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Now this is not a review, which is highly unlike me; however, like I mentioned at the start of the year, I want to incorporate some different types of posts into my blog. For this non-review post, I want to talk about some books being released this year that I'm looking for either because of the author, the cover artwork, or the synopsis. I'm going to pick one book for each month of the first half of the year. I'll do a second one of these later on. Hope you like this idea!
Reason: Author
Release: January 17
On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some
are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power
meant to shape the future. While most benefit from their currentgifts,
Akos and Cyra do not—their gifts make them vulnerable to others’
control. Can they reclaim their gifts, their fates, and their lives, and
reset the balance of power in this world? Cyra is the sister of
the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives
her pain and power—something her brother exploits, using her to torture
his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s
hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows. Akos
is from the peace-loving nation of Thuvhe, and his loyalty to his
family is limitless. Though protected by his unusual currentgift, once
Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers, Akos is
desperate to get his brother out alive—no matter what the cost. When
Akos is thrust into Cyra’s world, the enmity between their countries and
families seems insurmountable. They must decide to help each other to
survive—or to destroy one another.
Reason: Cover
Release: February 21
Anthony Peardew is the keeper of lost things. Forty years ago, he
carelessly lost a keepsake from his beloved fiancée, Therese. That very
same day, she died unexpectedly. Brokenhearted, Anthony sought
consolation in rescuing lost objects—the things others have dropped,
misplaced, or accidently left behind—and writing stories about them.
Now, in the twilight of his life, Anthony worries that he has not fully
discharged his duty to reconcile all the lost things with their owners.
As the end nears, he bequeaths his secret life’s mission to his
unsuspecting assistant, Laura, leaving her his house and and all its
lost treasures, including an irritable ghost. Recovering from a
bad divorce, Laura, in some ways, is one of Anthony’s lost things. But
when the lonely woman moves into his mansion, her life begins to change.
She finds a new friend in the neighbor’s quirky daughter, Sunshine, and
a welcome distraction in Freddy, the rugged gardener. As the dark cloud
engulfing her lifts, Laura, accompanied by her new companions, sets out
to realize Anthony’s last wish: reuniting his cherished lost objects
with their owners.
Reason: Synopsis
Release: March 21
What would you do if you realized that your new husband, a man you
adore, is keeping secrets from you—secrets with terrifying consequences? Bryn Harper, an accomplished self-help author, already has
plenty to deal with. She’s still recovering from a devastating car
accident that has left her haunted by recurring, smoke-filled
nightmares. Worse still, she can’t shake the ominous feeling her dreams
contain a warning.
In the beginning, Bryn’s husband Guy couldn’t
have been more supportive. But after moving into a new house together,
disturbing incidents occur and Guy grows evasive, secretive. What the
hell is going on, she wonders? Then, a woman hired to cater their dinner
party is brutally murdered. As Bryn’s world unravels—and yet
another woman in town is slain —she must summon her old strength to find
answers and protect her own life. Her nightmares may in fact hold the
key to unlocking the truth and unmasking the murderer.
Reason: Cover
Release: April 4
BEFORE: Bridge and Wil have been entangled in each
other’s lives for years. Under the white-hot Florida sun, they went from
kids daring each other to swim past the breakers to teenagers stealing
kisses between classes. But when Bridge betrayed Wil during their junior
year, she shattered his heart and their relationship along with it.
AFTER:
When Wil’s family suffers a violent loss, and Bridge rushes back to
Wil’s side. As they struggle to heal old wounds and start falling for
each other all over again, Bridge and Wil discover just how much has
changed in the past year. Though they once knew each other’s every
secret, they aren’t the same people they used to be. Bridge can’t
imagine life without Wil, but sometimes love isn’t enough. Can they find
their way back to each other, or will this be the end of their story?
Reason: Synopsis
Release: May 16
Death, accidental and early, has always been Abby Walters's
preoccupation. Now thirty-three and eager to settle down with her
commitment-shy boyfriend, a recurring dream from her past returns: a
paralyzing nightmare of being buried alive, the taste of dirt in her
mouth cloying and real. But this time the dream reveals a name from her
family's past. Looking for answers, Abby returns home to small-town
Minnesota for the first time in fourteen years, where she reconnects
with her high school crush, now a police detective on the trail of a
violent criminal. When Abby tries on her grandmother's mesmerizing
diamond ring, a ring she always dreamed would be hers, she discovers a
cryptic note long hidden beneath the box's velvet lining. What secret
was her grandmother hiding? And could this be the key to what's haunting
Abby? As she begins to uncover the traces of a love triangle gone
shockingly wrong nearly seventy years before, we, too, see that the
layers of our lives may echo a past we’ve never known.
Reason: Cover
Release: June 13
Katherine and Matthew are destined to be born again and again, century
after century. Each time they are total strangers thrust together under
unusual circumstances. Each time their presence changes history for the
better. And each time they fall hopelessly in love, only to be
tragically separated. Why does fate keep bringing them together
to save the world, and what must they achieve before they can finally be
left to love in peace? Maybe the next together will be different. Told
in parallel time streams through a mixture of prose, diary entries,
letters, “original” historical documents, news reports, and Internet
articles, and spanning the Crimean War, the Siege of Carlisle and the
near-future of 2019 and 2039, The Next Together is a glittering, sweeping story of time travel, fate, and the power of first love.
Let me know in the comments if you're going to read any of these!
