The Worst Ronin by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Faith Schaffer (Illustrator) Publisher: HarperAlley (Epic Reads / Harper Teen) Release Date: May 21, 2024 Available through Bookshop Summary: When an unlikely pair of female samurai join forces, what begins as your run-of-the-mill quest for glory and revenge evolves into something much more complicated. Turns out fighting actual ..read more

We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books (Penguin Teen) Release Date: June 25, 2024 Available through Bookshop Cover Illustrator: Amrit Brar Summary: Frankenstein meets Indian mythology in this twisty, darkly atmospheric fantasy where the horror is not the monsters you face but the ones you create. After her sister Lasya’s sudden death ..read more

Sinner's Isle by Angela Montoya Publisher: Joy Revolution (Penguin Random House Books) Release Date: October 31, 2023 Available Through Bookshop Cover Illustrator: Zarin Baksh Summary: The fiery tale of a powerful witch who will do anything to escape the remote island she’s being held captive on, including blackmail an infamous, charming pirate who washes up ..read more

Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan Publisher: Harper Teen (Epic Reads) Release Date: October 12, 2021 Available through Bookshop Cover Illustrator: Guwiez Summary: In an empire on the brink of war...Ahn is no one, with no past and no family. Altan is a lost heir, his future stolen away as a child. When they meet, Altan ..read more

A Tempest Of Tea by Hafsah Faizal (Blood And Tea #1) Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux (Fierce Reads) Release Date: February 20, 2024 Available through Bookshop Cover Illustrator: Valentina Remenar [Read an ARC via the publisher] Summary: From Hafsah Faizal, New York Times–bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame, comes the first book in a hotly-anticipated new fantasy ..read more

Lucero by Maya Motayne (Nocturna Trilogy #3) Publisher: Balzer + Bray (HarperTeen / Epic Reads) Release Date: December 26, 2023 Pages: 464 Available through Bookshop Summary: The thrilling finale to the #1 Sunday Times and Los Angeles Times bestselling Nocturna trilogy—a sweeping and epic Dominican-inspired fantasy about a face-changing thief and a risk-taking prince who must save their kingdom ..read more

Only A Monster by Vanessa Len (Monsters #1) Publisher: Harper Teen (Epic Reads) Release Date: February 22, 2022 Available through Bookshop & The Book Depository Cover Illustrator: Eevien Tan Summary: It should have been the perfect summer. Sent to stay with her late mother’s eccentric family in London, sixteen-year-old Joan is determined to enjoy herself ..read more

I've missed sharing weekly book blog memes and I'm delighted to be posting about a current YA fantasy read for Goodreads Monday! Its been a while so I can't remember if I've done this feature before, but if you haven't heard of it, its a weekly post where you share a random book from your ..read more

Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman (Unseelie Duology #1) Publisher: Inkyard Press Release Date: January 3, 2023 Pages: 432 Available through Bookshop Cover Design: Mona Finden Summary: Twin sisters, both on the run, but different as day and night. One, a professional rogue, searches for a fabled treasure; the other, a changeling, searches for the truth behind ..read more

Flowerheart by Catherine Bakewell Publisher: Harper Teen (Epic Reads) Release Date: March 14, 2023 Pages: 352 Available through Bookshop Cover Illustrator: Yejin Park [Read a digital ARC via the publisher] Summary: Perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Tamora Pierce, this standalone YA debut is a stunning cottagecore fantasy romance about a girl with powerful ..read more