PATTY BLOUNT: SOME BOYS
"A gut-wrenching, powerful love story told from alternating points of view by the acclaimed author of Send."
Some boys go too far. Some boys will break your heart. But one boy can make you whole. When
Grace meets Ian she's afraid. Afraid he'll reject her like the rest of
the school, like her own family. After she accuses the town golden boy
of rape, everyone turns against Grace. They call her a slut and a liar.
But...Ian doesn't. He's funny and kind with secrets of his own. But how do you trust the best friend of the boy who raped you? How do you believe in love? (goodreads.com)
KRISTI COOK: MAGNOLIA
In Magnolia Branch,
Mississippi, the Cafferty and Marsden families are southern royalty.
Neighbors since the Civil War, the families have shared vacations,
holidays, backyard barbecues, and the overwhelming desire to unite their
two clans by marriage. So when a baby boy and girl were born to the
families at the same time, the perfect opportunity seemed to have
finally arrived. Jemma Cafferty and Ryder Marsden have no
intention of giving in to their parents’ wishes. They’re only seventeen,
for goodness’ sake, not to mention that one little problem: They hate
each other! Jemma can’t stand Ryder’s nauseating golden-boy persona, and
Ryder would like nothing better than to pretend stubborn Jemma doesn’t
exist. But when a violent storm ravages Magnolia Branch, it
unearths Jemma’s and Ryder’s true feelings for each other as the two
discover that the line between love and hate may be thin enough to risk
crossing over. (goodreads.com)
ADELE GRIFFIN: THE UNFINISHED LIFE OF ADDISON STONE
"Two-time National Book
Award finalist Adele Griffin offers an ingenious fictional take on the
"oral history" celebrity bio that defined a bestselling genre."
Adele's words: "From the
moment she burst into the downtown art scene, seventeen-year-old
Addison Stone was someone to watch. Her trademark subversive street art
and her violent drowning left her fans and critics craving to know more
about this brilliant wild-child who shone so bright and was gone too
soon. By means of more than one hundred interviews with those who knew
her best—including close friends, family, teachers, mentors, art
dealers, boyfriends, and critics—I have retraced the tumultuous path of
Addison's life, with research that sheds new evidence on what really
happened the night of July 28. With photo inserts and previously
unpublished supplemental material." (goodreads.com)
RIN CHUPECO: THE GIRL FROM THE WELL
"The Girl from the Well is A YA Horror novel pitched as "Dexter" meets "The Grudge", based on a well-loved Japanese ghost story."
You may think me
biased, being murdered myself. But my state of being has nothing to do
with the curiosity toward my own species, if we can be called such. We
do not go gentle, as your poet encourages, into that good night. A dead girl walks the streets. She hunts murderers. Child killers, much like the man who threw her body down a well three hundred years ago. And
when a strange boy bearing stranger tattoos moves into the neighborhood
so, she discovers, does something else. And soon both will be drawn
into the world of eerie doll rituals and dark Shinto exorcisms that will
take them from American suburbia to the remote valleys and shrines of
Aomori, Japan. Because the boy has a terrifying secret - one that would just kill to get out. (goodreads.com)
AUSTIN ASLAN: THE ISLANDS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
"A powerful story
enriched by fascinating elements of Hawaiian ecology, culture, and
warfare, this captivating and dramatic debut from Austin Aslan is the
first of two novels. The author has a master’s degree in tropical
conservation biology from the University of Hawaii at Hilo."
In this fast-paced
survival story set in Hawaii, electronics fail worldwide, the islands
become completely isolated, and a strange starscape fills the sky.
Leilani and her father embark on a nightmare odyssey from Oahu to their
home on the Big Island. Leilani’s epilepsy holds a clue to the disaster,
if only they can survive as the islands revert to earlier ways. (goodreads.com)
DELILAH S. DAWSON: SERVANTS OF THE STORM
A year ago Hurricane
Josephine swept through Savannah, Georgia, leaving behind nothing but
death and destruction — and taking the life of Dovey's best friend,
Carly. Since that night, Dovey has been in a medicated haze, numb to
everything around her. But recently she's started to believe
she's seeing things that can't be real ... including Carly at their
favorite cafe. Determined to learn the truth, Dovey stops taking her
pills. And the world that opens up to her is unlike anything she could
have imagined. As Dovey slips deeper into the shadowy corners of
Savannah — where the dark and horrifying secrets lurk — she learns that
the storm that destroyed her city and stole her friend was much more
than a force of nature. And now the sinister beings truly responsible
are out to finish what they started. Dovey's running out of time
and torn between two paths. Will she trust her childhood friend Baker,
who can't see the threatening darkness but promises to never give up on
Dovey and Carly? Or will she plot with the sexy stranger, Isaac, who
offers all the answers — for a price? Soon Dovey realizes that the
danger closing in has little to do with Carly ... and everything to do
with Dovey herself. (goodreads.com)
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APRIL GENEVIEVE TUCHOLKE: BETWEEN THE SPARK AND THE BURN
"The conclusion to Between the Devil and The Deep Blue Sea, this gothic thriller romance with shades of Stephen King and Daphne du Maurier is a must-read for fans of Beautiful Creatures and Anna Dressed in Blood."
Freddie once told me that the Devil created all the fear in the world. But then, the Devil once told me that it's easier to forgive someone for scaring you than for making you cry. The problem with River West Redding was that he'd done both to me. The crooked-smiling liar River West Redding, who drove into Violet's
life one summer day and shook her world to pieces, is gone. Violet and
Neely, River's other brother, are left to worry—until they catch a two
a.m. radio program about strange events in a distant mountain town. They
take off in search of River but are always a step behind, finding
instead frenzied towns, witch hunts, and a wind-whipped island with the
thrum of something strange and dangerous just under the surface. It
isn't long before Violet begins to wonder if Neely, the one Redding
brother she thought trustworthy, has been hiding a secret of his own . .
. (goodreads.com)
C. J. REDWINE: DELIVERANCE
Everything hangs in the
balance, and nothing is certain: Rachel has been kidnapped by enemy
forces and is being taken to Rowansmark while Logan, imprisoned and
awaiting trial, is unable to leave Lankenshire. Separated from each
other and their Baalboden comrades, each must find a way to achieve what
they desperately want: to rid their world once and for all of the
Commander and the tech that controls the deadly Cursed One. Fighting
through her pain and embracing the warrior she’s become, Rachel will do
whatever it takes to escape her enemies’ clutches and join Logan in his
fight. But when she learns a secret that changes everything, she
realizes that escaping Ian and his tracker friends is no longer an
option if she wants to save the people she loves. Instead, she’ll have
to destroy Rowansmark from the inside out—if she can survive the journey
through the Wasteland. Logan needs allies if he wants to thwart
Rowansmark’s power grab and rescue Rachel. But securing allies will mean
betraying his beliefs and enlisting the help of the man he hates more
than anyone: Commander Jason Chase. Driven by his fierce love for Rachel
and his determination to make their world safe, Logan may be just the
weapon the city-states need to defeat the Cursed One. But as
Rowansmark bears down and uneasy alliances are tested, will Rachel and
Logan’s love for each other be enough to surmount the unbelievable odds
against them? (goodreads.com)
STEPHANIE PERKINS: ISLA AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
From the glittering
streets of Manhattan to the moonlit rooftops of Paris, falling in love
is easy for hopeless dreamer Isla and introspective artist Josh. But as
they begin their senior year in France, Isla and Josh are quickly forced
to confront the heartbreaking reality that happily-ever-afters aren’t
always forever. Their romantic journey is skillfully intertwined
with those of beloved couples Anna and Étienne and Lola and Cricket,
whose paths are destined to collide in a sweeping finale certain to
please fans old and new. (goodreads.com)
Im Juni lief es für meine Verhältnisse richtig gut. Da ist es klar, dass der Juli wieder schlechter ausfallen wird. Schlecht im Sinne von der gelesenen Seitanzahl. Diesmal waren es nur 1169 Seiten. Manche werden darüber lachen, aber ich kann leider nicht mehr lesen, weil mir dazu in letzter Zeit oft Zeit und Lust fehlen. Trotzdem bin ich in diesem Monat von den Büchern, die ich gelesen habe, sehr begeistert. Zu "Blind Walk" gab es sogar eine Blogtour. Aber hier nun alles in allem in meiner kleinen Statistik zusammengefasst:
