June New Releases

Hey everybody and welcome back to another edition of The CW Torch, today I will be talking about my most anticipated books, that are releasing in the month of June! Since these books need little introduction, let’s get straight into the releases! A Reaper at the Gates (An Ember in the Ashes #3) by Sabaa Tahir Release Date: June 12th, 2018 

Synopsis of Book One: Laia is a slave. Elias is a soldier. Neither is free. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. Those who do not vow their blood and bodies to the emperor risk the execution of their loved ones and the destruction of all they hold dear. It is in this brutal world, inspired by ancient Rome, that Laia lives with her grandparents and older brother. The family ekes out an existence in the Empire’s impoverished backstreets. They do not challenge the Empire. They’ve seen what happens to those who do. But when Laia’s brother is arrested for treason, Laia is forced to make a decision. In exchange for help from rebels who promise to rescue her brother, she will risk her life to spy for them from within the Empire’s greatest military academy. There, Laia meets Elias, the school’s finest soldier—and secretly, it’s most unwilling. Elias wants only to be free of the tyranny he's being trained to enforce. He and Laia will soon realize that their destinies are intertwined— and that their choices will change the fate of the Empire itself. I have not read the first two books of this series, but these books sound amazing! I am definitely going to start reading the first book as soon as the third book comes out, so that I can binge-read the first three books of this quartet! Lies That Binds Us by Andrew Hart Release Date: June 1st, 2018 

Synopsis: Jan needs this. She’s flying to Crete to reunite with friends she met there five years ago and relive an idyllic vacation. Basking in the warmth of the sun, the azure sea, and the aura of antiquity, she can once again pretend— for a little while— that she belongs. Her ex-boyfriend Marcus will be among them, but even he doesn’t know the secrets she keeps hidden behind a veil of lies. None of them really know her, and that’s only the part of the problem. Then again, how well does she know them? When Jan awakens in utter darkness, chained to a wall, a manacle around her wrist, her echoing screams only give her sense of how small her cell is. As she desperately tries to reconstruct what happened and determine who is holding her prisoner, dread covers despair like a hand clamped over her mouth. Because, like the Minotaur in the labyrinth in Greek myth, her captor will be coming back for her and all the lies will catch up to her… Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl Release Date: June 5th, 2018

Synopsis:

Once upon a time, back at Darrow-Harper School, Beatrice Hartley and her six best friends were the cool kids, the beautiful ones. Then the shocking death of Jim—their creative genius and Beatrice’s boyfriend— changed everything. One year after graduation, Beatrice is returning to Wincroft— the seaside estate where they spent so many nights sharing secrets, crushes, plans to change the world—hoping she’ll get to the bottom of the dark questions gnawing at her about Jim’s death. But as the night plays out in a haze of stilled jokes and unfathomable silence, Beatrice senses she’s never going to know what really happened. Then a mysterious man knocks on the door. Blithely, he announces the impossible: time for them has become stuck, snagged on a splinter that can only be removed if the former friends make the harshest decisions. Now Beatrice has one last shot at answers… and at life. And so begins the Neverworld Wake.

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman, along with other author’s. Release Date: June 6th, 2018 

Synopsis: Star-crossed lovers, meddling immortals, feigned identities, battles of wits, and dire warnings. These are the stuff of fairy tale, myth, and folklore that have drawn us in for centuries. Compiled by We Need Diverse Books, and fifteen bestselling and acclaimed authors reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in short stories that are by turns enchanting, heartbreaking, romantic, and passionate. The Edge of Everything by Jeff Giles Release Date: June 6th, 2018 

Synopsis: For the perfect love, what would you be willing to lose? It’s been a shattering year for seventeen-year-old Zoe, who’s still reeling from her father’s shockingly sudden death in a caving accident and her neighbors’ mysteriously disappearance from their home. Then on a terrifying sub-zero, blizzardy night in Montana, she and her brother are brutally attacked in a cabin in the woods—only to be rescued by a mysterious bounty hunter they call X. X is no ordinary bounty hunter. He is from a hell called the Lowlands, sent to claim the soul of Zoe’s evil attacker and others like him. X is forbidden from revealing himself to anyone other than his prey, but he casts aside the Lowlands’ rule for Zoe. As they learn more about their colliding worlds, they begin to question the past, their fate, and their future. Ayiti by Roxane Gay Release Date: June 12th, 2018  

Synopsis: A married couple seeking boat passage to America prepares to leave their homeland. A young woman procures a voodoo love potion to ensnare a childhood classmate. A mother takes a foreign soldier into her home as a boarder, and into her bed. And a woman conceives a daughter on the bank of a river while fleeing a horrific massacre, a daughter who later moves to America for a new life but is perpetually haunted by the mysterious sent of blood. Ayiti is a mix of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, exploring the Haitian diaspora experience. Starless by Jacqueline Carey Release Date: June 12th, 2018  

Synopsis: Starless introduces us to an epic world where exiled gods live among us, and a hero whose journey will resonate long after the last page is turned. Let your mind be like the eye of a hawk… Destined from brith to serve as protector of the princess Zariya, Khai is trained in the arts of killing and stealth by a warrior sect in the deep desert; yet there is one profound truth that has been withheld from him. In the court of the Sun-Blessed, Khai must learn to navigate deadly intrigue and his own conflicted identity… but in the far reaches of the western seas, the dark god Miasmus is rising, intent on nothing less than wholesale destruction. If Khai is to keep his soul’s twin Zariya alive, their only hope lies with an unlikely crew of prophecy-seekers on a journey that will take them farther beneath the starless skies than anyone can imagine. The Bird and the Blade by Megan Bannen Release Date: June 5th, 2018 

Synopsis: As a slave in the Kpchak Khanate, Jinghua has lost everything: her home, her family, her freedom… until she finds herself an unlikely conspirator in the escape of Prince Khalaf, and his irascible father as they flee from their enemies across the vast Mongol Empire. On the run, with adversaries on all sides and an endless journey ahead, Jinghua hatches a scheme to use the Kipchak’s exile to return home, a plan that becomes increasingly fraught as her feelings for Khalaf evolve into a hopeless love. So, there you have it folks, those are all the books I am looking forward to picking up in the month of May! Mythology of all cultures, seems to be the theme for the month of June, which is totally fine by me! I absolutely love mythology and folklore, and wish there were more books out there with that theme, especially in the Young Adult and Adult categories! Also, a lot of these books seem to have a mix of different genres, which is what really stood out to me with these specific books. I hope this post provided you with a guide of what new releases to read this Summer! With that being said, I hope you all have a fantastic June reading month! TTFN and Happy Reading, Chynna Williams @TheCWTorch