Since
publishers are getting ready to release all their fall catalogs, right
now we're in a veritable storm of new covers. Enjoy!
Mary McCoy
February 2015
Disney-Hyperion
Summary:
A YA mystery set in the glamorous, treacherous world of 1940s Hollywood.
"Don't believe anything they say."
Those
were the last words that Annie spoke to Alice before turning her back
on their family and vanishing without a trace. Alice spent four years
waiting and wondering when the impossibly glamorous sister she idolized
would return to her - and what their Hollywood-insider parents had done
to drive her away.
When Annie does turn up, the blond, broken
stranger lying in a coma has no answers for her. But Alice isn’t a kid
anymore, and this time she won’t let anything stand between her and the
truth, no matter how ugly.
The search for those who beat Annie
and left her for dead leads Alice into a treacherous world of
tough-talking private eyes, psychopathic movie stars, and troubled
starlets — and onto the trail of a young runaway who is the sole witness
to an unspeakable crime. What this girl knows could shut down a
criminal syndicate and put Annie’s attacker behind bars — if Alice can
find her first. And she isn’t the only one looking...
Evoking
classic film noir, debut novelist Mary McCoy brings the dangerous
glamour of Hollywood’s Golden Age to life, where the most decadent
parties can be the deadliest, and no drive into the sunset can erase the
crimes of past.
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For Real
Alison Cherry
December 1, 2014
Delacorte
Summary:
No parents. No limits. No clue what they're in for.
Shy,
cautious Claire has always been in her confident older sister's shadow.
While Miranda's life is jam-packed with exciting people and whirlwind
adventures, Claire gets her thrills vicariously by watching people live
large on reality TV.
When Miranda discovers her boyfriend, Samir,
cheating on her just before her college graduation, it's Claire who
comes up with the perfect plan. They'll outshine Miranda's fame-obsessed
ex while having an amazing summer by competing on Around the World, a
race around the globe for a million bucks. Revenge + sisterly bonding =
awesome.
But the show has a twist, and Claire is stunned to find
herself in the middle of a reality-show romance that may or may not be
just for the cameras. This summer could end up being the highlight of
her life... or an epic fail forever captured on film. In a world where
drama is currency and manipulation is standard, how can you tell what's
for real?
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This cover was revealed at YA Book Central, and they're hosting a
giveaway for two ya prize packs!
Beware the Wild
Natalie C. Parker
October 21, 2014
Harper Teen
Summary:
There’s something about
the swamp in Sticks, Louisiana. Something different, something haunting .
. . something alive. Everyone knows this, and everyone avoids going
near it. And even the Mardi Gras–bead-decorated fence that surrounds it
keeps people away.
Until one morning when Sterling Saucier’s older brother Phineas runs into the swamp . . .
And doesn’t return.
Instead,
a girl named Lenora May climbs out in his place, and all of a sudden,
no one in Sticks remembers Phin at all. They treat Lenora May as if
she’s been Sterling’s sister forever.
Sterling needs to figure
out what the swamp’s done with her beloved brother and how Lenora May is
connected to his disappearance—but first she’s got to find someone who
believes her.
Heath Durham might be that someone. A loner
shrouded behind rumors of drug addiction, Heath has had his own strange
experience with the swamp. He and Sterling will have to piece together
enough bits of memory and ancient swamp lore to get to the truth. But as
the wild swamp encroaches on their town, Sterling and Heath may find a
lot more than they expected . . . and Phin may be lost to them forever.
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Of Monsters and Madness
Of Monsters and Madness #1
Jessica Verday
September 9, 2014
EgmontUSA
Summary:
The
summary for this novel is not yet available, but the description
written when the sale was announced is as follows: a series of romantic
YA Gothic thrillers inspired by The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein,
and the works of Edgar Allan Poe, as told by Annabel Lee, a young girl
who moves to Philadelphia in 1826 to live with her father and discovers
that he may be implicated in a series of murders across the city, and
only she can prove his innocence and protect him from the true evil he
has created in his basement lab.
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And now, all the sequel covers:
Complete Nothing
True Love #2
Kieran Scott
September 30, 2014
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Summary:
So far, no summary is available for Complete Nothing, but it is the second book of the True Love trilogy, the sequel to Only Everything, which is on my spring TBR.
The Invisible
Brokenhearted #2
Amelia Kahaney
October 7, 2014
Harper Teen
Summary:
The Invisible is the sequel to The Brokenhearted, and the summary is not yet available.
This cover was also revealed at YABC and they're hosting a
giveaway for an ARC!
In a Handful of Dust
Not a Drop to Drink #2
Mindy McGinnis
September 23, 2014
Katherine Tegen Books
Summary:
The only thing bigger than the world is fear.
Lucy’s
life by the pond has always been full. She has water and friends,
laughter and the love of her adoptive mother, Lynn, who has made sure
that Lucy’s childhood was very different from her own. Yet it seems
Lucy’s future is settled already—a house, a man, children, and a water
source—and anything beyond their life by the pond is beyond reach.
When
disease burns through their community, the once life-saving water of
the pond might be the source of what’s killing them now. Rumors of
desalinization plants in California have lingered in Lynn’s mind, and
the prospect of a “normal” life for Lucy sets the two of them on an epic
journey west to face new dangers: hunger, mountains, deserts, betrayal,
and the perils of a world so vast that Lucy fears she could be lost
forever, only to disappear in a handful of dust.
In this companion to Not a Drop to Drink,
Mindy McGinnis thrillingly combines the heart-swelling hope of a
journey, the challenges of establishing your own place in the world, and
the gripping physical danger of nature in a futuristic frontier.
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Unmarked
The Legion #2
Kami Garcia
October 7, 2014
Little, Brown BFYR
Summary:
He is here… and he could be anyone.
Kennedy
Waters lives in a world where vengeance spirits kill, ghosts keep
secrets, and a demon walks among us–a demon she accidentally set free.
Now
Kennedy and the other Legion members–Alara, Priest, Lukas, and
Jared–have to hunt him down. As they learn more about the history of the
Legion and the Illuminati, Kennedy realizes that the greatest mystery
of all does not belong to any secret order, but to her own family. With
the clock ticking and the life of someone she loves hanging in the
balance, Kennedy has to ask the question she fears most: what is it
about her past that has left her Unmarked?
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The Vast and Brutal Sea
The Vicious Deep #3
Zoraida Cordova
July 1, 2014
Sourcebooks Fire
Summary:
This epic clash of sand and sea will pit brother against brother-and there can only be one winner
In
two days, the race for the Sea Court throne will be over-but all the
rules have changed. The sea witch, Nieve, has kidnapped Layla and is
raising an army of mutant sea creatures to overthrow the crown. Kurt,
the one person Tristan could depend on in the battle for the Sea King's
throne, has betrayed him. Now Kurt wants the throne for himself. Tristan
has the Scepter of the Earth, but it's not enough. He'll have to travel
to the mysterious, lost Isle of Tears and unleash the magic that first
created the king's powerful scepter. It's a brutal race to the finish,
and there can only be one winner.
Empire of Shadows
Bhinian Empire #2
Miriam Forster
November 4, 2014
HarperTeen
Summary:
Cast out of her family
three years ago, Mara turned to the only place that would take her—a
school where students train to protect others. But Mara is stunned when
guarding a noble girl in the Empire’s capital turns out to be more
dangerous than she could’ve imagined. More shocking still, she finds the
boy she thought she had lost forever outside the gates of her new home.
Mara
knew her life in the dizzying Imperial city would hold dangers. How
could she have known that her heart, as well as her life, would be at
stake?Empire of Shadows will take readers on a spellbinding
journey into the world Miriam Forster first introduced in City of a
Thousand Dolls—a world with a divided society, deadly courtiers, heroic
traitors, and deeply laid conspiracies.
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Born of Corruption
Born of Illusion #1.5
Teri Brown
May 6, 2014
HarperImpulse
Summary:
Returning to the atmospheric and mysterious Jazz Age world of Born of Illusion, Teri Brown's Born of Corruption
is a 64-page companion digital novella about what happens when New York
City's most notorious socialites, mobsters, and bootleggers get
together for a larger-than-life scavenger hunt . . . and someone gets
killed.
Cynthia Gaylord, a vivacious blonde flapper and the niece
of one of the most infamous mob bosses in New York City, loves
scavenger hunts, and the one she's putting together for her best friend
Anna's going-away party is going to be the swankiest one ever. But then,
Anna Van Housen is no ordinary friend. She is reputed to be Harry
Houdini's illegitimate daughter and a magician of the first order—and
she possesses psychic powers.
Before Anna leaves for a European
tour with her vaudeville company, Cynthia throws open the doors of her
Gramercy Park mansion for a giant bash, but when one of the guests turns
up dead, Cynthia and Anna must join forces to discover the truth. Who
is the mysterious dead man? And which of Cynthia's guests could have
killed him? Cynthia's relatives in the mob? Or someone related to the
Society for Psychical Research, a shadowy group with a dangerous
history? Cynthia and Anna have to find out who done it before the coppers are called in . . . something both Cynthia and Anna are eager to avoid.
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Gated
Gated #1
Amy Christine Parker
August 6, 2013
Random House BFYR
Summary:
A fast-paced, nerve-fraying contemporary thriller that questions loyalties and twists truths.
Appearances can be deceiving.
In
the Community, life seems perfect. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks,
Pioneer invited Lyla’s family to join his group and escape the evil in
the world. They were happy to be chosen, happy to move away from New
York and start over in such an idyllic gated community. Now seventeen,
Lyla knows that Pioneer is more than just their charismatic leader, he
is their prophet . . . but his visions have grown dark.
Lyla is a
loyal member of the Community, but a chance encounter with an outsider
boy has her questioning Pioneer, the Community—everything. And if
there’s one thing not allowed in the Community, it’s doubt. Her family
and friends are certain in their belief. Lyla wishes she could feel the
same. As Pioneer begins to manipulate his flock toward disaster, the
question remains: Will Lyla follow them over the edge?
From the
outside looking in, it’s hard to understand why anyone would join a
cult. But Gated tells the story of the Community from the inside looking
out, and from behind the gates things are not quite so simple. Amy
Christine Parker’s beautiful writing creates a chilling, utterly unique
YA story. Perfect for fans of creepy thrillers and contemporary fiction
alike.
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Astray
Gated #2
Amy Christine Parker
August 26, 2014
Random House BFYR
Summary:
Lyla is caught between
two worlds. The isolated Community that she grew up in and the outside
world that she’s navigating for the very first time. The outsiders call
the Community a cult, but Pioneer miraculously survived a shooting that
should have killed him. Are the faithful members right to stay true to
his message? Is this just a test of faith? One thing is for sure: the
Community will do anything to bring Lyla back to the fold.
Trapped in a spider’s web of deception, will Lyla detect the sticky
threads tightening around her before it’s too late? She’ll have to
unravel the mystery of what Pioneer and the Community are truly up to if
she wants to survive.
Suspenseful and chilling, Astray is Amy Christine Parker’s nerve-fraying sequel to Gated.
This fast-paced psychological thriller is masterfully plotted and sure
to leave goose bumps. Perfect for fans of creepy YA thrillers and
contemporary fiction alike.
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AND WHAT IN THE ACTUAL HELL IS THIS?! As you may recall, several months ago, I posted the
cover for Earthquake along with the matching paperback cover for Earthbound. Well, apparently
somebody
*cough*BarnesandNoble*cough* decided they didn't like the new covers
and they demanded they be changed. I didn't realize B&N had so much
power over covers until YAKFest last month when one of the authors
described the cover process in a panel and mentioned this
less-than-pleasing fact. Apparently B&N frequently flexes this
muscle, demanding publishers design covers pleasing to the B&N big
dogs, or they'll simply not carry that book. That's an ugly trait,
B&N. No wonder you're having some...erm, troubles in the current
climate. Nobody wants to work with a bully! Anyway, poor Aprilynne is
the victim of such nonsense. I HATE the new-new covers to the point
where I probably won't buy them in physical form because I don't want
this ugliness on my shelves. Blech! And I know I said
I would redesign the covers, but not if this is the end result! *sigh* Karmically speaking, this is probably my fault for saying that.
Earthbound
Earthbound #1
Aprilynne Pike
July 30, 2013
Razorbill
Summary:
Tavia Michaels is the
sole survivor of the plane crash that killed her parents. When she
starts to see strange visions of a boy she’s never spoken with in real
life, she begins to suspect that there’s much about her past that she
isn’t being told.
Tavia immediately searches for answers,
desperate to determine why she feels so drawn to a boy she hardly knows.
But when Tavia discovers that the aunt and uncle who took her in after
her parents' death may have actually been responsible for the plane
crash that killed them--and that she may have been the true intended
victim--she flees for the safety of Camden, Maine, where the boy she
sees in her visions instructs her to go.
Now, Tavia is on the run with no one to trust. No one, that is, except for her best friend and longtime crush, Benson.
Tavia
feels torn between the boy who mysteriously comes to her at night and
the boy who has been by her side every step of the way. But what Tavia
doesn't know is that the world is literally falling apart and that to
save it she will have to unite with the boy in her visions. Only
problem? To do so would mean rejecting Benson's love. And that's the one
thing Tavia Michaels swore she'd never do.
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Ugh. I just really hate this cover. If I were Aprilynne, I'd be pissed. Also really sad because the first cover for Earthbound was beautiful, and the updated covers weren't so bad. These are just...ugh.
Earthquake
Earthbound #2
Aprilynne Pike
July 15, 2014
Razorbill
Summary:
Tavia Michaels has
discovered that she’s an Earthbound—a fallen goddess with the power to
remake the Earth—and that a rival faction of Earthbounds, the Reduciata,
has created a virus that is literally wiping swaths of the planet out
of existence.
Tavia is captured and imprisoned before she can
act on this information, along with her eternal lover, Logan. Huddled in
a claustrophobic cell, they lose track of the days, their attempts to
escape proving as ephemeral as Tavia’s newly gestating powers. But then
Tavia and Logan are mysteriously rescued. . . .
They’re brought
to the underground headquarters of the Curatoria, another group of
Earthbounds that Tavia doesn’t fully trust. There, she’s told that she
can save the Earth before it disappears. She agrees.
Tavia
quickly realizes that she isn’t like other Earthbound, and as her
abilities continue to awaken, they begin to threaten her centuries-long
relationship with Logan. When Benson—Tavia’s former best friend and
romantic interest—appears at Curatoria headquarters, Tavia will again
have to make a choice about who to be with even as she tries to stop the
virus that is destroying the world and uncover the truth about the two
Earthbound organizations that have her tangled up in their webs.
Antigoddess
Goddess War #1
Kendare Blake
September 10, 2013
Tor Teen
Summary:
Old Gods never die…
Or
so Athena thought. But then the feathers started sprouting beneath her
skin, invading her lungs like a strange cancer, and Hermes showed up
with a fever eating away his flesh. So much for living a quiet eternity
in perpetual health.
Desperately seeking the cause of their slow,
miserable deaths, Athena and Hermes travel the world, gathering allies
and discovering enemies both new and old. Their search leads them to
Cassandra—an ordinary girl who was once an extraordinary prophetess,
protected and loved by a god.
These days, Cassandra doesn’t
involve herself in the business of gods—in fact, she doesn’t even know
they exist. But she could be the key in a war that is only just
beginning.
Because Hera, the queen of the gods, has aligned
herself with other of the ancient Olympians, who are killing off rivals
in an attempt to prolong their own lives. But these anti-gods have
become corrupted in their desperation to survive, horrific caricatures
of their former glory. Athena will need every advantage she can get,
because immortals don’t just flicker out.
Every one of them dies
in their own way. Some choke on feathers. Others become monsters. All
of them rage against their last breath.
The Goddess War is about to begin.
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Ew. Just...ew. The first cover wasn't terrible, just not spectacular. This looks like the updated cover to
The Uglies, but not in a good way. Also, title change, wtf?
Untamed City: Carnival of Souls
Untamed City #1
Melissa Marr
September 4, 2012
Harper Collins
Summary:
In a city of daimons,
rigid class lines separate the powerful from the power-hungry. And at
the heart of The City is the carnival, where both murder and pleasure
are offered up for sale. Once in a generation, the carnival hosts a
deadly competition that allows every daimon a chance to join the ruling
elite. Without the competition, Aya and Kaleb would both face bleak
futures—if for different reasons. For each of them, fighting to the
death is the only way to try to live.
All Mallory knows of The
City is that her father—and every other witch there—fled it for a life
in exile in the human world. Instead of a typical teenage life full of
friends and maybe even a little romance, Mallory scans quiet streets for
threats, hides herself away, and trains to be lethal. She knows it's
only a matter of time until a daimon finds her and her father, so she
readies herself for the inevitable.While Mallory possesses little
knowledge of The City, every inhabitant of The City knows of her. There
are plans for Mallory, and soon she, too, will be drawn into the
decadence and danger that is the carnival.
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My
last cover today is not just a book cover. This is one of the coolest
things I've ever heard, and I have a feeling we're going to see a lot
more novels encompass more elements than just the written word.
Damsel Distressed
Kelsey Macke
October 14, 2014
Spencer Hill Contemporary
Summary:
Hot girls get the fairy
tales. No one cares about the stepsisters' story. Those girls don't get a
sweet little ending; they get a lifetime of longing
Imogen
Keegen has never had a happily ever after–in fact, she doesn’t think
they are possible. Ever since her mother’s death seven years ago, Imogen
has pulled herself in and out of therapy, struggled with an
“emotionally disturbed” special ed. label, and loathed her
perma-plus-sized status.
When Imogen’s new stepsister, the evil
and gorgeous Ella Cinder, moves in down the hall, Imogen begins losing
grip on the pieces she’s been trying to hold together. The only things
that gave her solace–the theatre, cheese fries, and her best friend,
Grant–aren’t enough to save her from her pain this time.
While
Imogen is enjoying her moment in the spotlight after the high school
musical, the journal pages containing her darkest thoughts get put on
display. Now, Imogen must resign herself to be crushed under the
ever-increasing weight of her pain, or finally accept the starring role
in her own life story.
And maybe even find herself a happily ever after.
So
that's the cover of the novel, but Kelsey also unveiled the cover the
accompanying album. That's right: a book soundtrack. She and her husband
are a band, Wedding Day Rain, and they had written several songs that
perfectly encompassed the feel of
Damsel Distressed so they
created a full album to go with the book! That' is SO COOL. Check out
Kelsey's interview with MTV about the book and the album
here.
Those
are all the covers I have to share today, but more are being revealed
daily. Are there any I've share that are your new favorites? Any make
you want to rage like I did? Share in the comments!
