Sunday Suspense (25) - Suspicion by Alexandra Monir

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Expected day of publication: December 9th, 2014
Publisher: Delacorte Press

Formats: Hardcover, Kindle Edition, eBook
Pages: 368

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Mysterious. Magnificent. Creepy. Welcome to Rockford Manor.

"There's something hidden in the Maze." Seventeen-year-old Imogen has never forgotten the last words her father said to her seven years ago, before the blazing fire that consumed him, her mother, and the gardens of her family's English country manor.

Haunted by her parents' deaths, Imogen moves to New York City with her new guardians. But when a letter arrives with the news of her cousin's untimely death, revealing that Imogen is now the only heir left to run the estate, she returns to England and warily accepts her role as duchess.

All is not as it seems at Rockford, and Imogen quickly learns that dark secrets lurk behind the mansion's aristocratic exterior, hinting that the spate of deaths in her family were no accident. And at the center of the mystery is Imogen herself--and Sebastian, the childhood friend she has secretly loved for years. Just what has Imogen walked into?

Combining a fresh twist on the classic REBECCA with a spine-tingling mystery and powerful romance, SUSPICION is an action-packed thrill ride.

First off, I'm in love with the cover. It's definitely one of my favorites this year. And for the rest, if "Mysterious. Magnificent. Creepy." didn't convince me, I was sold at ""There's something hidden in the Maze."" (Sorry for the punctuation mark madnass, I got a little confused on the quotes. How do you quote a dialogue? o.O)

At the age of 25, author and recording artist Alexandra Monir released her debut young adult novel, TIMELESS. The book caught on quickly, with Amazon.com naming it one of the "Best Books of the Month" and Barnes & Noble featuring the title in their "Top Teen Picks." The book went on to hit the Barnes & Noble Teen Bestsellers chart, and has been featured in a variety of media, from popular teen websites to The Huffington Post. Alexandra wrote a companion short story eBook, SECRETS OF THE TIME SOCIETY, to set up the sequel, TIMEKEEPER. The sequel publishes on January 8, 2013.

Alexandra also integrated original music into the novels' pages, writing two songs for TIMELESS, which she recorded with producer Michael Bearden (musical director of Michael Jackson's last concert, This Is It). The songs were released on iTunes as a supplement to the book. A new song for TIMEKEEPER will be released on January 8, 2013, produced by Heather Holley and Rob Hoffman.

Alexandra currently resides in Los Angeles, California, where she is writing her next young adult novel for Random House.

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Sunday Suspense (24) - The Elementalists (Tipping Point Prophecy) by C. Sharp

Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian
Expected day of publication: October 28th, 2014
Publisher: Diversion Books

Formats: Paperback
Pages: 374

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Rising sea levels, droughts, earthquakes, tornadoes. Far below the earth’s crust, imprisoned in ancient slumber, the elemental powers of the land grow restless…

Meanwhile, in small town Virginia, Chloe McClellan’s first day of sophomore year was an epic fail. After she becomes the target of the fiery queen of the It-Girls in gym, she gains instant notoriety when she’s struck by lightning. That’s when things start to get weird.

There are disconcerting gaps in her memory, and freaky weather seems to follow her everywhere. She comes to believe that either she’s going insane, or her accident has awoken a terrifying creature from mythology, triggering the final countdown to the extinction of humankind.

Chloe finds unlikely help from a trio of male classmates: the grounded captain of the football team, the flighty stoner with a secret, and the enigmatic transfer student who longs for the sea. All the while, she struggles with the growing realization that dragons exist, and she, and her friends, may be the only ones who can stop them.

In the first book in the epic new Tipping Point Prophecy series, global dragon mythology is reimagined against a backdrop of ecological disaster, high school angst, and the power of the human spirit when working in accord with the elements.

Sunday Suspense (23) - The Last Orphans (The Last Orphans #1) by N. W. Harris

Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian
Expected day of publication: Octover 17th, 2014
Publisher: Clean Teen Publishing

Formats: Paperback
Pages: 274

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Synopsis:

One horrifying day will change the life of sixteen-year-old Shane Tucker and every other kid in the world.

In a span of mere hours, the entire adult population is decimated, leaving their children behind to fend for themselves and deal with the horrific aftermath of the freak occurrence. As one of the newly made elders in his small town, Shane finds himself taking on the role of caretaker for a large group of juvenile survivors. One who just happens to be Kelly Douglas—an out-of-his-league classmate—who, on any other day, would have never given Shane a second glance.

Together, they begin their quest to find out why all of the adults were slaughtered. What they find is even more horrifying than anything they could have expected—the annihilation of the adults was only the beginning. Shane and his friends are not the unlucky survivors left to inherit this new, messed-up planet. No, they are its next victims. There is an unknown power out there, and it won’t stop until every person in the world is dead.

A spine-tingling adventure that will have you gasping for breath all the way until the last page, The Last Orphans is the first book in an all-new apocalyptic series.

Sunday Suspense (22) - Winterspell by Claire Legrand

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Expected day of publication: September 30th, 2014
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Formats: Hardcover, Kindle Edition, eBook
Pages: 464

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Synopsis:

The clock chimes midnight, a curse breaks, and a girl meets a prince . . . but what follows is not all sweetness and sugarplums.

New York City, 1899. Clara Stole, the mayor's ever-proper daughter, leads a double life. Since her mother's murder, she has secretly trained in self-defense with the mysterious Drosselmeyer.

Then, on Christmas Eve, disaster strikes.

Her home is destroyed, her father abducted--by beings distinctly not human. To find him, Clara journeys to the war-ravaged land of Cane. Her only companion is the dethroned prince Nicholas, bound by a wicked curse. If they're to survive, Clara has no choice but to trust him, but his haunted eyes burn with secrets--and a need she can't define. With the dangerous, seductive faery queen Anise hunting them, Clara soon realizes she won't leave Cane unscathed--if she leaves at all.

Inspired by The Nutcracker, Winterspell is a dark, timeless fairy tale about love and war, longing and loneliness, and a girl who must learn to live without fear.

Sunday Suspense (20) - Into the Fire by Ashelyn Drake

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Expected day of publication: September 9th, 2014
Publisher: Month9Books

Formats: Paperback
Pages: ?

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Synopsis:


Sixteen-year-old Cara Tillman’s life is a perfectly normal one until Logan Schmidt moves to Ashlan Falls. Cara is inexplicably drawn to him, but she’s not exactly complaining. Logan’s like no boy she’s ever met, and he brings out a side of Cara that she isn’t used to. As the two get closer, everything is nearly perfect, and Cara looks forward to the future.

But Cara isn’t a normal girl. She’s a member of a small group of people descended from the mythical phoenix bird, and her time is running out. Rebirth is nearing, which means she’ll forget her life up to this point—she’ll forget Logan and everything they mean to one another.. But that may be the least of Cara’s problems.

A phoenix hunter is on the loose, and he’s determined to put an end to the lives of people like Cara and her family, once and for all.

Sunday Suspense (19) - Wordless (Words Made Flesh #1) by Adrianne Strickland

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Expected day of publication: August 8th, 2014
Publisher: Flux

Formats: Paperback
Pages: 336

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Synopsis:


“The Gods made their Words into flesh, giving privileged individuals the powers of creation...”

In Eden City, a member of the illiterate wordless class would never dream of meeting the all-powerful Words ... much less of running away with one. So when a gorgeous girl literally falls into his lap during a routine trash run, seventeen-year-old Tavin Barnes isn’t sure if it’s the luckiest or worst day of his life. That girl is Khaya, the Word of Life, who can heal a wound or command an ivy bush to devour a city block with ease. And yet she needs Tavin’s help.

By aiding Khaya’s escape from the seemingly idyllic confines of Eden City, Tavin unwittingly throws himself into the heart of a conflict that is threatening to tear the world apart. Eden City’s elite will stop at nothing to protect the shocking secret Khaya hides, and they enlist the other Words, each with their own frightening powers, to bring her back.

Sunday Suspense (18) - Some Fine Day by Kat Ross

Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia

Publisher: Strange Chemistry
Expected day of publication: July 1st, 2014



Formats: Paperback, Kindle Edition, eBook



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Sixteen-year-old Jansin Nordqvist is on the verge of graduating from the black ops factory known as the Academy. She's smart and deadly, and knows three things with absolute certainty:

 1. When the world flooded and civilization retreated deep underground, there was no one left on the surface.
 

 2. The only species to thrive there are the toads, a primate/amphibian hybrid with a serious mean streak.

 3. There's no place on Earth where you can hide from the hypercanes, continent-sized storms that have raged for decades.
Jansin has been lied to. On all counts.

Sunday Suspense(17): Beware the Wild by Natalie C. Parker

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal

Publisher: HarperTeen
Expected day of publication: October 21st, 2014



Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Edition, eBook



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Synopsis:



It's an oppressively hot and sticky morning in June when Sterling and her brother, Phin, have an argument that compels him to run into the town swamp -- the one that strikes fear in all the residents of Sticks, Louisiana. Phin doesn't return. Instead, a girl named Lenora May climbs out, and now Sterling is the only person in Sticks who remembers her brother ever existed.

Sterling needs to figure out what the swamp's done with her beloved brother and how Lenora May is connected to his disappearance -- and loner boy Heath Durham might be the only one who can help her.

Sunday Post on Monday #10 + Book Haul

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Sunday Suspense (16) - Gates of Thread and Stone (Gates of Thread and Stone #1) by Lori M. Lee

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Publisher: Skyscape
Expected day of publication: August 5th, 2014



Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audiobook



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In the Labyrinth, we had a saying: keep silent, keep still, keep safe.

In a city of walls and secrets, where only one man is supposed to possess magic, seventeen-year-old Kai struggles to keep hidden her own secret—she can manipulate the threads of time. When Kai was eight, she was found by Reev on the riverbank, and her “brother” has taken care of her ever since. Kai doesn’t know where her ability comes from—or where she came from. All that matters is that she and Reev stay together, and maybe one day move out of the freight container they call home, away from the metal walls of the Labyrinth. Kai’s only friend is Avan, the shopkeeper’s son with the scandalous reputation that both frightens and intrigues her.

Then Reev disappears. When keeping silent and safe means losing him forever, Kai vows to do whatever it takes to find him. She will leave the only home she’s ever known and risk getting caught up in a revolution centuries in the making. But to save Reev, Kai must unravel the threads of her past and face shocking truths about her brother, her friendship with Avan, and her unique power.

Sunday Suspense (15) - Winterkill by Kate A. Boorman

Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Publisher: Abrams/Amulet and Faber & Faber Ltd.
Expected day of publication: September 9th, 2014



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Emmeline knows the woods outside her settlement are forbidden. The mysterious enemy that wiped out half her people lurks there, keeping them isolated in an unfamiliar land with merciless winters.

Living with the shame of her grandmother's insubordination, Emmeline has learned to keep her head down and her quick tongue silent. When the settlement leader asks for her hand in marriage, it's a rare opportunity to wash the family stain clean--even if she has eyes for another. But before she is forced into an impossible decision, her dreams urge her out to the woods, where she finds a path she can't help but follow. The trail leads to a secret that someone in the settlement will kill to protect. Her grandmother went down that path and paid the price.

If Emmeline isn't careful, she will be next.

Sunday Suspense (14) - Darksoul (Darksoul #1) by Eveline Hunt

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal

Publisher: - (Indie)
Expected day of publication: August 21st, 2014



Formats: Kindle Edition
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Problem number one: Asher Evans, her best friend and long-time crush. A lover of piercings with tan skin and a posh British accent, he’s spunky, fun, dirty-mouthed…and clearly more than what he seems.

Then there is Hunter Slade, who, although cold at first, becomes surprisingly good friends with her. He also works her last nerve. But when she finds out his deadly secret, their friendship comes to an abrupt end—or so it may seem.

Hunter and Ash are the least of Hazel’s worries. Someone is out to kill her, and she has no idea why. Monsters seem to come from left and right. Invisible wings follow her everywhere she goes. There’s a voice, soft and strangely familiar, inside her head. After a series of scary encounters, Hazel doesn’t know who or what to believe, although she isn’t about to go down without a fight. Armed with some old self-defense lessons, two Butterfinger candy bars, and her ever-present camera, Hazel will seek to find out the truth—no matter how much it costs her.

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About the author:

Eveline Hunt was born overseas but has lived in the United States since her middle school years. When she’s not busy typing away on her computer, she enjoys drawing, sleeping, playing her guitar, and getting under her older sister’s skin (especially that last one). She currently attends Brown University, where she plans on majoring on just about everything. Darksoul is her first novel.
Visit her at http://evelinehunt.co.nr/.

Sunday Suspense (13) - Hexed (Hexed #1) by Michelle Krys

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Expected day of publication: June 10th 2014
Pages: 384



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Synopsis:



If high school is all about social status, Indigo Blackwood has it made. Sure, her quirky mom owns an occult shop, and a nerd just won’t stop trying to be her friend, but Indie is a popular cheerleader with a football-star boyfriend and a social circle powerful enough to ruin everyone at school. Who wouldn’t want to be her?

Then a guy dies right before her eyes. And the dusty old family Bible her mom is freakishly possessive of is stolen. But it’s when a frustratingly sexy stranger named Bishop enters Indie’s world that she learns her destiny involves a lot more than pom-poms and parties. If she doesn’t get the Bible back, every witch on the planet will die. And that’s seriously bad news for Indie, because according to Bishop, she’s a witch too.

Suddenly forced into a centuries-old war between witches and sorcerers, Indie’s about to uncover the many dark truths about her life—and a future unlike any she ever imagined on top of the cheer pyramid.

Sunday Suspense (12) - The Young Elites by Marie Lu

I'm so sorry for being late again, but I can't help it. It's not that I'm looking for excuses, because I love doing this, I love book blogging, but the facts are that I'm fifteen, I have school, I have an exam period, I have extra-curricular activities and I'm revising for my first advanced language exam. I'm also commuting between parents and grandparents therefore I don't always have Internet access, either. (I'm gonna work for a tablet during the summer, though.) So please understand that I can't always be here and write a quality post, however, I rather post something worthwhile than something hasty, and faulty. I'm not going to give up though, I post as much as I can and also it's almost summer when I'll have as much time as I need. So please stay. :)

Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia

Publisher: Putnam Books for Young Readers
Expected day of publication: October 7th, 2014
Pages: 336

Formats: Hardcover, Kindle Edition, Audio CD
Pre-order: Amazon

Synopsis: 



I am tired of being 

used, hurt, and cast aside.



Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade 

ago, 

the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected 

perished, while many of the children who survived were left with 

strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned silver, her lashes 

went pale, and now she has only a jagged scar where her left 

eye 

once was. Her cruel father believes she is a malfetto, an 

abomination, ruining their family’s good name and standing in the 

way of their fortune. But some of the fever’s survivors are 

rumored 

to possess more than just scars—they are believed to have 

mysterious and powerful gifts, and though their identities remain 

secret, they have come to be called the Young Elites.



Teren Santoro works for the king. As Leader of the Inquisition 

Axis, it is his 

job to seek out the Young Elites, to destroy them before they 

destroy the nation. He believes the Young Elites to be dangerous 

and vengeful, but it’s Teren who may possess the darkest secret 

of all.



Enzo Valenciano is a member of the Dagger Society. This 

secret sect of Young Elites seeks out others like them before the 

Inquisition Axis can. But when the Daggers find Adelina, they 

discover someone with powers like they’ve never seen.

Adelina wants to believe Enzo is on her side, and that Teren is 

the true enemy. But the lives of these three will collide in 

unexpected ways, as each fights a very different and personal 

battle. But of one thing they are all certain: Adelina has abilities 

that shouldn’t belong in this world. A vengeful blackness in her 

heart. And a desire to destroy all who dare to cross her.



It is my turn to use. My turn to hurt.

Sunday Suspense (11) - Talon (Talon #1) by Julie Kagawa

I found this on Movellas the other day where the author is on, too, and she's posted an excerpt. Boy was it awesome! I just have to show it to you.

Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Expected date of publication: October 28th, 2014
Pages: 400

Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Edition, eBook
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Synopsis:



Long ago, dragons were hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. George, a legendary society of dragon slayers. Hiding in human form and growing their numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have become strong and cunning, and they're positioned to take over the world with humans none the wiser.

Ember and Dante Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragonkind. Trained to infiltrate society, Ember wants to live the teen experience and enjoy a summer of freedom before taking her destined place in Talon. But destiny is a matter of perspective, and a rogue dragon will soon challenge everything Ember has been taught. As Ember struggles to accept her future, she and her brother are hunted by the Order of St. George.

Soldier Garret Xavier Sebastian has a mission to seek and destroy all dragons, and Talon's newest recruits in particular. But he cannot kill unless he is certain he has found his prey: and nothing is certain about Ember Hill. Faced with Ember's bravery, confidence and all-too-human desires, Garret begins to question everything that the Order has ingrained in him: and what he might be willing to give up to find the truth about dragons.

Sunday Suspense (10) - The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave #2) by Rick Yancey

Look, what I found the other day...

Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Expected day of publication: September 16th, 2014
Pages: 480



Synopsis:



How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.

Cassie and her friends haven’t seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate.




I haven't read the first book yet, but it's on my list (okay, actually the half of Goodreads is on my list but still), and I'm waiting for the movie as well, however, I'll definitely read the book before watching the movie and hopefully before the next book. Although if I schedule it just before it I don't have to wait so much if I get obsessed with it...