The Replacement
by Brenna Yovanoff
Mackie Doyle is not one
of us. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, he comes from a
world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls
ruled by a little tattooed princess. He is a Replacement, left in the
crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now, because of fatal allergies
to iron, blood, and consecrated ground, Mackie is fighting to survive in
the human world.
Mackie would give anything to live among us, to
practice on his bass or spend time with his crush, Tate. But when
Tate's baby sister goes missing, Mackie is drawn irrevocably into the
underworld of Gentry, known as Mayhem. He must face the dark creatures
of the Slag Heaps and find his rightful place, in our world, or theirs.
Tithe (Modern Faerie Tales #1)
by Holly Black
Sixteen-year-old Kaye
is a modern nomad. Fierce and independent, she travels from city to city
with her mother's rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye back to
her childhood home. There, amid the industrial, blue-collar New Jersey
backdrop, Kaye soon finds herself an unwilling pawn in an ancient power
struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms - a struggle that could very
well mean her death.
Bones of Faerie (Bones of Faerie #1)
by Janni Lee Simner
The war between
humanity and Faerie devastated both sides. Or so 15-year-old Liza has
been told. Nothing has been seen or heard from Faerie since, and Liza’s
world bears the scars of its encounter with magic. Trees move with
sinister intention, and the town Liza calls home is surrounded by a
forest that threatens to harm all those who wander into it. Then Liza
discovers she has the Faerie ability to see—into the past, into the
future—and she has no choice but to flee her town. Liza’s quest will
take her into Faerie and back again, and what she finds along the way
may be the key to healing both worlds.
Midnight Sun (Twilight # 1.5)
by Stephenie Meyer
Midnight Sun is the much anticipated retelling of Twilight from Edward Cullen's perspective.
Everbound (Everneath #2)
by Brodi Ashton
Nikki Beckett could
only watch as her boyfriend, Jack, sacrificed himself to save her,
taking her place in the Tunnels of the Everneath for eternity — a debt
that should’ve been hers. She’s living a borrowed life, and she doesn’t
know what to do with the guilt. And every night Jack appears in her
dreams, lost and confused and wasting away.
Desperate for
answers, Nikki turns to Cole, the immortal bad boy who wants to make her
his queen — and the one person least likely to help. But his heart has
been touched by everything about Nikki, and he agrees to assist her in
the only way he can: by taking her to the Everneath himself.
Nikki
and Cole descend into the Everneath, only to discover that their
journey will be more difficult than they’d anticipated — and more
deadly. But Nikki vows to stop at nothing to save Jack — even if it
means making an incredible sacrifice of her own.
In this
enthralling sequel to Everneath, Brodi Ashton tests the bonds of destiny
and explores the lengths we’ll go to for the ones we love.
If I Should Die (Revanants #3)
by Amy Plum
I will not lose another person I love. I will not let history repeat itself.
Vincent
waited lifetimes to find me, but in an instant our future together was
shattered. He was betrayed by someone we both called a friend, and I
lost him. Now our enemy is determined to rule over France’s immortals,
and willing to wage a war to get what they want.
It shouldn’t be
possible, none of it should be, but this is my reality. I know Vincent
is somewhere out there, I know he’s not completely gone, and I will do
anything to save him.
After what we’ve already fought to achieve,
a life without Vincent is unimaginable. He once swore to avoid dying—to
go against his nature and forsake sacrificing himself for others—so
that we could be together. How can I not risk everything to bring my
love back to me?
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
Coraline's often wondered what's behind the locked door in the drawing room. It reveals only a brick wall when she finally opens it, but when she tries again later, a passageway mysteriously appears. Coraline is surprised to find a flat decorated exactly like her own, but strangely different. And when she finds her "other" parents in this alternate world, they are much more interesting despite their creepy black button eyes. When they make it clear, however, that they want to make her theirs forever, Coraline begins a nightmarish game to rescue her real parents and three children imprisoned in a mirror. With only a bored-through stone and an aloof cat to help, Coraline confronts this harrowing task of escaping these monstrous creatures. Gaiman has delivered a wonderfully chilling novel, subtle yet intense on many levels. The line between pleasant and horrible is often blurred until what's what becomes suddenly clear, and like Coraline, we resist leaving this strange world until we're hooked. Unnerving drawings also cast a dark shadow over the book's eerie atmosphere, which is only heightened by simple, hair-raising text. Coraline is otherworldly storytelling at its best.
