Title: Hide Me Among the Graves Author: Tim Powers Genre: Gothic, Historical Fantasy Publisher: William Morrow / Corvus Publication date: March 28 / September 2012 Hardcover: 511 pages Winter, 1862. A malevolent spirit roams the cold and gloomy streets…
Title: The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls Author: Claire Legrand Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Middle Grade Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication date: August 2012 Hardcover: 352 pages At the Cavendish Home for Boys and…
Title: The City’s Son Author: Tom Pollock Genre: Urban Fantasy, YA Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books (UK) / Flux (US) Publication date: August 2 (UK) / September 8 (US) 2012 Hardcover: 480 pages Expelled from school, betrayed by her best…
Title: What’s Left of Me Author: Kat Zhang Genre: Dystopia, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: September 2012 Hardcover: 352 Pages Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else–two souls woven together in…
Title: Blackwood Author: Gwenda Bond Genre: Fantasy, Romance, YA Publisher: Strange Chemistry Publication date: September 4th 2012 Paperback: 352 pages On Roanoke Island, the legend of the 114 people who mysteriously vanished from the Lost Colony hundreds of years…
Hello everybody and happy Friday! Today we are at Kirkus with a joint review of one of Thea’s childhood favorite SFF novels, Reefsong by Carol Severance. Go HERE to read the full review and see if the book stood…
Title: Long Lankin Author: Lindsey Barraclough Genre: Historical, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Candlewick (US) / Bodley Head (UK) Publication Date: June 2012 (US) / January 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 455 Pages (US) In an exquisitely chilling debut novel, four children…
Title: The Spark Author: Susan Jane Bigelow Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopian, Superheroes Publisher: Candlemark & Gleam Publication date: August 2012 Paperback: 404 pages Deirdre Burns White clings desperately to her normal life. She has a job, a boyfriend and…
Title: Renegade Magic (US) / A Tangle of Magicks (UK) Author: Stephanie Burgis Genre: Historical, Fantasy/Speculative Fiction, Middle Grade Publisher: Atheneum (US) / Templar (UK) Publication Date: April 2012 (US) / August 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 336 Pages (US) Is…
Title: Walk Two Moons Author: Sharon Creech Genre: Contemporary, Middle Grade Publisher: Harper Collins Publication date: First published in 1994 Paperback: 288 pages As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe’s outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold —…
Title: Origin Author: Jessica Khoury Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Razor Bill Publication Date: September 2012 Hardcover: 393 Pages An electrifying action-romance that’s as thoughtful as it is tragic Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden…
Title: The Dark Unwinding Author: Sharon Cameron Genre: Historical, Gothic Mystery/Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication date: September 2012 Hardcover: 318 pages A spine-tingling tale of steampunk and spies, intrigue and heart-racing romance! When Katharine Tulman’s inheritance is called…
Title: The Broken Lands Author: Kate Milford, illustrated by Andrea Offermann Genre: Historical Fantasy, Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Clarion Books Publication date: September 4 2012 Hardcover: 464 pages A crossroads can be a place of great power. So begins…
Title: Kat, Incorrigible (US) / A Most Improper Magick (UK) Author: Stephanie Burgis Genre: Historical, Fantasy/Speculative Fiction, Middle Grade Publisher: Atheneum (US) / Templar (UK) Publication Date: April 2011 (US) / August 2010 (UK) Hardcover: 304 Pages (US) Twelve-year-old…
Title: 1222 Author: Anne Holt Genre: Mystery, Thriller Publisher: Scribner (US) / Piratförlaget (Norway) Publication Date: August 2012 (US) Paperback: 352 Pages (US) A train on its way to the northern reaches of Norway derails during a massive blizzard,…
Title: Splendors and Glooms/Fire Spell Author: Laura Amy Schlitz Genre: Gothic, Historical Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Candlewick/Bloomsbury UK Publication date: August 28 / October 2012 Hardcover: 384 pages The master puppeteer, Gaspare Grisini, is so expert at manipulating his…
Title: Gods and Warriors Author: Michelle Paver Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade/Young Adult, Historical Publisher: Puffin / Dial Publication date: August 28 / September 4 2012 Hardcover: 283 pages An action-packed new series set in the mysterious, dangerous Bronze Age.…
Title: Gullstruck Island/The Lost Conspiracy Author: Frances Hardinge Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade/Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books Publication date: January 2009 Hardcover/Paperback: 512 pages On Gullstruck Island the volcanoes quarrel, beetles sing danger and occasionally a Lost is…
Title: Between Shades of Gray Author: Ruta Sepetys Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Philomel Books Publication Date: March 2011 (HC) Hardcover: 344 Pages Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws,…
Title: Ungifted Author: Gordon Korman Genre: Contemporary, Middle Grade Publisher: Balzer & Bray Publication date: August 21 2012 Hardcover: 288 pages The word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. It’s usually more like Don’t…
Title: The Games Author: Ted Kosmatka Genre: Horror/Thriller, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Del Rey Publication Date: March 2012 Hardcover: 368 Pages This stunning first novel from Nebula Award and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalist Ted Kosmatka is a riveting tale…
Title: Libriomancer Author: Jim C Hines Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Daw Publication date: August 2012 Hardcover: 400 pages Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of the secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. Libriomancers are gifted…
Hello everybody and happy Friday! We are at Kirkus today chatting with The Awesome Jim Hines about his new book, writing, blogging and of course…book smuggling. Go HERE to read our column and HERE to read Ana’s review of…
Title: Two Weeks’ Notice Author: Rachel Caine Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Roc Publication Date: August 2012 Paperback: 320 Pages After dying and being revived with the experimental drug Returne, Bryn Davis is theoretically free to live her unlife—with regular…
Title: The FitzOsbornes in Exile Author: Michelle Cooper Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, WWII Publisher: Random House Australia (Aus) / Knopf Books for Young Readers (US) Publication Date: August 2010 (Aus) / April 2011 (US) Hardcover: 464 Pages (US)…