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<\/a>Frozen (Heart of Dread #1) by Melissa de la Cruz<\/strong><\/p>\nWelcome to New Vegas, a city once covered in bling, now blanketed in ice. Like much of the destroyed planet, the place knows only one temperature\u2014freezing. But some things never change. The diamond in the ice desert is still a 24-hour hedonistic playground and nothing keeps the crowds away from the casino floors, never mind the rumors about sinister sorcery in its shadows.<\/p>\n
At the heart of this city is Natasha Kestal, a young blackjack dealer looking for a way out. Like many, she’s heard of a mythical land simply called \u201cthe Blue.\u201d They say it\u2019s a paradise, where the sun still shines and the waters are turquoise. More importantly, it\u2019s a place where Nat won\u2019t be persecuted, even if her darkest secret comes to light.<\/p>\n
But passage to the Blue is treacherous, if not impossible, and her only shot is to bet on a ragtag crew of mercenaries led by a cocky runner named Ryan Wesson to take her there. Danger and deceit await on every corner, even as Nat and Wes find themselves inexorably drawn to each other. But can true love survive the lies? Fiery hearts collide in this fantastic tale of the evil men do and the awesome power within us all.<\/p>\n
Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. The only problem is, once you pass through Coldtown\u2019s gates, you can never leave.<\/p>\n One morning, after a perfectly ordinary party, Tana wakes up surrounded by corpses. The only other survivors of this massacre are her exasperatingly endearing ex-boyfriend, infected and on the edge, and a mysterious boy burdened with a terrible secret. Shaken and determined, Tana enters a race against the clock to save the three of them the only way she knows how: by going straight to the wicked, opulent heart of Coldtown itself.<\/p>\n The Coldest Girl in Coldtown<\/em>\u00a0is a wholly original story of rage and revenge, of guilt and horror, and of love and loathing from bestselling and acclaimed author Holly Black.<\/p>\n *Amazon has the first 8 chapters available as a free promo download, if you’re interested<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0Antigoddess (Goddess War #1) by Kendare Blake<\/strong><\/p>\n Old Gods never die\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em>Or so Athena thought. But then the feathers started sprouting beneath her skin, invading her lungs like a strange cancer, and Hermes showed up with a fever eating away his flesh. So much for living a quiet eternity in perpetual health.<\/p>\n Desperately seeking the cause of their slow, miserable deaths, Athena and Hermes travel the world, gathering allies and discovering enemies both new and old. Their search leads them to Cassandra\u2014an ordinary girl who was once an extraordinary prophetess, protected and loved by a god.<\/p>\n These days, Cassandra doesn\u2019t involve herself in the business of gods\u2014in fact, she doesn\u2019t even know they exist. But she could be the key in a war that is only just beginning.<\/p>\n Because Hera, the queen of the gods, has aligned herself with other of the ancient Olympians, who are killing off rivals in an attempt to prolong their own lives. But these anti-gods have become corrupted in their desperation to survive, horrific caricatures of their former glory. Athena will need every advantage she can get, because immortals don\u2019t just flicker out.<\/p>\n Every one of them dies in their own way. Some choke on feathers. Others become monsters. All of them rage against their last breath.<\/p>\n The Goddess War is about to begin.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Before: Corey, Holly, and Savitri are one unit\u2014fast, strong, inseparable. Together they turn Chicago concrete and asphalt into a freerunner\u2019s jungle gym, ricocheting off walls, scaling buildings, leaping from rooftops to rooftop.<\/p>\n But acting like a superhero doesn\u2019t make you bulletproof\u2026<\/p>\n After: Holly and Savitri are coming unglued. Holly says she\u2019s chasing Corey\u2019s killer, chasing revenge. Savitri fears Holly\u2019s just running wild\u2014and leaving her behind. Friends should stand by each other in times of crisis. But can you hold on too tight? Too long?<\/p>\n In this intense novel, Swati Avasthi creates a gripping portrait of two girls teetering on the edge of grief and insanity. Two girls who will find out just how many ways there are to lose a friend\u2026and how many ways to be lost.<\/p>\n “You have to kill him.” Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain.<\/p>\n Only Em can complete the final instruction. She\u2019s tried everything to prevent the creation of a time machine that will tear the world apart. She holds the proof: a list she has never seen before, written in her own hand. Each failed attempt in the past has led her to the same terrible present\u2014imprisoned and tortured by a sadistic man called the doctor while war rages outside.<\/p>\n Marina has loved her best friend James since the day he moved next door when they were children. A gorgeous, introverted science prodigy from one of America\u2019s most famous families, James finally seems to be seeing Marina in a new way, too. But on one disastrous night, James\u2019s life crumbles apart, and with it, Marina\u2019s hopes for their future. Now someone is trying to kill him. Marina will protect James, no matter what. Even if it means opening her eyes to a truth so terrible that she may not survive it. At least not as the girl she once was.<\/p>\n All Our Yesterdays is a wrenching, brilliantly plotted story of fierce love, unthinkable sacrifice, and the infinite implications of our every choice.<\/p>\n Isadora\u2019s family is seriously screwed up.<\/p>\n Of course, as the human daughter of Egyptian gods, that pretty much comes with the territory. She\u2019s also stuck with parents who barely notice her, and a house full of relatives who can\u2019t be bothered to remember her name. After all, they are going to be around forever\u2014and she\u2019s a mere mortal.<\/p>\n Isadora\u2019s sick of living a life where she\u2019s only worthy of a passing glance, and when she has the chance to move to San Diego with her brother, she jumps on it. But Isadora\u2019s quickly finding that a \u201cnormal\u201d life comes with plenty of its own epic complications\u2014and that there\u2019s no such thing as a clean break when it comes to family. Much as she wants to leave her past behind, she can\u2019t shake the ominous dreams that foretell destruction for her entire family. When it turns out there may be truth in her nightmares, Isadora has to decide whether she can abandon her divine heritage after all.<\/p>\n<\/a>The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>Chasing Shadows\u00a0by\u00a0Swati Avasthi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>All Our Yesterdays\u00a0(Cassandra Chronicles #1) by\u00a0Cristin Terrill<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White <\/strong><\/p>\n