New Releases: Week of February 26, 2019

Four Dead Queens
Author: Astrid Scholte
Publisher: Putnam
Publication Date: February 26, 2019

A divided nation. Four Queens. A ruthless pickpocket. A noble messenger. And the murders that unite them.

Get in quick, get out quicker.

These are the words Keralie Corrington lives by as the preeminent dipper in the Concord, the central area uniting the four quadrants of Quadara. She steals under the guidance of her mentor Mackiel, who runs a black market selling their bounty to buyers desperate for what they can’t get in their own quarter. For in the nation of Quadara, each quarter is strictly divided from the other. Four queens rule together, one from each region:

Toria: the intellectual quarter that values education and ambition
Ludia: the pleasure quarter that values celebration, passion, and entertainment
Archia: the agricultural quarter that values simplicity and nature
Eonia: the futurist quarter that values technology, stoicism and harmonious community

When Keralie intercepts a comm disk coming from the House of Concord, what seems like a standard job goes horribly wrong. Upon watching the comm disks, Keralie sees all four queens murdered in four brutal ways. Hoping that discovering the intended recipient will reveal the culprit – information that is bound to be valuable bartering material with the palace – Keralie teams up with Varin Bollt, the Eonist messenger she stole from, to complete Varin’s original job and see where it takes them.
Warrior of the Wild
Author: Tricia Levenseller
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date: February 26, 2019

How do you kill a god?

As her father's chosen heir, eighteen-year-old Rasmira has trained her whole life to become a warrior and lead her village. But when her coming-of-age trial is sabotaged and she fails the test, her father banishes her to the monster-filled wilderness with an impossible quest: to win back her honour, she must kill the oppressive god who claims tribute from the villages each year or die trying.


Last Of Her Name 
Author: Jessica Khoury
Publisher: Scholastic
Publication Date: February 26, 2019

Sixteen years ago, rebellion swept the galaxy known as the Belt of Jewels. Every member of the royal family was murdered--down to their youngest child, Princess Anya--and the Union government rose in its place. But Stacia doesn't think much about politics. She spends her days half-wild, rambling her father's vineyard with her closest friends, Clio and Pol.

That all changes the day a Union ship appears in town, carrying the leader of the Belt himself, the Direktor Eminent. The Direktor claims that Princess Anya is alive, and that Stacia's sleepy village is a den of empire loyalists, intent on hiding her. When Stacia is identified as the lost princess, her provincial home explodes into a nightmare.

Pol smuggles her away to a hidden escape ship in the chaos, leaving Clio in the hands of the Union. With everything she knows threading away into stars, Stacia sets her heart on a single mission. She will find and rescue Clio, even with the whole galaxy on her trail.

The Priory Of The Orange Tree
Author: Samantha Shannon
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publication Date: February 26, 2019


From the internationally bestselling author of The Bone Season, a trailblazing, epic high fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons—and the women who must lead the fight to save it.


A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.


The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction—but assassins are getting closer to her door.

Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

Across the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.

Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.

The Dysasters (The Dysasters #1)
Authors: P.C. & Kristin Cast
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Publication Date: February 26, 2019

Foster Stewart knows she's different. Her life has never been "normal." Talking to plants and controlling cloud formations aren't things most seventeen year olds are into. Tate "Nighthawk" Taylor is perfect. Star quarterback and all around dreamy boy next door he never thought about his "extra" abilities. What quarterback wouldn't want night vision? That's not weird, right? It's cool!

But on the night of their first meeting a deadly tornado brings them together and awakens their true abilities - the power to control the element air. Unbeknown to Tate and Foster, they are the first in a group of teens that were genetically manipulated before birth to bond with the elements. Which truly sucks for Foster, as she has to face the fact that Dr. Rick Stewart, her beloved scientist father, betrayed her and now wants to use her and the others for his own nefarious world domination plot.

Foster and Tate must stop Dr. Stewart and his minions before he destroys their lives and the world.

Other New Releases This Week: 
We Set The Dark On Fire (We Set The Dark On Fire #1) by Tehlor Kay Mejia (2/26/19) [Katherine Tegen]
An Affair of Poisons by Addie Thorley (2/26/19) [Page Street Kids]
Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner (2/26/19) [Crown BYR]
Pretend She's Here by Luanne Rice (2/26/19) [Scholastic]
Sorry Not Sorry by Jaime Reed (2/26/19) [Point]
The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena (2/26/19) [Farrar, Straus & Giroux BYR]
Tell Me Everything by Sarah Enni (2/26/19) [Point]

Blog Tour: The Dysasters by P.C. & Kristin Cast


The Dysasters (The Dysasters #1)
Authors: P.C. & Kristin Cast
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Publication Date: February 26, 2019
Pages: 320
Format: Galley/NetGalley

P.C. and Kristin Cast, the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of the House of Night phenomenon, return to the scene with The Dysasters—the first action-packed novel in a new paranormal fantasy series.

Adoptive daughter of a gifted scientist, Foster Stewart doesn’t live a “normal” life, (not that she’d want to). But controlling cloud formations and seeing airwaves aren’t things most eighteen year olds can do.

Small town star quarterback and quintessential dreamy boy next door, Tate “Nighthawk” Taylor has never thought much about his extra abilities. Sure, his night vision comes in handy during games, but who wouldn’t want that extra edge?

From the moment Foster and Tate collide, their worlds spiral and a deadly tornado forces them to work together, fully awakening their not-so-natural ability - the power to control air.

As they each deal with the tragic loss of loved ones, they’re caught by another devastating blow – they are the first in a group of teens genetically manipulated before birth to bond with the elements, and worse… they’re being hunted.

Now, Foster and Tate must fight to control their abilities as they learn of their past, how they came to be, who’s following them, and what tomorrow will bring… more DYSASTERS?


Review: So I'm still reading it, but I'm enjoying so far and one thing in particular I'm actually really loving with it is the graphics included in the story. I'm absolutely loving seeing some of these scenes drawn out. It's giving a whole different visual to the story and its incredibly cool. Full review to be updated later this week. 


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About The Authors:

#1 New York Times & #1 USA Today bestselling author P.C. Cast was born in the Midwest, and, after her tour in the USAF, she taught high school for 15 years before retiring to write full time. PC is a member of the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. Her novels have been awarded the prestigious: Oklahoma Book Award, YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, Booksellers' Best, and many, many more. Ms. Cast is an experienced teacher and talented speaker who lives in Oregon near her fabulous daughter, her adorable pack of dogs, her crazy Maine Coon, and a bunch of horses.

Kristin Cast is a #1 New York Times and #1 USA Today bestselling author who teams with her mother to write the wildly successful House of Night series. She has editorial credits, a thriving t-shirt line, and a passion for all things paranormal. When away from her writing desk, Kristin loves going on adventures with her friends, family, and significant other, playing with her dogs (Grace Kelly and Hobbs the Tiny Dragon), and is currently obsessed with her baby.

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Stacking The Shelves #134/Sunday Post #66

Stacking The Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews and Reading Reality as a way to share all the books we got during the week!

The Sunday Post is hosted by Kimberly @ Caffeinated Reviewer. Its a weekly post to showcase what books you got, recap the week, and talk about what will be coming up this week on the blog!

Thank you NetGalley & Inkyard Press! 

Sorry guys, I've kinda been absent for the past couple weeks. I got pretty sick about 2 weeks ago and I've been pretty out of it. I'm finally mostly over it and actually feeling up to doing things again. But honestly, I named what I had the death cold because despite it being a cold, I felt like fucking death. It was not pleasant at all. And before that, I actually ended up not being home for a week. So I've kinda been super behind on blog stuff now.

But on the bright-side, after almost a year, I got my laptop fixed and it works so much better than when I originally bought it. I'm really happy. And it even got fixed for free since it was still under the service plan.

So, I'm finally feeling ready to talk about what's been fueling my depression from the past few months. Me and James broke up at the beginning of the year. But we were struggling since mid November. But I'm also at a point now where I'm starting to feel a lot better. I've started dating someone else, someone who has actually been one of my best friends for 10 years. So I feel like this is a good thing. I'm genuinely feeling happy again. Me and James are also, after a rocky start, starting to co-parent much better and we even got Ana in preschool. So things are really looking up after a depressing few months.


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