Abril 2019
Narrowing down the wrap-up list this month to just twelve books was extremely hard because there is so much amazing YA and incredible debut authors being published every Tuesday. My list of titles to share almost doubled for the month but I did manage to narrow it down to a few that may have slipped through cracks of some of the bestseller lists but deserve your attention and TBR additions! Enjoy!
Serious Moonlight por Jenn Bennett
Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she’s cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel. In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide. The hotel’s charismatic young van driver shares the same nocturnal shift and patronizes the waterfront Moonlight Diner where she waits for the early morning ferry after work. Daniel also shares her appetite for intrigue, and he’s stumbled upon a real-life mystery: a famous reclusive writer—never before seen in public—might be secretly meeting someone at the hotel. To uncover the writer’s puzzling identity, Birdie must come out of her shell… discovering that most confounding mystery of all may be her growing feelings for the elusive riddle that is Daniel.
Descendiente de la Grulla por Joan He
Princess Hesina of Yan has always been eager to shirk the responsibilities of the crown, dreaming of an unremarkable life. But when her beloved father is found dead, she’s thrust into power, suddenly the queen of a surprisingly unstable kingdom. What’s more, Hesina believes that her father was murdered—and that the killer is someone close to her. Hesina’s court is packed full of dissemblers and deceivers eager to use the king’s death for political gain, each as plausibly guilty as the next. Her advisers would like her to blame the neighboring kingdom of Kendi’a, whose ruler has been mustering for war. Determined to find her father’s actual killer, Hesina does something desperate: she enlists the aid of a soothsayer—a treasonous act, punishable by death, since magic was outlawed centuries ago. Using the information provided by the sooth, and uncertain if she can trust her family, Hesina turns to Akira—a brilliant investigator who’s also a convicted criminal with secrets of his own. With the future of Yan at stake, can Hesina find justice for her father? Or will the cost be too high?
Si estoy siendo honesto por Emily Wibberley y Austin Siegemund-Broka
High school senior Cameron Bright’s reputation can be summed up in one word: bitch. It’s no surprise she’s queen bee at her private L.A. high school—she’s beautiful, talented, and notorious for her cutting and brutal honesty. So when she puts her foot in her mouth in front of her crush, Andrew, she fears she may have lost him for good. In an attempt to win him over, Cameron resolves to “tame” herself, much like Katherine in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. First, she’ll have to make amends with those she’s wronged, which leads her to Brendan, the guy she labelled with an unfortunate nickname back in the sixth grade. At first, Brendan isn’t all that receptive to Cameron’s ploy. But slowly, he warms up to her when they connect over the computer game he’s developing. Now if only Andrew would notice… But the closer Cameron gets to Brendan, the more she sees he appreciates her personality—honesty and all—and wonders if she’s compromising who she is for the guy she doesn’t even want.
Desde la última vez que hablamos por Brenda Rufener
Cuando Aggi Frank y Max Granger finalmente admitieron sus sentimientos el uno por el otro en diciembre pasado, se sintió como si el amor fuera hermoso e interminable. . . hasta que no lo fue. Un accidente automovilístico fatal que involucra a sus hermanos mayores arroja sus vidas en un caos repentino. Y con una orden de restricción ahora entre las dos familias amargas, el amor de Aggi y Max se enfría. Estar juntos nuevamente parece una fantasía lejana, a pesar de que comparten el mismo camino de entrada. Aún así, Plum Lake es un pueblo pequeño, y mantenerse alejado no puede durar para siempre. Aggi y Max finalmente se reúnen en una fiesta en la casa del lago y rompen el hielo después de un año de silencio. Pero justo cuando comienzan a reconstruir su relación, sucede lo impensable, lo que los lleva a enfrentarse entre sí y a sus familias con la esperanza de reparar las piezas rotas.
Cómo hacer amigos con la oscuridad por Kathleen Glasgow
Esto es lo que sucede cuando tu madre muere. Es el día más brillante del verano y afuera está oscuro. Está oscuro en tu casa, oscuro en tu habitación y oscuro en tu corazón. Sientes que la oscuridad te separará. Así se siente para Tiger. Siempre han sido Tiger y su madre contra el mundo. Luego, en un día como cualquier otro, la madre de Tiger muere. Y ahora es Tiger, solo. Así es como aprendes a hacer amigos con la oscuridad.
Nosotros gobernamos la noche por Claire Eliza Bartlett
Seventeen-year-old Revna is a factory worker, manufacturing war machines for the Union of the North. When she’s caught using illegal magic, she fears being branded a traitor and imprisoned. Meanwhile, on the front lines, Linné defied her father, a Union general, and disguised herself as a boy to join the army. They’re both offered a reprieve from punishment if they use their magic in a special women’s military flight unit and undertake terrifying, deadly missions under cover of darkness. Revna and Linné can hardly stand to be in the same cockpit, but if they can’t fly together, and if they can’t find a way to fly well, the enemy’s superior firepower will destroy them–if they don’t destroy each other first.
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