New Releases

Two new books this week and one is a new fantasy that Jessica reviewed this past Friday and loved (cliky to read review). Based on her review, I’m going to get this book as soon as my TBR stack gets a bit lower (maybe?).

18068907Court of Fives (Court of Fives #1) by Kate Elliott

In this imaginative escape into an enthralling new world, World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott begins a new trilogy with her debut young adult novel, weaving an epic story of a girl struggling to do what she loves in a society suffocated by rules of class and privilege.

Jessamy’s life is a balance between acting like an upper class Patron and dreaming of the freedom of the Commoners. But at night she can be whomever she wants when she sneaks out to train for The Fives, an intricate, multi-level athletic competition that offers a chance for glory to the kingdom’s best competitors. Then Jes meets Kalliarkos, and an unlikely friendship between a girl of mixed race and a Patron boy causes heads to turn. When a scheming lord tears Jes’s family apart, she’ll have to test Kal’s loyalty and risk the vengeance of a powerful clan to save her mother and sisters from certain death.

 

Into the Dangerous WorldBy Julie Chibbaro, Illustrated by Jean-Marc Superville Sovak
Viking Books for Young Readers

Ror lives to draw—to her, it’s like breathing; it’s how she understands life. When her father dies, she finds herself at a crossroads. Should she paint in the classic tradition, the way he taught her? Go to college, like her art teacher wants? Or should she listen to Trey, the seductive street artist who leads the crew Noise Ink? She is a brilliant artist—but will she use her talent, or waste it?

Into the Dangerous World breaks new ground in fiction—and its indelible visual images will live inside your head.