I know we’re already a couple of months into 2019, but I decided the other day to take a look at my TBR to see what books were coming out this year that I was especially excited for and there are so many! This list doesn’t include books that are already out like Bloodwitch or King of Scars. Books are in order of their Goodreads release date.
I heard on a podcast the other day that preordering books actually really helps them out, which I didn’t know before. So if you’d like to preorder any of these books, I’m including Amazon affiliate links to their preorder pages.
Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zetner (2/26)
Every Friday night, best friends Delia and Josie become Rayne Ravenscroft and Delilah Darkwood, hosts of the campy creature feature show Midnite Matinee on the local cable station TV Six.
But with the end of senior year quickly approaching, the girls face tough decisions about their futures. Josie has been dreading graduation, as she tries to decide whether to leave for a big university and chase her dream career in mainstream TV. And Lawson, one of the show’s guest performers, a talented MMA fighter with weaknesses for pancakes, fantasy novels, and Josie, is making her tough decision even harder.
Scary movies are the last connection Delia has to her dad, who abandoned the family years ago. If Midnite Matinee becomes a hit, maybe he’ll see it and want to be a part of her life again. And maybe Josie will stay with the show instead of leaving her behind, too.
As the tug-of-war between growing up and growing apart tests the bonds of their friendship, Josie and Delia start to realize that an uncertain future can be both monstrous…and momentous.
This book seems like it’s going to be a great tale of best friend-ship and I am HERE for it.
Field Notes on Love by Jennifer E Smith (3/5)
Having just been dumped by his girlfriend, British-born Hugo is still determined to take his last-hurrah-before-college train trip across the United States. One snag: the companion ticket is already booked under the name of his ex, Margaret Campbell. Nontransferable, no exceptions.
Enter the new Margaret C. (Mae for short), an aspiring filmmaker with big dreams. After finding Hugo’s spare ticket offer online, she’s convinced it’s the perfect opportunity to expand her horizons.
When the two meet, the attraction is undeniable, and both find more than they bargained for. As Mae pushes Hugo to explore his dreams for his future, he’ll encourage her to channel a new, vulnerable side of her art. But when life off the train threatens the bubble they’ve created for themselves, will they manage to keep their love on track?
I love everything Jennifer E Smith and I’m excited for another of her cute contemporary romances!
The Raven’s Tale by Cat Winters (4/16)
Seventeen-year-old Edgar Poe counts down the days until he can escape his foster family—the wealthy Allans of Richmond, Virginia. He hungers for his upcoming life as a student at the prestigious new university, almost as much as he longs to marry his beloved Elmira Royster. However, on the brink of his departure, all his plans go awry when a macabre Muse named Lenore appears to him. Muses are frightful creatures that lead Artists down a path of ruin and disgrace, and no respectable person could possibly understand or accept them. But Lenore steps out of the shadows with one request: “Let them see me!”
Cat Winters is one of the most underrated YA authors imo. Her books are slightly creepy, but not overly scary and her characters are always fierce, independent, and likable. This books seems like it’s going to be just as good as her others! (And I have an ARC, so I’m pretty satisfied).
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan (4/30)
Elouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the absolute best, most impossibly epic summer of her life. There are just a few things standing in her way:
* She’s landed a job at Magic Castle Playland . . . as a giant dancing hot dog.
* Her crush, the dreamy Diving Pirate Nick, already has a girlfriend, who is literally the Princess of the park. But Lou’s never liked anyone, guy or otherwise, this much before, and now she wants a chance at her own happily ever after.
* Her best friend, Seeley, the carousel operator, who’s always been up for anything, suddenly isn’t when it comes to Lou’s quest to set her up with the perfect girl or Lou’s scheme to get close to Nick.
* And it turns out that this will be their last summer at Magic Castle Playland–ever–unless she can find a way to stop it from closing.
This book sounds funny and unique. It sounds like it’s got a really great cast of characters.
Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Morena (5/14)
Rosa is cursed by the sea–at least that’s what they say.
Dating her is bad news, especially if you’re a boy with a boat.
But Rosa feels more caught than cursed. Caught between cultures and choices. Between her abuela, a beloved healer and pillar of their community, and her mother, an artist who crashes in and out of her life like a hurricane. Between Port Coral, the quirky South Florida town they call home, and Cuba, the island her abuela refuses to talk about.
As her college decision looms, Rosa collides—literally—with Alex Aquino, the mysterious boy with tattoos of the ocean whose family owns the marina. With her heart, her family, and her future on the line, can Rosa break a curse and find her place beyond the horizon?
THIS BOOK SOUNDS SO GOOD TO ME. It seems like it’s going to have this awesome setting and like the main character’s family is going to play a really prominent role.
The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen (6/4)
Emma Saylor doesn’t remember a lot about her mother, who died when she was ten. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever, with cold, clear water and mossy trees at the edges.
Now it’s just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable…until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother’s family—her grandmother and cousins she hasn’t seen since she was a little girl.
When Emma arrives at North Lake, she realizes there are actually two very different communities there. Her mother grew up in working class North Lake, while her dad spent summers in the wealthier Lake North resort. The more time Emma spends there, the more it starts to feel like she is divided into two people as well. To her father, she is Emma. But to her new family, she is Saylor, the name her mother always called her.
Then there’s Roo, the boy who was her very best friend when she was little. Roo holds the key to her family’s history, and slowly, he helps her put the pieces together about her past. It’s hard not to get caught up in the magic of North Lake—and Saylor finds herself falling under Roo’s spell as well.
For Saylor, it’s like a whole new world is opening up to her. But when it’s time to go back home, which side of her will win out?
Sarah Dessen. Enough said.
Truly Madly Royally by Debbie Rigaud (7/30)
Fiercely independent and smart, Zora Emerson wants to change the world. She’s excited to be attending a prestigious summer program, even if she feels out of place among her privileged, mostly white classmates. So she’s definitely not expecting to feel a connection to Owen, who’s an actual prince of an island off the coast of England. But Owen is funny, charming…and undeniably cute. Zora can’t ignore the chemistry between them. When Owen invites Zora to be his date at his big brother’s big royal wedding, Zora is suddenly thrust into the spotlight, along with her family and friends. Everyone is talking about her, in real life and online, and while Owen is used to the scrutiny, Zora’s not sure it’s something she can live with. Can she maintain her sense of self while moving between two very different worlds? And can her feelings for Owen survive and thrive in the midst of the crazy? Find out in this charming romantic comedy that’s like The Princess Diaries for a new generation.
I’m always here for a celebrity/royal romance. I do take issue with the whole “The Princess Diaries for a new generation” because like…aren’t we still in the same generation as the Princess Diaries????
Five Dark Fates by Kendare Blake (9/3)
Blake Teen Fantasy Novel #4 has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.
Awesome synopsis. Jokes aside, I’m excited to see where the plot goes. Book 3 ended a little unexpectedly so we’ll see. I don’t believe things are exactly as they appeared to be at the end and I’m also curious to see how the “island mystery” part of it resolves. I’m hoping this book comes with a little more history of the island itself–I definitely enjoyed that aspect of book 3.
The Seven Sisters by Neil Gaiman (9/15)
The Seven Sisters has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.
Another great synopsis (no cover for this one either). I’m not actually convinced that this book is going to get published in 2019, but Goodreads says it is, so here’s hoping! I LOVED Neverwhere and I would read anything else set in that world.
Preorder: eBook | Hardcover isn’t available so I don’t know what that means?
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (11/5)
Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a strange book hidden in the library stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues — a bee, a key, and a sword — that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to a subterranean library, hidden far below the surface of the earth.
What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians — it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead. Zachary learns of those who have sacrificed much to protect this realm, relinquishing their sight and their tongues to preserve this archive, and also those who are intent on its destruction. Together with Mirabel, a fierce, pink-haired protector of the place, and Dorian, a handsome barefoot man with shifting alliances, Zachary travels the twisting tunnels, darkened stairwells, crowded ballrooms, and sweetly soaked shores of this magical world, discovering his purpose — in both the mysterious book and in his own life.
If you haven’t read The Night Circus by now, where have you been? Her first book was so fantastic and this synopsis is just about EVERYTHING that I could ever want in a book. I’m hoping this book does for me what Caraval did not.
What 2019 books are you most excited to get your hands on?
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