Well hello, everybody, I'm LÃdice and today I will be showing you my most anticipated winter releases! I've decided to do a seasonal 'most anticipated releases' rather than doing a long and maybe not-ending list of them. So with that being set up, let's begin, shall we?
Ever the haunted (Clash of Kingdoms, #1)
This is the first book of the Clash of Kingdoms series by the author Erin Summerill; its sequel is coming out this fall. Even though this book is already out in bookstores and Amazon or Bookdepository, I haven't read this book just yet. But I'm looking forward to doing so. Ever the hunted is a YA /fantasy book and we follow our main seventeen-year-old character Britta who is at ease only in the woods with her dagger and bow. She spends her days tracking criminals alongside her father, the legendary bounty hunter for the King of Malam—that is, until her father is murdered. Now outcast and alone and having no rights to her father’s land or inheritance, she seeks refuge where she feels most safe: the Ever Woods. But Britta is caught poaching by the royal guard, instead of facing the noose she is offered a deal: her freedom in exchange for her father’s killer. And here's where things get complicated beacuse the alleged killer is none other than Cohen McKay, her father’s former apprentice. The only friend she’s ever known. The boy she once loved who broke her heart.
I new of the existence of this novel because of Regan on her Booktube channel PeruseProject and she totaly convinced me to read it. So, yeah, I'm really looking forward to doing that. Soon. I hope.
Wayfarer (Passenger duology, #2)
Wayfarer is the second and last book of the Passenger duology by Alexandra Bracken (a duology I'm more than interested in reading cause according to New York Times Bestselling author Victoria Aveyard and many others "Fans of Outlander will see so much of Claire in Etta, who holds a smart and headstrong lens to history"). This time travel duology focuses on the journey of Etta Spencer, a modern Manhattan teen, and Nicholas Carter, of 18th century Manhattan, as they race against time itself to find an object of untold value and save Etta's future. I'm not giving to much details about this second book because the first book is still on my tbr list and I don't want any spoiler. I heard that this book has pirates on it, though. Pirates, mate! Aye, aye, Captain! *wink, wink* So if the idea of time-traveling and pirates isn't enough for you to read these two books, I don't what is. I've heard anything but good reviews of this book, so I'm definitely givin' it a shot. And so you should.
Wayfarer came out on January 03 of this year. You can buy for your own copy from Amazon, B&N, BAM, iBooks, Indiebound, Indigo and Target.
In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree
This is a historical fiction book written by Michael McLellan and I'll be reading it right away this monday after I finish the book I'm currently reading because, oh my God this book sounds so good! The author touches ceratin points of vital importance like it is racism and slavery. Two topics people tend to joke with, and that's not cool, guys. Not cool at all. In 'In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree' we are introduced to our main character, Henry who was born into into slavery; his young life spent working in tobacco drying sheds on Missouri plantations. Freed at the onset of the Civil War, he’s alone, starving, and on the run from Confederate militiamen. On the other hand, Clara Hanfield, the daughter of a powerful New York shipping magnate, escapes her tyrannical father and travels west in pursuit of John Elliot, the man she loves. John, a U.S. Army lieutenant, was sent to the Dakota Territory where he discovers a government conspiracy to incite an all-out war with the Indians; a war meant to finally eliminate them as an obstacle to the westward expansion. And Henry finds himself caught in the middle. Aided by Clara, John, and his native ally, Standing Elk, Henry must battle hatred, greed, and the ghosts of his past during this turbulent and troubling time in American history.
Civil War, indians, slavery, racism. Sounds like a perfect mixture. I'm so reading this book! I'll be doing a book review on this book later on to give you my thoughts and opinions. In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree release day is January 27th.
King's Cage (Red Queen series, #3)
I'm so, so expecting the release of this particular book. Because the feels, man, the feels! I'm in the last chapters of Glass Sword, the second book in the series and oh my God! Mare Barrow’s world is divided by blood—those with red and those with silver. Mare and her family are lowly Reds, destined to serve the Silver elite whose supernatural abilities make them nearly gods. She's a thief, stealing from anyone she can in order to survive the hunger and the coldness. One day she steals to a certain guy in a bar. Or she tries, for he is smarter than he seems. Next day, Mare is ofered a job as a servant in the royal family. She's a useless red, a perfect nobody—that is until she discovers a power of her own—an ability she didn’t know she had. Except … her blood is Red. To hide this impossibility, the king forces her into the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks her new position to aid the Scarlet Guard—the leaders of a Red rebellion. Her actions put into motion a deadly and violent dance, pitting prince against prince—and Mare against her own heart. Things gets pretty damn bad. And King's Cage is the third and last (I believe) book in the Red Queen series. If you have a taste for dystopian/fantasy/YA books, you shoul consider reading these books! King's Cage release day is 7th of February.
Those are my most anticipated winter releases. Which are yours?