Susann Cokal’s Mermaid Moon goes beyond your typical mermaid tale. It’s a layered novel that blends fairy tale, medieval times and modern themes seamlessly.
Browsing: young adult
These are some YA books published in February 2020 that haven’t been featured on Cracking the Cover, but still deserve your attention.
J. Anderson Coats latest novel, Spindle and Dagger, follows a Welsh girl who twists the truth in order to survive among a medieval warband.
Sara Holland’s Havenfall has left me feeling a bit wishy-washy.The premise is sound. But I finished the book feeling more meh than anything.
Best friends travel through the wilderness in Carrie Mac’s emotional Wildfire. Mac is a strong writer who knows how to draw the reader in.
Occasionally you come across a book with characters that you don’t like but find compelling. Enter The Shadows Between Us, by Tricia Levenseller.
Adalyn Grace’s YA novel All the Stars and Teeth is one of the darkest, grisliest books I’ve read in a while. It’s an acquired taste.
A woman vows to keep a promise to herself — even if it means an unconventional marriage — in Leah Garriott’s Proper Romance novel, Promised.
Jane Austen’s Persuasion becomes the ultimate space dating game in Alexa Donne’s new young adult novel, The Stars We Steal.
HEARTS, STRINGS, AND OTHER BREAKABLE THINGS, by Jacqueline Firkins, HMH Books for Young Readers, Dec. 17, 2019, Hardcover, $17.99 (young Adult)…