Since the first few Book Birthday posts in this series were such a hit, I will keep these posts coming! Here are the books on my radar that are celebrating their Book Birthdays today (a.k.a. books that are being published in Canada today)! Please let me know if you have any feedback and/or suggestions for this series!
Title: Amber & Dusk
Author: Lyra Selene
Type: Fiction
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Sylvie has always known she deserves more. Out in the permanent twilight of the Dusklands, her guardians called her power to create illusions a curse. But Sylvie knows it gives her a place in Coeur d’Or, the palais of the Amber Empress and her highborn legacies.
So Sylvie sets off toward the Amber City, a glittering jewel under a sun that never sets, to take what is hers.
But her hope for a better life is quickly dimmed. The empress invites her in only as part of a wicked wager among her powerful courtiers. Sylvie must assume a new name, Mirage, and begin to navigate secretive social circles and deadly games of intrigue in order to claim her spot. Soon it becomes apparent that nothing is as it appears and no one, including her cruel yet captivating sponsor, Sunder, will answer her questions. As Mirage strives to assume what should be her rightful place, she’ll have to consider whether it is worth the price she must pay.
Title: Outrun the Wind
Author: Elizabeth Tammi
Type: Fiction
Genre: YA, Fantasy, Mythology, LGBT
Publisher: Flux
The Huntresses of Artemis must obey two rules: never disobey the goddess, and never fall in love. After being rescued from a harrowing life as an Oracle of Delphi, Kahina is glad to be a part of the Hunt; living among a group of female warriors gives her a chance to reclaim her strength, even while her prophetic powers linger. But when a routine mission goes awry, Kahina breaks the first rule in order to save the legendary huntress Atalanta.
To earn back Artemis’s favor, Kahina must complete a dangerous task in the kingdom of Arkadia— where the king’s daughter is revealed to be none other than Atalanta. Still reeling from her disastrous quest and her father’s insistence on marriage, Atalanta isn’t sure what to make of Kahina. As her connection to Atalanta deepens, Kahina finds herself in danger of breaking Artemis’ second rule.
She helps Atalanta devise a dangerous game to avoid marriage, and word spreads throughout Greece, attracting suitors willing to tempt fate to go up against Atalanta in a race for her hand. But when the men responsible for both the girls’ dark pasts arrive, the game turns deadly.
Title: How Long ’til Black Future Month?
Author: N.K. Jemisin
Type: Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction
Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction
Publisher: Orbit
In these stories, Jemisin sharply examines modern society, infusing magic into the mundane, and drawing deft parallels in the fantasy realms of her imagination. Dragons and hateful spirits haunt the flooded city of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying to learn from our mistakes. A black mother in the Jim Crow south must figure out how to save her daughter from a fey offering impossible promises. And in the Hugo award-nominated short story “The City Born Great,” a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis’s soul.
I really want Outrun The Wind, sounds just up my alley!
Yeah that one sounds cool! I hope you’ll be able to read it 🙂
Thanks! And hope you do too
Thanks!
I really liked outrun the wind!
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Ooo that’s good to know! I don’t think anyone else I know has read it lol and I was curious
oh I can’t get over how pretty the art of your blog is! And talking about that I LOOOVE the cover of : How Long ’til Black Future Month?!!! I think there was giveaway for it on GR!
Ahhh thank you so much!!! ❤️ and oh my gosh I love that cover too! I’ll have to check out the giveaway thanks!
I just love your banners so much
Aweee thank you! I can make you something like that when you’re ready to change your blog theme 😀 hahaha