Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty Publication Date: July 10, 2018 Summary from NetGalley: Move without a sound. Steal without a trace. Willa, a young night-spirit of the Great Smoky Mountains, is her clan's best thief. She creeps into the homes of day-folk under cover of darkness and takes what they won't miss. It's dangerous … Continue reading Willa #1
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert Publication Date: January 30, 2018 (US) Summary from NetGalley: Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark … Continue reading Dark Tales
The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns. Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding … Continue reading Dangerous Magic
Vassa In the Night by Sarah Porter Summary from Netgalley: In the enchanted kingdom of Brooklyn, the fashionable people put on cute shoes, go to parties in warehouses, drink on rooftops at sunset, and tell themselves they’ve arrived. A whole lot of Brooklyn is like that now—but not Vassa’s working-class neighborhood. In Vassa’s neighborhood, where … Continue reading Baba Yaga Retelling
Poison's Kiss by Breeana Shields Summary from Goodreads: Marinda has kissed dozens of boys. They all die afterward. It's a miserable life, but being a visha kanya, a poison maiden, is what she was created to do. Marinda serves the Raja by dispatching his enemies with only her lips as a weapon. Until now, the … Continue reading Death’s Kiss
