Book Releases August 2016
With the second month of summer coming, I do not have a lot of books I am looking forward to. But here are the (in my opinion) best of August 2016.
Jay Kristoff – Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle #1)
Rachel Vincent – The Flame Never Dies (The Stars Never Rise #2)
Sabaa Tahir – A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes #2)
Cassandra Clare & Holly Black – The Bronze Key (Magisterium #3)
Katharine McGee – The Thousandth Floor (The Thousandth Floor #1)
Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle #1) by Jay Kristoff (August 9)
Synopsis
In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family.
Daughter of an executed traitor, Mia Corvere is barely able to escape her father’s failed rebellion with her life. Alone and friendless, she hides in a city built from the bones of a dead god, hunted by the Senate and her father’s former comrades. But her gift for speaking with the shadows leads her to the door of a retired killer, and a future she never imagined.
Now, Mia is apprenticed to the deadliest flock of assassins in the entire Republic—the Red Church. If she bests her fellow students in contests of steel, poison and the subtle arts, she’ll be inducted among the Blades of the Lady of Blessed Murder, and one step closer to the vengeance she desires. But a killer is loose within the Church’s halls, the bloody secrets of Mia’s past return to haunt her, and a plot to bring down the entire congregation is unfolding in the shadows she so loves.
Will she even survive to initiation, let alone have her revenge?
Jay Kristoff write great books, so I am looking forward to his newest series The Nevernight Chronicle.
The Flame Never Dies (The Stars Never Rise #2) by Rachel Vincent (August 16)
Synopsis
ONE SPARK WILL RISE. Nina Kane was born to be an exorcist. And since uncovering the horrifying truth—that the war against demons is far from over—seventeen-year-old Nina and her pregnant younger sister, Mellie, have been on the run, incinerating the remains of the demon horde as they go.
In the badlands, Nina, Mellie, and Finn, the fugitive and rogue exorcist who saved her life, find allies in a group of freedom fighters. They also face a new threat: Pandemonia, a city full of demons. But this fresh new hell is the least of Nina’s worries. The well of souls ran dry more than a century ago, drained by the demons secretly living among humans, and without a donor soul, Mellie’s child will die within hours of its birth.
Nina isn’t about to let that happen . . . even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.
I like the synposis of this series. It sound interesting and challenging to be an exorcist, maybe it is something new in the fantasy world.
A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes #2) by Sabaa Tahir (August 30)
Synopsis
Laia and Elias fight their way north to liberate Laia’s brother from the horrors of Kauf Prison. Hunted by Empire soldiers, manipulated by the Commandant, and haunted by their pasts, Laia and Elias must outfox their enemies and confront the treacherousness of their own hearts.
In the city of Serra, Helene Aquilla finds herself bound to the will of the Empire’s twisted new leader, Marcus. When her loyalty is questioned, Helene finds herself taking on a mission to prove herself—a mission that might destroy her, instead.
I started on An Ember in the Ashes, but had to put it away for time reason. But I liked what I read, so of course I want to read the second book in the series!
The Bronze Key (Magisterium #3) by Cassandra Clare & Holly Black (August 30)
Synopsis
Magic can save you.
Magic can kill you.Students at the Magisterium are supposed to be safe. Under the watchful eyes of the mages, they are taught to use magic to bring order to a chaotic world.
But now the chaos is fighting back. Call, Tamara, and Aaron should be worrying about things like pop quizzes and magic contests. Instead, after the shocking death of one of their classmates, they must track down a sinister killer… and risk their own lives in the process.
As Call, Tamara, and Aaron discover, magic can only be as good as the person who wields it. In evil hands, it has the capacity to do immeasurable harm, unless it is stopped in time.
I have not started on the Magisterium series yet. But I like both authors on their own.
The Thousandth Floor (The Thousandth Floor #1) by Katharine McGee (August 30)
Synopsis
New York City as you’ve never seen it before. A thousand-story tower stretching into the sky. A glittering vision of the future, where anything is possible—if you want it enough.
Welcome to Manhattan, 2118.
A hundred years in the future, New York is a city of innovation and dreams. But people never change: everyone here wants something…and everyone has something to lose.
Leda Cole’s flawless exterior belies a secret addiction—to a drug she never should have tried and a boy she never should have touched.
Eris Dodd-Radson’s beautiful, carefree life falls to pieces when a heartbreaking betrayal tears her family apart.
Rylin Myers’s job on one of the highest floors sweeps her into a world—and a romance—she never imagined…but will her new life cost Rylin her old one?
Watt Bakradi is a tech genius with a secret: he knows everything about everyone. But when he’s hired to spy by an upper-floor girl, he finds himself caught up in a complicated web of lies.
And living above everyone else on the thousandth floor is Avery Fuller, the girl genetically designed to be perfect. The girl who seems to have it all—yet is tormented by the one thing she can never have.
I heard so many good things about this series! And I like the synopsis. I think it will be a fantastic read.
Let me know what you thought of these books!
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For now, let books enrich your life!