The Continent (The Continent #1) By Keira Drake [Review]

RELEASE DATE: March 19th, 2018
AUTHOR:  Keira Drake
GENRE: Young-Adult,  Fantasy, Adventure, Dystopia. 
PUBLISHER: Harlequin Teen
SUMMARY:

Part allegory, part romance and part against-the-odds survival story, Keira Drake’s sparkling debut novel engages readers with questions of social responsibility, the nature of peace and violence, and the value-and danger-of nationalism. Thought-provoking, fast-paced and surprising, The Continent will haunt readers long after its covers have been closed.

From a land without war to a continent of two warring nations… one girl’s crash landing becomes a fight to survive.

Pacifica By Kristen Simmons [Review]

RELEASE DATE: March 06th, 2018
AUTHOR: Kristen Simmons
GENRE: Young-Adult, Dystopia, Adventure.
PUBLISHER: Tor Teen
SUMMARY:

Marin is cosario royalty, a pirate like her father and his father before him. Sailing the ocean to chase adventure is in her blood. But these days no one cares that the island town her people call home is named after her grandfather. They have a new leader, one who promises an end to their hunger – and one who thinks that girls are meant for the kitchen or the brothel. Marin knows she’s meant for more than that, and with the sudden influx of weapons on the island, and rumors of a pending deal with the enemy oil nation in her wake, she knows a big score to gain the council’s favor is the only way to save her people, and herself.

Society of Wishes (Wish Quartet #1) By Elise Kova, Lynn Larsh [Review]

RELEASE DATE: January 29th, 2018
AUTHORS: Elise Kova, Lynn Larsh
GENRE: New-Adult, Urban-Fantasy, Magic, Dystopia.
PUBLISHER: Silver Wing Press
SUMMARY:

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.

Josephina Espinosa makes her living as a hacker-for-hire in the Lone Star Republic, a remnant of the fractured U.S.A. That is, until the day she and her best friend are gunned down in a government raid.

With her dying breath, Jo uses magical lore passed down from her grandmother to summon a wish-granter. Her wish? To save her friend’s life. Except wishes have costs, and for Jo, the price is the erasure of her entire mortal existence.

Gunslinger Girl By Lyndsay Ely [Review]

RELEASE DATE: January 02, 2018
AUTHOR: Lyndsay Ely
GENRE: Young-Adult, Dystopia, Western, Adventure.
PUBLISHER: Jimmy Patterson
SUMMARY:  Seventeen-year-old Serendipity “Pity” Jones inherited two things from her mother: a pair of six shooters and perfect aim. She’s been offered a life of fame and fortune in Cessation, a glittering city where lawlessness is a way of life. But the price she pays for her freedom may be too great….
In this extraordinary debut from Lyndsay Ely, the West is once again wild after a Second Civil War fractures the U.S. into a broken, dangerous land. Pity’s struggle against the dark and twisted underbelly of a corrupt city will haunt you long after the final bullet is shot.

Everything Under The Sun By Jessica Redmerski [Review]

RELEASE DATE: August 28, 2017
AUTHOR: Jessica Redmerski
GENRE: New-Adult, Dystopia, Romance, Survival, Adventure.
PUBLISHER: Amazon Digital Services
SUMMARY: 

Thais Fenwick was eleven-years-old when civilization fell, devastated by a virus that killed off the majority of the world’s population. For seven years, Thais and her family lived in a community of survivors deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. But when her town is attacked by raiders, she and her blind sister are taken away to the East-Central Territory where she is destined to live the cruel and unjust kind of life her late mother warned her about.

Atticus Hunt is a troubled soldier in Lexington City who has spent the past seven years trying to conform to the vicious nature of men in a post-apocalyptic society. 

This Mortal Coil (This Mortal Coil #1) By Emily Suvada [Review]

RELEASE DATE: November 02, 2017
AUTHOR: Emily Suvada
GENRE: Young-Adult, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Dystopia, Adventure.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books Ltd
SUMMARY:

3 billion lives at stake. 2 people who can save them. 1 secret hidden in their DNA. A breathtaking debut series about one girl’s quest for answers in a genetically and technologically advanced future. There’s no gene for RUN LIKE HELL.

When a lone soldier, Cole, arrives with news of Lachlan Agatta’s death, all hope seems lost for Catarina. Her father was the world’s leading geneticist, and humanity’s best hope of beating a devastating virus. Then, hidden beneath Cole’s genehacked enhancements she finds a message of hope: Lachlan created a vaccine.

Blog Tour: Into The Black By Ava Jae – Review+Giveaway!

About the Book:

Title: INTO THE BLACK (Beyond The Red #2)
Author: Ava Jae
Pub. Date: November 14, 2017
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Genre: Young-Adult, Sci-fi, Dystopia, Aliens.
Pages: 360
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Synopsis: The world ruler is dead, technology foundational to their society destroyed, and Safara is on the brink of collapse. Half-human, half-alien Eros is the rightful heir to the world throne, but before he can return to the capital, he’s abducted by a rebel group of humans who call themselves The Remnant–and won’t release him until he swears to help them overthrow the very government he’s inheriting. With Eros missing, ex-queen Kora is determined to stave off mad grabs for the throne. But as royalty from across the territories flock to the capital, and a new charismatic candidate takes the spotlight, Kora sets off into the desert with a skilled prince-turned-bounty hunter to find Eros before it’s too late for both the future king and his kingdom.

Last Star Burning (Last Star Burning #1) By Caitlin Sangster [Review]

RELEASE DATE: October 10, 2017
AUTHOR: Caitlin Sangster
GENRE: Young-Adult, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Dystopia.
PUBLISHER: Simon Pulse
SUMMARY:

To escape execution for a crime she didn’t commit, seventeen-year-old Sev is forced to run away from the only home she’s ever known in this exciting start to a brand-new fantasy series from debut author Caitlin Sangster.

Sev has been tattooed with the White stars of a criminal since she was eight. That’s the penalty for being the daughter of the woman who betrayed their entire nation.

Now her mother’s body is displayed above Traitor’s Arch, kept in a paralyzed half-sleep by the same plague that destroyed the rest of the world.

Secondborn (Secondborn #1) By Amy A. Bartol [Review]

RELEASE DATE: August 1st 2017 
AUTHOR: Amy A. Bartol
GENRE: New-Adult, Dystopia, Fantasy, Romance.  
PUBLISHER: 47North
SUMMARY: Firstborns rule society. Secondborns are the property of the government. Thirdborns are not tolerated. Long live the Fates Republic.

On Transition Day, the second child in every family is taken by the government and forced into servitude. Roselle St. Sismode’s eighteenth birthday arrives with harsh realizations: she’s to become a soldier for the Fate of Swords military arm of the Republic during the bloodiest rebellion in history, and her elite firstborn mother is happy to see her go.

Televised since her early childhood, Roselle’s privileged upbringing has earned her the resentment of her secondborn peers. Now her decision to spare an enemy on the battlefield marks her as a traitor to the state.

Want (Want #1) By Cindy Pon [Review]

RELEASE DATE: June 13th 2017 
AUTHOR: Cindy Pon
GENRE: Young-Adult, Sci-Fi, Dystopia Fantasy, Romance.  
PUBLISHER: Simon Pulse
SUMMARY: 

Jason Zhou survives in a divided society where the elite use their wealth to buy longer lives. The rich wear special suits, protecting them from the pollution and viruses that plague the city, while those without suffer illness and early deaths. Frustrated by his city’s corruption and still grieving the loss of his mother who died as a result of it, Zhou is determined to change things, no matter the cost.

With the help of his friends, Zhou infiltrates the lives of the wealthy in hopes of destroying the international Jin Corporation from within. Jin Corp not only manufactures the special suits the rich rely on, but they may also be manufacturing the pollution that makes them necessary.