top 10 most anticipated releases | fall 2018

Hello!
There are so many books coming out this fall that I've been beyond excited about for ages and I decided to share my top ten most anticipated releases here with you.

Wildcard by Marie Lu (September 18)
Wildcard is the sequel to Warcross which I read earlier this year and which follows Emika Chan, who is a bounty hunter and a hacker and is surprisingly getting invited to be a player in the year's tournament for the game Warcross after having hacked into it. But not only does she get to play, she is also sent on a secret mission by the founder of the game, Hideo Tanaka, himself, to possibly uncover a security problem.
From that point on, Enikas life completely changes and I'm so thrilled to read Wildcard to find out what happens next in the story and how the plot twist at the end of Warcross is going to play out!

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Vengeful by V.E. Schwab (September 25)
Vengeful is the second book to the Villains series by V.E. Schwab who hasn't ever disappointed me with her books. Vicious follows Victor and Eli, two friends from college who make a  discovery that doesn't only change the world but also their friendship. The story is told in two different timelines and honestly, it's far too layered for me to give a summary that would do the story justice. But I'm so excited to finally see where Eli's and Victor's story is going after the ending of Vicious!

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Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor (October 2)
Apparently, fall is the season for sequels, as Muse of Nightmares is the sequel and conclusion to Strange the Dreamer which is one of my absolute favourite books! Essentially, it's about Lazlo Strange, a librarian, who has dreamt about the lost city of Weep ever since he was a little boy. Finally, he gets the chance to go to Weep and find out what happened there 200 years ago that cut Weep off from the rest of the world.
Since Strange the Dreamer ended on quite a cliffhanger, I CAN'T WAIT to finally read Muse of Nightmares - to be honest, this might be my top 1 most anticipated release on this list (or ever, for that matter).

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The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzie Lee (October 2)
This is for once, not a sequel, but the companion novel to The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue which I read earlier this year and really enjoyed. In The Lady's Guide, we follow Felicity Montague, who we already got to know in the first book. She is rather unconvential for her time as she likes to read and would like to attent medical school more than be a proper lady and I'm excited to follow her journey which is surely going to be as funny, crazy and offbeat as her brother's!

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Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman (October 2)
In Neal Shusterman's newest release, which he wrote together with his son, we follow the story of Alyssa, who lives in Los Angeles at a time when water is rare and suddenly, the taps run dry.
I'm sure Dry will be another mind-boggling what-if-story as we're used to from Neal Shusterman and as I was absolutely blown away by the other books I read by him, I'm thrilled to read his latest book!

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A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs (October 2)
Apparently, it has become a new fashion amongst authors to write sequels to series that have already been declared as over - which I'm not complaining about though because I love the Miss Peregrine's series so far! Since I haven't read all the books yet, I'm not going to read anything about the plot, but I know this is going to be a perfect, eerie Halloween read. As we're used to from Ransom Riggs.

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What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera (October 9)
What If It's Us is about two boys meeting at a post office and apparently, falling for each other although they get seperated quite quickly.
I can't wait to see how Becky Albertalli's cute, heart-warming writing and Adam Silvera's heart-breaking, epic style will play out together - I don't know if this is going to break my heart or make me smile. I hope it'll do both, but anyway, I'm probably gonna love it - I mean, you can't do anything wrong with this author collab, can you?

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Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak (October 9)
I decided I didn't want to go into Bridge of Clay knowing all too much about it because for me, that's the way to go with Markus Zusak's books. I'm a huge fan of both The Book Thief and I am the Messenger and I'm sure Markus Zusak will once again convince me with a beautiful, heart-wrenching and unconventional story!

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A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi (October 18)
This book is an own-voices novel set in 2002 about the effects 9/11 has on a young, muslim girl who is tired of being stereotyped. I've never read anything like that before and I'm excited to see how Tahereh Mafi's beautiful, lyrical writing style is going to play out in a story that is not only an important story to tell, but also most likely going to be heartbreaking and very emotional.

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Archenemies by Marissa Meyer (November 6)
This is, along with Muse of Nightmares, my most anticipated book on this list! It's the sequel to Renegades which follows the stories of Nova and Adrian who live in a futuristic world ruled by superheroes. Their city is torn apart by a long history of alternating opposing governments and basically, Renegades is about them saving the world and being everything superheroes need to be.
Renegades was one of my favourite books this year so far and it ended on such a huge cliffhanger, I don't know how I'll bear not being able to read Archenemies for another two months!

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top 10 most anticipated releases | summer 2018

Hi everyone!
There are so many books coming out this summer, I bet I won't have any money left by September. Anyway, I still want to show you the June till August releases I'm most exited about and maybe you can also add some of them to your tbr!

Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl (June 5) 

A year after graduation, Beatrice meets up with her former friends for a night, thinking she's going to find out what really happened on the day her boyfriend died. Then, the group gets surprised by a man knocking on their door, demanding from them to make a decision that is going to put their lives at stake.

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I've heard so many people rave about Marisha Pessls "Night Film" and the synopsis for "Neverworld Wake" sounds very intriguing to me so I'm very exited to be reading this!

Save the Date by Morgan Matson (June 5)
Charlie's sister is getting married over the weekend and she's very exited to be reunited with all of her siblings one last time before everything changes for her. Only the weekend isn't going quite as well as she has planned because some disturbances occur and on top of that, Charlie gets distracted by the cute wedding planner's nephew...

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I'm a huge fan of Morgan Matsons other books; they're all perfect summer reads and I can't wait to see what she's come up with now! I'm definitely going to be taking this book with me on vacation and have a cute, summery read!

A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir (June 12)
I'm not gonna sum up the book since it's the third book in a series and I don't want to spoil anyone who hasn't read the first two, so instead I'm gonna give a short summary on the first book, An Ember in the Ashes: So basically, the series follows two main characters, Elias and Laia who live in a fantasy world based on the Roman empire. In the beginning, Laia watches her grandparents get murdered and her brother abducted. She gets herself enslaved to find out what happened to him. She crosses paths with Elias, who is a soldier in the very military which is responsible for the abduction of Laias brother. The story goes on from there and takes Elias and Laia on a wild journey which I'm very exited to follow in the third book.
I might want to reread the first two though to refresh my memory before I'll dive into A Reaper at the Gates but overall, I can't wait to read it!

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My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton (June 26)
"My Plain Jane" is the second volume in The Lady Janies series and this time, we're following a (maybe not so accurate) retelling of Jane Eyre. I read "My Lady Jane" last year and absolutely fell in love with the humorous retelling of Lady Jane Greys story which was basically a very wild (and not to be taken seriously) ride through a lesser well known part of the British history.
I'm expecting a funny, quirky and heart-warming read with "My Plain Jane" and I'm eager to get my hands on a copy!

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Zen and Gone by Emily France (July 3)
When Essa meets Oliver, the new boy in town, she is not exactly at a high point in her life: with her mother working in a pot shop, it's up to her to take care of her younger sister, but she finds peace in exploring Buddhism at the local zendo. Oliver and Essa go on a survival trip in the Rocky Mountains but Essas new-found inner peace gets put to the test as she finds out that her sister hasn't only followed them, but also disappeared after a mountain storm...

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I've never read a book centered around Buddhism but since I've been very interested in zen and that kind of stuff lately, "Zen and Gone" seems like the perfect book to be reading for me!

Notes from My Captivity by Kathy Parks (July 10)
When Adrienne, who's dream it is to become a journalist, finds out about a alleged hermit family living in the Siberian wilderness, there's no question she's going to try to find and write about them. What she didn't expect though, is being held hostage by them - and ending up flirting with their youngest son...

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This book sounds unlike everything I ever read before. I mean, a girl flying to Siberia and being held hostage by a hermit family? I'm in!

Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson (August 7)
Set in the same universe as the Remnant Chronicles, "Dance of Thieves" follows Jase, who finds himself being the new leader of the Ballenger empire after his father's death. His mighty empire is now being threatened by a new era set by a young queen rising up on the horizon, but that is not his only problem. Kazi, a former street thief, was sent to investigate his trespassings towards the young queen's empire and Kazi and Jase get tangled up in an enthralling cat and mouse game...

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I only just recently read Mary E. Pearsons "The Kiss of Deception" and once I finished that series, I'm exited to dive into Dance of Thieves. I always had a weakness for stories about street thieves so I'm keen to see how this one's going to play out.

Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry (August 7)
Following Michael, an atheist at a strictly Catholic school, and Lucy, who is the embodiment of contrasts with speaking up against a teacher in class and at the same time wanting to be a priest, "Heretics Anonymous" is about outcasts finding their way together and fighting for their rights and freedom.

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I'm very interested to see in how this will play out and how the author will portray religion and young people's struggles with finding their way. I have read very few books set in Catholic schools but this one sounds like an engrossing read!

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab (August 28)
Cass's parents have a rather unsual job - they're ghost hunters. Cass herself is even more unusual - she can actually see ghosts.
When she and her family - including her dead best friend Jacob - move to Edinburgh, she finds herself in a city full of ghosts and with a new friend, Lara, who has the same ability as herself. The two of them go on a mission to send ghosts to behind the veil and soon, Cass is about to have an epic fight that might or might not save herself...

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I love, love, love V.E. Schwabs books, hence I'm beyond exited for her newest release! This is one I've had my eye on for a long time and I can't wait to finally have my hands on it!

The Towering Sky by Katherine McGee (August 28)
"The Towering Sky" is the third book in a series set in New York City of the year 2118, surrounding a group of people living in a skyscraper which is a thousand floors high. I've only read the first book, "The Thousandth Floor", but I really loved it - it's kind of like a dystopian/ futuristic Gossip Girl and I definitely have to catch up with the series so I can read "The Towering Sky"!

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