Now that summer is coming to a close, I’m looking forward to cooler weather and plenty of reasons to stay inside, curled up on my couch or my bed, and reading a book. So here are four books I hope to read this fall. Are any of them on your TBR list? What other books are on your list? Let us know in the comments!
Sacrifice (Serpentine #2) by Cindy Pon
Month9Books, LLC
Skybright is plunged into the terrifying Underworld where demons are bred, while Stone, stripped of his immortal status, must find a way to close hell’s breach before more mortals die. Meanwhile, Zhen Ni, Skybright’s former mistress and friend, is now wed to the strange and brutish Master Hou, and she finds herself trapped inside an opulent but empty manor. When she discovers half-eaten corpses beneath the estate, Zhen Ni worries that Master Hou is not all he seems. As Skybright begins the dangerous work of freeing Zhen Ni with the aid of Kai Sen and Stone, nothing can prepare them for an encounter so dark that it threatens to overtake their very beings.
A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes #2) by Sabaa Tahir
Razorbill
A Torch Against the Night takes readers into the heart of the Empire as Laia and Elias fight their way north to liberate Laia’s brother from the horrors of Kauf Prison. Hunted by Empire soldiers, manipulated by the Commandant, and haunted by their pasts, Laia and Elias must outfox their enemies and confront the treacherousness of their own hearts.
In the city of Serra, Helene Aquilla finds herself bound to the will of the Empire’s twisted new leader, Marcus. When her loyalty is questioned, Helene finds herself taking on a mission to prove herself—a mission that might destroy her, instead.
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore
A Thomas Dunne Books for St. Martin’s
When the Moon Was Ours follows two characters through a story that has multicultural elements and magical realism, but also has central LGBT themes—a transgender boy, the best friend he’s falling in love with, and both of them deciding how they want to define themselves.
To everyone who knows them, best friends Miel and Sam are as strange as they are inseparable. Roses grow out of Miel’s wrist, and rumors say that she spilled out of a water tower when she was five. Sam is known for the moons he paints and hangs in the trees, and for how little anyone knows about his life before he and his mother moved to town.
But as odd as everyone considers Miel and Sam, even they stay away from the Bonner girls, four beautiful sisters rumored to be witches. Now they want the roses that grow from Miel’s skin, convinced that their scent can make anyone fall in love. And they’re willing to use every secret Miel has fought to protect to make sure she gives them up.
Shame the Stars by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Tu Books
A YA re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet set in 1915 Texas during the height of the Mexican revolution, about Joaquin, a Mexican-American teen trying to protect his family’s ranch and his sweetheart, Dulcena, from the Texas Rangers and their posses.