Some really awesome covers have come out in the last couple weeks, most for some highly anticipated sequels. Feast your eyes!
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Stone of Destiny
Danaan Trilogy #2
Laura Howard
December 13, 2013
Summary:
Allison thought it was
crazy enough when she found out her father, Liam, wasn't entirely human.
But now she has to join his magical allies to unravel his former
mistress's plans. Aoife wants to keep Allison's parents apart forever.
Despite
Allison's efforts to keep Ethan, the only guy she's ever cared about,
out of this supernatural mess, fate keeps throwing him back into the
mix.
Will Allison be able to find the amulet that holds the
enchantment Aoife placed on Liam and destroy it? Are Ethan' s feelings
for Allison strong enough to endure the magic of the Tuatha De Danaan?
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This one was just released last night so I wanted to share it ASAP. Not quite as pretty as the
Earthbound hardcover, but I thought that cover didn't quite fit, despite its gorgeousness. I really love this series. I think crap's about to get real, y'all!
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.
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On that vein, I have to share the paperback cover of Earthbound. Again, not as pretty as the hardcover, but this fits the series better and it does match Earthquake.
Earthbound
Earthbound #1
Aprilynne Pike
June 17, 2014
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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Between the Spark & the Burn
Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea #2
April Genevieve Tucholke
August 14, 2014
Dial
Summary:
The conclusion to Between the Devil and The Deep Blue Sea, this gothic thriller romance with shades of Stephen King and Daphne du Maurier is a must-read for fans of Beautiful Creatures and Anna Dressed in Blood.
Freddie once told me that the Devil created all the fear in the world.
But then, the Devil once told me that it's easier to forgive someone for scaring you than for making you cry.
The problem with River West Redding was that he'd done both to me.
The crooked-smiling liar River West Redding, who drove into Violet's
life one summer day and shook her world to pieces, is gone. Violet and
Neely, River's other brother, are left to worry—until they catch a two
a.m. radio program about strange events in a distant mountain town. They
take off in search of River but are always a step behind, finding
instead frenzied towns, witch hunts, and a wind-whipped island with the
thrum of something strange and dangerous just under the surface. It
isn't long before Violet begins to wonder if Neely, the one Redding
brother she thought trustworthy, has been hiding a secret of his own . .
.
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The Rules for Breaking
The Rules for Disappearing #2
Ashley Elston
May 20, 2014
Disney Hyperion
Summary:
Anna Boyd almost lost her life to get what she wanted most in the world: freedom.
But
just when it seems that her family has finally escaped Witness
Protection, the illusion that Anna could resume a normal life comes
crashing down.
The deadly man Anna knows as Thomas is still on
the loose, and now he's using her as a pawn in a dangerous game with the
drug cartel determined to silence her forever. When Thomas and a
mysterious masked man capture not only Anna but also her fragile younger
sister and her boyfriend, Anna decides it's time to break all the
rules-even if it means teaming up with the lesser of two evils.
Anna
will do whatever it takes to protect the people she loves and win her
life back once and for all. But her true enemies are hidden in plain
sight. Before long, Anna will learn that putting her trust in anyone may
be the last mistake she ever makes.
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Illusion
Chronicles of Nick #5
Sherrilyn Kenyon
April 1, 2014
St. Martin's Griffin
Summary:
Be careful what you wish for…
You just might get it.
Nick
Gautier is tired of his destiny. He doesn’t want to be the son of a
demon who’s fated to end the world. Nor does he want to see another
demon or other preternatural creature who wants to kill or enslave him.
He just wants to be normal and have normal problems like everyone else.
But
normality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. When he gets sucked into an
alternate reality where his mother has married his mentor and his
Atlantean god best friend has become a human geek, he begins to
understand that no life is free of pain, and that every person has a
specific place in the universe… Even the son of a hated demon.
Most
of all, he sees that his powers aren’t the curse he thought they were,
and that the world needs a champion, especially one its enemies can’t
imagine rising up to defend the ones he should destroy.
Old enemies and new friends square off for a major battle that will either restore Nick to his real world, or end him forever.
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I can't find it, but apparently Tahereh explained that the reason "Fracture Me" and "Destroy Me" have closed eyes is because they aren't told from Juliette's pov and the closed eyes portray that. COOLEST COVER EXPLANATION EVER. Also, in other Shatter Me news, "FM" and "DM" are going to be included with more bonus material in a paperback called Unite Me.
"Fracture Me"
Shatter Me #2.5
Tahereh Mafi
December 17, 2013
HarperCollins
Summary:
In this electrifying sixty-page companion novella to the New York Times
bestselling Shatter Me series, discover the fate of the Omega Point
rebels as they go up against The Reestablishment. Set during and soon
after the final moments of Unravel Me, Fracture Me is told from Adam's perspective.
As
Omega Point prepares to launch an all-out assault on The
Reestablishment soldiers stationed in Sector 45, Adam's focus couldn't
be further from the upcoming battle. He's reeling from his breakup with
Juliette, scared for his best friend's life, and as concerned as ever
for his brother James's safety. And just as Adam begins to wonder if
this life is really for him, the alarms sound. It's time for war.
On
the battlefield, it seems like the odds are in their favor—but taking
down Warner, Adam's newly discovered half brother, won't be that easy.
The Reestablishment can't tolerate a rebellion, and they'll do anything
to crush the resistance . . . including killing everyone Adam has ever
cared about.
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I'm including both covers for this next one. I believe the one on the left is actually the cover for the ARC. Minor differences (color, position of the people), but that could be huge. Do you have a preference?
Idols
Icons #2
Margaret Stohl
July 8, 2014
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Summary:
No summary is currently available, but it's the sequel to Icons, which you can read about here.
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Not a ya book, strictly, but if you read
my review of
Gameboard of the Gods, you'll see why I actually have no problem including this cover on my ya-focused blog. Also because this is Richelle Mead and I love her. I've read all of her books with the exception of the last two
in Georgina's series. And seriously, I LOVE this cover. It's totally gorgeous!!!
The Immortal Crown
Age of X #2
Richelle Mead
May 29, 2014
Dutton Adult
Summary:
Gameboard of the Gods
introduced religious investigator Justin March and Mae Koskinen, the
beautiful supersoldier assigned to protect him. Together they have been
charged with investigating reports of the supernatural and the return of
the gods, both inside the Republic of United North America and out.
With this highly classified knowledge comes a shocking revelation: Not
only are the gods vying for human control, but the elect—special humans
marked by the divine—are turning against one another in bloody fashion.
Their
mission takes a new twist when they are assigned to a diplomatic
delegation headed by Lucian Darling, Justin’s old friend and rival,
going into Arcadia, the RUNA’s dangerous neighboring country. Here, in a
society where women are commodities and religion is intertwined with
government, Justin discovers powerful forces at work, even as he
struggles to come to terms with his own reluctantly acquired deity.
Meanwhile,
Mae—grudgingly posing as Justin’s concubine—has a secret mission of her
own: finding the illegitimate niece her family smuggled away years ago.
But with Justin and Mae resisting the resurgence of the gods in
Arcadia, a reporter’s connection with someone close to Justin back home
threatens to expose their mission—and with it the divine forces the
government is determined to keep secret.
