The Story: I found Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone at the library, read it and loved it, and have loved all her books that I've read soon, and I can't wait to read more by Kat Rosenfield!
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Stand Alone's: Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone and her site, my review, Inland and her site, my review, No One Will Miss Her and her site, my review, You Must Remember and her site, my review, How to Survive in the Woods and her site, my review.
Showing posts with label Kat Rosenfield. Show all posts
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Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Waiting on Wednesday #770, February 11th
Expected Publication: March 10th, 2026
From Goodreads:
But no matter what happens, actions have consequences... and Sarah Zellaby is about to learn that lesson the hard way.
From Goodreads:
Seanan McGuire’s New York Times-bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated InCryptid series continues with the fifteenth book following the Price family, cryptozoologists who study and protect the creatures living in secret all around us.
Chaos, noun:
1. The inherent unpredictability in the behavior of a complex natural system.
Chaos theory, noun:
1. A branch of mathematical and physical theory that deals with the nature and consequences of chaos and chaotic systems.
2. The study of unpredictable systems.
3. See also “impossible math.”
Sarah Zellaby is a Johrlac, a member of a species of psychic ambush predators colloquially referred to as “cuckoos.” Eight years ago, she survived the difficult, painful process of becoming a cuckoo queen…although not without costs. In the wake of her transformation, the man she loved was entirely erased from his own mind, forcing her to reconstruct him from the memories of the people who knew and loved him.
Sarah has been struggling to come to terms with her actions ever since. But there's no one else on the planet with the power to hold her accountable―until the Johrlac authorities show up. It’s time for her to stand trial for what she's done, something which can only happen on Johrlar, home world of her species, where the population is controlled by a system of unyielding hiveminds and crime is punishable by erasure.
With Sarah’s life on the line, her family will need to find a way to cross dimensional borders and survive a hostile, telepathic world in order to get her back―before the Sarah they know ceases to exist.
Expected Publication: March 10th, 2026
From Goodreads:
Megh’s struggles with depression, fear of leaving her home and loved ones, and uncertainty about her future cause the cloud to act up, creating rainstorms that dampen her spirits and her hopes of making an impact at her internship. With the help of fellow intern Lev Osman, a boy whose warmth makes her feel less alone, Megh has to find a way to control her feelings and decide what she’s willing to sacrifice in order to secure her desired future.
From Goodreads:
"I was struck by lightning and now there's rain following me around. I was struck by lightning and now there's rain following me around."
Recent high-school graduate Megh Rashid has plans to escape to the other side of the country for college and leave behind the stormy household she’s been trapped in for years. But things are complicated when she gets struck by lightning right before the start of a prestigious summer internship that’s key to her getting accepted to her dream university, and she wakes up to a storm cloud that follows her everywhere, seemingly attuned to her every emotion.
Expected Publication: March 10th, 2026
From Goodreads:
Her hidden past—and her life—are now on the line. One lie remains, and it might just save her.
From Goodreads:
A deadly game of cat and mouse unfolds when a housewife with a secret life takes on a tech billionaire with secrets darker than her own . . . from the author of How I'll Kill You.
Margaux leads a double life that would make most people dizzy. By day, she's a seemingly ordinary interior decorator with a picture-perfect marriage. By night, she works for a mysterious employer known only as Mr. X. Her infiltrating the lives of dangerous targets, gaining their trust, and ultimately exposing their crimes.
Her latest unraveling the reclusive life of Bertram Casimir, a billionaire tech CEO whose career is as mysterious as his past. His sister claims he stole her app to build his fortune. Not only that, his girlfriend may or may not have recently gone missing.
Bertram sees through Margaux’s carefully constructed facade, matching her move for move. As the lines between hunter and prey blur, Margaux finds herself unexpectedly drawn to Bertram. They share more than she'd like to admit—a dangerous intelligence, a taste for high-stakes manipulation. When the evidence begins to shift, threatening to destroy everything she knows, Margaux realizes this is far more than just another job.
Expected Publication: March 10th, 2026
From Goodreads:
A heart that beats for Anneke alone.
From Goodreads:
An obsession with a beautiful serial killer entangles a vampire hunter’s daughter in an immortal sapphic romance in this enthralling gothic fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lucy Undying.
Anneke has a complicated relationship with her father, Abraham Van Helsing—doctor, scientist, and madman devoted to studying vampires—up until the night she comes home to find him murdered, with a surreally beautiful woman looming over his body. A woman who leaves no trace behind, other than the dreams and nightmares that plague Anneke every night.
Spurred by her desire for vengeance and armed with the latest in forensic and investigatory techniques, Anneke puts together a team of detectives to catch her mysterious serial killer. Because her father isn’t the only inexplicably dead body. There’s a trail of victims across Europe and Anneke is certain they’re all connected.
But during the years spent relentlessly hunting the killer, Anneke keeps some crucial evidence to infuriatingly coy letters, addressed only to Anneke, occasionally soaked in blood, and always signed Diavola. Devil. The obsession is mutual, and all the more dangerous for it.
The closer Anneke gets to her devil, though, the less sense the world makes. Maybe her father wasn’t a madman, after all. Diavola might be something much worse than a serial killer . . . and much harder to destroy. Because as Anneke unearths more of Diavola’s tragic past, she suspects there’s still a heart somewhere in that undead body.
Expected Publication: March 10th, 2026
From Goodreads:
From Goodreads:
The third installment of the viral Bloodwing Academy series is here! This dark academia romantasy delivers seductive vampires, high-stakes adventure, and dangerous romance.
The deluxe limited edition of The Wings That Bind features stenciled edges, custom endpapers, and a jacket with metallic effects! This breathtaking hardcover edition is available only on the first printing and is a must-have for any book lover while supplies last in the US and Canada.
The night's chaos left us breathless. Now the real nightmare begins.
In the wake of last winter's tragedies, through loss and heartbreak, we somehow made it to a new year. But our fight is far from over.
A second dragon has awoken--her heart tainted, and her power commandeered by two ruthless highbloods who will stop at nothing to uncover the dangerous, bloody secrets at the borders of Sangratha. Their cruelty knows no bounds.
Florence, my dearest friend, teetered on the brink of death. A dragon saved her, but now she's tied to him in a way I can scarcely understand. What will this new bond do to the woman I've come to love as a sister?
And then there's Blake. Once my relentless tormentor, then the keeper of my heart... he betrayed me again, nearly condemning Nyxaris to a cursed, stone-cold fate. But something has shifted in him. His gray eyes hide a secret he's desperate to protect. I saved Blake's life, despite everything. Yet with every heartbeat, I have to question where we go from here.
With Bloodwing Academy in turmoil and a new headmaster no one saw coming, only one thing is certain: This is going to be one hell of a year.
This dark fantasy series tackles mature themes. Readers are advised to consult the trigger warnings before embarking on this intense, morally gray/black journey through the realm of Sangratha!
READ THE ENTIRE BLOODWING ACADEMY SERIES!
Book 1: On Wings of Blood
Book 2: The Bond That Burns
Book 3: The Wings That Bind
Book 4 coming Fall 2026!
FOR FANS OF:
Enemies-to-lovers
Dark Academia
Morally Grey Men
Forced Proximity
Vampires and Dragon Riders
Fourth Wing meets A Court of Thorns and Roses with a hint of Vampire Academy
Expected Publication: March 10th, 2026
From Goodreads:
Finding herself with no money and little to occupy her groundside, the narrator (“I”) takes a commission aboard the hunter-barque Pequod as it sets out in pursuit of precious spermaceti. Once aboard, however, she finds herself pulled inexorably into the orbit of the barque’s captain, a charismatic but fanatically driven woman who the narrator names only as “A”. As the Pequod plunges ever deeper into the turbulent, monster-haunted atmosphere of the gas giant, the narrator begins to lose herself in the eerie word of Leviathan-hunting and the captain’s increasingly insistent delusions; the only thing that might keep her grounded is the bond she develops with Q, a woman from the wreck of Old Earth whose skin is marked with holographic light and who remembers things otherwise lost.
From Goodreads:
Gideon the Ninth meets Moby Dick in USA Today bestselling author Alexis Hall's science fiction debut, Hell's Heart!
Earth is a ruin, and the scattered remnants of humanity scavenge what they can from the stars under the watchful auspices of a grab-bag of collectives, corporations, and churches which are all that remains of what we once called society. Having long exhausted any conventional sources of energy, life in the solar system is now sustained by a volatile, hallucinogenic substance called spermaceti, which is harvested from the brains of vast cetacean-like Leviathans that swim the atmospheric currents of Jupiter.
Expected Publication: March 10th, 2026
From Goodreads:
Now magicless, Yiran watches, hungrier than ever, until he begins a dangerous dalliance with Yuki, hoping the Hybrid will recover Yiran's magic. And when he discovers a dark family secret, he must decide what he stands for - before it's too late.
From Goodreads:
The world has moved on. With the missing death god restored to the underworld, it appears that equilibrium has been regained. But the Nothing continues to threaten the underworld - and the mortal realm.
Trapped in Hell, Zizi fights the takeover of his soul by Four's. As he begins to access Four's memories, he discovers a tragic love story that could be the key to keeping the mortal realm safe. Now, Zizi must defy his fate and escape Hell once more.
On the surface, Rui's life has changed as she is hailed a hero by the Exorcist Guild. But she soon discovers the spell Zizi was forced to create is transforming innocent humans into vicious Hybrid Revenants. With the help of the other cadets, she vows to stop them.
Expected Publication: March 10th, 2026
From Goodreads:
Told through Dorothy’s delightfully shrewd POV, this novella series is an ode to the cozy mystery taken to the stars with a fresh new sci-fi take. Perfect for fans of the plot-twisty narratives of Dorothy Sayers and Ann Leckie, this well-paced story will leave readers captivated and hungry for the next installment.
From Goodreads:
Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in the second entry of this cozy sci-fi mystery series, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detective
Welcome to the HMS Fairweather, Her Majesty's most luxurious interstellar passenger liner! Room and board are included, new bodies are graciously provided upon request, and should you desire a rest between lifetimes, your mind shall be most carefully preserved in glass in the Library, shielded from every danger.
A wild baby appears! Dorothy Gentleman, ship detective, is put to the test once again when an infant is mysteriously left on her nephew's doorstep. Fertility is supposed to be on pause during the Fairweather’s journey across the stars—but humans have a way of breaking any rule you set them. Who produced this child, and why did they then abandon him? And as her nephew and his partner get more and more attached, how can Dorothy prevent her colleague and rival detective, Leloup, a stickler for law and order, from classifying the baby as a stowaway or a piece of luggage?
Expected Publication: March 10th, 2026
From Goodreads:
How to Survive in the Woods is a heart-stopping knockout of a novel, by turns smart, psychologically rich, and deliciously dark. In her masterful hands, Kat Rosenfield asks us to consider what it means to be a survivor—and what, or who, you would sacrifice to stay alive.
From Goodreads:
"An addictive, razor-sharp thriller—darkly funny, brilliantly tense, and impossible to put down." —Jo Morey, author of Lime Juice Money
Wild meets The Wife Between Us in this page-turning thriller, set in Maine's Hundred Mile Wilderness—the treacherous final stretch of the storied Appalachian Trail—an addictive tale of passion, betrayal, control, and what it means to survive.
Raised by a doomsday prepper and hardened by the startup world, Emma Sharp has learned how to endure—especially in her marriage to Logan Grant, a charismatic tyrant who keeps her under tight control. To Emma, her marriage is a it keeps you in, but it also keeps you safe. Until it doesn't.
When Emma forms an unexpected bond with Logan’s former girlfriend, the two women form a plan to help Emma take her life back. the punishing final stretch of the Appalachian Trail known as the Hundred Mile Wilderness.
After all, bad things happen in the woods all the time.
As the three venture deeper into Maine’s backcountry, desire and dread curdle into something unpredictable, dark, and deadly. Someone is lying. Someone is watching. And in the remote heart of the forest, someone is about to be lost . . . or found.
Oh, there's so many great books coming out on the 10th, I'm so excited for all of these books! What about you guys? Happy reading!
Sunday, April 18, 2021
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #515, April 19th
It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!
What happened in the past week:
Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #514
Teaser Tuesday #522
WWW Wednesday #522
WOW #518
Will the Time Come #515
Third Sentence Thursday #505
Random Reads #491
First Lines Friday #518
Book Blogger Hop #184
21 Books to Read in 2021 Update 5
The Reward Challenge Update #500
Wheel of TBR #47
How Well I Stuck to It #352
Wrote that Review Update #349
Week 15 Reviews:
Inland
The Reward Challenge Update #500
Wheel of TBR #47
How Well I Stuck to It #352
Wrote that Review Update #349
Week 15 Reviews:
Inland
OK, so I got 35 posts in 7 days, and I read some really fantastic books, and I'm really excited for this coming week with the release of The Crown of Gilded Bones! What about you guys? Happy reading!
So this week I want to read The Crown of Gilded Bones.
She's been the victim and the survivor…
Poppy never dreamed she would find the love she's found with Prince Casteel. She wants to revel in her happiness but first they must free his brother and find hers. It's a dangerous mission and one with far-reaching consequences neither dreamed of. Because Poppy is the Chosen, the Blessed. The true ruler of Atlantia. She carries the blood of the King of Gods within her. By right the crown and the kingdom are hers.
The enemy and the warrior…
Poppy has only ever wanted to control her own life, not the lives of others, but now she must choose to either forsake her birthright or seize the gilded crown and become the Queen of Flesh and Fire. But as the kingdoms' dark sins and blood-drenched secrets finally unravel, a long-forgotten power rises to pose a genuine threat. And they will stop at nothing to ensure that the crown never sits upon Poppy's head.
A lover and heartmate…
But the greatest threat to them and to Atlantia is what awaits in the far west, where the Queen of Blood and Ash has her own plans, ones she has waited hundreds of years to carry out. Poppy and Casteel must consider the impossible—travel to the Lands of the Gods and wake the King himself. And as shocking secrets and the harshest betrayals come to light, and enemies emerge to threaten everything Poppy and Casteel have fought for, they will discover just how far they are willing to go for their people—and each other.
And now she will become Queen…
Saturday, April 17, 2021
Week 15 Review: Inland
The psychological labyrinth of a young woman's insidious connection to the sea, from the Edgar Award nominated author of Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone.
Callie Morgan has long lived choked by the failure of her own lungs, the result of an elusive pulmonary illness that has plagued her since childhood. A childhood marked early by the drowning death of her mother—a death to which Callie was the sole witness. Her father has moved them inland, away from the memories of the California coast her mother loved so much and toward promises of recovery—and the escape of denial—in arid, landlocked air.
But after years of running away, the promise of a life-changing job for her father brings Callie and him back to the coast, to Florida, where Callie's symptoms miraculously disappear. For once, life seems delightfully normal. But the ocean's edge offers more than healing air … it holds a magnetic pull, drawing Callie closer and closer to the chilly, watery embrace that claimed her mother. Returned to the ocean, Callie comes of age and comes into a family destiny that holds generations of secrets and very few happy endings.
My Review:
This was such a fantastic read! We know something is up right from the beginning, when we're in her mom's perspective. And I just wanted to know what the heck was going on. And then we get Callie, away from the ocean, having a hard time breathing and doctors are unable to determine why.
I was really frustrated with her dad. I mean, sure, he didn't know about the deal that Callie's mom had made, but he still broke a promise he made to her. He might not have known that taking her away from the sea would cause her condition, but I just didn't like him!
The most exciting part for me about this book was the "psychological labyrinth" mentioned in the synopsis. I was really excited to see how that was going to play out in this book. And as we watched Callie uncover more and more questions, I just wanted to know the answers!
That ending though? I wish it'd been explained just a little bit more. I don't get how we got from point A to point B. I read on the internet that people think she ended it that way so we the readers could determine for ourselves whether or not we thought that Callie was telling the truth about what was happening, or making it up.
This was a really enjoyable read, and I'm glad that I picked it up !
Author: Kat Rosenfield
Read: April 10th, 2021
Source: Own
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a Physical Book to Read in 2021 and a SAC 2021 Book!
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Published: June 12th 2014
Author: Kat Rosenfield
Read: April 10th, 2021
Source: Own
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a Physical Book to Read in 2021 and a SAC 2021 Book!
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Published: June 12th 2014
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Friday, April 16, 2021
21 Books to Read in 2021 Update 5
Yeah, I read my next books for the 21 Books to Read in 2021 Challenge!
So I read Inland from the Physical list!
Yep. Happy reading!
Here's the link to this year's post with my journey.
So I read Inland from the Physical list!
Yep. Happy reading!
Here's the link to this year's post with my journey.
But to recap, I wanted to do a version of These Books Will Self Destruct in 12 months without the self destruct. I wanted to read books that I've had for a while, that I really needed to get read, but maybe I forgot about them or that I had them. So I made 3 lists, one for each way I have them, as physical books, as an NetGalley ARC, and as an Edelweiss ARC.
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Page-a-Thon Update 13
So I read my next book for Page-a-Thon, and it was Inland, and I'll be reading Windwitch next!
My Reading Journey:
The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
Started On: April 1st
Finished On: April 1st, 9:04 PM
Pages Read: 403
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Started On: April 2nd
My Reading Journey:
The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid
Started On: April 1st
Finished On: April 1st, 9:04 PM
Pages Read: 403
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 4:35 PM
Pages Read: 437
The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, and Maureen Johnson
Started On: April 2nd
Finished On: April 2nd, 11:01 PM
Read: 13
Pages Read: 5332
Pages Read: 507
Unchosen by Kathayrn Blair
Started On: April 3rd
Finished On April 3rd, 4:40 PM
Pages Read: 419
Cress by Marissa Meyer
Started On: April 3rd
Finished On: April 3rd, 11:05 PM
Pages Read: 550
Breach of Peace by Daniel B. Greene
Started On: April 3rd
Finished On: April 4th, 12:13 AMPages Read: 141
Titan Song by Dan Stout
Started On: April 4th
Finished On: April 4th, 10:22 PM
Pages Read: 384
Havenfall by Sara Holland
Started On: April 6th
Finished On: April 6th, 9:02 PM
Pages Read: 400
Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson, and Robin Wasserman
Started On: April 7th
Finished On: April 7th, 9:50 PM
Pages Read: 655
The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen
Started On: April 8th
Finished On: April 8th, 10:33 PM
Pages Read: 384
A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa Sheinmel
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 8:29 PM
Pages Read: 370
Tarnished Empire by Danielle L. Jensen
Started On: April 9th
Finished On: April 9th, 11:49 PM
Pages Read: 300
Inland by Kat Rosenfield
Started On: April 10th
Finished On: April 10th, 10:34 PM
Pages Read: 382
Windwitch by Susan Dennard
Started On: April 11th
Currently On: Page 0 of 400
Read: 13
Pages Read: 5332
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Week 48 Review: Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone
An arresting un-coming-of-age story, from a breathtaking talent.
Becca has always longed to break free from her small, backwater hometown. But the discovery of an unidentified dead girl on the side of a dirt road sends the town--and Becca--into a tailspin. Unable to make sense of the violence of the outside world creeping into her backyard, Becca finds herself retreating inward, paralyzed from moving forward for the first time in her life.
Short chapters detailing the last days of Amelia Anne Richardson's life are intercut with Becca's own summer as the parallel stories of two young women struggling with self-identity and relationships on the edge twist the reader closer and closer to the truth about Amelia's death.
My Review:
Oh, this was a really great book! I enjoyed the back and forth between Becca's summer, and Amelia Anne Richard's life, because there's a connection, but it's a mystery as the book goes on! And it was just so fantastic to read!
I can totally understand why Becca wanted to leave her town. And I can see why the discovery of the body wrecked her plans, made her feel like she couldn't go anywhere. And this book was about dealing with that.
It was also the mystery of Amelia's death. It was a pretty awesome mystery, all the clues and such! And I really enjoyed reading about it, even though it made me sad. Because, it just felt just a bit pointless, that a girl's life was gone, for little to no reason.
This is a book about a small town, a small town that was really weird, with lots of little bobs and bends. And how the town as a whole, and as individuals, dealt with the tragedy. It was a pretty darn good debut book!
What a great book, I enjoyed it a ton!
Author: Kat Rosenfield
Read: November 27, 2012
Source: Library
Reason Why: Sounded good, and it's a DAC Book!
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Published: July 5th 2012
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