The book trailer for Megan Shepherd's debut novel, The Madman's Daughter, was recently unveiled on EW's Shelf Life!  The first in a new trilogy, The Madman's Daughter is described as a YA Gothic horror novel inspired by H.G. Well's The Island of Dr. Moreau. I may not be familiar with The Island of Dr. Moreau at all, but I find the premise for...

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Rachel Hawkins shared the cover for School Spirits, a spin-off novel of her very popular Hex Hall series, on her Tumblr today! Release Date: May 14, 2013 Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Add to Goodreads Summary (from Goodreads):  Fifteen-year-old Izzy Brannick was trained to fight monsters. For centuries, her family has hunted magical creatures. But when Izzy’s older sister vanishes without a trace while on a...

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The book trailer for Marissa Meyer's Scarlet, the second novel in the Lunar Chronicles series, was unveiled on EW's Shelf Life last week, but I just noticed the YouTube version has popped up! I was very fortunate to receive an ARC of Scarlet thanks to Raincoast Books awhile ago and simply couldn't resist reading it as soon as I could. If you thought...

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Harlequin Teen revealed the cover of Katie McGarry's Dare You To, a companion novel to Pushing The Limits, on their Facebook page today! Release Date: May 28, 2013 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Add to Goodreads Summary (from Goodreads): "I dare you..." If anyone knew the truth about Beth Risk's home life, they'd send her mother to jail and seventeen-year-old Beth who knows where. So...

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Title: My Life Next Door Author: Huntley Fitzpatrick Release Date: June 19, 2012 (hardcover) Publisher: Dial Pages: 396 Source: Bought Overall:  5 Stars Summary: A gorgeous debut about family, friendship, first romance, and how to be true to one person you love without betraying another“One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts....

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. Release Date: March 1, 2013 Publisher: Scholastic Press Add to Goodreads Summary (from Goodreads): A kingdom teetering on the brink of destruction. A king gone missing. Who will survive? Find out in the highly anticipated sequel to Jennifer A. Nielsen’s blockbuster The False Prince!...

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Title: Black City (Black City #1) Author: Elizabeth Richards Release Date: November 13, 2012 (hardcover) Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Pages: 384 Source: Copy provided by Razorbill.ca Overall: 3 Stars Summary: A dark and tender post-apocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war.In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races...

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The book trailer for Yelena Black's debut novel Dance of Shadows was revealed a few days ago on MTV's Hollywood Crush! Wouldn't you want to buy Dance of Shadows for its gorgeous cover alone? I can't stop starting at it! Luckily, the concept of the novel sounds just as promising and I cannot wait to hear more about this first book in a...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. Release Date: April 9, 2013 Publisher: Doubleday Canada Add to Goodreads Summary (from Random House Canada):  The heart-stopping final book in the Darkness Rising trilogy, from New York Times-bestselling author Kelley Armstrong!Things are getting desperate for Maya and her friends. Hunted by two powerful...

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Title: Valkyrie Rising  Author: Ingrid Paulson  Release Date: October 9, 2012 (hardcover) Publisher: HarperTeen Pages: 352 Source: Bought Overall: 5 Stars Summary: Nothing ever happens in Norway. But at least Ellie knows what to expect when she visits her grandmother: a tranquil fishing village and long, slow summer days. And maybe she'll finally get out from under the shadow of her way-too-perfect big...

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Title: The Unfailing Light (The Katerina Trilogy #2) Author: Robin Bridges Release Date: October 9, 2012 (hardcover) Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: 320 Source: Copy provided by publisher Overall: 4 Stars Summary: Lush and opulent, romantic and sinister, The Unfailing Light, Volume II in The Katerina Trilogy, reimagines the lives of Russia's aristocracy in a fabulously intoxicating and page-turning fantasy.Having had...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. Release Date: February 5, 2013 Publisher: HarperCollins Add to Goodreads Summary (from HarperTeen): tick tick tick tick tick it's almost time for war. Juliette has escaped to Omega Point. It is a place for people like her—people with gifts—and it is also the headquarters...

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Title: Meant To Be Author: Lauren Morrill Release Date: November 13, 2012 (hardcover) Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: 304 Source: Copy provided by publisher Overall: 4 Stars Summary: Meant to be or not meant to be . . . that is the question. It's one thing to fall head over heels into a puddle of hazelnut coffee, and quite another to...

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Title: The Girl in the Clockwork Collar (Steampunk Chronicles #2) Author: Kady Cross Release Date: May 22, 2012 (hardcover) Publisher: Harlequin Teen Pages: 416 Source: Bought Overall: 5 Stars Summary: Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her "straynge band of mysfits" have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a...

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. Release Date: May 7, 2013 Publisher: HarperTeen Add to Goodreads Summary (from Goodreads):   Five years ago, Wren Connolly was shot three times in the chest. After 178 minutes she came back as a Reboot: stronger, faster, able to heal, and less emotional. The...

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Title: Burn for Burn (Burn for Burn #1) Authors: Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian Release Date: September 18, 2012 (hardcover) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Pages: 368 Source: Bought Overall: 5 Stars Summary: BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY...THEY GET EVEN.Lillia has never had any problems dealing with boys who like her. Not until this summer, when one went too far. No...

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Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by fellow Canadian blogger Tynga at Tynga's Reviews where we share any new books or goodies we bought, received, borrowed, etc. during the week. For the past two weeks, I've received... 2nd Annual Ontario Blog Squad Meet-Up:  Among Others by Jo Walton ARC of Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling by Michael Boccacino ARC...

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