed off. Trope Anatomy 101 is a monthly column in which familiar tropes, particularly…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today – to celebrate Halloween and possibly prepare for the coming US elections – Thea is looking at recent examples of Dystopian Political Futures: Go over there to check it out.…
In which we reveal the cover for The Convergence of Fairy Tales by Octavia Cade! Today we are thrilled to share with you the cover for Book Smugglers Publishing’s annual Halloween horror story–and our very first official novella. Without…
This month on Food and Horror – the conclusion to Octavia Cade’s series Octavia Cade is the author of Book Smugglers Publishing’s The Mussel Eater. Food & Horror is a regular monthly column from Octavia, in which she examines…
As part of our Halloween Week celebration, we have a brand new essay by Catherine F. King on Harry Potter, the Chamber of Secrets and the Underworld. Welcome to Halloween, Hogwarts students of all stripes. J. K. Rowling is…
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…
Hello everyone, and a Happy Sunday to all. Halloween is almost here and we have an informal Halloween Week in the works this week! This Week on The Book Smugglers On Monday, we kick off the week with a…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Title: The Scourge Author: Jennifer A. Nielsen Genre: Middle Grade, Fantasy, Horror Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: September 1 2016 Hardcover: 368 Pages When a plague isn’t all that kills… As a lethal plague sweeps through the land, Ani Mells…
Title: A Closed and Common Orbit Author: Becky Chambers Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Publication Date: October 20 2016 Paperback: 512 Pages Lovelace was once merely a ship’s artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an new…
In which we celebrate the publication day of Extrahumans by Susan Jane Bigelow! We are delighted to announce the publication day of Extrahumans (The Extrahuman Union Series, #4) by Susan Jane Bigelow. This is the fourth and FINAL novel…