Winter Plague (Complete Collection) By Quinn Blackbird [ARC REVIEW]

RELEASE DATE: December 29th, 2020
AUTHOR: Quinn Blackbird
GENRE:  New-Adult, Post-Apocalyptic, Adventure, Romance.
PUBLISHER: Independent
SUMMARY: 

If you tried to run, you know what would happen, Winter.
I would hunt you down and burn the world to find you…

The world has gone to shit.
All that’s left are a few bands of rogue survivors, more dangers than ever, those violence-loving rotters, and me and my dog, Cleo. Well, it should just be Cleo and me. And it was, until–
I found them.

Capturing the Devil (Stalking Jack the Ripper #4) By Kerri Maniscalco

RELEASE DATE: September 10th 2019
AUTHOR: Kerri Maniscalco
GENRE: Young–Adult, Historical, Horror, Mystery, Thriller.
PUBLISHER: Jimmy Patterson
SUMMARY: 

Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell have landed in America, a bold, brash land unlike the genteel streets of London they knew. But like London, the city of Chicago hides its dark secrets well. When the two attend the spectacular World’s Fair, they find the once-in-a-lifetime event tainted with reports of missing people and unsolved murders.

A Deadly Education (The Scholomance #1) By Naomi Novik [Review]

RELEASE DATE: September 29th 2020
AUTHOR: Naomi Novik
GENRE: Young-Adult, Fantasy, Magic, Horror.
PUBLISHER: Del Rey Books
SYNOPSIS:

A Deadly Education is set at Scholomance, a school for the magically gifted where failure means certain death (for real) — until one girl, El, begins to unlock its many secrets. There are no teachers, no holidays, and no friendships, save strategic ones. Survival is more important than any letter grade, for the school won’t allow its students to leave until they graduate… or die! The rules are deceptively simple: Don’t walk the halls alone.

When Villains Rise (Market of Monsters #3) By Rebecca Schaeffer [Review]

RELEASE DATE: September 8th 2020
AUTHOR: Rebecca Schaeffer
GENRE: Young-Adult, Horror, Urban Fantasy.
PUBLISHER: HMH Books For Young Readers
SYNOPSIS:

Dexter meets Victoria Schwab in this dark and compelling fantasy about a girl who is determined to take down the black market once and for all in the conclusion to the trilogy that started with the critically acclaimed Not Even Bones.

Nita finally has Fabricio, the boy who betrayed her to the black market, within her grasp. But when proof that Kovit’s a zannie—a monster who eats pain in order to survive—is leaked to the world, Nita must reevalute her plans.

Mexican Gothic By Silvia Moreno-Garcia [Review]

RELEASE DATE: June 30th 2020
AUTHOR: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
GENRE: Adult, Historical Fantasy, Gothic, Horror.
PUBLISHER: Del Rey
SYNOPSIS:

After receiving a frantic letter from her newlywed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find – her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.

The Bone Houses By Emily Lloyd-Jones [Review]

RELEASE DATE: September 24th 2019
AUTHOR: Emily Lloyd-Jones
GENRE: Young-Adult,  Fantasy, Horror.
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
SYNOPSIS:

Seventeen-year-old Aderyn (“Ryn”) only cares about two things: her family and her family’s graveyard. And right now, both are in dire straits. Since the death of their parents, Ryn and her siblings have been scraping together a meager existence as gravediggers in the remote village of Colbren, which sits at the foot of a harsh and deadly mountain range that was once home to the fae. The problem with being a gravedigger in Colbren, though, is that the dead don’t always stay dead.

Smoke and Key By Kelsey Sutton [ARC Review]

RELEASE DATE: April 2nd 2019
AUTHOR: Kelsey Sutton 
GENRE: Young-Adult,  Historical-Fantasy,  Horror, Romance .
PUBLISHER: Entangled: Teen
SUMMARY:

A sound awakens her. There’s darkness all around. And then she’s falling…

She has no idea who or where she is. Or why she’s dead. The only clue to her identity hangs around her neck: a single rusted key. This is how she and the others receive their names—from whatever belongings they had when they fell out of their graves. Under is a place of dirt and secrets, and Key is determined to discover the truth of her past in order to escape it.

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein By Kiersten White [Review]

RELEASE DATE: September 25th, 2018 
AUTHORS: Kiersten White
GENRE:   Young-Adult, Historical, Retelllings, Horror.
PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press
SUMMARY:

Elizabeth Lavenza hasn’t had a proper meal in weeks. Her thin arms are covered with bruises from her “caregiver,” and she is on the verge of being thrown into the streets . . . until she is brought to the home of Victor Frankenstein, an unsmiling, solitary boy who has everything–except a friend.

Victor is her escape from misery. Elizabeth does everything she can to make herself indispensable–and it works. She is taken in by the Frankenstein family and rewarded with a warm bed, delicious food, and dresses of the finest silk. Soon she and Victor are inseparable.

Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters #1) By Rebecca Schaeffer [Review]

RELEASE DATE: September 04th, 2018
AUTHORS: Rebecca Schaeffer
GENRE:   Young-Adult, Paranormal, dark, Fantasy, Horror.
PUBLISHER: HMH Books for Young Readers.
SUMMARY:

Nita doesn’t murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet—her mother does that. Nita just dissects the bodies after they’ve been “acquired.” Then her mom brings home a living specimen, and Nita decides she wants out. But there’s a problem: Nita herself is supernatural being and a prime target for the black market if anyone ever found out. When Nita decides to help her mother’s latest victim escape, she ends up taking his place instead. Nita did a good deed, and it cost her everything. Now she needs to escape and make sure no one can ever sell her again. And to do that, there’s no line Nita won’t cross.

Dread Nation (Dread Nation #1) By Justina Ireland [Review]

RELEASE DATE: April 03rd, 2018
AUTHOR:  Justina Ireland
GENRE: Young-Adult,  Historical Fantasy, Horror.
PUBLISHER:  Balzer + Bray
SUMMARY: Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville—derailing the War Between the States and changing America forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Reeducation Act require certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead. But there are also opportunities—and Jane is studying to become an Attendant, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the well-to-do. It’s a chance for a better life for Negro girls like Jane. After all, not even being the daughter of a wealthy white Southern woman could save her from society’s expectations.