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Annaleigh lives a sheltered life at Highmoor with her sisters. Once there were twelve of them, but loneliness fills the grand halls now that four of the girls’ lives have been cut short. Annaleigh becomes increasingly suspicious that her sister’s deaths were no accidents. The girls have been sneaking out every night to attend glittering balls, and Annaleigh isn’t sure whether to try to stop them or to join their forbidden trysts. When Annaleigh’s involvement with a mysterious stranger who has secrets of his own intensifies, it’s a race to unravel the darkness that has fallen over her family—before it claims her next.
Hey YA Readers!
Let’s catch up on recent YA book talk over on site.
- This year is on fire with queer YA. Here are 10 more titles starring queer girls to hit shelves this year.
- The best YA novels about DC Superheroes.
- 12 YA books about obsessive compulsive disorder.
- A powerful YA books about racism in the UK.
- Read your way into the work of YA giant David Levithan.
- 50 beautiful sentences from YA books.
- Queer self-help books for teens.
- Maybe you need some YA books about the book world.
- You’ll be adding each of these rad Harry Potter enamel pins to your totes and denim jackets.
- Read some YA books about family.
- Pick some board games, and we’ll recommend a YA book series for you to read.
And since there’s never enough YA talk, here’s a peek back at some of the YA book talk from August of years gone by:
- 10 books like To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before.
- YA books about witches.
- 7 movies that are perfect for YA readers.
- YA books about social anxiety.
- Fandom according to YA lit.
- YA books for fans of Stranger Things.
- Why “The Queen’s Thief” series reignited my love for YA fantasy.
- I can’t believe the story of the fake NYT YA bestseller book, brought down by Twitter, happened two years ago.
- What to read if you love The Perks of Being A Wallflower (wow, this post is due for an update with more books by and about people of color!).
- Five YA and crossover adult novels about flight.
- From the way, way back and yet still always relevant: why we need more diversity in YA fantasy.
Not 100% YA related, but this bookish t-shirt is too good not to share here for fellow bookish folks.
Thanks for hanging out, and we’ll see you Saturday for some great ebook deals!
— Kelly Jensen, @veronikellymars on Instagram and editor of (Don’t) Call Me Crazy and Here We Are.