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Series: Unknown (Unknown #1)   Author: Wendy Higgins Published: August 16, 2016  Amazon | Amazon UK | B&N | iTunes | Kobo | Goodreads Amber Tate believes the worst thing she’ll suffer in life is dealing with the unrequited love she feels for her brother’s best friend, Rylen Fite. She also believes war is something unfortunate that happens places far, far away from her rural Nevada town. She’s wrong on both counts. When an unknown organization meticulously bombs major cities in the United States and across the globe, a trickle-down effect spreads to remaining towns at an alarming speed—everything from food and water sources to technology and communications are compromised. Without leadership, the nation is split between paralysis and panic, but Amber isn’t one to hide or watch helplessly. She’s determined to put her nursing skills to use, despite the danger, even if it means working alongside the man she can never have. In this first install...

The #TruthRider Tour kicks off this week, and I'm SO EXCITED that the fine folks at Tor Teen asked me to help celebrate with a TruthRider Swag Pack giveaway. Susan Dennard and Veronica Rossi are two of my favorite people on the planet, if you have the chance to meet them, do it. The Politics & Prose at the Bethesda Library stop on 2/18 will also have Special Guest Kami Garcia.  ( I'll be there. If you are too, say hi. I'll be the one with the cupcakes and pink stripes in her hair.) Truthwitch (The Witchlands #1) By Susan Dennard   Pulication: January 5, 2016 On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery”, a magical skill that sets them apart from others. In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble—as two desperate young women know all too well. Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic that many would kil...

Title: Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) Authors: Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff Narrators:   Olivia Taylor Dudley , Lincoln Hoppe & Johnathan McClain   Publication: October 20, 2015 By: Listening Library  Amazon | Goodreads  This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit. But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet's AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their...

GREY by Christi J. Whitney Series: The Romany Outcasts Series #1 Genre: YA Fantasy Publication: May 1, 2015  By: HarperVoyagerUK (HarperCollinsUK) Preorder: HarperCollinsUK | Amazon | B&N | Goodreads Sebastian Grey always thought he was a fairly normal teenager – good friends, decent grades, and a pretty sweet job in his foster brother’s tattoo shop. But when strangers arrive in town, Sebastian soon realizes that his world is nothing at all what it seemed. Secretive gypsies surround him, shadowy figures stalk him, and the girl he’s been dreaming about turns up at school. Now Sebastian must protect this girl at all costs, even if it means he will never be normal again.   ~ Author Q&A ~ Can you tell readers a little bit about GREY and how many books are planned in the series? Thanks so much for having me on your blog. Grey is a YA fantasy adventure story set in a small town in the American South. It follows the story of eighteen-year-old...

Welcome to Jenuine Cupcakes, this is my stop on the Jackson Collide (The Taking #3) Blog Tour! Series: Collide  (The Taking #3)   Author: Melissa West   Publication: February 9, 2015   By: Entangled Teen   4 Stars! Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Goodreads Military legacy Ari Alexander has survived alien spies, WWIV, and a changing world order. But when the new leader of Earth uses Jackson—the only boy she's ever let herself care about—to get to her, Ari has no choice but to surrender. To free Jackson, she agrees to travel to the national bases to train others to fight. What she discovers is a land riddled with dying people. Ari has the power to heal by turning the fighters into aliens—half-breeds like her. If she succeeds, together, they have a chance at overthrowing the alien leader, Zeus. But if she fails, everyone she holds dear will be wiped away forever.   Once again, everything Ari’s come to believe i...

Series: The Lunar Chronicles (#0.1) Author: Marissa Meyer Narrator: Rebecca Sole  Publication: January 27, 2015 By: Feiwel & Friends Amazon | Goodreads   Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all? Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her “glamour” to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story – a story that has never been told . . . until now. Marissa Meyer spins yet another unforgettable tale about love and war, deceit and death. This extraordinary book includes full-color art and an excerpt from Winter, the next book in the Lunar Chronicles series. * I received a copy of this audiobook from the publisher in exchange for an honest review*  Audio: 4 Stars Another excellent audio performance by Rebecca Soler! As with the other books in this series, she does a fanfreakingtastic job of bringing each of the characters ...

Author: Melissa Landers Publication: February 3, 2015 By: Disney-Hyperion Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads 4.5 Stars The romantic sequel to Alienated takes long-distance relationships to a new level as Cara and Aelyx long for each other from opposite ends of the universe...until a threat to both their worlds reunites them. Cara always knew life on planet L’eihr would be an adjustment. With Aelyx, her L’eihr boyfriend, back on Earth, working to mend the broken alliance between their two planets, Cara is left to fend for herself at a new school, surrounded by hostile alien clones. Even the weird dorm pet hates her. Things look up when Cara is appointed as human representative to a panel preparing for a human colony on L’eihr. A society melding their two cultures is a place where Cara and Aelyx could one day make a life together. But with L’eihr leaders balking at granting even the most basic freedoms, Cara begins to wonder if she could ever be happy on this p...