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Welcome back to the Big Kids Book Club, and come join us in the New Book Nook.
A cosy corner of the internet where we look a couple upcoming releases, coming out in the next month.
As there are tons of books released every month, these are just a few of the Young Adult releases that we here at BKBC are excited for:
Book: The Season for Scandal
Author: Laura Wood
Publisher: Scholastic
Release Date: 01/02/2024
Sequel to the Agency for Scandal –
An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a scandalous upper class world straight out of Bridgerton and using their wit and bravery to unmask a villain.
When Marigold Bloom finds her family business in trouble a chance encounter with the devastatingly handsome and extremely bad-tempered Oliver Lockhart leads her to the Aviary – a secret agency of women who specialise in blackmailing troublesome men.
Soon, Mari is the agency’s newest recruit, sent to investigate the mysterious return of Oliver’s long lost sister. Forced to masquerade as a newly engaged couple, it is up to Mari and Oliver to determine if there is an imposter in their midst. But what happens when the line between truth and fiction starts to blur?
And what do you do when a pretend romance starts to feel all too real?
Book: A Cure Ever After
Author: Angharad Walker
Publisher: Chicken House
Release Date: 01/02/2024
Based in the same world as Once Upon a Fever –
The city of Lundain is battling strange illnesses brought on by excessive emotion.
The Guild of Medicine wants cures; the Guild of Finance sees only opportunity.
In this malignant world, two boys struggle to succeed. Kitt, who is suffering from Midas-fingers and turns whatever he touches to gold with dangerous consequences, and Os, a young doctor who has an unusual ability – to read the feelings of others.
Unless the boys can work together, a toxic disaster will end it all . . .
We spoke to Angharad about Once Upon a Fever back in Podcast Episode: 160 – listen to this here
Book: The Eternal Ones
Author: Namina Forna
Publisher: Usbourne Publishing
Release Date: 15/02/2024
Concluding the Gilded series in breathtaking style, The Eternal Ones finds Deka on the cusp of becoming a goddess – and anxious that her transformation will make her as evil as her enemies
Deka is a goddess-in-waiting with the potential to save her people from the brutal ancient goddesses who terrorize her kingdom of Otera. But first she must find her celestial essence – and if the Gilded Ones find it before she does, they will drain her power and tear Otera apart.
Alongside her army of friends, Deka faces the hardest battle of her life – not just with the goddesses but with her own doubts. What if becoming a goddess makes her as evil as the Gilded Ones? And is she ready to leave her earthly life and loves behind?
The Eternal Ones is the final thrilling installment of the epic fantasy series in which a young heroine fights against a world that would dare tame her.
Book: While You Were Dreaming
Author: Alisha Rai
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date: 29/02/2024
In this debut contemporary YA romance by bestselling author Alisha Rai, adult romance writer.
It’s a classic story: girl meets boy, girl falls for boy, boy finally notices girl when he sees her in a homemade costume. At least, that’s what Sonia Patil is hoping for when she plans to meet her crush at the local comic-con in cosplay.
But instead of winning her crush over, Sonia rescues him after he faints into a canal and, suddenly, everything changes. Since she was in disguise, no one knows who the masked do-gooder was . . .but everyone is trying to find out. Sonia can’t let that happen—her sister is undocumented, and the girls have been flying under the radar since their mother was deported back to Mumbai.
Sonia finds herself hiding from social media detectives and trying to connect with her crush and his family. But juggling crushes and a secret identity might just take superpowers. Can Sonia hide in plain sight forever?
Book: Snowglobe
Author: Soyoung Park
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Release Date: 29/02/2024
WHEN YOU’RE INSIDE, THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING . . .
Raised in a climate-ravaged, frozen world, every day is a struggle for survival for Cho-bahm. Her only solace comes in the form of twenty-four-hour reality television shows, streamed directly from Snowglobe – the climate-controlled domed city at the heart of her world, and the only warm place left on the planet.
The citizens of Snowglobe have everything: fame, fortune and, above all, safety from the frigid wasteland outside their walls. In exchange, their lives are broadcast to the less fortunate of their world, who watch eagerly, hoping for the chance to one day become an actor themselves and join their ranks.
Cho-bahm is one of the dreamers. But her life changes in an instant when she is visited by two strangers from Snowglobe, who deliver earth-shattering news: Goh Haeri, Snowglobe’s biggest star has died – and because of Cho-bahm’s striking resemblance to her, she’s been chosen to take her place.
Given the chance of a lifetime, Cho-bahm agrees to enter Snowglobe and take on Haeri’s identity. Within the domed city’s walls, she will finally have the existence she’s always dreamed of – but if life in Snowglobe is so great, why did Haeri seem so desperate to escape it? And when everyone around you is a performer, how can you ever know what is reality, and what is created for the audience . . . ?
Published in English for the first time from its original Korean, the critically acclaimed Snowglobe is a page-turning thriller with twists around every corner.
That’s our picks for the upcoming Young Adult releases for February 2024.
We can’t wait to dive into these books, and we hope that maybe you’re inspired to pick up one or two of them yourself.
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Until next time, take care, stay safe, but most importantly – keep on reading.
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