#BookReview: Every New Year by Brenda L. Thomas #EveryNewYear #NetGalley

Reviewed by: Caity G. 
Publisher: Pocket Star

Number of Pages: 76
Recommended Age Group: Adult

Fiction Genre: Urban, Contemporary Romance

How I Acquired this book: Netgalley

Time it took to read: 1H 30M

Overall rating: ★★★
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About the Book:

Bestselling author Brenda L. Thomas spins a sexy and scandalous tale about a newly engaged woman whose life takes an unexpected turn after a New Year’s Eve shooting.

New Year’s Eve is the one night of the year when the line between old and new blurs, when fantasy can become reality, and every woman is given the opportunity to reinvent herself. But in Every New Year, New Year’s Eve turns tragic when a shoot-out lands a respected doctor in the hospital with a bad case of amnesia—and in the care of a man too sexy to resist.

#BookReview: Goldeline by Jimmy Cajoleas

Reviewed by: Lauren

Publisher: HarperCollins

Number of Pages: 256
Recommended Age Group: Middle Grade

Fiction Genre: Fantasy, Ghosts

How I Acquired this book: Edelweiss

Overall rating: ★★★
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About the Book:
In the wild, free woods of the Hinterlands, where magic is as real as stories are, there lives a girl named Goldeline. Goldeline has hair as white as summer snow and gold-flecked eyes, and she travels from camp to camp with Gruff and his bandits, getting by on the things they steal from carriages that pass through the woods.

But someone is after Goldeline. The Preacher—the man who wants to cleanse the Hinterlands of anyone who’s different, the man who turned the Townies against Goldeline’s momma for being a witch—thinks that Goldeline must be a witch, too.

Now Goldeline will have to summon all the courage and magic she got from her momma to escape the Preacher, save her friends, and, maybe, if she’s lucky, find a place to call home.

#BookReview: The Devils You Know by M.C. Atwood #Netgalley

Reviewed by: Lauren

Publisher: Soho Teen

Number of Pages: 288
Recommended Age Group: Young Adult

Fiction Genre: Horror

How I Acquired this book: Edelweiss

Overall rating: ★★
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About the Book:
Plenty of legends surround the infamous Boulder House in Whispering Bluffs, Wisconsin, but nobody takes them seriously. Certainly nobody believes that the original owner, Maxwell Cartwright Jr., cursed its construction—or that a murder of crows died upon its completion, their carcasses turning the land black. If anyone did believe it all, there’s no way River Red High would offer a field trip there for the senior class.

Five very different seniors on the trip—Violet, Paul, Ashley, Dylan, and Gretchen—have reasons beyond school spirit for not ditching the trip. When they’re separated from the group, they discover that what lies within Boulder House is far more horrifying than any local folklore. To survive, they’ll have to band together in ways they never could have imagined and ultimately confront the truths of their darkest selves.

#WOW with @acgaughen & @SG_Marsh

We hope you love this weeks posting of Waiting on Wednesday!! This week we have two books that are not out yet. But one of which we couldn't put down!!  Let us know what book your reading this week and what book you can't wait for!

#BookReview: Protogenesis (The Protogena Chronicles Book, 1) by Alysia Helming #Protogenesis #NetGalley

Reviewed by: Lauren

Publisher: Black Rose Writing

Number of Pages: 398
Recommended Age Group: Adult

Fiction Genre: Fantasy

How I Acquired this book: Netgalley 

Overall rating: ★★
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About the Book:
With her unusual violet hazel eyes hidden behind heavy glasses, American teenager Helene Crawford is the kind of student that always has an answer; yet, she doesn’t seem to fit in anywhere.

One fateful day, life as she knows it comes to a grinding halt. There was a fire. Her mother is gone. But something is not right... The Greek Mafia may be involved. Vivid dreams of ancient deities consume her sleep. A maze of clues leads her to believe that her mother is still alive... She must go to Greece.

The answers to her perilous quest lie there, as Helene braves into the unknown of a new life, torn between two Greek guys and a new world that literally awaits her.


And who knows, maybe the Greek gods and goddesses are on her side... or maybe not.

After all, nothing is as it seems.

#BookReview: Autonomous by Andy Marino

Reviewed by: Lauren

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Number of Pages: 368
Recommended Age Group: Young Adult

Fiction Genre: Science Fiction

How I Acquired this book: Netgalley 

Overall rating: ★
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About the Book:
William Mackler is about to go on a road trip of a lifetime. After winning a contest—and nearly dying in the process—he becomes the proud owner of Autonomous, a driverless car that knows where you want to go before you do. #Worthit! To sweeten the deal he gets to pick three friends to go with him on a cross-country trip to see their favorite band. For William, a reckless adrenaline junkie, this is the perfect last hurrah before he and his friends go their separate ways after graduation. But Autonomous is more than just a car without a steering wheel. It's capable of downloading all of the passengers’ digital history—from the good, to the bad, to the humiliating. The information is customized into an itinerary that will expose a few well-kept secrets, but it will also force William to face some inner demons of his own. Think you know Autonomous? The real question is, how much does Autonomous know about you?
This title will be released on April 3, 2018.

#BookReview: The Midnight Dance by Nikki Katz #Netgalley

Reviewed By: Lauren

Publisher: Swoon Reads

Number of Pages: 320
Recommended Age Group: Young Adult

Fiction Genre: Contemporary 

How I Acquired this book: Netgalley 

Overall rating: ★★
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About the Book:
When the music stops, the dance begins.

Seventeen-year-old Penny is a lead dancer at the Grande Teatro, a finishing school where she and eleven other young women are training to become the finest ballerinas in Italy. Tucked deep into the woods, the school is overseen by the mysterious and handsome young Master who keeps the girls ensconced in the estate – and in the only life Penny has never known.

But when flashes of memories, memories of a life very different from the one she thinks she’s been leading, start to appear, Penny begins to question the Grand Teatro and the motivations of the Master. With a kind and attractive kitchen boy, Cricket, at her side, Penny vows to escape the confines of her school and the strict rules that dictate every step she takes. But at every turn, the Master finds a way to stop her, and Penny must find a way to escape the school and uncover the secrets of her past before it’s too late. 

#BookReview: Uncanny by Sarah Fine

Reviewed by: Lauren

Publisher: Skyscape

Number of Pages: 316
Recommended Age Group: Young Adult

Fiction Genre: Science Fiction

How I Acquired this book: Netgalley

Overall rating: ★★★
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About the Book:
Two sisters. One death. No memories.

Cora should remember every detail about the night her stepsister, Hannah, fell down a flight of stairs to her death, especially since her Cerepin—a sophisticated brain-computer interface—may have recorded each horrifying moment. But when she awakens after that night, her memories gone, Cora is left with only questions—and dread of what the answers might mean.

When a downward spiral of self-destruction forces Cora to work with an AI counselor, she finds an unexpected ally, even as others around her grow increasingly convinced that Hannah’s death was no accident. As Cora’s dark past swirls chaotically with the versions of Hannah’s life and death that her family and friends want to believe, Cora discovers the disturbing depths of what some people may do—including herself.

With her very sanity in question, Cora is forced to face her greatest fear. She will live or die by what she discovers.

#BookReview: The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura Creedle #NetGalley

Reviewed By: Lauren

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers

Number of Pages: 352
Recommended Age Group: Young Adult

Fiction Genre: Young Adult, Mental Health

How I Acquired this book: Netgalley

Overall rating: ★★★★
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About the Book:
When Lily Michaels-Ryan ditches her ADHD meds and lands in detention with Abelard, who has Asperger’s, she’s intrigued—Abelard seems thirty seconds behind, while she feels thirty seconds ahead. It doesn't hurt that he’s brilliant and beautiful.

When Abelard posts a quote from The Letters of Abelard and Heloise online, their mutual affinity for ancient love letters connects them. The two fall for each other. Hard. But is it enough to bridge their differences in person?

This hilarious, heartbreaking story of human connection between two neurodivergent teens creates characters that will stay with you long after you finish reading. 

This title will be released on December 26, 2017.