Some 2019 Anticipated Releases

If feels like I just did this post this time last year, excited about books coming out this year. And 2018 has definitely been a really good reading year this year. I'm hoping to continue the reading pace that I've been at going into 2019. And I thought I'd share some of the books I'm anticipating coming out in the new year.

The Wicked King
Book 2 of The Air of the Folk
Holly Black
January 8, 2019

This is the sequel to The Cruel Prince that came out in January of this year.  I got it in both OwlCrate and Fairyloot in January. It follows Jude, who lives in the fairy world with her twin sister, and older sister. When Jude and her twin were seven years old, their older sister's father, a faerie, came to the human world, came to their home and murders their parents. He sweeps them to the faerie world. 10 years later, we're following Jude as she fights for a place in the faerie court. There's faerie politics, intrigue, bloodshed.  I really liked this book. This is supposed to follow after the events after The Cruel Prince. I'm not sure how soon after, though. OwlCrate is doing a special box just for The Wicked King and it's supposed to match their exclusive edition of the first book.

Sherwood
Meagan Spooner
March 19, 2019

This is a Robin Hood retelling and I am so excited for it. Retellings of Robin Hood have proved to be some of my favorite retellings. Especially the Disney version and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. This one follows Maid Marian, following the death of Robin at the King's side in the Holy Land. Marian and Robin had gotten engaged prior to his death. Guy of Gisborne, the Sheriff's right hand man, wants to the place as Lord of Locksley and be her fiancé. Marian is having none of that and takes Robin's place and I am so ready for this.

Scorch Dragons
Elementals #2
Amie Kaufman
March 26, 2019

I borrowed the first book, Ice Wolves, from the library as an audio book through Overdrive and had a lot of fun listening to this book. The first book follows Anders, who is a twin. In his and his twin sister Rayna's world, ice wolves and scorch dragons hate each other and are sworn enemies. Anders takes one elemental form and Rayna takes another. Anders goes to rescue his sister. This one seems to pick up right after the first book.

Aurora Rising
The Aurora Cycle, Book 1
Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
April 30, 2019/May 6, 2019

My favorite writing duo is back with another series and I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy of this. I'm so excited about this that I have it already pre ordered. This is another scifi series from them following completely different from the Illuminae Files, taking place in the year 2380. This follows Tyler Jones, who is graduating from Aurora Academy, along with his friends. He rescues a girl, Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley, who has been in a cryo sleep for over 2 centuries. She is potentially the catalyst for a lot of trouble. And I need this book in my hands as of yesterday.

Dev1at3 (Deviate)
Book 2 of the Lifel1k3 series
Jay Kristoff
May 1, 2019

This is going to be the second year in a row where we're gonna see a lot of this man's books on my anticipated reads list. This is book two in the Lifel1ke trilogy. I read almost the entirety of book one on the day it came out and would have completed it if it weren't for my electricity going out at about 10PM when I had maybe 50 pages left. And it left on a cliffhanger and I've been wanting book two since finishing it. Lifel1k3 follows Eve, who just wants to take care of her grandfather. She had spent the last 6 months building a robot that goes up in smoke when she fights with it.  Her last few credits went to the bookies. At this fight, she finds that she can destroy metal with her mind. Because of that, the Brotherhood is now after her. After the fight, Eve, her best friend Lemon Fresh, and robotic conscience Cricket find an android boy, Ezekiel. This sets them off on an adventure. This book seems to pick up right after the cliffhanger that the first book gave us.

Sorcery of Thorns
Margaret Rogerson
June 4, 2019

I'm currently in the middle of reading Margaret Rogerson's An Enchantment of Ravens as an ebook from the library and I'm liking it enough to give this one a try, even though they both seem to be stand alones. This one involves libraries, sorcerers, and sabotage. And I don't want to know too much more than that going into the story.

Darkdawn
The Nevernight Chronicle, book 3
Jay Kristoff
September 3, 2019

This book is once again on this list. It was originally slated to come out in September of 2018 but got pushed back a year due to things running a little late with this specific book. I wasn't initially happy about the year long delay because of the cliffhanger that Godsgrave leaves us at. But with all of the books that he has coming out and had come out in 2018, I can completely understand the need to push it back a year to make the book as perfect as possible instead of giving us a book that isn't as good as it could be. And it looks like we're finally going to get answers in this book to thing that have been wanting to get answered since book one of the series. This is another book I needed yesterday.

Tunnel of Bones
Cassidy Blake, #2
Victoria Schwab
2019

The fact that I use my local library is going to become pretty apparent with this blog post because I borrowed the first book in this series, City of Ghosts, from the library as an audio book as well. And the CW is probably going to turn it into a show! Which is super exciting. We follow Cassidy Blake, whose parents are a ghost hunting team. But she can actually interact with ghosts and her best friend is a ghost as well, named Jacob. They go to Edinburgh, Scotland so her parents can film a show revolving around the ghosts there. And Cassidy has adventures of her own, with some not so friendly ghosts and another girl there she meets that can also see ghosts. There doesn't seem to be a description out yet for Tunnel of Bones. I think that the title of the book was also just released as of today. Either way, I'm still excited to read this.

Let me know in the comments if you're looking forward to any of these books and any other books you're looking forward to.