Hi everybody! 🙂
After a long break from the blog, I’m finally back with some amazing Spring book releases.
The end of 2020 and the beginning of this new year gave us such amazing new books, such as “Layla” (Colleen Hoover), “The Cousins” (Karen M. McManus) and “The Wife Upstairs” (Rachel Hawkins), and this Spring seems to keep up with it.
Of all the books that will be published within the next few months, I must highlight “Later” (Stephen King, my favourite contemporary author. OMG I CAN’T WAIT), “The Soul of a Woman” (Isabel Allende) and “Namesake” (Adrienne Young; This is the final book in the Fable series).
Without further do, let’s dive in 🙂
Chain of Iron (The Last Hours #2) / Cassandra Clare
Release Date: 2nd March
Genre: Fantasy
Goodreads Synopsis: The Shadowhunters must catch a killer in Edwardian London in this dangerous and romantic sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Chain of Gold, from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Iron is a Shadowhunters novel
Publisher: Walker Books
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3cRsb
Later // Stephen King
Release Date: 2nd March
Genre: Horror
Goodreads Synopsis: The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine – as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave.
Publisher: Hard Case Crime
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3tHAzGw
I’m so excited to read this one! Who else?
The Bright and the Pale // Jessica Rubinkowski
Release Date: 2nd March
Genre: Fantasy
Goodreads Synopsis:
Seventeen-year-old Valeria is one of the only survivors of the freeze, a dark magical hold Knnot Mountain unleashed over her village. Everyone, including her family, is trapped in an unbreakable sheet of ice. Ever since, she’s been on the run from the Czar, who is determined to imprison any who managed to escape. Valeria finds refuge with the Thieves Guild, doing odd jobs with her best friend Alik, the only piece of home she has left.
That is, until he is brutally murdered. (more…)
Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3aKC9ig
The Soul of a Woman // Isabel Allende (Hardcover and Large Print Edition)
Release Date: 2nd March
Genre: Biography & Memoir
Goodreads Synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes a passionate and inspiring meditation on what it means to be a woman. (more)
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3u3COnU
The Conductors (Murder and Magic #1) // Nicole Glover
Release Date: 2nd March
Genre: Fantasy; Historical Fiction
Goodreads Synopsis: A compelling debut by a new voice in fantasy fiction, The Conductors features the magic and mystery of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files written with the sensibility and historical setting of Octavia Butler’s Kindred: Introducing Hetty Rhodes, a magic-user and former conductor on the Underground Railroad who now solves crimes in post–Civil War Philadelphia
Publisher: John Joseph Adams/Mariner Books
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rDyQ3k
The Lost Apothecary // Sarah Penner
Release Date: 2nd March
Genre: Historical Fiction
Goodreads Synopsis: A female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them—setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course
Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman.
Rule #2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register
Publisher: Park Row
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3oZHozK
Namesake (Fable #2) // Adrienne Young
Release Date: 16th March
Genre: Fantasy; Young Adult
Goodreads Synopsis: With the Marigold ship free of her father, Fable and its crew were set to start over. That freedom is short-lived when she becomes a pawn in a notorious thug’s scheme. In order to get to her intended destination she must help him to secure a partnership with Holland, a powerful gem trader who is more than she seems.
As Fable descends deeper into a world of betrayal and deception she learns that her mother was keeping secrets, and those secrets are now putting the people Fable cares about in danger. If Fable is going to save them then she must risk everything, including the boy she loves and the home she has finally found.
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3aSleu6
You can find more informations about the first book, “Fable”, here.
The Shadow in the Glass // JJA Harwood
Release Date: 18th March
Genre: Fantasy; Retelling
Goodreads Synopsis: Once upon a time Ella had wished for more than her life as a lowly maid.
Now forced to work hard under the unforgiving, lecherous gaze of the man she once called stepfather, Ella’s only refuge is in the books she reads by candlelight, secreted away in the library she isn’t permitted to enter.
One night, among her beloved books of far-off lands, Ella’s wishes are answered. At the stroke of midnight, a fairy godmother makes her an offer that will change her life: seven wishes, hers to make as she pleases. But each wish comes at a price and Ella must to decide whether it’s one she’s willing to pay it.
Publisher: HarperVoyager
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3pg4n9Q
Rule Of Wolves (King Of Scars #2) // Leigh Bardugo
Release Date: 30th March
Genre: Fantasy
Goodreads Synopsis:
The Demon King. As Fjerda’s massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm—and even the monster within—to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king’s gift for the impossible.
The Stormwitch. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. No matter the cost.
The Queen of Mourning. Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart.
King. General. Spy. Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. Or watch a nation fall.
Publisher: Orion Children’s Books
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3aZ812J
Notes: The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series! Who’s excited? 🙂
Now you can also find the Ilumicrate Edition!
Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Twon // Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Release Date: 1st April
Genre: Short Stories; Contemporary
Goodreads Synopsis: A lyrical and heartfelt collection by an award-winning writer that connects the lives of young people from small towns in Alaska and the American west. Each story is unique, yet universal. (more)
Publisher: Random House/Lamb
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2LR5rmY
First, Become Ashes // K. M. Szpara
Release Date: 6th April
Genre: Fantasy; LGBT
Goodreads Synopsis: Lark spent the first twenty-four years, nine months, and three days of his life training for a righteous quest: to rid the world of monsters. Alongside his partner Kane, he wore the cage and endured the scourge in order to develop his innate magic. He never thought that when Kane left, he’d next see him in the company of FBI agents and a SWAT team. He never dreamed that the leader of the Fellowship of the Anointed would be brought up on charges of abuse and assault.
He never expected the government would tell him that the monsters aren’t real–that there is no magic, and all the pain was for nothing.
Lark isn’t ready to give up. He is determined to fulfill his quest, to defeat the monsters he was promised. Along the way he will grapple with the past, confront love, and discover his long-buried truth.
Publisher: Tordotcom
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Owohk5
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos // Judy Batalion
Release Date: 6th April
Genre: Non Fiction; History
Goodreads Synopsis: One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters—a group of unknown heroes whose exploits have never been chronicled in full, until now.
Publisher: William Morrow
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3jLkbQE
The Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood and Ash #3) // Jennifer L. Armentrout
Release Date: 20th April
Genre: Fantasy
Goodreads Synopsis: She’s been the victim and the survivor…
Poppy never dreamed she would find the love she’s found with Prince Casteel. She wants to revel in her happiness but first they must free his brother and find hers. It’s a dangerous mission and one with far-reaching consequences neither dreamed of. Because Poppy is the Chosen, the Blessed. The true ruler of Atlantia. She carries the blood of the King of Gods within her. By right the crown and the kingdom are hers. (more)
Publisher: Blue Box Press
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2ZgSENQ
Last Chance Books // Kelsey Rodkey
Release Date: 18th May
Genre: Romance
Goodreads Synopsis: Madeline Moore does. Books & Moore, the musty bookstore her family has owned for generations, is where she feels most herself. Nothing is going to stop her from coming back after college to take over the store from her beloved aunt.
Nothing, that is—until a chain bookstore called Prologue opens across the street and threatens to shut them down.
Madeline sets out to demolish the competition, but Jasper, the guy who works over at Prologue, seems intent on ruining her life. Not only is he taking her customers, he has the unbelievable audacity to be… extremely cute.
But that doesn’t matter. Jasper is the enemy and he will be destroyed. After all—all’s fair in love and (book) wars.
Publisher: HarperTeen
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rVmrHR
The Lights of Prague // Nicole Jarvis
Release Date: 18th May
Genre: Fantasy; Historical Fiction; LGBT
Goodreads Synopsis: In the quiet streets of Prague all manner of otherworldly creatures lurk in the shadows. Unbeknownst to its citizens, their only hope against the tide of predators are the dauntless lamplighters – a secret elite of monster hunters whose light staves off the darkness each night. Domek Myska leads a life teeming with fraught encounters with the worst kind of evil: pijavice, bloodthirsty and soulless vampiric creatures. Despite this, Domek find solace in his moments spent in the company of his friend, the clever and beautiful Lady Ora Fischerová– a widow with secrets of her own. (more)
Publisher: Titan Books
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2LORh5P
The Ones We’re Meant to Find // Joan He
Release Date: 4th May
Genre: Science Fiction
Goodreads Synopsis: Cee awoke on an abandoned island three years ago. With no idea of how she was marooned, she only has a rickety house, an old android, and a single memory: she has a sister, and Cee needs to find her.
STEM prodigy Kasey wants escape from the science and home she once trusted. The eco-city—Earth’s last unpolluted place—is meant to be sanctuary for those commited to planetary protection, but it’s populated by people willing to do anything for refuge, even lie. Now, she’ll have to decide if she’s ready to use science to help humanity, even though it failed the people who mattered most.
Publisher: Roaring Brook
Find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2NoTEN0
And…That’s It!
So many amazing books that are going to be released this Spring!!! Personally, I can’t wait for “Later” and “Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town”. Which of these books are now on your wishlist?
Let me know in the comment section down below 🙂
Stay safe,
