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You Started It

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  Book Info: You Started It by Jackie Khalilieh Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Publishing Date: May 20, 2025 Synopsis: Better Than the Movies meets Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR, a new YA romance from Something More author, Jackie Khalilieh. Seventeen-year-old Jamie Taher-Foster has big plans for Senior Year. She’s made a list of things and places in Toronto she and her boyfriend of three years, Ben Cameron, need to check off before graduating. And the biggest plan of all: a very special night for the two of them at the upcoming Winter Formal. But then Ben arrives back home after a summer away with an unthinkable announcement: he wants to break up. And when Jamie discovers him with Olivia Chen the next day, she is determined to get him back. Even if that means fake dating the younger, curly-haired, TikTok dancer, Axel Dahini, whose bicycle she accidentally ran over. Though she and Axel have nothing in common aside from their shared Arab heritage—she’s a messy, type A with anxiety, he...

The Gods Time Forgot

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 The Gods Time Forgot by Kelsie Sheridan Gonzalez  Publisher - Alcove  Fantasy/romance historical  Irish mythology collides with Gilded Age New York in this sweeping debut enemies-to-lovers historical romantasy, perfect for fans of  Outlander  and  A Fate Inked in Blood . Synopsis -  Manhattan, 1870.  Rua knows only two things: her name, and that she has no memories. So when the wealthy Harrington family mistakes Rua for their missing daughter, Emma, Rua goes along with the charade, hoping for answers about who she really is. As she tries to blend into a society she doesn’t remember, she’s drawn to a firmly off-limits the Lord of Donore, a newcomer to Manhattan society who is  somehow  familiar to Rua. Finn is new to this side of the Atlantic and knows that the best way to fit in as Lord of Donore is to make friends in high places and play by the rules of society. He knows he shouldn’t become involved with a mysterious, recently mis...

Rebel Witch

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  Book Info: Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli  Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Publishing Date: February 18, 2025   Synopsis: The stakes are even higher in this epic, romantic conclusion to the  New York Times  bestselling Crimson Moth duology. A WITCH… Rune Winters is on the run. Ever since the boy she loved, Gideon Sharpe, revealed who she was and delivered her into enemy hands, everyone wants her dead. If Rune hopes to survive, she must ally herself with the cruel and dangerous Cressida Roseblood, who’s planning to take back the Republic and reinstate a Reign of Witches—something Cressida needs Rune to accomplish. A WITCH HUNTER… Apparently it wasn’t enough for Rune to deceive Gideon; she’s now betrayed him by allying herself with the witch who made his life a living hell. Gideon won’t allow the Republic to fall to the witches and be plunged back into the nightmares of the past. In order to protect this new world he fought for, every last witch must die—espe...

The Forest King's Daughter

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  Book Info: The Forest King’s Daughter by Elly Blake Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Publishing Date: February 11, 2025   Synopsis: For fans of Sarah J. Maas and Holly Black,  The Forest King’s Daughter  is an enemies-to-forbidden-lovers romance from the  New York Times  bestselling author of  Frostblood . Once upon a time, among the bloodred trees of Thirstwood, a young forest princess became friends with a lonely demon boy. He gifted her an amber ring, a worthless trinket…or so he thought…because no sooner did he slide it onto her finger than the demon queen and forest king declared war. Years later, Cassia is a crucial force in her father’s army, wielding her ring of light that can blind and disorient hundreds of demons at a time. Then battle-hardened Zeru abducts her, planning to steal the ring back to fix his costly childhood mistake. Exhausted, terrified, and more than a little mistrusting, Cassi...

Reign of the Talon tour

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  The Prophecy has arrived…and with her, war.   A prisoner caged within the walls of her own mind, the once-fierce assassin known as Shin Lina can do nothing but watch as a tide of blood and chaos sweeps across the Three Kingdoms. After all, Lina is the one who unleashed the malevolent Prophecy upon her world.  So many secrets. So many lies.  And it’s all her fault .  Yet Haneul Rui―the immortal Dokkaebi Emperor who stole her heart―refuses to surrender. He alone leads the armies against the dangerous, serpentine Imugi. He alone wields his scorching fire atop blood-soaked battlefields, and he alone rallies his soldiers against a terrifying future of death and destruction.  Now the red thread of fate ties them all together in love and hatred―Rui, Lina, and the merciless Prophecy herself. And the more Lina fights against her destiny, the tighter the thread becomes. For they are bound in both life and death; to wound one is to wound them all. To kill the Child ...

This Ends In Embers

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This Ends in Embers tour YA Fantasy Out Feb 4th from Little Brown Young Readers Sequel to So Let Them Burn  LGBTQ+ and Black rep Synopsis -  Perfect for fans of  Raybearer  and  Fourth Wing , this astonishing sequel to the bestselling novel  So Let Them Burn  doesn't hold back. After all, there are no easy endings in war—especially when sisters are forced to fight on opposite sides.   Faron Vincent was once the saint of San Irie. Now, she’s done the unthinkable: betrayed her country. Alone, disgraced, and kidnapped, Faron is forced to help Iya grow his bloody empire. With her soul bonded to a ruthless killer, Faron has become an enemy to her people… and she fears they might be right.   Elara Vincent—the new Empyrean—must undo the damage her sister has caused. San Irie has been brought back to the brink of war as Iya proclaims no nation will be safe from his brutal invasion. But how can Elara save her sister, her best friend, her country, and ...

An Honored Vow tour

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An Honored Vow tour! YA Fantasy published by Union Square Co.  Out now ! Author - Melissa Blair Series - the Halfling Saga link to tour -  https://tbrandbeyondtours.com/2024/11/18/tour-schedule-an-honored-vow/ Review - 5/5 stars. It is bittersweet getting to the end of this series, I still remember waiting for the author of book 1 to be revealed. As always, book four has an amazing diverse cast of characters. Fans of the series will be happy with the ending though I did really want more Riven. Loved being here for Keira's journey.  Synopsis -  This thrilling romantasy about king’s Blade, Keera, and her epic quest to avenge her lover, save her people, and bring down a tyrant king is the final installment of Melissa Blair’s highly acclaimed series. The Halfling Saga showcases BIPOC and queer representation, love, passion, betrayal, magic, and great battles of the sword and the soul. “Your land is not the one you take; it is the one you die for.” Keera has tried to keep...