The Ten Most Recent Additions to My To-Read List | Top Ten Tuesday
The Ten Most Recent Additions to My To-Read List | Top Ten Tuesday
Hello friends! I saw this week’s prompt and I had to give it a go, so these are the ten most recent additions to my TBR on Goodreads! I hope you enjoy
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Circle of Shadows by Evelyn Skye Published by Balzer + Bray on January 22nd 2019
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy
Pages: 400
Goodreads
Sora can move as silently as a ghost and hurl throwing stars with lethal accuracy. Her gemina, Daemon, can win any physical fight blindfolded and with an arm tied behind his back. They are apprentice warriors of the Society of Taigas—marked by the gods to be trained in magic and the fighting arts to protect the kingdom of Kichona.
As their graduation approaches, Sora and Daemon look forward to proving themselves worthy of belonging to the elite group—but in a kingdom free of violence since the Blood Rift Rebellion many years ago, it’s been difficult to make their mark. So when Sora and Daemon encounter a strange camp of mysterious soldiers while on a standard scouting mission, they decide the only thing to do to help their kingdom is to infiltrate the group.Taking this risk will change Sora’s life forever—and lead her on a mission of deception that may fool everyone she’s ever loved.
I’ve been meaning to read an Evelyn Skye book for ages so I had to add this one, it looks awesome!
When the Stars Lead to You by Ronni Davis
on November 12th 2019
Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Goodreads
Eighteen-year-old Devon longs for two things.
The stars.And the boy she fell in love with last summer.
When Ashton breaks Devon’s heart at the end of the most romantic and magical summer ever, she thinks her heart will never heal again. But over the course of the following year, Devon finds herself slowly putting the broken pieces back together.
Now it’s senior year, and she’s determined to enjoy every moment of it as she prepares for a future studying the galaxies. That is, until Ashton shows up on the first day of school. Can she forgive him and open her heart again? Or are they doomed to repeat history?
From debut author, Ronni Davis, comes a stunning novel about passion, loss, and the power of first love.
Ronni is a dear friend of mine and I’m SO EXCITED for her debut! Makes sure you add it to your goodreads!
Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor
Published by Scholastic Press on October 15th 2019
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy
Pages: 384
Goodreads
The Lunar Chronicles meets Rook in this queer #OwnVoices science-fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer and Sharon Cameron.A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: An illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- donning the moniker Technician -- to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the Commissioner's tyrannical laws.
Nathaniel Fremont, the Commissioner's son, has never had to fear the law. Determined to earn his father's respect, Nathaniel sets out to capture the Technician. But the more he learns about the outlaw, the more he questions whether his father's elusive affection is worth chasing at all.
Their game of cat and mouse takes an abrupt turn when Eliza, a skilled assassin and spy, arrives. Her mission is to learn the Commissioner's secrets at any cost -- even if it means betraying her own heart.
When these uneasy allies discover the most dangerous secret of all, they must work together despite their differences and put an end to a deadly epidemic -- before the Commissioner ends them first.
This is an Own Voices in space so I had to add this to my TBR!
Star-Crossed by Pintip Dunn
Published by Entangled: Teen on October 2nd 2018
Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Romance
Pages: 400
Goodreads
Only one can survive...
In a world where nutrition can be transferred via a pill, and society is split into Eaters and Non-Eaters, seventeen-year-old Princess Vela has a grave dilemma. Her father, the king, is dying, and only a transplant of organs from a healthy Non-Eater boy will save him.
Vela is tasked with choosing a boy fit to die for the king, which is impossible enough. But then Carr, the boy she's loved all her life, emerges as the best candidate in the Bittersweet Trials. And he's determined to win, because by doing so, he can save the life of his Non-Eater sister.
Refusing to accept losing the boy she loves, Vela bends the rules and cheats. But when someone begins to sabotage the Trials, Vela must reevaluate her own integrity―and learn the true sacrifice of becoming a ruler.
Romance and space is just too delicious to not want to read it!
Across the Universe by Beth Revis
Published by Razorbill on January 11th 2011
Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction
Pages: 399
Goodreads
A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder.
Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Never could she have known that her frozen slumber would come to an end fifty years too soon and that she would be thrust into the brave new world of a spaceship that lives by its own rules.
Amy quickly realizes that her awakening was no mere computer malfunction. Someone—one of the few thousand inhabitants of the spaceship —tried to kill her. And if Amy doesn't do something soon, her parents will be next.
Now Amy must race to unlock Godspeed's hidden secrets. But out of her list of murder suspects, there's only one who matters: Elder, the future leader of the ship and the love she could never have seen coming.
ANOTHER SPACE BOOK. It’s an older book but it’s high on my TBR for when I get a minute to spare haha.
Viper by Bex Hogan
Published by Orion Children's Books on April 18th 2019
Genres: Fantasy
Pages: 336
Goodreads
Marianne has been training to be the Viper for her entire life - to serve and protect the King and the citizens of The Twelve Isles - but to become the Viper and protect the islands she loves she must find the strength to defeat her father. A new fantasy trilogy perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas.
He will make me a killer.Or he will have me killed.That is my destiny.
Seventeen-year-old Marianne is fated to one day become the Viper, defender of the Twelve Isles.
But the reigning Viper stands in her way. Corrupt and merciless, he prowls the seas in his warship, killing with impunity, leaving only pain and suffering in his wake.
He's the most dangerous man on the ocean . . . and he is Marianne's father.
She was born to protect the islands. But can she fight for them if it means losing her family, her home, the boy she loves - and perhaps even her life?
A brave heroine. An impossible dilemma. An epic new fantasy trilogy set on the high seas.
VIPER LOOKS AMAZING. I can’t wait to delve into this beauty.
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers on February 26th 2019
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy
Pages: 432
Goodreads
Seventeen-year-old Keralie Corrington may seem harmless, but she's, in fact, one of Quadara's most skilled thieves and a liar. Varin, on the other hand, is an honest, upstanding citizen of Quadara's most enlightened region, Eonia. He runs afoul of Keralie when she steals a package from him, putting his life in danger. When Varin attempts to retrieve the package, he and Keralie both find themselves entangled in a conspiracy that leaves all four of Quadara's queens dead.
With no other choices and on the run from Keralie's former employer, the two decide to join forces, endeavoring to discover who has killed the queens and save their own lives in the process. When their reluctant partnership blooms into a tenuous romance, they must overcome their own dark secrets in hopes of a future together that seemed impossible just days before. But first they have to stay alive and untangle the secrets behind the nation's four dead queens.
An enthralling fast-paced murder mystery where competing agendas collide with deadly consequences, Four Dead Queens heralds the arrival of an exciting new YA talent.
FOUR DEAD QUEENS IS SO FAR AWAY but I’ve been hearing such good buzz about it I just need it okay.
The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt on February 4th 2020
Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction
Pages: 320
Goodreads
Engagement season is in the air. Eighteen-year-old Princess Leonie “Leo” Kolburg, heir to a faded European spaceship, only has one thing on her mind: which lucky bachelor can save her family from financial ruin?
But when Leo’s childhood friend and first love Elliot returns as the captain of a successful whiskey ship, everything changes. Elliot was the one that got away, the boy Leo’s family deemed to be unsuitable for marriage. Now, he’s the biggest catch of the season and he seems determined to make Leo’s life miserable. But old habits die hard, and as Leo navigates the glittering balls of the Valg Season, she finds herself falling for her first love in a game of love, lies, and past regrets.
Fans of Katharine McGee and Kiera Cass will be dazzled by this world of lost love and royal intrigue.
ALEXA DONNE IS AMAZING and I thought this was coming out WAY sooner than it was, sadly I have a long wait! I loved Brightly Burning by her, check out my review <3
The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. Drews
Published by Orchard Books on April 4th 2019
Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary
Pages: 300
Goodreads
Can two broken boys find their perfect home?
Sam is only fifteen but he and his autistic older brother, Avery, have been abandoned by every relative he's ever known. Now Sam's trying to build a new life for them. He survives by breaking into empty houses when their owners are away, until one day he's caught out when a family returns home. To his amazement this large, chaotic family takes him under their wing - each teenager assuming Sam is a friend of another sibling. Sam finds himself inextricably caught up in their life, and falling for the beautiful Moxie.
But Sam has a secret, and his past is about to catch up with him.
CAIT’S SECOND BOOK IS OUT THIS YEAR. She’s such an amazing human I’m SO excited, and that cover is to DIE FOR.
Fawkes by Nadine Brandes
Published by Thomas Nelson on July 10th 2018
Pages: 448
Goodreads
Thomas Fawkes is turning to stone, and the only cure to the Stone Plague is to join his father’s plot to assassinate the king of England.
Silent wars leave the most carnage. The wars that are never declared, but are carried out in dark alleys with masks and hidden knives. Wars where color power alters the natural rhythm of 17th century London. And when the king calls for peace, no one listens until he finally calls for death.
But what if death finds him first?
Keepers think the Igniters caused the plague. Igniters think the Keepers did. But all Thomas knows is that the Stone Plague infecting his eye is spreading. And if he doesn’t do something soon, he’ll be a lifeless statue. So when his Keeper father, Guy Fawkes, invites him to join the Gunpowder Plot—claiming it will put an end to the plague—Thomas is in.
The plan: use 36 barrels of gunpowder to blow up the Igniter King.
The problem: Doing so will destroy the family of the girl Thomas loves. But backing out of the plot will send his father and the other plotters to the gallows. To save one, Thomas will lose the other.
No matter Thomas’s choice, one thing is clear: once the decision is made and the color masks have been put on, there’s no turning back.
Fawkes has been on my list for a while, the book is beautiful! I’ve only been hesitant as it’s a bit historical and that’s not quite my forte.
I hope you enjoyed my list! Are any of these on yours?
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I recently added The Boy Who Steals Houses as well and I’m intrigued by the others!
This is such a great list! If you go through my GR’s now, it’s pretty much me adding the most of the books you mention here to my ‘want to read’ shelf 😂
Great list! I’ve heard good things about Fawkes, so I might have to check it out myself. Happy reading!
When the Stars Lead to You is on my TBR. I don’t know, are you getting a Grease vibe from the synopsis?
I sense a theme 🌟🌟🌟 and I am so here for it! I’ve heard great things about most of these, and I really really hope they live up to the hype! 🤞
So many space book I need to add to my TBR!!
I can’t wait for the boy who steals houses and circle of shadows! Lovely list, Jenn! 🤗
i was gonna comment how i hadnt heard of tarnished are the stars and im excited yo add it to my wishliist but its already there ghaha
I’m so excited for The Boy Who Steals Houses! It sounds so amazing!