New Releases

Three new books this week including the third installment from Dhonielle Clayton’s fabulous “The Belles” series that has us both enthralled and terrified at the same time. Which of the three are going on your TBR pile?

The cover has a red background. There is a young woman with shoulder length dark hair. She seems to be wearing a dark dress. It's difficult to tell though as the image of the person looks like something that has been dropped on the ground and has shattered.My Flawless Life and Yvonne Woon
Katherine Tegen Books

At the most elite private school in Washington, DC., whenever anyone has a problem that they need to go away, they hire Hana Yang Lerner.

Hana is a fixer. She knows who to call, what to say, and how to make sure secrets stay where they belong–buried. She can fix anything. Except her own life, which was destroyed when her father, senator Skip Lerner, was arrested for an accident that left one woman nearly dead.

Now Hana’s reputation is ruined and her friends are gone. So when she gets a job from an anonymous client called “Three” to follow her former best friend, Luce Herrera, Hana realizes this might be her way of getting back her old life.

But the dangerous thing about digging is that you never know what you’ll unearth. As Hana uncovers a dark truth about her supposedly flawless classmates, she’s forced to face a secret of her own. — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

There are two young people standing in the twilight letting a lantern go up into the sky with many, many others that have already been released. There is a skyscape of buildings in the background.When You Wish Upon a Lantern by Gloria Chao
Viking

Liya and Kai had been best friends since they were little kids, but all that changed when a humiliating incident sparked The Biggest Misunderstanding Of All Time—and they haven’t spoken since.

Then Liya discovers her family’s wishing lantern store is struggling, and she decides to resume a tradition she had with her beloved late grandmother: secretly fulfilling the wishes people write on the lanterns they send into the sky. It may boost sales and save the store, but she can’t do it alone . . . and Kai is the only one who cares enough to help.

While working on their covert missions, Liya and Kai rekindle their friendship—and maybe more. But when their feuding families and their changing futures threaten to tear them apart again, can they find a way to make their own wishes come true? — Cover image and summary via Goodreads

A table has a jeweled and golden hair comb and a golden hand mirror. There is green dust under those. There is also a tall golden chalice that seems to have pomegranate seeds and the juice is dripping down the side. There are also read roses.The Beauty Trials (The Belles #3) by Dhonielle Clayton
Disney-Hyperion

Sophia, the dangerous and erratic former queen, has been imprisoned, restoring peace to Orléans. Now her sister, Charlotte, sits on the throne and has decided to invoke the ancient tradition of the Beauty Trials―a series of harrowing tests meant to find the true ruler of Orléans. Edel, who has always aspired to be more than a Belle, decides to enter and, after promising to bind her arcana to keep from having an unnatural advantage, joins a few dozen other hopefuls intent on becoming the next Queen of Orléans.

But the Trials are far worse than any of them bargained for. As the women are put through tasks that test their strength, confidence, composure, and bravery, many perish, and Edel is mysteriously attacked by one of the other competitors―forcing her to use her powers just to survive. Will her subterfuge cost her the crown, or is there a larger conspiracy at play?