Anticipated 2018 Releases!

Looking through and finding books that are getting released within this year that I'm really excited about getting released are a bit sparse. But I did manage to find a few that I was excited about coming out and you will see a common theme in terms of one certain author as we go through these books because I just love his writing.

1. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert comes out at the end of this month on the 30th. I haven't heard too many people talking about this book but from the little bit that I have heard, it sounds really good.  We follow Alice and her mother. They've always moved from one place to another, with bad luck trailing them. Her grandmother, author of cult classic dark fairy tales, passes away on her estate, the Hazel Wood. At this point, Alice finds out how bad her bad luck could get: Her mother is stolen away. The person who took her claims to be from the Hazel Wood but her mother leaves Alice a note to stay away from there. There are supernatural elements to this story, which adds to the story. I cannot wait to get my hands on this book.

2. Shadowsong by S Jae-Jones. This book is the sequel to one of my absolute favorite books from 2017. This one looks like a direct continuation for Wintersong and I absolutely cannot wait for this to come out on February 6. Since this is a sequel, I don't want to describe what is supposed to happen in this book. But Wintersong follows the story of Liesl and what happens when her sister Kathe is taken by the Goblin King, who they and their younger brother grew up listening to the stories about. Liesl agrees to trade places with Kathe to save her sister and she lives with the Goblin King. Wintersong has major Labyrinth vibes. If you like that movie, you'll love Wintersong.

3. Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller is another sequel. Daughter of the Siren Queen is part two of a duology, starting with Daughter of the Pirate King. The first book follows Alosa, who is, as you could probably guess, the daughter of the pirate king. She is on a mission to find and retrieve an ancient map. She allows herself to be captured by enemy pirates and the book follows what happens as she gets "captured" and after. Daughter of the Siren Queen is due to come out on February 27.

4. Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff is set to come out on March 13. This is the third book of the Illuminae Files. These books are uniquely formatted from anything I have seen any other book. The books are told through emails, instant messages, text messages, etc. Obsidio follows directly after Gemina, which is the second installment of The Illuminae Files. The books are set in space aboard ships and what are called jump stations.There's lost of action, some science-y things, and it has a lot of action. Loved every second of the two books already out and I may have preordered Obsidio.

5. A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Mass. I just finished listening to A Court of Wings and Ruin within the last few days of 2017. From what it looks like, this is going to be book 3.5 out of six or so possible books in this series. The A Court of Thorns and Roses series isn't my favorite series that I've ever read but I'm still interested enough to keep reading it. Or listen, since I've been listening to this series on Audible. This book is set to come out on May 1.

6. LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff is another one coming out in May, on the 29th. This is another scifi book that I'm very excited for. This one involves androids called Lifelike since they resemble humans closely. Eve, the main character, has cybernetic implants that were placed when she was younger and causes nightmares.  This just seems like a very interesting book since Eve, her best friend Lemon Fresh, and robot sidekick Cricket journey across a dessert of glass, fight unbeatable bots, and infiltrate places. There's so much that Eve has to learn and I cannot wait to learn with her.

7. Book3 of the Nevernight Chronicles by Jay Kristoff, which is the last book of the Nevernight Chronicles from what I can tell, is about to bring this series to a close and I'm not ready for it. This very quickly became an absolute favorite series of all time when I first listened to Nevernight in August of 2017. I had to preorder Godsgrave on Audible as well immediately after finishing Nevernight. The books follow Mia Corvere, a 16 year old assassin to be. In the first book, she treks to a school for assassins. The school is held by the deadliest flock of assassins in all of Itreya -- the Red Church. There she learns techniques in fighting, thievery, poisons, and how to garner secrets from people. All in an effort to bring down the men who destroyed her family. Godsgrave picks up soon after Nevernight, where Mia is a Blade and I loved every second of it. I am going to hate seeing the ending of this series due to how much I love it but I need to know what happens to Mia.

8. TheLady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzie Lee is the longest book I'm going to have to wait for since it doesn't come out until October 2. I enjoyed The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue enough to want to continue if there was any other books that were to come out. I had mostly hoped that any other books that were to come out to be from Felicity or Percy's point of view. And the bookish gods listened since this follows Felicity! Felicity seemed like such a kick butt lady, especially given the time frame that the books take place. We don't really get much in the way of a description on GoodReads about this book, except that it's narrated by Felicity and features travel, pirates, and a girl gang. I'm definitely interested to see what happens since travel was such a big part of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue.

Are you excited about any of these books? If not, what books are you excited about? Tell me about any and all books you're excited about coming out this year down in the comments. I want to hear all about them. 

Your kindred bookmate,

Cassie