Exciting Book Stuff!: Cover Reveal Edition

Usually I include cover reveals in my "It's Friday! Have You Turned Into A Book Yet?" post, but this past week brought a boatload of new covers that would have made IF! HYTIABY? very long (and I don't even think I got all of them!).  I also didn't want to keep sticking "read more" cuts in, so here ya go. (And when you're done, check out this week's IF! HYTIABY? for more bookish news, my current/past/future reads, and my book haul!)

The cover of Rebel Spring (out December 3 from Razorbill) popped up on Goodreads this week. As far as I can tell, it just appeared, not even the author knew it was there. Below is the lovely cover and its synopsis, though beware of SPOILERS as this is the second book.

Auranos has been conquered and the three kingdoms — Auranos, Limeros, and Paelsia — are now unwillingly united as one country called Mytica. But alluring, dangerous magic still beckons, and with it the chance to rule not just Mytica, but the world...

CLEO is now a prisoner in her own palace, forced to be an ambassador for Mytica as the evil King Gaius lies to her people 

MAGNUS stands to eventually inherit the new kingdom but is still obsessed with his feelings for his adopted sister Lucia 

LUCIA is haunted by the outcome of the breathtaking display of magic that allowed her father to capture the kingdoms 

JONAS watches at the palace gates, a troop of rebels behind him, waiting for him to tell them how he plans to overtake King Gaius 

When Gaius announces that a road is to be built into the Forbidden Mountains, formally linking all of Mytica together, he sets off a chain of events that will forever change the face of this land. Because Gaius is not just burrowing into a pile of rock. He’s tunneling directly into the Watchers’ Sanctuary. And his actions will have cosmic consequences.

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Mundie Moms revealed the cover to Robin Wasserman's upcoming The Waking Dark. MM also has an interview, and a giveaway for a hard to get ARC of The Waking Dark. The book releases Sept. 10, 2013 from Knopf BfYR.

They called it the killing day. Twelve people dead, all in the space of a few hours. Five murderers: neighbors, relatives, friends. All of them so normal. All of them seemingly harmless. All of them now dead by their own hand . . . except one. And that one has no answers to offer the shattered town. She doesn't even know why she killed—or whether she'll do it again.

Something is waking in the sleepy town of Oleander's, Kansas—something dark and hungry that lives in the flat earth and the open sky, in the vengeful hearts of upstanding citizens. As the town begins its descent into blood and madness, five survivors of the killing day are the only ones who can stop Oleander from destroying itself. Jule, the outsider at war with the world; West, the golden boy at war with himself; Daniel, desperate for a different life; Cass, who's not sure she deserves a life at all; and Ellie, who believes in sacrifice, fate, and in evil. Ellie, who always goes too far. They have nothing in common. They have nothing left to lose. And they have no way out. Which means they have no choice but to stand and fight, to face the darkness in their town—and in themselves.

Malindo Lo revealed the cover and synopsis to the next book in her Adaption series, Inheritance. It's the second book in the series (so beware of a SPOILERY synopsis), and releases Sept. 18, 2013 from Little, Brown BfYR.

The triangular spaceship hovered motionless in the sky above Reese Holloway’s house, as inscrutable as a black hole. It had seemed like a good idea when they were inside: to tell the truth about what happened to them at Area 51. It didn’t seem like such a good idea now.

Reese and David are not normal teens—not since they were adapted with alien DNA by the Imria, an extraterrestrial race that has been secretly visiting Earth for decades. Now everyone is trying to get to them: the government, the Imria, and a mysterious corporation that would do anything for the upper hand against the aliens.

Beyond the web of conspiracies, Reese can’t reconcile her love for David with her feelings for her ex-girlfriend Amber, an Imrian. But her choice between two worlds will play a critical role in determining the future of humanity, the Imria’s place in it, and the inheritance she and David will bring to the universe.

In this gripping sequel to Adaptation, Malinda Lo brings a thoughtful exploration of adolescence, sexuality, and “the other” to a science fiction thriller that is impossible to put down.

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Chapter by Chapter, and multiple others, revealed the cover to the final book in Kristi Cook's Winterhaven trilogy, Eternal. There is no publication date yet, but if you click the link up there ↑ you can enter a giveaway for a signed copy of book 1, Haven. As always, beware of SPOILERS in the synopsis below.

THERE’S NO HIDING FROM DESTINY…

In the final book of the Winterhaven trilogy, Violet McKenna and her friends find themselves right in the middle of a vampire war. The stakes have been raised, the danger unavoidable now. As the Warriors’ senior year draws to a close, not everyone makes it out alive. Who will be left standing at the end of it all? Will Aidan be a part of Violet’s future, or is he just a specter of the past?

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Tim Pratt tweeted the cover to the anthology he edited with Melissa Marr, Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales. There doesn't appear to be a release date or synopsis yet, so I leave you with just the lovely cover, and the table of contents.

—That the Machine May Progress Eternally by Carrie Ryan
—Losing Her Divinity by Garth Nix
—The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
—The Cold Corner by Tim Pratt
—Millcara by Holly Black
—When First We Were Gods by Rick Yancey
—Sirocco by Margaret Stohl
—Awakened by Melissa Marr
—New Chicago by Kelley Armstrong
—The Soul Collector by Kami Garcia
—Without Faith, Without Law, Without Joy by Saladin Ahmed
—Uncaged by Gene Wolfe
with Illustrations by Charles Vess

Harlequin TEEN revealed on Facebook the cover the Consume by Melissa Darnell, the third and final book in The Clann series. Not much of a synopsis yet, but they did say it was to be published in Sept. 2013.

Savannah and Tristan have survived the dangers sent their way, but as the Clann and vampire council stand on the brink of war, an ancient and powerful threat stirs and everything could be lost.

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Gail Carriger revealed the cover to Curtsies & Conspiracies, the second book in her Finishing School series (the first of which, Etiquette & Espionage, is to be published this upcoming Tuesday). No synopsis yet, and the author is guessing a release date of Nov. 2013.

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Jackson Pearce revealed the cover to her next fairytale retelling, Cold Spell. No official release date yet, but we know November 2013. Here's the GORGEOUS (I think it's my favorite of the bunch!) cover, and synopsis:

Kai and Ginny grew up together–best friends since they could toddle around their building’s rooftop rose garden. Now they’re seventeen, and their relationship has developed into something sweeter, complete with stolen kisses and plans to someday run away together.

But one night, Kai disappears with a mysterious stranger named Mora–a beautiful girl with a dark past and a heart of ice. Refusing to be cast aside, Ginny goes after them and is thrust into a world she never imagined, one filled with monsters and thieves and the idea that love is not enough.

If Ginny and Kai survive the journey, will she still be the girl he
loved–and moreover, will she still be the girl who loved him?

Jackson Pearce, author of the acclaimed SISTERS RED and FATHOMLESS, has returned with a unique vision of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen,” one about power and redemption, failure and hope, and the true meaning of strength.

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The cover for Eternity by Elizabeth Miles, the third book in The Fury Trilogy, popped up on my pinterest a couple days ago, and as far as I can tell, there was no official reveal for it. There are also no details about it yet, so here's just the cover:

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Annnnnd DONE. Nine covers in all—now can you see why I chose to recap them separately?

Exciting Book Stuff! #2

So two AMAZING bookish announcements happened yesterday, and I just about fainted from all the excitement (the fact the I read them within an hour of each other didn't help). (Okay, I didn't come close to fainting, but I was a little lightheaded from squeeeeing.) On to the news!


For the past couple weeks Maureen Johnson, Cassandra Clare, and Sarah Rees Brennan have tweeting about a secret they had. Well, yesterday their secret was FINALLY revealed on EW's Shelf Life. Cassie, along with Maureen and Sarah, will be writing The Bane Chronicles, an e-serialization about Magnus Bane from Cassie's The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices. Starting in February '13 one story a month will be released for ten months, and in 2014 all of the parts will be compiled into one print edition. Sarah talks more in-depth about it here.

Now that the important details are out of the way, I can get on with the fangirling. Magnus is my absolute favorite character ever, so I'm beyond excited that this is happening (like, he's my imaginary BFF, that's how much I love him).

Next, the reason I'm posting this today, and not yesterday when everything was announced. Hollywood Crush unveiled the cover for, and details of, Ally Carter's new novella "Double Crossed." The cover reveal's exclusivity ended at midnight, so here it is:

In "Double Crossed," when Macey McHenry (glamorous society girl or spy-in-training?) and W.W. Hale V (heir to an American dynasty or master thief?) meet at a society gala, the party takes a dangerous turn. Suddenly they're at the center of a hostage situation, and it's up to them to stop the thugs from becoming hostile. Will Macey's spy skills and Hale's con-man ways be enough to outsmart a ruthless gang? Or will they have to seek out the ultimate inside girl to help?

YES, Ally is coming out with a Heist Society and Gallagher Girls crossover story! The ebook-only novella comes out on January 22, and takes place in between GG 5 & GG 6. Not sure where it takes place in Heist, but I'm assuming in between books 2 & 3.

I love the cover, I think it's a PERFECT combo of GG's cover design and Heist's cover design. Below are the covers of GG 1 and Heist 1, for comparison.

 

Exciting Book Stuff!

A lot of things happened this week in the book world that got me super excited. Now I shall list them off for you.

First, Cassandra Clare has talked for awhile about maybe writing another Shadowhunter series set in LA, titled The Dark Artifices. Well, this week it was announced as a go! Cassie signed a 3-book deal, with the first book, tentatively titled Lady Midnight, set to release in 2015. Hollywood Crush has all the details, including a small excerpt.

Second, the director for the City of Bones movie was announced, along with a filming start date of August 15. And Cassie Clare talked to Hollywood Crush again, this time about her meeting with the director, producer, and screenwriter of the movie.

Third, Aimée Carter announced a Goddess Test short story collection called The Goddess Legacy. It includes 5 novellas, each with a different narrator. The narrators are going to be Calliope, Ava, Persephone, Henry, and James. July 31 is the release date, and it will be in paperback as well as e-format.

Fourthly, Julie Kagawa's two Iron Fey novellas, Winter's Passage and Summer's Crossing, will be combined with a new novella, Iron's Prophecy, into a collection titled The Iron Legends. The collection will also include some exclusive content from the series, and will be released August 28 in paperback.

Fifthly, Rachel over at Fiktshun announced the date and time for the first Soul Screamers Reading Challenge spoiler chat with Rachel Vincent. The chat will cover only the events of My Soul toTake and the series prequel, My Soul to Lose. It's on March 18 at 2:30pm EST, and will be about an hour long.

Sixthly, Ally Carter's fifth Gallagher Girls book, Out of Sight, Out of Time, released this week! Here's the summary, though it may be a tad spoilery, so be warned.

The last thing Cammie Morgan remembers is leaving the Gallagher Academy to protect her friends and family from the Circle of Cavan--an ancient terrorist organization that has been hunting her for over a year. But when Cammie wakes up in an alpine convent and discovers months have passed, she must face the fact that her memory is now a black hole. The only traces left of Cammie’s summer vacation are the bruises on her body and the dirt under her nails, and all she wants is to go home. 

Once she returns to school, however, Cammie realizes that even the Gallagher Academy now holds more questions than answers. Cammie, her friends, and mysterious spy-guy Zach must face their most difficult challenge yet as they travel to the other side of the world, hoping to piece together the clues that Cammie left behind. It’s a race against time. The Circle is hot on their trail and willing stop at nothing to prevent Cammie from remembering what she did last summer.

Lastly, though this may just be super exciting for me, I found Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers in Barnes & Noble 3 weeks early! Grave Mercy is the first in the His Fair Assassin trilogy, and is due out on April 3rd. I haven't started it yet, but it sounds really good. (Nun Assassins FTW!!)

Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf? 

Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others. 

Ismae's most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?

That's all for now. Hope you had a fantabulous week, too.

Best wishes,