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    Early Review: And Then We Screamed

    And Then We Screamed by Holly Bourne Published By: Usborne Publishing Publication Date: September 10, 2026 Date Read: August 5, 2026 Genre: YA – Contemporary / Thriller Source: eARC from Usborne and Netgalley Format: E-Book Pages: 384 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph The mind-blowing new novel full of mystery, conspiracy and dark secrets from bestselling Holly Bourne, for fans of Kathleen Glasgow and e. lockhart Everything was perfect in the small town of Maple Lakes…until the cheerleaders started screaming. Clover wishes something would happen in her boring high school – so she can spend more time with her crush Brody, covering it for the school newspaper. But she…

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    Review: Boundless (Unearthly #3)

    Boundless, Book 3 in the Unearthly Series by Cynthia Hand Published By: Harper Collins Publication Date: January 22, 2013 Date Read: July 30, 2026 Genre: YA – Paranormal Romance Source: Bought Format: Paperback Pages: 448 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph The past few years held more surprises than part-angel Clara Gardner ever could have anticipated. Yet through the dizzying high of first love to the agonizing low of losing someone close to her, the one thing she could no longer deny was that she was never meant to have a normal life. Since discovering the special role she plays among the other angel-bloods, Clara has been determined to…

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    Early Review: Victorious (Villains #3)

    Victorious, Book 3 in the Villains Series by VE Schwab Published By: Titan Books Publication Date: October 6, 2026 Date Read: July 27, 2026 Genre: Adult – Sci-fi / Fantasy Source: ARC from Titan Books Format: Paperback Pages: 544 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph The ExtraOrdinary of Merit City, a secret group of individuals gifted with a power connected to their manner of near-death experience, have been keeping a low profile, avoiding the ever-watchful eye of EON in the wake of the showdown with Marcella, Eli, and Serena. But when EON – and its relationship to the ExtraOrdinaries – begins to change under the leadership of a new…

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    Review: Summerween (Halloween Town #1)

    Summerween, Book 1 in the Halloween Town Series by Joss Wood Published By: One More Chapter Publication Date: July 16, 2026 Date Read: July 24, 2026 Genre: Adult – Romance Source: Bought Format: Paperback Pages: 349 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph Halloween just got hotter…Professional dancer Wren Callahan’s plan for the summer is sip margaritas by the lake, bask in anonymity, and dodge any drama from her ex. Instead, her meddling godmother Luna –Halloween Town’s mayor and resident white witch – ropes her into choreographing a teen performance at the first Summerween festival. Her most challenging student? Dane – a burned-out former trauma surgeon hiding out for the…

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    Early Review: Kiss Slay Replay

    Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison Published By: Titan Books Publication Date: September 8, 2026 Date Read: July 17, 2026 Genre: Adult – Horror / Sci-fi Source: ARC from Titan Books Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph Every wedding guest’s worst nightmare is on repeat in this wild and twisty new horror novel from the New York Times bestselling author of So Thirsty and Play Nice. It’s the picture-perfect wedding The venue is dreamy, the weather is beautiful, love is in the air—and Willa Sullivan is having a bad time. She’s excited to celebrate her best friends finally having the big wedding they’ve always wanted, but this is the first…

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    Review: For Whom The Belle Tolls (Hells Belle’s #1)

    For Whom The Belle Tolls, Book 1 in the Hells Belle’s Series by Jaysea Lynn Published By: Simon and Schuster Publication Date: January 28, 2025 Date Read: July 11, 2026 Genre: Adult – Romance Source: Bought Format: Audiobook Pages: 640 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph They told her to go to Hell. She went, but on her own terms. Lily isn’t exactly thrilled with her arrival in the Afterlife, but what awaits her there is more fantastical than she ever could have imagined: Deities wait in line at the coffee shop. Fae flit between realms. Souls find ways to make death a beginning. As she explores the many…

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    Review: Blood Over Bright Haven

    Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang Published By: Cornerstone Publication Date: July 25, 2023 Date Read: July 6, 2026 Genre: Adult – Epic Fantasy Source: Bought Format: Paperback Pages: 448 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have come calling. An orphan since the age of four, Sciona has always had more to prove than her fellow students. For twenty years, she has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry.…

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    Review: Hallowed (Unearthly #2)

    Hallowed, Book 2 in the Unearthly Trilogy by Cynthia Hand Published By: Harper Collins Publication Date: January 17, 2012 Date Read: June 25, 2026 Genre: YA – Paranormal Romance Source: Bought Format: Paperback Pages: 416 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph For months part-angel Clara Gardner trained to face the raging forest fire from her visions and rescue the alluring and mysterious Christian Prescott from the blaze. But nothing could prepare her for the fateful decisions she would be forced to make that day, or the startling revelation that her purpose—the task she was put on earth to accomplish—is not as straightforward as she thought. Now, torn between her…

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    Review: Death Meets Cute

    Death Meets Cute by J Penner Published By: Sourcebooks Publication Date: April 28, 2026 Date Read: June 24, 2026 Genre: Adult – Cosy Fantasy Source: ALC from Sourcebooks Audio Format: Audiobook Pages: 304 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph I am more than capable of being evil today. I think… Iris Weyward wants to be bad. Truly bad. Terrifyingly, gloriously villainous. But after helping her sisters unleash a spell to throw the realm into chaos, Iris is left feeling strangely empty—and still not the villain of her dreams. So, she sets off for the quiet town of Fraywell to build her wicked legacy alone. Things start a crooked little cottage, a…

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    Review: Star Bringer (Star Bringer #1)

    Star Bringer, Book 1 in the Star Bringer Series by Tracy Wolff and Nina Croft Published By: Red Tower Books Publication Date: July 11, 2023 Date Read: June 16, 2026 Genre: Adult – Sci-Fi Source: Bought Format: Audiobook Pages: 608 Add to Goodreads | Add to Storygraph The sun is dying…and it’s happening way too damn fast. With the clock ticking, the Nine Planets’ only hope of survival rests on a fancy space station and the alien artifact it’s carrying. Which is why it really sucks when some jackass doesn’t want the universe saved and blows that station up-while you’re still on it. So if your only choices are flaming…