Darkness Before Dawn
by J.A. London
Release date: May 29, 2012
Available as: paperback, Kindle edition, ebook
Pages: 342
Publisher: HarperCollins
Suggested tags: young adult, paranormal, dystopia
First in the Darkness Before Dawn series. From Goodreads:
"This electrifying new trilogy blends the best of paranormal and dystopian storytelling in a world where the war is over. And the vampires won.
Humans huddle in their walled cities, supplying blood in exchange for safety. But not even that is guaranteed. Dawn has lost her entire family and now reluctantly serves as the delegate to Lord Valentine, the most powerful vampire for miles. It isn’t until she meets Victor, Valentine’s son, that she realizes not all vampires are monsters...."
Devine Intervention
by Martha Brockenbrough
Release date: June 1, 2012
Available as: hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Suggested tags: young adult, paranormal, romance
From Goodreads:
"There is a great legend of the guardian angel who traveled across time and space for the human girl he loved, slaying those who would threaten her with a gleaming sword made of heavenly light.
This is not that story.
Jerome Hancock is Heidi Devine's guardian angel. Sort of. He's more of an angel trainee, in heaven's soul-rehabilitation program for wayward teens. And he's just about to get kicked out for having too many absences and for violating too many of the Ten Commandments for the Dead.
Heidi, meanwhile, is a high school junior who dreams of being an artist, but has been drafted onto her basketball team because she's taller than many a grown man. For as long as she can remember, she's heard a voice in her head - one that sings Lynyrd Skynyrd, offers up bad advice, and yet is company during those hours she feels most alone.
When the unthinkable happens, these two lost souls must figure out where they went wrong and whether they can make things right before Heidi's time is up and her soul is lost forever."
Other YA new releases for this week:
Middle Grade
Larkspur
by Anastacia Hawkins
Release date: May 29, 2012
Available as: paperback
Pages: 102
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Suggested tags: middle grade, fantasy
From Goodreads:
"During a dance performance, Taylor and Leslie mysteriously fall into the enchanted land of Larkspur. With the help of Redmond, the great counselor-in-training, they discover their mission: to perform the magical Dance of the Dawn in order to help their beloved dance instructor, Madame Lumiere, find her way home from the Earthly Realm.
But first they must rescue the adored talking pet of the Fiery One and aid Little Light, the glowing princess, as she bravely sets off to rid Larkspur of the cruel Puranna and despicable Derrick of Dungeoness. If everything goes as planned, Taylor and Leslie will also play an important role in freeing Larkspur’s true king and queen from the Murky Realm, where they have been imprisoned for over a year."
Other Middle Grade new releases for this week:
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