New Releases

New Releases

Posted onAuthorK. Imani Tennyson

Three very different new releases this week, all look very interesting.

Cover of Starstrike - The sequel to Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee. There is a large red fire like object that may be a star or planet in the background. In front of it are two short haired people back to back. The one in front has a streak of white in their dark hair. They are both holding onto part of a plant that is like an ivy or vine.Starstrike (Moonstorm #2) by Yoon Ha Lee
Delacorte Press

Hwa Young and her pilot comrades have betrayed the Empire to save it from its own destruction—but what comes next? It’s been just two months since the lancer squad stopped imperial forces from deploying a devastating singularity bomb and taken shelter with the rebel clanners, who have kept them busy with raids against their ex-leaders. Their mission have helped numb the shock of recent battles… for now.

Meanwhile, Hwa Young’s best friend, technician Geum, has been left behind on the imperial fleet, imprisoned for aiding Hwa Young’s deceit against the Empire. Hwa Young is desperate to retrieve Geum—but Geum is slowly realizing that Hwa Young’s loyalties aren’t as clear cut as zie once believed.

As Hwa Young delves deeper into the rebels’ inner circles, she soon realizes that the clanners are just as cutthroat as the imperials, leaving her to wonder who she can really trust… and at odds with Geum, the one person she thought she could count on.

A dark haired young woman in a white off the shoulder is looking over her shoulder at two other young people on a pink floor. One of the people is a young woman with even darker long curly hair wearing a blue dress with a high slit. She's also looking over her shoulder at the other person. Farther in the background is a young man in a teal suit and white shirt. He has his arms crossed. There is also a small white dog at their feet.

Marisol Acts the Part by Elle Gonzalez Rose
Joy Revolution

Actress Marisol Polly-Rodriguez might be entering her flop era. After wrapping  up a hit show, she’s neither booked nor busy. Not to mention, her former costar turned boyfriend, Miles, recently dumped her for being an “unserious” performer. Can you imagine?

To prove to Miles—and online trolls—that she takes her craft very seriously,  Marisol lands a role on the same  upcoming drama series he does. But with the eccentric director constantly  rewriting her lines and a snobby castmate trying to upstage her, Marisol quickly  realizes that her hope of nabbing an award nomination might be a pipe dream.

The only person she doesn’t have to put on a performance for is the show’s leading lady, Jamila. Marisol hasn’t  been able to look away from her since their first audition. Falling for Jamila wasn’t part of Marisol’s plan, but even the most dedicated actors go off script sometimes, right?

Illustrated cover of book Tall Water by SJ Sindu & Dion MBD. A young woman with dark shoulder length curly hair is standing in a tank top and shorts is walking on a beach. In the distance you can see trees being blown by a strong wind. There are waves rolling on the shore in the sand near her. She's looking at the sky though and there is an image of a huge wave of water towering over her, but it appears to be imagined because you can also see clouds in that space.Tall Water by SJ Sindu & Dion MBD
HarperAlley

Ever since she turned sixteen, Nimmi has wanted to see her mother. Though she has a loving but overprotective father and a budding relationship, she yearns to travel to Sri Lanka to confront the mother who refused to leave the island during a war, not even for Nimmi’s sake. Her father is going back for the first time as a reporter on assignment, but he refuses to take her, deeming Sri Lanka too dangerous.

But then Nimmi’s mother appears to her in a dream, asking her to come find her, and Nimmi knows she must go. Her father is livid when he sees her at baggage claim, but by then it’s too late, and he reluctantly agrees to help Nimmi make contact with her mother. In Sri Lanka, Nimmi tags along with her father and his guide, past checkpoints and armed soldiers and increasing hints of the war that rages there.

However, the day after Christmas, disaster strikes and a tsunami ravages the island. Stranded amid the devastation and destruction, can Nimmi reunite with her mother? Through her journey, Nimmi might just learn that the person she most needed to find was herself.