HELLO HELLO EVERYONE!
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I happened to make it to the end of the #novel19s chat yesterday on Twitter, and there were SO MANY AMAZING books mentioned. I don’t want to keep all the goodies to myself, so I wanted to share with you some of the books that I specifically learned about during the chat yesterday!
Make sure you’re ready to log onto Goodreads, because you’re going to want to add ALL of the books to your TBR! (and yes, I know I have multiple tweets from some authors– it just goes to show how excited I am!
Without further ado…let’s get started!!!
My name is Emily A. Duncan & I wrote WICKED SAINTS, a dark high fantasy about a girl who talks to the gods & two terrible blood mage boys who have to team up & try to kill a king & stop a holy war. The release date is a surprise but it’s coming from @WednesdayBooks! #novel19s https://t.co/UUCcZgxqwb
— Emily A. Duncan – hiatus (@glitzandshadows) June 20, 2018
hey i’m rory i write YA and my spec fic debut WILDER GIRLS is out from delacorte in summer 2019!
it’s got an island boarding school under quarantine, a mysterious illness, a missing best friend, and also some kissing girls. it’s weird as hell you’ll love it #novel19s https://t.co/bb6n712mDa
— Rory Power ?️? (@itsrorypower) June 20, 2018
Q1: Hi! My name is Amélie. My debut is a YA fantasy named BLOOD HEIR, out Summer 2019 with Delacorte Press. It’s about a bloodbending, exiled princess and a cunning conman who forge an unlikely alliance to unravel the corruption and evil gripping their kingdom. #novel19s #ya https://t.co/MEmjem2V1L
— Amélie Wen Zhao (Hiatus) (@amillipages) June 20, 2018
I’m Kelly Coon. My #YA #F is GRAVEMAIDENS, a story inspired by Sumer. It’s a battle between 2 sisters: Nanaea, a maiden willing to accompany the dying king to the afterlife vs. Kammani, a healer’s apprentice who wants to save him so her sis doesn’t have to die. Fall ‘19 #Novel19s https://t.co/GQAf0VME3S
— Kelly Coon ???? (@KellyCoon106) June 20, 2018
Yaay so excited for this! I’m Katie Zhao, MG author of THE DRAGON WARRIOR (Fall 2019). It’s PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS meets Grace Lin’s work, involving an epic quest for the Chinese gods through U.S. Chinatowns! #Novel19s https://t.co/ybb6xWm8pO
— Katie Zhao (@ktzhaoauthor) June 20, 2018
Ana spent her entire life training to become a Crow Rider. She’s sarcastic, quick-witted, passionate, and loves a challenge.
THE STORM CROW follows her journey through depression as she discovers different types of strength and how to be a leader. #Novel19s https://t.co/K74htOiOiG
— Kalyn Josephson (@KalynJosephson) June 20, 2018
Q12. No preorder links yet, but you can find THE FEVER KING on Goodreads ? https://t.co/H0e0I8zSkF
If you like enemies-to-lovers, chessmaster villains, angry computer geniuses, #ownvoices Jewish characters, and some dark shit…this might be for you. ✨#novel19s https://t.co/s0VANM2aUP
— Victoria Lee (@sosaidvictoria) June 20, 2018
Geeky girls (and boys) who feel wildly out of place but know deep down that all the things that make them geeky and out of place are the very best parts of them.
Also, anyone who wishes they were Pippi Longstocking#novel19s https://t.co/ZuT9akdUK7
— Keena Roberts (@roberts_keena) June 20, 2018
Four best friends: Jenna is a loyal overachiever, Rosie is an aggressively shy dreamer, Ket is a rebel with a heart of gold, and Elin…is kind of a mystery. (Is it cheating to say that? Ehh, still going with it.) #Novel19s https://t.co/zVXLl854a3
— RuthAnne (@ruthanne_snow) June 20, 2018
*waves* Hi I’m Joan!! My debut is DESCENDANT OF THE CRANE, a YA fantasy a la Chinese #gameofthrones (release date coming, but sometime in spring!) It follows a princess who must find out who killed her father while navigating a court full of deceivers. #Novel19s https://t.co/M5KomdGHzo
— Joan He (@joanhewrites) June 20, 2018
A4: when it comes to angst levels, Hesina is essentially Elsa from FROZEN, except she never lets it go. She’s also incredibly stressed and sleep deprived because she is trying to find an assassin but…you will have to read to find out ? #Novel19s https://t.co/2KRVOx8cr8
— Joan He (@joanhewrites) June 20, 2018
A2: DESCENDANT OF THE CRANE features a princess who uses her brains as well as (some) brawn, so if you liked the girls in SERAPHINA, BITTERBLUE, THE WINNER’S CURSE or ASH PRINCESS, you might like Hesina 😉 also, for chinese drama watchers, NIRVANA IN FIRE #Novel19s https://t.co/m6gnSW894K
— Joan He (@joanhewrites) June 20, 2018
Hi! Laura Taylor Namey––My YA contemp PAPERBACK MIDNIGHT is coming Fall 2019 from @HarlequinTEEN /InkYard Press. Literary genius Darcy must leave her safe library to find the secrets behind her mom’s hoarding and her happily ever after with a real life boy who can fly #Novel19s https://t.co/gP45IiBXGi
— Laura Taylor Namey (@LauraTNamey) June 20, 2018
Hi, I’m Tiana, and I write books with lots of kissing in them. MATCH ME IF YOU CAN is coming to bookstores near you on Jan. 8th! A girl goes behind her matchmaker bff’s back to set herself up with her dream guy, but then a cute photographer keeps getting in the way. #Novel19s https://t.co/ohRU0HyxwT
— Tiana Smith (@tiana_smith) June 20, 2018
A5. My first response to this question was I WROTE THIS BOOK FOR ME, DAMNIT. But I hope my readers will be fans of old school, throwback fantasy (a la Tamora Pierce), and will appreciate a heroine whose toughness is in her heart, not her muscles #Novel19s https://t.co/zWR51FNYu8
— Nicki Pau Preto (@nickipaupreto) June 20, 2018
Q2. An Ember in the Ashes meets Three Dark Crowns, though I was also hugely influenced by Tamora Pierce (OG fantasy queen) and Mulan (best Disney princess fight me).#Novel19s https://t.co/kRMmFLILfN
— Nicki Pau Preto (@nickipaupreto) June 20, 2018
Q1. I’m Anna Bright, author of THE BEHOLDER, coming Spring 2019 from Harper Teen. It’s Cinderella meets the Odyssey for fans of the Selection! #novel19s https://t.co/bRTYMEA0eW
— Anna Bright ✨ (@brightlyanna) June 20, 2018
So, did you add any of these to your TBR? You’re welcome if it’s overflowing now 😉 Have you been lucky enough to read any of them? What did you think? Let me know in the comments below!
I just added sooo many new books to my TBR because of this post. Thanks for sharing!!
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
So many awesome new books! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I’ve read DESCENDANTS, STORM CROW and GRAVEMAIDENS and I can tell you they’re all fantastic. I also recommend Hanna Alkaf’s THE WEIGHT OF OUR SKY. An amazing YA Historical about a girl looking for her mother during thr Kuala Lumpur riots in 1969.