Our Strange Duet by Erin A Craig Published By: Penguin Publication Date: September 1, 2026 Date Read: October 20, 2026 Genre: YA – Retellings Source: Bought Format: Paperback Pages: 390 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph A reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, spotlighting Christine Daaé as she rises to fame while torn between love, ambition, and the haunting secrets of the opera house from #1 New York Times bestselling author Erin A. Craig. Inspired by Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel, Le Fantôme de L’Opéra, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a mysterious masked figure who lurks beneath the Paris Opera…

Cackle by Rachel Harrison Published By: Titan Publication Date: October 5, 2021 Date Read: October 12, 2026 Genre: Adult – Horror Source: Loaned by Kobo Plus Format: Audiobook Pages: 291 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph A darkly funny, frightening novel about a young woman learning how to take what she wants from a witch who may be too good to be true, from the author of The Return. All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She’s stunned by how…

Gingerbread Bones by Lindsay Lovise Published By: Entangled Publishing Publication Date: August 4, 2026 Date Read: October 12, 2026 Genre: YA – Thriller / Horror Source: eARC from Netgalley and Entangled Publishing Format: E-Book Pages: 368 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph They’re being hunted… When sixteen-year-old Georgie and her troublemaking brother are shipped off to the wilderness for their stepmother’s newest reality show, Georgie is convinced it’ll be the worst experience of her life. Two weeks. No phones. Hiking. Camping. Cameras catching every humiliating second. Then she meets Mack Gray. Tattooed, unreadable, and―among a cast of kids already branded as trouble―he’s the one she’s sure is dangerous. One…

Dreams Lie Beneath by Rebecca Ross Published By: Quill Tree Books Publication Date: November 2, 2021 Date Read: October 5, 2026 Genre: YA – Fantasy Source: Bought Format: Audiobook Pages: 492 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph Perfect for readers of The Hazel Wood and The Night Circus, this lush and layered story about magic and the captivating power of dreams is delivered with acclaimed author Rebecca Ross’s signature exquisite style. A curse plagues the realm of Azenor—during each new moon, magic flows from the nearby mountain and brings nightmares to life. Only magicians, who serve as territory wardens, stand between people and their worst dreams. Clementine Madigan is…

The Burial Witch, Book 2.5 in the Language of Magic Series by Cari Thomas Published By: Harper Voyager Publication Date: September 2, 2025 Date Read: September 19, 2026 Genre: YA / NA – Urban Fantasy Source: Bought Format: Hardback Pages: 150 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph An enchanting new novella set in the magical world of Sunday Times bestseller Threadneedle and The Times bestseller Shadowstitch “The unopenable box. A mythical object that appears in fairy tales and folklore across all cultures around the world. Sometimes the box can only be opened by the right person at the right time, such a rightful heir, and in other tales it…

Queen of Faces, Book 1 in the Queen of Faces Series by Petra Lord Published By: Harper Collins Publication Date: February 3, 2026 Date Read: September 12, 2026 Genre: YA – Fantasy Source: Bought Format: Audiobook Pages: 432 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph A desperate girl at a cutthroat magical academy faces a choice between life and death: become an assassin for the enchanted elite or watch her decaying body draw its last breath. Anabelle Gage is trapped in a male body, and it’s rotting from the inside out. In Caimor, where the magical elite buy and swap designer bodies like clothes, Ana can’t afford to escape her…

Strange is the Light by Sarah Maria Griffin Published By: Titan Books Publication Date: September 8, 2026 Date Read: September 1, 2026 Genre: Adult – Sci-fi / Horror Source: eARC from Netgalley Format: E-Book Pages: 400 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph STRANGE IS THE LIGHT follows a passionately entangled group of childhood friends, fractured by the betrayals and secrets kept as they grew into adulthood. Now, after twenty years, Daphne, Ronan, Leonie and Finn will finally have to face the consequences of cutting their last adventure short–having accidentally opened a rift into a dangerous alternate dimension while playing a mysterious RPG version of their childhood game. Daphne never…

The Thirteenth Child by Erin A Craig Published By: Delacorte Press Publication Date: September 24, 2024 Date Read: August 28, 2026 Genre: YA – Gothic Fantasy Source: Bought Format: Paperback Pages: 498 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph This is the story of Hazel, a young healer navigating a ruthless court to save the life of the king, grappling with a pantheon of gods with questionable agendas as she fights for agency and true love in her own life as the goddaughter of none other than Death himself. All gifts come with a price. Hazel Trépas has always known she wasn’t like the rest of her siblings. A thirteenth child,…

Firstborn, Book 1 in the Firstborn Series by MJ Hastings Published By: Sourcebooks (Audio) Publication Date: September 1, 2026 Date Read: August 19, 2026 Genre: Adult – Fantasy / Romantasy Source: Audio ARC from Libro FM and Sourcebooks Audio Format: Audiobook Pages: 464 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph In this epic dystopian romantasy, one eldest daughter must fight for her survival in a world where birth order determines your fate—and defiance comes at a deadly cost. The first children take up arms. The second children take up books. The third children are taken. The Long Night is the final trial for Firstborn soldiers, and Bryn Ruelle must prove she can…

Immortal Rose, Book 1 in the Immortal Rose Duology by Alexandra Bracken Published By: Tempest Publication Date: August 18, 2026 Date Read: August 12, 2026 Genre: Adult – Romance / Romantasy Source: eARC from Tempest and Netgalley Format: E-Book Pages: 496 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph From Alexandra Bracken, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lore, comes a stunningly original adult fantasy. Set in a sumptuous world ruled by magical perfume, this achingly romantic, slow-burn love story will shatter your heart and leave you breathless. Members of the ancient House Rosebourne have a strange gift born of a fairy ancestor: the ability to infuse fragrance with…