Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
Expected publication: 19th May 2015
Alex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She’s pretty optimistic about her chances until classes begin, and she runs into Miles. Didn't she imagine him? Before she knows it, Alex is making friends, going to parties, falling in love, and experiencing all the usual rites of passage for teenagers. But Alex is used to being crazy. She’s not prepared for normal. This sounds like such an intriguing book. I love the idea of the main character having a mental illness such as schizophrenia and I can't wait to see how the author twists it. It just sounds like a really interesting debut novel.
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasExpected publication: 5th May 2015
When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin—one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled their world.
As she dwells on his estate, her feelings for Tamlin transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie and warning she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But an ancient, wicked shadow grows over the faerie lands, and Feyre must find a way to stop it . . . or doom Tamlin—and his world—forever.
I haven't read 'Throne of Glass' yet (it's on my Kindle waiting for my holidays lol) but I've heard amazing things about that series and I'm really interested to see how this story plays out. As I'm sure you've realised, I love myself a little bit of fey lore.
The Raven King by Maggie StiefvaterExpected publication: 29th September 2015
All we really have for this book is the expected release date because the book cover is going to change. This one is just to tease us, but I'm so excited for this book. The fourth and final installment in 'The Raven Boys' series, I devoured Blue Lily, Lily Blue in a day and a half I think. I swear I only put it down when I fell asleep. If you haven't picked up this series yet, it should definitely make your TBR list this year! Only 6 more months!
*Update: the release date for The Raven King has been moved to February 2016 because Maggie wants to spend longer editing the manuscript which means publication is going to take longer. Which I'm mostly okay with because it means the conclusion is likely to be just amazing but there is still a part of me that is disappointed because I need more Gansey and Blue in my life. Oh well, they say time flies right.
From Where I Watch You by Shannon Grogan
Expected publication: 4th August 2015Sixteen-year-old Kara McKinley is about to realize her dream of becoming a professional baker. Beautifully designed and piped, her cookies are masterpieces, but also her ticket out of rainy Seattle—if she wins the upcoming national baking competition and its scholarship prize to culinary school in California. Kara can no longer stand the home where her family lived, laughed, and ultimately imploded after her mean-spirited big sister Kellen died in a drowning accident. Kara’s dad has since fled, and her mom has turned from a high-powered attorney into a nutty holy-rolling Christian fundamentalist peddling “Soul Soup” in the family café. All Kara has left are memories of better times.
But the past holds many secrets, and they come to light as Kara faces a secret terror. Someone is leaving her handwritten notes. Someone who knows exactly where she is and what’s she’s doing. As they lead her to piece together the events that preceded Kellen’s terrible, life-changing betrayal years before, she starts to catch glimpses of her dead sister: an unwelcome ghost in filthy Ugg boots. If Kara doesn’t figure out who her stalker is, and soon, she could lose everything. Her chance of escape. The boy she’s beginning to love and trust. Even her life.
This sounds so good. I love anything to do with baking so that instantly got my attention and the idea of a stalker type mystery within that is really interesting. Plus the cover is insanely pretty.
What You Left Behind by Jessica Verdi
Expected publication: 4th August 2015
It’s all Ryden’s fault. If he hadn’t gotten Meg pregnant, she would have never stopped her chemo treatments and would still be alive. Instead, he’s failing fatherhood one dirty diaper at a time. And it’s not like he’s had time to grieve while struggling to care for their infant daughter, start his senior year, and earn the soccer scholarship he needs to go to college.The one person who makes Ryden feel like his old self is Joni. She’s fun and energetic—and doesn’t know he has a baby. But the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to keep his two worlds separate. Finding one of Meg’s journals only stirs up old emotions, and Ryden’s convinced Meg left other notebooks for him to find, some message to help his new life make sense. But how is he going to have a future if he can’t let go of the past?
This sounds really interesting and it's different to the kind of books I normally read. I don't usually read books like this because all too often they aren't done very well, BUT this sounds promising and there seems to be some mystery to the plot as well so we'll have to wait and see.
Where the Staircase Ends by Stacey Stokes
Expected publication: 14th April 2015After her best friend orchestrates the lie that destroys her reputation, Taylor wants more than anything to disappear from her life. But when an accident turns this unspoken wish into reality, instead of an angel-filled afterlife, Taylor must climb a seemingly endless staircase into the sky.
Instead of going up, the journey plunges her into the past. As she unravels the mystery behind her friend’s betrayal, she must face the truth about life and find the strength to forgive the unforgivable -- unless the staircase breaks her first.
This seems to have a Lovely Bones kind of feel to it but, according to the couple of reviews posted by readers who've got a copy before release (I need to be one of those people, seriously!) it's an amazing book. It's intriguing anyway.
The Lost and the Found by Cat Clarke
Expected publication: 7th May 2015
LOST. When six-year-old Laurel Logan was abducted, the only witness was her younger sister. Faith’s childhood was dominated by Laurel’s disappearance – from her parents’ broken marriage and the constant media attention to dealing with so-called friends who only ever wanted to talk about her sister.
FOUND.
Thirteen years later, a young woman is found in the garden of the Logans’ old house, disorientated and clutching the teddy bear Laurel was last seen with. Laurel is home at last, safe and sound. Faith always dreamed of getting her sister back, without ever truly believing it would happen. But a disturbing series of events leaves Faith increasingly isolated and paranoid, and before long she begins to wonder if everything that’s lost can be found again…
This is either going to be amazing or awful. I think with these kind of books there's a very fine line between an amazing storyline and an awful storyline but I'm interested to see where this one falls.
The Secret Fire by C.J Daugherty
Expected Publication: 3rd September 2015
French teen Sacha Winters can't die. He can throw himself off a roof, be stabbed, even shot, and he will always survive. Until the day when history and ancient enmities dictate that he must die. Worse still, his death will trigger something awful. Something deadly. And that day is closing in.
Taylor Montclair is a normal English girl, hanging out with her friends and studying for exams, until she starts shorting out the lights with her brain. She’s also the only person on earth who can save Sacha.
There’s only one problem: the two of them have never met. They live hundreds of miles apart and powerful forces will stop at nothing to keep them apart.
They have eight weeks to find each other.
Will they survive long enough to save the world?
This sounds really interesting (I'm really oveer-using that adjective in this post but oh well). I love L.J. Smith's Dark Visions trilogy and this seems to have some of the psychic element going on. I also smell a romance brewing between Sacha and Taylor :) There isn't a cover yet but this is one I'm going to keep my eye on.
Before this post becomes forty pages long, I'm going to stop there. From what I can see, 2015 is shaping up to be an amazing year for YA books. Great news for me, really bad news for my bank balance!
All dates and images from https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/44899.YA_Novels_of_2015 - some of these may change. No Copyright intended.
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