MARCH
These are some of the wonderful débuts available in the US this month that I would love to see in the UK; publisher details and publications dates refer to the publication in the US.
Title: Illuminate
Series: Gilded WingsAuthor: Aimee AgrestiPublisher: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtPublication Date: 6 March 2012Synopsis from Goodreads
Haven Terra is a brainy, shy high school outcast. But everything begins to change when she turns sixteen. Along with her best friend Dante and their quiet and brilliant classmate Lance, she is awarded a prestigious internship in the big city— Chicago—and is sent to live and work at a swanky and stylish hotel under the watchful eyes of a group of gorgeous and shockingly young-looking strangers: powerful and alluring hotel owner Aurelia Brown; her second-in-command, the dashing Lucian Grove; and their stunning but aloof staff of glamazons called The Outfit.
As Haven begins falling for Lucian, she discovers that these beautiful people are not quite what they seem. With the help of a mysterious book, she uncovers a network of secret passageways from the hotel’s jazz-age past that leads her to the heart of the evil agenda of Aurelia and company: they’re in the business of buying souls. Will they succeed in wooing Haven to join them in their recruitment efforts, or will she be able to thwart this devilish set’s plans to take the souls of her classmates on prom night at the hotel?
A battle of good versus evil - I am soooo there.
Title: Pretty Crooked
Author: Elisa LudwigPublisher: Katherine Tegen BooksPublication Date: 13 March 2012Synopsis from GoodreadsWilla’s secret plan seems all too simple: take from the rich kids at Valley Prep and give to the poor ones.
Yet Willa’s turn as Robin Hood at her ultra-exclusive high school is anything but. Bilking her “friends”—known to everyone as the Glitterati—without them suspecting a thing is far from easy. Learning how to pick pockets and break into lockers is as difficult as she’d thought it’d be. Delivering care packages to the scholarship girls, who are ostracized just for being from the “wrong” side of town, is way more fun than she’d expected.
The complication Willa didn’t expect, though, is Aidan Murphy, Valley Prep’s most notorious (and gorgeous) ace-degenerate. His mere existence is distracting Willa from what matters most to her: evening the social playing field between the haves and have-nots. There’s no time for crushes and flirting with boys, especially conceited and obnoxious trust-funders like Aidan.
But when the cops start investigating the string of thefts at Valley Prep and the Glitterati begin to seek revenge, could Aidan wind up being the person that Willa trusts most?
This just sounds like FUN.
I really want to read Illuminate!
ReplyDeleteIlluminate sounds really good, even though I'm a little tired with this girl-in-a-dress cover thing.
ReplyDeleteIlluminate looks fabulous, and I have Pretty Crooked from Netgalley--will let you know what I think of it! (and I agree, it looks like loads of fun)
ReplyDeleteLove that trailer! I really want to read Pretty Crooked!
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