Tuesday Top Releases | What's Publishing This Week
Hello booklings! Tuesday Top Releases is a list of the books publishing each week that caught my eye. Likely all books will be in the fantasy genre, and expect a healthy mix of YA and Adult. I'm sure I'll include a rogue contemporary or romance in here and there, especially if there's a lot of interest-worthy buzz. I don't promise to read all the books on the list, but I'll pick my "most anticipated" release each week and make sure to link my review if I was lucky enough to score an ARC from the publisher beforehand. Happy reading!
Daughter of the Burning City | Amanda Foody
PUBLISHED: JULY 25, 2017
GENRE: YA FANTASY
SYNOPSIS:
"A darkly irresistible new fantasy set in the infamous Gomorrah Festival, a traveling carnival of debauchery that caters to the strangest of dreams and desires.
Sixteen-year-old Sorina has spent most of her life within the smoldering borders of the Gomorrah Festival. Yet even among the many unusual members of the traveling circus-city, Sorina stands apart as the only illusion-worker born in hundreds of years. This rare talent allows her to create illusions that others can see, feel and touch, with personalities all their own. Her creations are her family, and together they make up the cast of the Festival’s Freak Show.
But no matter how lifelike they may seem, her illusions are still just that—illusions, and not truly real. Or so she always believed…until one of them is murdered.
Desperate to protect her family, Sorina must track down the culprit and determine how they killed a person who doesn’t actually exist. Her search for answers leads her to the self-proclaimed gossip-worker Luca, and their investigation sends them through a haze of political turmoil and forbidden romance, and into the most sinister corners of the Festival. But as the killer continues murdering Sorina’s illusions one by one, she must unravel the horrifying truth before all of her loved ones disappear."
The Intuitives | Erin Michelle Sky
PUBLISHED: JULY 25, 2017
GENRE: YA Urban Fantasy
SYNOPSIS:
"IMAGINATION JUST BECAME OUR GREATEST WEAPON.
In Egypt, an archaeological team discovers the lost tomb of Alexander the Great. Seven years later, every public school student in America takes a strange new test, but only six are chosen to attend a summer program at the mysterious Institute for the Cultivation of Intuitive Cognition, where nothing is as it appears to be, including the students themselves.
Roman Jackson, 11—the lonely artist.
Sees things. Around people. Things he can never, ever tell.
Samantha Prescott, 16—the sarcastic nerd.
Isolated by a premonition even she doesn’t understand.
Daniel Walker, 17—the shy musician.
Hides his private thoughts in the soundtrack of his mind.
Kaitlyn Wright, 15—the bubbly engineer.
Can fix anything, except the one thing that matters most.
Mackenzie Gray, 17—the disciplined athlete.
Armors her deepest fears against a world she can’t control.
Ashton Hunt, 17—the frustrated gamer.
Hoping to turn pro, and a constant disappointment to his father.
But why is the U.S. government so interested in six outcasts? And what, exactly, is it teaching them to do? Now, they must band together to uncover the true purpose behind the institute—and the ancient secrets that lie hidden beneath its surface.
Before history catches up to them."
Age of Swords | Michael J. Sullivan
PUBLISHED: JULY 25, 2017
GENRE: Adult Epic Fantasy
SYNOPSIS:
"In Age of Myth, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan launched readers on an epic journey of magic and adventure, heroism and betrayal, love and loss. Now the thrilling saga continues as the human uprising is threatened by powerful enemies from without—and bitter rivalries within.
Raithe, the God Killer, may have started the rebellion by killing a Fhrey, but long-standing enmities dividing the Rhune make it all but impossible to unite against a common foe. And even if the clans can join forces, how will they defeat an enemy whose magical prowess makes the Fhrey indistinguishable from gods?
The answer lies across the sea in a faraway land populated by a reclusive and dour race who feels nothing but disdain for both Fhrey and mankind. With time running out, Persephone leads the gifted young seer Suri, the Fhrey sorceress Arion, and a small band of misfits in a desperate search for aid—a quest that will take them into the darkest depths of Elan. There, an ancient adversary waits—an enemy as surprising as it is deadly."
Buried Heart | Kate Elliot
PUBLISHED: JULY 25, 2017
GENRE: YA Fantasy
SYNOPSIS:
"The explosive finale to World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott's captivating, New York Times bestselling young adult series
In this third book in the epic Court of Fives series, Jessamy is the crux of a revolution forged by the Commoner class hoping to overthrow their longtime Patron overlords. But enemies from foreign lands have attacked the kingdom, and Jes must find a way to unite the Commoners and Patrons to defend their home and all the people she loves. Will her status as a prominent champion athlete be enough to bring together those who have despised one another since long before her birth? Will she be able to keep her family out of the clutches of the evil Lord Gargaron? And will her relationship with Prince Kalliarkos remain strong when they find themselves on opposite sides of a war? Find all the answers in this beautifully written and exciting conclusion to World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott's debut New York Times bestselling young adult trilogy!"
Daughter Of The Burning City was an ARC I missed at this year's BookCon. It was one of exactly four books I hoped to get, but as I did manage to grab a few I hadn't expected, I still left feeling pretty good about my haul. The other books I missed, if you were wondering, were One Dark Throne (ran out in 2 minutes, WHAT?!), Wonder Woman (holy shit-show), and Black Bird Of The Gallows (I did get this one!). One out of four, yay! Anyway, out of what's releasing this week, Daughter has me most excited. It became a close tie with The Intuitives, though, as soon as I read "lost tome" and "Alexander the Great" in that description. I'm currently lounging at the beach for these releases, so I'll have to pick up my copies when reality returns!
Which of these will you be adding to your TBR shelves? Links for all are below!
