Letterbox Love is a way to show
you all of the lovely, lovely books I’ve gotten in the post, bought and
everything else over the last week. Summaries are taken from the cover, or
Amazon/NetGalley/Goodreads in the case of e-books, unless otherwise stated. Hosted
by Narratively Speaking.
For
review:
Under the Lights, Dahlia
Adler (e-proof)
Josh
Chester loves being the Hollywood bad boy, coasting on his good looks, his
parties, his parents’ wealth, and the occasional modelling gig. But his
laidback lifestyle is about to change. To help out his best friend, Liam, he
joins his hit teen TV show, Daylight Falls…opposite Vanessa Park, the one actor
immune to his charms. (Not that he’s trying to charm her, of course.)
Meanwhile,
his drama queen mother blackmails him into a new family reality TV show, with
Josh in the starring role. Now that he’s in the spotlight – on everyone’s terms
but his own – Josh has to decide that life as a superstar is the one he really
wants.
Vanessa
Park has always been certain about her path as an actor, despite her parents’
disapproval. But with all her relationships currently in upheaval, she’s
painfully uncertain about everything else. When she meets her new career
handler, Brianna, Van is relieved to find someone she can rely on, now that her
BFF, Ally, is at college across the country. But as feelings unexpectedly evolve
beyond friendship, Van’s life reaches a whole new level of confusing. And
she’ll have to choose between the one thing she’s always loved, and the person
she never imagined she could.
Really looking forward to this!
Thanks Spencer Hill Contemporary and NetGalley!
Silver in the Blood, Jessica
Day George (e-proof)
as
spoiled society girls from New York City circa 1890, Dacia and Lou are never
desired to know more about their lineage, instead preferring to gossip about
their mysterious Romanian relatives, the Florescus. But upon turning seventeen,
the girls must return to their homeland to meet their family, find proper
husbands and – most terrifyingly – learn the secrets of The Claw, The Wing, and
The Smoke.
The
Florescus, after all, are shape-shifters, bound by a centuries-old tradition to
do the bidding of the royal Dracula family and it is time for Dacia and Lou to
take their place among the ranks. But when the devilish heir, Mihai Dracula
sets his sights on Dacia as part of his plan to secure power over all of
Europe, the girls choose to fight against their true inheritance with all their
might. Only the dashing Lord Johnny Hardcastle and the mysterious Theophilus
Arkady – members of a secret society charged with ridding the world of monsters
– can help Dacia and Lou, but breaking the shackles of their upbringing will
require more courage than the girls ever imagined.
The
thrilling start to a richly drawn, romance-filled series, this epic adventure
of two girls in a battle for their lives will have readers coming back for
more.
This sounds like so much fun!
Thanks NetGalley and Bloomsbury USA!
Night Owls, Jenn
Bennett (proof)
A
love sprayed in gold…
Meeting
Jack on the Owl – San Francisco’s night bus – turns Beatrix’s world upside
down. Jack is charming, wildly attractive…and possibly one of San Francisco’s
most notorious graffiti artists.
On
midnight rides and city roof tops, Beatrix begins to see who this enigmatic boy
really is. But Jack is hiding much more – can she uncover the truth that leaves
him so wounded?
A
unique and profoundly moving novel, Night
Owls will linger in your memory long
after the final page.
I am SO looking forward to this!
And it really reminds me of Graffiti Moon
by Cath Crowley… Thanks S&S!
Did I Mention I Love You?, Estelle
Maskkame (proof)
When
sixteen-year-old Eden Munro agrees to spend the summer with her estranged
father in the beachfront city of Santa Monica, California, she has no idea what
she’s letting herself in for. Eden’s parents are divorced and now her father
has a brand-new family. For Eden, this means she’s about to meet three new
stepbrothers.
The
eldest is Tyler Bruce, a troubled teenager with a short temper and a huge ego:
Eden’s complete polar opposite. Eden quickly finds herself thrust into a world
full of new experiences as Tyler’s group of friends take her under their wing. But
the one thing she can’t understand is Tyler, and the more she tries to figure
him out, the more she finds herself falling for the one person she shouldn’t –
her stepbrother.
Throw
in Tyler’s clingy girlfriend and a guy who has his eyes set on Eden, and there
are secrets, lies and a whole lot of drama. But how can Eden keep her feelings
under control? And can she ever work out the truth about Tyler?
This sounds like the perfect fun,
summery read. Thanks Black and White Publishing!
Gifted:
The Queen of Everything, Deb
Caletti (paperback)
High
school junior Jordan McKenzie’s life was pretty typical: fractured family, new
boyfriend, dead-end job. She’d been living with her father (the predictable
optometrist) since her mother (the hippie holdover) had been too embarrassing
to be around. Jordan felt she had as normal a life as she could. Then came
Gayle D’Angelo.
Jordan
knew her father was dating Gayle and that Gayle was married. Jordan knew it was
wrong and that her father was becoming someone she didn’t recognise anymore,
but what could she do about it? And how could she – how could anyone – have
possibly guessed that this illicit love affair would implode in such a violent
and disturbing way?
I really enjoy Deb Caletti’s
novels so thanks for this, Jim!
Bought:
I accidentally bought loads of books this week… It’s not my fault;
loads of pre-orders came in!
99 Days, Katie
Cotugno (paperback)
Last
year, Molly Barlow did something terrible. Then, her mother wrote a bestselling
book about it. And so, everyone in their hometown found out that Molly cheated
on her childhood sweetheart, the love of her life, her best friend, with his
brother.
And
now, Molly has ninety-nine days to endure before she can escape to college.
99
days of being the most hated person in town.
99
days to heal the hurt she’s caused.
99
days to figure out what she wants and who she loves.
Already read this and I seriously loved it.
Read Me Like a Book, Liz
Kessler (paperback)
Ashleigh
Walker is in love. You know the feeling – that intense, heart-racing,
all-consuming emotion that can only come with first love. It’s enough to stop
her worrying about bad grades at college. Enough to distract her from her
parents’ marriage troubles. There’s just one thing bothering her…
Shouldn’t
it be her boyfriend, Dylan, who makes her feel this way – not Miss Murray, her
English teacher?
I’m so beyond excited for this!!
The Heir, Kiera
Cass (paperback)
Princess
Eadlyn has grown up hearing endless stories about how her mother and father
met. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won the heart
of Prince Maxon – and they lived happily ever after.
Eadlyn
doesn’t expect her own story to end in romance – she has no interest in
repeating the fairy tale. But a princess’s life is never entirely her own – and
Eadlyn cannot escape her very own Selection, and one particular entry who may
just capture her heart…
This is such a guilty pleasure
series, with beautiful covers!
Saint Anything, Sarah
Dessen (paperback)
Sydney
has always felt invisible.
Peyton,
Sydney’s brother, has always been the star of the family, receiving all of the
attention and, lately, concern. His reckless behaviour culminates in a shock
accident and a jail sentence, which casts Sydney adrift, searching for her
place in the family and the world.
Enter
the warm, chaotic Chatham family who accept Sydney without question. It’s here
that she meets Mac: gentle, watchful and protective, who makes Sydney feel
seen, really seen, for the first time.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I've already read this and it's perfect.
We Are All Made of Molecules, Susin
Nielsen (hardback)
There
are two sides to every story…
Meet
Stewart. He’s geeky, gifted but socially clueless. His mom has died and he
misses her every day.
Meet
Ashley. She’s popular, cool but her grades stink. Her dad’s come out and moved
out – but not far enough.
Their
worlds are about to collide: Stewart and his dad are moving in with Ashley and
her mom. Stewart is trying to be 89.9% happy about it even as he struggles to
fit in at his new school. But Ashley is 100% horrified and can’t get used to
her completely awkward home, which is now filled with some rather questionable
décor. And things are about to get a whole lot more mixed up when these two
very different people attract the attention of school junk Jared…
Hysterically
funny, tender and offbeat, We
Are All Made of Molecules is about first
impressions, false impressions and totally making the wrong impression.
I pre-ordered this purely on the
praise of my friends on Twitter. I have high hopes!
Get in Trouble, Kelly
Link (hardback)
Fantastic,
fantastical and utterly incomparable, Kelly Link’s new collection explores
everything from the essence of ghosts to the nature of love. And hurricanes,
astronauts, eveil twins, bootleggers, Ouija boards, iguanas, The Wizard of Oz, superheroes, the pyramids…
With
each story she weaves, Link takes readers deep into unforgettable, brilliantly
constructed universes. Strange, dark and wry, Get in Trouble reveals Kelly Link at the height of her
creative powers and stretches the boundaries of what fiction can do.
I don’t know what it is about
this collection, but it’s been calling to me for months. So I caved.
Sophie
The Lost Herondale,
Cassandra Clare and Robin Wasserman
