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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

New LORD OF SHADOWS Snippet from @CassieClare #LordofShadows #shadowhunters


Check out the newest Lord of Shadows (out 5/23/17), Cassie Clare shared yesterday on Tumblr. We can't wait for this book to be out!

Ty climbed up onto the porch beside Kit and sat down. He smelled faintly of desert, sand and sage. Kit thought of the way he liked the sound of Ty’s voice: It was rare to hear someone get that kind of sincere pleasure out of simply sharing information, but Ty did. 
 “Why are you outside?” Ty asked. “Are you thinking about running away again?” 
“No,” Kit said. He wasn’t, really. Maybe a little. Looking at Ty made him not want to think about it. It made him want to discover a mystery so he could present it to Ty for solving, the way you might give someone who loved candy a box of See’s. 
“I wish we all could,” Ty said, with disarming frankness. “It took us a long time to feel safe here, after the Dark War. Now it feels as if the Institute is full of enemies again.” —LORD OF SHADOWS, 5/23/17

I love these moments between Ty and Kit. I'm looking forward to reading more of this scene. May feels so far away.... 

OUT TODAY - 2/21 New YA Releases


 Happy Book Birthday to these new YA releases, out on bookstore shelves TODAY!

  1. Long May She Reign by Rhiannon Thomas, Harper Teen 
  2. The Dragon's Price by Bethany Wiggins, Crown Books for Young Readers
  3. A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab, Tor Books
  4. Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham, Little Brown 
  5. Beautiful Broken Girls by Kim Savage, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux 
  6. Optimists Die First by Susan Nielsen, Wendy Lamb Books
  7. Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined by Danielle Young-Ullman, Viking Books for Young Readers 
  8. Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin, Katherine Tegen Books
Which new releases will you be picking up today? 


If you love a modern day, diverse Romeo & Juliet, I highly recommend picking up this new release. I recently reviewed it here, and I really enjoyed. 

Pamela L. Laskin’s beautiful and lyrical novel in verse delivers a fresh and captivating retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Julietthat transports the star-crossed lovers to the modern-day Israel-Palestine conflict.

Ronit, an Israeli girl, lives on one side of the fence. Jamil, a Palestinian boy, lives on the other side. Only miles apart but separated by generations of conflict—much more than just the concrete blockade between them. Their fathers, however, work in a distrusting but mutually beneficial business arrangement, a relationship that brings Ronit and Jamil together. And lightning strikes. The kind of lightning that transcends barrier fences, war, and hatred.

The teenage lovers fall desperately into the throes of forbidden love, one that would create an irreparable rift between their families if it were discovered. But a love this big can only be kept secret for so long. Ronit and Jamil must face the fateful choice to save their lives or their loves, as it may not be possible to save both.


This is a beautifully written book. I'm not a huge fan of verse, but I'm a fan of the way Laskin wrote this book. Poetic, diverse, sensual, complicated, and hopeful, this is a beautifully written, modern day Romeo and Juliet. 

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