Last year, I fell in love with Clarity by Kim Harrington — and this year, it’s happened again with the sequel Perception, in stores this week. In this sequel, Harrington returns us to Cape Cod, Massachusetts in the wake of everything that happened in Clarity. The summer is over though, now. The tourists have gone [...]
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Today marks the end of our February Book of the Month feature on Darkness Becomes Her and the newly-released sequel A Beautiful Evil by Kelly Keaton. So as we bid farewell to this month’s featured book, here’s a look back at highlights: Greek Mythology-inspired Writing Contest Create a short story based on your favorite story [...]
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Today, we are thrilled to be featuring an exclusive sneak peek at Take a Bow by Elizabeth Eulberg. Below, you’ll find a note from Elizabeth plus an excerpt from Take a Bow, in stores April 1st! * * * When I was little, I was the star music student at my little private grade school. [...]
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Besides her Young Adult series that includes Darkness Becomes Her and A Beautiful Evil, Kelly Keaton is also the author of an adult series under the pen name Kelly Gay. Here’s a look at her Charlie Madigan series: The Better Part of Darkness Charlie Madigan is a divorced mother of one, and a kick-ass cop [...]
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Here’s a look at today’s new YA releases: Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver I’m pushing aside the memory of my nightmare, pushing aside thoughts of Alex, pushing aside thoughts of Hana and my old school, push, push, push, like Raven taught me to do. The old life is dead. But the old Lena is dead too. [...]
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As we continue our weekly countdown to the release of The Night She Disappeared by April Henry, we’re giving you a chance to win this exciting new thriller! Here’s how: The Contest: Fill out The Night She Disappeared Contest Entry Form, and tell us your favorite thriller. It can be another book by April Henry, [...]
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Books like Kelly Keaton’s A Beautiful Evil (and Darkness Becomes Her, the first book in the series) are gold mines for us at Novel Novice. We totally dork out at all the history, lore and real-life tie-ins. The possibilities for using this series as a springboard are practically endless. Below, you’ll find some ideas to kickstart [...]
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Saturday is almost over, but better late then never, right? Here’s the highlights from this weeks news … * By far, the biggest news this week … J.K. Rowling is publishing a new adult book with Little, Brown! “Although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit as much, my next book will be very different to [...]
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If you’re sick of the same-old dystopian stories hitting store shelves these days, rest easy. Partials by Dan Wells is an action-packed, science fiction adventure of the highest degree — and while it does bear some of the earmarks of dystopian fiction, it is not another cookie-cutter story from today’s “It” genre. Humanity is all but extinguished [...]
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