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Summer Full of Shivers ☀️☠️🩸

Summer scaries have arrived! This time of year is for spooky stories around the campfire and spine-tingling books that you maybe shouldn’t save for right before you go to bed. But hey, that’s part of the fun, right! We can never get enough horror in our lives and have some chilling reads for you to sink your teeth into in the summer heat! Check out some of our recent favorites below, and don’t forget to keep an extra light on at night! Or don’t . . . we leave that up to you . . .

The Getaway by Lamar Giles

Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of the world's most famous resorts. He's got his family, his crew, and an incredible after-school job at the property's main theme park. Life isn't so great for the rest of the world, but when people come here to vacation, it's to get away from all that.

As things outside get worse, trouble starts seeping into Karloff. First, Jay's friend Connie and her family disappear in the middle of the night and no one will talk about it. Then the richest and most powerful families start arriving, only... they aren't leaving. Unknown to the employees, the resort has been selling shares in an end-of-the-world oasis. The best of the best at the end of days. And in order to deliver the top-notch customer service the wealthy clientele paid for, the employees will be at their total beck and call.

Whether they like it or not.

Yet Karloff Country didn't count on Jay and his crew -- and just how far they'll go to find out the truth and save themselves. But what's more dangerous: the monster you know in your home or the unknown nightmare outside the walls?

Start reading The Getaway now!

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Raven Boys, the haunting and original supernatural romance returns in a new edition

For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf--her wolf--is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human . . . until the cold makes him shift back again.

Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human--or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.

Start reading Shiver now!

The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator of the New York Times and ABA Indie bestselling The Witch Boy trilogy and The Girl from the Sea, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, love, loss, and magic.

Everyone has secrets. Mags’s has teeth.

Magdalena Herrera is about to graduate high school, but she already feels like an adult with serious responsibilities: caring for her ailing grandmother; working a part-time job; clandestine makeouts with a girl who has a boyfriend. And then there’s her secret, which pulls her into the basement each night, drains her of energy, and leaves her bleeding. A secret that could hurt and even kill if it ever got out -- like it did once before.

So Mags keeps her head down, isolated in her small desert community. That is, until her childhood friend Nessa comes back to town, bringing vivid memories of the past, an intoxicating glimpse of the future, and a secret of her own. Mags won’t get attached, of course. She’s always been strong enough to survive without anyone’s help.

But when the darkness starts to close in on them both, Mags will have to drag her secret into the daylight, and choose between risking everything . . . or having nothing left to lose.

Start reading The Deep Dark now!

A Darker Mischief by Derek Milman

The Honeys meets The Secret History in a work of dark academia like no other -- a boarding school thriller about a queer teen from Mississippi who finds himself swept into a world of old money, privilege, and the secret society at the heart of it all.

When Cal Ware wins a scholarship to an elite New England boarding school, he's thrilled to leave his past behind. Back home in Mississippi, he was the poor, queer kid who never fit in. But at Essex Academy, he'll be able to reinvent himself. Or so he hopes . . .

But at Essex, Cal's classmates only see his cheap clothes and old iPhone. They mock his accent, and can't believe he's never left the country, or heard of The Hamptons. Cal, at his breaking point, is about to give up and return to Mississippi when he learns about a secret society on campus -- the key to becoming Essex royalty.

Cal knows he's not exactly secret society material, but to his surprise, he finds an unlikely champion in the handsome, charismatic, and slightly dangerous Luke Kim. As they get swept up in the mystery and glamour of the Rush process, Cal finds himself falling in love for the first time.

But as the initiation rituals grow riskier -- and increasingly nefarious -- Cal must decide how far he's willing to go, and how much of himself he's willing to sacrifice, to save everything and everyone he cherishes most. Because nothing at Essex -- not even Cal's first love -- is quite what it seems.

Start reading A Darker Mischief now!

The Other Ones by Fran Hart

A beautiful and unputdownable story about love, friendship, and the ghosts that grief can leave behind, The Other Ones is a heartfelt, contemporary romance with a haunting twist . . .

Salem Amani is a world-weary sixteen-year-old living with his mother and older sister in a haunted house. But all Sal really wants is to be ordinary, which is hard to do when you live in a house full of ghosts. And when a strange boy arrives on his doorstep asking more questions than he’s at all comfortable with, Sal’s efforts to be ordinary are put under even greater strain. Until Pax makes his offer: “I could help you with the hauntings . . . I’m good with ghosts.”

But despite his initial dislike of Pax, Sal can’t help but find himself unexpectedly drawn to the boy. And as the two grow closer, and Pax offers to help Sal scare away his ghosts for good, Sal finds himself sinking deeper into a lie concealing the truth about his family.

When the true nature of the “hauntings” is revealed, Sal must confront reality – or risk losing Pax for good.

Start reading The Other Ones now!

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(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (September 17th, 2024)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Releases:

We Are Hunted by Tomi Oyemakinde

What is this Feeling? by Robby Weber

Night Owls by A.R. Vishny

Spells to Forget Us by Aislinn Brophy

If Anything Happens to Me by Luanne Rice

Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne

Ruin Road by Lamar Giles

The Lies We Conjure by Sarah Henning

New Sequels:

Warrior of Legend (Heromaker #2) by Kendare Blake

Seasons of Flesh & Flame (Shades of Rust and Ruin #2) by A.G. Howard

Forget Me Not (Rosenholm #2) by Gry Kappel Jensen

The Immortal Abyss (The Threshold Duology #2) by Katherine Briggs

The Heart of the World (The Isles of the Gods #2) by Amie Kaufman

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Happy reading!

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🎃 Horror Books For Halloween 🎃

Part One!

(Row One) 🎃

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

We Don't Swim Here by Vincent Tirado

This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham

(Row Two) 🎃

She Is A Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

The Haunting Of Alejandra by V. Castro

(Row Three) 🎃

The Getaway by Lamar Giles

Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury

House Of Hunger by Alexis Henderson

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The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power will be published in hardcover, e-book, and audio book on July 16 via Tor Teen. The 320-page young adult horror anthology is edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker.

It features stories from 13 BIPOC authors: Adiba Jaigirdar, Alexis Henderson, Chloe Gong, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, H.E. Edgmon, Kalynn Bayron, Karen Strong, Kendare Blake, Lamar Giles, Mark Oshiro, Naseem Jamnia, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Terry J. Benton-Walker.

The White Guy Dies First includes 13 scary stories by all-star contributors, and this time... the white guy dies first. Killer clowns, a hungry hedge maze, and rich kids who got bored. Friendly cannibals, impossible slashers, and the dead who don’t stay dead. A museum curator who despises “diasporic inaccuracies.” A sweet girl and her diary of happy thoughts. An old house that just wants friends forever. These stories are filled with ancient terrors and modern villains, but go ahead, go into the basement, step onto the old plantation, and open the magician’s mystery box because this time, the white guy dies first.

Pre-order The White Guy Dies First.

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When he did, he'd show them all.

Lamar Giles, from "The Protégé"

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With a gorgeous cover and incredible interior art by the inimitable @colleendoran, GENERATION WONDER hit shelves one year ago today!

The New Age of Heroes launched with 13 amazing stories by some astonishing authors, including Sarah Maclean, Paul Levitz, Sterling Gates, Danielle Paige, Morgan Baden, Anna-Marie McLemore, Varian Johnson, Lamar Giles, Joseph Bruchac, Elizabeth Eulberg, Matthew Phillion, Axie Oh, and yours truly!

If you haven't already sampled the delights awaiting you in this anthology, I implore you to do so now. You can order it here:

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Preview: DC Power 2024

DC Power 2024 preview. DC Power returns for round two with brand-new stories spotlighting Black characters from across the DC Universe #comics #comicbooks

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book ask game book ask game

10 the worst book u have ever read? 20 do u prefer audio books or e-books? 30 give any 3 book recs to ur followers!

Aah, thank you, friend!! (This ask game.)

10 the worst book u have ever read?

I don't typically finish books I hate, and I hate to say this about a book I haven't finished, so I'm gonna have to go with the time that I read Fifty Shades of Grey so that I could "form my own opinion" about it. Godawful waste of time, frankly. A dreadful book, and honestly dangerous for those of us who are, like, actually involved in the kink community.

20 do u prefer audio books or e-books?

Though there is a time and a place for both, I LOVE audiobooks. I can listen to them while I drive! Or while I clean! Or while I knit! It's the best! (Also, in case it isn't clear from this answer, audiobook reading is absolutely reading and I'm not sure why I have to keep reasserting this to people [not you].)

30 give any 3 book recs to ur followers!

Here are three I've loved lately:

The Honeys by Ryan LaSala (YA Horror. A genderfluid teen goes to a very strictly binary-ed summer camp to try and figure out what caused their twin sister's death. Peak daytime horror.)

The Getaway by Lamar Giles (YA Horror again. Essentially what would happen if Disney World were an Amazon-scale company town during the sudden onset of the apocalypse. Gripping. It had my every waking thought for the three days I was reading it and the following week or so.)

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt (Adult Horror. TW for absolutely everything I can think of honestly, but I found it very worthwhile. A haunted house story where the ghost is fascism, viewed through a very trans lens. There is an author-penned TW at the beginning of the book which I highly recommend you pay attention to, but if you can stomach it, it will change you on a molecular level. Made me want to tear out a Nazi's heart with my teeth and lay it still-warm at the author's feet like an awed housecat.)

Enjoy!

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Twenty and Out by Lamar Giles BOOK REVIEW -- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi From a Certain Point of View

#fromacertainointofview #starwars #returnofthejedi Twenty and Out by Lamar Giles REVIEW #shorts

My Review of 'Twenty and Out' by Lamar Giles the twenty-sixth story from From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi 40 Stories Celebrating 40 Years of Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi.

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Title: Spin

Author: Lamar Giles

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2019

Genres: fiction, mystery, thriller, contemporary, music

Blurb: 16-year-old Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec)'s career - and life - has come to an untimely end, and the local music scene is reeling. No one is feeling the pain more than her shunned pre-fame best friend Kya and Paris' chief groupie Fuse...but suspicion trumps grief, and since each suspects the other of Paris' murder, they're locked in a high-stakes game of public accusations and sabotage. Everyone in the ParSec Nation (DJ ParSec's local media base), including the killer, is content to watch it play out...until Kya and Fuse discover a secret. Paris was on the verge of a major deal that would've catapulted her to superstar status on a national level, leaving her old life - and old friends - behind. With the new info comes new motives, new suspects, and a fandom that shows its deadly side. As Kya and Fuse come closer to the twisted truth, the killer's no longer amused...but murdering Paris was simple enough, so getting rid of her nobody friends shouldn't be an issue.

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Title: Not So Pure and Simple | Author: Lamar Giles | Publisher: Quill Tree Books (2020)

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Share Black Stories 2024!

Join us this Black History Month as we #ShareBlackStories that celebrate Black voices with books that center around Black lives, Black joy, and Black stories that are sure to resonate far beyond a single month of the year. See our list below for some books that we recommend you check out this month and all year long!

The Library of Broken Worlds by Alaya Dawn Johnson

A girl matches wits with a war god in this kaleidoscopic, thought-provoking tale of oppression and the cost of peace, where stories hide within other stories, and narrative has the power to heal - or to burn everything in its path.

Start reading The Library of Broken Worlds now! 

Shadow Coven by S. Isabelle

The Haunting Season has ended, but dark magic lurks in the shadows in this deadly sequel to The Witchery.

Start reading Shadow Coven now!

As Long As We’re Together by Brianna Peppins

A heartstring-tugging, uplifting, modern spin on Party of Five -- a love letter to family, hope, and finding strength in unexpected places.

Start reading As Long As We’re Together now!

Murder, She Wrote #2: Carry My Secret to Your Grave by Stephanie Kuehn

Small town murders. Big time thrills. The second installment in the suspenseful, modern update of the classic mystery TV series.

Start reading Carry My Secret to Your Grave now!

Love is the Drug by Alaya Dawn Johnson

Emily Bird was raised not to ask questions. She has perfect hair, the perfect boyfriend, and a perfect Ivy-League future. But a chance meeting with Roosevelt David, a homeland security agent, at a party for Washington D.C.'s elite leads to Bird waking up in a hospital, days later, with no memory of the end of the night.

Start reading Love is the Drug now!

Louder Than Words by Ashley Woodfolk and Lexi Underwood

How do you fight for change when words aren’t enough? Louder Than Words is a story about the mistakes we all make, the forgiveness we all need, and the redemption we all deserve.

Start reading Louder Than Words now!

The Getaway by Lamar Giles

Karloff Country didn’t count on Jay and his crew--and just how far they’ll go to find out the truth and save themselves. But what’s more dangerous: the monster you know in your home or the unknown nightmare outside the walls?

Start reading The Getaway now!

The Second Chance of Darius Logan by David F. Walker

An incredibly powerful story that dives into matters of social justice and identity, courage and second chances, in a world where heroes loom large and what seems ordinary is anything but.

Start reading The Second Chance of Darius Logan now!

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AUTHOR FEATURE:

﹒LAMAR GILES﹒

SEVEN BOOKS WRITTEN BY THIS AUTHOR:

Not So Pure & Simple

The Getaway

Fake ID

The Last Last-Day-of-Summer

Spin

Overturned

Endangered

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Happy reading!

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ARC Review: "Ruin Road" by Lamar Giles

“Ruin Road” by Lamar Giles Publishing Date: September 17, 2024 Genre: YA, Fiction, Thriller, Horror Page Length: 368 pages (paperback review edition) Synopsis: Sometimes a little fear is a good thing… Cade Webster lives between worlds. He’s a standout football star at the right school but lives in the wrong neighborhood–if you let his classmates tell it. Everywhere but home, people are…

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The Getaway by Lamar Giles 3/5 ⭐️

I really liked this book but the ending seemed kind of abrupt and left some strings loose for me. It was one of those endings that leaves things up to your own interpretation which I can like if done well but I thought it could have been done a little better. I think a prologue would have been nice. Overall, the story was really neat. It was a bit of a dystopian, end of the world, extreme class differences theme but taking place in an amusement park turned doomsday bunker. I liked that a lot! I thought it was really unique and the characters were really likable - good dialogue too. Overall, I enjoyed it.