#Adam Roseblood

[tabletopmiracles]

Captain Adam Roseblood of his ship The Bitter Mercy! Having a drink and being an idiot!

[your-absent-father]

WIP INTRODUCTION

False gods

Progress: planning, things will change

Genre: dark comedy, romance

Tropes/themes: cruel side of fame, mafia shenanigans, queer characters, poc characters, problematic main character, found family, none of these people are good people in the end, family doing crimes

Warnings: gore, blood, problematic leads, substance abuse, crime, former abusive relationships.

Aurora Four is a name known by almost everyone on earth. Not because of their music, gods no. They were better than average singers and below average songwriters. Aurora Four were more known for their secretive performance outfits and the thirty-four counts of armed robbery, three murders and one arson case that broke up the band in 27th of august 2019.

False Gods is a story of Beatrix Jones, Nikita Grant, Stevie Dylan and Louis Knight, more famously known as Roseblood, Dollface, King and Jester, the elusive members of Aurora Four, rock band that intrigued the world by hiding their identities under their masks, shielding their true selves from the audience.

Two years before, Beatrix Jones had ruined the reputation of the Hectics, up and coming rockband she and her friends tried their best to put on the map. All their work went to waste after she got arrested for beating up a paparazzi, and getting away with it with her parents money. Desperate for fame, Stevie Dylan asks help from his father, millionare eager to help his son to reach his dreams.

With the new agency bought by Stevie's father, the group has a new name and a team, who are ready to help their find their new identity. They realize too late that their new team is more shady than they realize and the deal they made was more than some of them bargained for.

Characters under the cut:

Main Characters:

Beatrix "Baz" Jones aka "Roseblood"

Singer

The mask: mask made out of rosethorns

Beatrix Jones is a rockstar, at least in her head. She is obsessed with fame, and would do everything to get it. Her heroes are the rockstars of the 70s and her own grandfather, famous drummer from the 70s who left his whole family behind, including Beatrix's own father, to chase the fame and rock and roll.

Faceclaim: Hayley Bennett

Relationships:

Stevie - occasional hook up, best friend

Nikita - friendly

Louis - protective sister over him

Fun facts:

~ most clothes are from auctions.

~ she is the only inheritor of her grandfather's money

~ her parents are lawyers, she grew up upper class

~bisexual but keeps finding questionable men to date

Stefan Harkness aka Stevie Dylan aka "King"

Songwriter, guitarist

Mask: devil horn mask

Stevie hated his dad growing up. Even if he lived in wealth, that wealth came with a price Stevie would have rather avoided. When Beatrix's scandal happened, Stevie's choices became fewer and fewer. He had lived only for music to that point and he didn't want to stop it now, not if the other option was to loose his best friend. Stevie promised hismself that he would keep everyone in his band safe, whatever would come in their way.

Faceclaim: Charlie Rowe

Relationships:

Beatrix Jones - occasional hook up, best friend

Nikita Grant - good friends

Louis Knight - good friends

Elize Grant - has a crush on

Valentine Lee - childhood friends

Evalyn Harkness - half sibling

Fun facts:

~ owns matching leather jackets with Beatrix

~ came up with Stevie because of Stevie Nicks. Is very adamant that it works for him too

~ is very adamant about many things, like being the most sensible member (he is very wrong about that)

~ only straight person in the group, at least in his stubborn opinion. Very dumb detective could make him realize things.

Nikita Grant aka "Dollface"

Bassist

The mask: shattered porcelaine doll face

Nikita always hated the idea of being seen. After escaping a ex boyfriend for a while, she finally got a fresh start with her daughter in her sisters house, who is starting out as an agent. After one thing lead to another, she was stuck in a band with people she mostly tolerated, just in case anything might happen. She kept quiet for so long, all of it leading up to a deal she would have rather avoided.

Faceclaim: Samantha Logan

Relationships:

Elize Grant - sister

Beatrix Jones - resents

Stevie Dylan - secretly hates

Louis Lee - resents

Ivy Grant - daughter

Fun facts:

~ is actually the most talented songwriter in the group but doesn't get to show it often due to group divas

~ realized she was a lesbian when Ivy was 1 year old

~ has the most stable love life out of the four

Min-Jae Lee aka Louis Knight aka "Jester"

The drummer

The mask: old time jester mask

Louis has had his fair share of failures in his lifetime. After running back to america from South Korea, he has had no luck in the career he wishes to get. Music has always been everything to him, but his good nature has always been a roadblock in a ruthless world of entertaiment industry. He almost felt like all was lost, until he met the group that would soon become Aurora Four. Now, with a group of friends in his side, he could do anything

Faceclaim: Song Kang

Relationships:

Beatrix Jones - sibling like bond

Stevie Dylan - friendly

Nikita Grant - friendly

Fun facts:

~ gay

~ he was a kpop trainee that got kicked out

~ refuses to tell why

Side characters:

Elize Grant

Ex manager

Hectics, aurora fours manager. Beatrix, Stevie and Louis were Elize's first group of people, chance to show herself in their first job. She even got their own sister to join in the band and was the mastermind for the most thing in the groups branding. After the band got kicked out, Elize joined the band which has been her baby, into the unknown, and the deals that happened after it.

Faceclaim: Jasmin Savoy Brown

Relationships:

Nikita Grant - sister

Stevie Dylan - crush

Beatrix Jones - enemy

Fun facts:

~ she uses she/they pronouns

~ pansexual

~ they are too good for Stevie

"Valentine" Lee

New "manager"

Valentine has known the Harkness family since he was a kid. He used to play with Stefan and Evalyn while their families formed bonds he still kept up as an adult. After Stefan left the family, he has worked second in command for Evalyn, who took over division he was more than happy to help with. He is a stern person with darkness behind his emotionaless face.

Faceclaim: Lee Soo Hyuk

Relationships:

Stevie Dylan - childhood friend

Evalyn Harkness - childhood friend

Damien Walker - work aquitance

Fun facts:

~ coming soon

Evalyn Harkness

The leader

After Harkness family head went on a long vacation to find himself with women youbger than Evalyn, Evalyn has taken over the Harkness business. She wishes to be as great as her father, and would agree on any plan that would make it happen.

Faceclaim: Christian Serratos

Relationships:

Stevie Dylan - sibling

Valentine Lee - childhood friend

Damien Walker - work friend

Fun facts:

~ bisexual

~ that's it for now lmao

Other characters:

Damien Walker - Social media manager and the tech guy under Evalyn. Louis' love interest.

Ivy Grant - Nikita's 4 year old daughter

Nicholas Harkness - Evalyn's and Stevie's father. May or may not be dead

Vince December - Indie singer, Nikita's baby daddy, in jail for arson he says he didn't commit

Achilles Hansley - detective in charge to look at a crime group terrorizing banks all over the world. Not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Story tag: WIP: fg

[olivedoesmagic]

Journal 46: Session Grim and Eggy Realities

Journal 46: Session Grim and Eggy Realities

So far I am aware of the following realities. These are also my notions and classifications for them. Please be aware some of these are eggy realties. Eggy realties are ones crafted by people or channeled through a scribe. Such as Harry Potter, flowerfell, doctor who and so on. These realities are just as true as any other, but heavily influenced by people and canon.

“Wraith AU” this is the session grim, of our reality where we are plagued by zombies. Note to the nature of this reality and this kind of work- that I may classify these differently depending on the timeline and the version of reality we find ourselves in for example in an alt I called it something else. This is an offshoot of the Roseblood reality.

Rose Blood: a reality crafted off of this one, and off shoot 2.5 F from what I understand. Everything the same except for our names, our looks, and a few choice words. A few key details of the universe but otherwise identical to here. It was spawned via someone’s autobiography.

“The Dreamers reality 1.0”: This reality is that one, but the dialogue appearances and everything are different. True story or not- which is up for debate, this reality exists and has offshoots which is what I believe hypothetically believe Rose Blood to be.

“Chibei wald”: This reality is identical to dreamers except everyone is a small and cute chibi as seen in the artwork above. Ripped from Sn0wf1ake so don’t repost it. I believe the artist is Irayeleister and owned by Adam Snowflake. Some alternate realities are identical to this one but their in 2d, or they have different genetic makeup and aesthetic. Usually are 3d and just appear 2d but there are exceptions where really are like that and this is one of them. This is one of those realites. It’s identical to this one say for a key events, but the names are different and everyone looks like a chibi. Honestly I wouldn't mind this reality because I’m fuking cute there. Remind me to find and commission this artist.

The Marveled Multiverse: Our multiverse is not alone. Marvel and dc comics frequently explore this in canon. Therefor they have their own parallele time and places and operations for they own set per reality. Every major has a multiverse sprung from it, but this one is just gusty enough to explore in canon thus deserves mention.

That’s it. That’s all for now. This will be important later I assume, but just know- every piece of fanart, every lie you tell, every headcanon, every cosplay, every idea, every dream, every nightmare, every joke, every satire. They all exist elsewhere as true as the sky is blue, or red depending on where you are. Theirs an alternate reality where this book is spanish or hebrew or Japanese.

So know that. I just thought I’d catalog them for now. It will be important later.

Olive Brimstone

3:47 PM

5/4/2022

[locke-writes]

what books?

Purchased and Picked Up Today:

Doomed - Chuck Palahniuk

What If It’s Us - Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera

The Oresteia (Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides) - Aeschylus

Radio Silence - Alice Oseman

A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

I Hope You Get This Message - Farah Naz Rishi

Cosmology of Monsters - Shaun Hamill

The Holdout - Graham Moore

Set the Boy Free - Johnny Marr

Purchased and To Be Delivered:

The Outsiders - S E Hinton

How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain - Lisa Feldman Barrett

Damned Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York - Stacy Horn

RoseBlood - A G Howard

Untamed - A G Howard

The Loneliest Girl in the Universe - Lauren James

No Exit - Taylor Adams

[queenofangrymoths]

Book Log of 2019

I kept a record of how many books I read in 2019. I liked most of them so I would recommend you give any of them or read.

So on with the list! If it has an X next to it then it means I didn’t finish reading it. 

#1: Warcross by Marie Lu.

#2: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.

#3: Kingdom of the Blazing Phoenix by Julie C. Dao.

#4: Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova.

#5: A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Roshani Chokshi, Alyssa Wong, Lori M. Lee, Sona Charaipotra, Aliette De Bodard, E. C. Myres, Aisha Saeed, Preeti Chhibber, Renée Ahdieh, Rahul Kanakia, Melissa De La Cruz, Elsie Chapman, Shveta Thakrar, Cindy Pon, and Julie Kagawa.

#6: The 57 Bus by Daska Slater

#7: The Dark Descent Of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kristen White.

#8: Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

9#: Broken Things by Lauren Oliver.

10# The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

11# A Study In Charlotte by Arthur Doyle

12# Simon Vs The Homo sapiens agenda by Becky Albertalli

13# The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

14# Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

15# The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

16# Carry On by Rainbow Rowel

17# Teen Trailblazers, 30 fearless girls who changed the world before they were 20 by Jennifer Calvert

18# Evermore by Sara Holland

19# The White Stag by Kara Barbieri

20# One Dark Throne by Kendra’s Blake

21# Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

22# A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney

23# King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo X

24# Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

25# The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson

26# Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

27# Mythology by Edith Hamilton

28# Percy Jackson Greek Gods by Rick Riordan 

29# Two Can Keep A Secret by Karen M McManus

30# The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

31# Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

32# Superman: Dawnbreaker by Matt De La Peña

33# The Phantom of The Opera by Gaston Leroux

34# Roseblood by A.G Howard X

35# Catwoman: Soulstealer by Sarah J Maas

36# Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

37# Velvet Undercover by Teri Brown

38# Through The Woods by Emily Caroll

39# The Wicked Deep by Shes Ernshaw

40# Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

41# Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan

42# Where She Fell by Kaitlin Ward

43# Modern Herstory: Stories Of Women and non binary people rewriting history by Blair Imani

44# White Rabbits by Caleb Roehrig

45# To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Adapted by Fred Fordham

46# Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan

47# Ever The Hunted by Erin Summeril

48# Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte

49# Lost Souls, Be At Peace by Maggie Thrash

50# Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash

51# The Giver by Lois Lowry adapted by P.Craig Russell

52# My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand. Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows

53# What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera X

54# An Assassin’s Guide to Love & Treason by Virginia Boecker

55# The Count Of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas adapted by Nokman Poon and Crystal S. Chan

56# The Fellowship Of The Ring by J.R.R Tolkien

57# What is someone I know is gay? By Eric Marcus X

58# Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig

59# The Two Towers by J.R.R Tolkien

60# The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien X

61# The Return of The King by J.R.R Tolkien

62# Lafayette by Nathan Hale

63# Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

64# We should all be feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

65# The Storm Crow by Kalyn Josephson

66# Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

67# Norton Volume Of English Literature

68# Beowulf by Unknown

69# The General Prologue by Chaucer

70# 20/20 by Linda Brewer

71# Always in Spanish by Agosim

72# The First Day by Edward P. Jones

73# Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff

74# Writing Fiction by Burroway

75# Murderers by Leonard Michaels

76# Greatness Strikes Where It Pleases by Lars Gustaffson

77# Cathedral by Raymond Carver

78# A Conversation with My Father by Grace Paley

79# Gooseberries by Anton Chekhov

80# The Lives of the Dead by Tim O’Brien

81# Head, Heart by Lydia Davis

82# Richard Cody by Edwin Arlington Robinson

83# “Out- Out-“ by Robert Frost

84# The Ruined Maid by Thomas Hardy

85# I wandered lonely as a cloud by William Wordsworth

86# Poem by Frank O’Hara

87# On being brought from Africa to America by Phillis Wheatley

88# On her loving two equally by Aphra Behn

89# Because you asked about the line between Prose and Poetry by Howard Nemerov

90# Ars Poetica by Archibald MacLeish

91# Ars Poetica? By Czeslaw Milosz

92# Ars Poetica #100: I believe by Elizabeth Alexander

93# Poetry by Marianne Moode

94# “Poetry makes nothing happen”? By Julia Alvarez

95# Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins

96# In Memory Of W.B. Yates by W. H. Auden

97# The kind of man I am at the DMV by Stacey Waite

98# The Changeling by Judith Oritez Carer

99# Going to war by Richard Lovelace

100# To the Ladies by Mary, Lady Chudleigh

101# Exchanging Hats by Elizabeth Bishop

102# History Of Ireland Volume 1 by Lecky X

103# A Modern History of Ireland by E. Norman X

104# The Tempest by William Shakespeare

105# Gender by Lisa Wade & Myra Marx Ferree

106# Trifles by Susan Glaspell

107# The Shroud by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

108# King of the Bingo Game by Ralph Ellison

109# Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin

110# Fences by August Wilson

111# Where are you going, where have you been? By Joyce Carol Oates

112# Daddy by Sylvia Plath

113# What is our life? By Walter Raleigh

114# May I compare thee to a midsummer day? By William Shakespeare

115# The love song of J. Alfred Prufruock by T. S. Eliot

116# À unr passante by Charles Baudelaire

117# In a station of the metro by Ezra Pound

118# The Fog by Carl Sandburg

119# The Yellow Fog by T.S. Eliot

120# On first looking into Chapman’s Homer by John Keats

121# the Road Not Taken by Robert Frisr

122# Paradise Lost  Book 1 & 10 by John Milton X

123# The Victory Lap by George Saunders

124# The Tempest by William Shakespeare

125# The Vanity Of Human Wishes by Samuel Johnson

126# Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

127# When to Her Lute Corinna Sings by Thomas Campion

128# Sir Patrick Spens by Anonymous

129# Ballad of Birmingham by Dudley Randall

130# A Prayer, Living and Dying by Augustus Montague Toplady

131# Homage to the Empress of the Blues by Robert Hayden

132# The Times They Are A-Changin’ *

133# Listening to Bob Dylan, 2005!by Linda Pastan

134# Hip Hop by Mos Deff

135# Elvis in the Inner City by Jose B. Gonzalez

136# Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost*

137# Terza Roma by Richard Wilbur

138# Stanza from The Eve of St. Agnes by John Keats

139# Stanza from His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell

140# Stanza from Sound and Sense by Alexander’s Pope

141# Stanza from The Word Plum by Helen Chasin

142# Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas

143# Myth by Natasha Trethewey

144# Sestina by Elizabeth Bishop

145# Sestina: Like by A.E. Stallings

146# l)a by E.E Cummings

147# Buffalo Bill by E.E Cummings

148# Easter Wings by George Herbert

149# Women by May Swenson

150# Upon the breeze she spread her golden hair by Franceso Petrarch

151# My lady’s presence makes the roses red by Henry Constance

152# My mistress’s eyes are nothing like the sun by William Shakespeare

153# Not marble, nor the gilded monuments by William Shakespeare

154# Let me no to the marriage of true minds by William Shakespeare

155# When I consider how my light is spent by John Milton

156# Nuns Fret Not by William Wordsworth

157# The world is too much with us by William Wordsworth

158# Do I love thee? By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

159# In an Artist’s Studio by Christina Rossetti

160# What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why by Edna St. Vincent Millay

161# Women have loved before as I love now by Edna St. Vincent Millay

162# I, being born a woman and distressed by Edna St. Vincent Millay

163# I will put Chaos in fourteen lines by Edna St. Vincent Millay

164# First Fight. Then Fiddle by Gwendolyn Brooks

165# In the Park by Gwen Harwood

166# Something Like a Sonnet for Phillis Miracle Wheatley by June Jordan

167# Sonnet by Billy Collins

168# Dim Lights by Harryette Mullen

169# Redefininy Realmess by Janet Mock

170# Lusus Naturae by Margaret Atwood

171# The House Of Asterion by Jorge Luis Borges

172# Death Fuge by Michael Hamburger

173# Clifford’s Place by Jamel Bickerly

174# We are seven by William Wordsworth

175# Lines written in early spring by William Wordsworth

176# Expostulation and Reply by William Wordsworth

177# The Tables Turned by William Wordsworth

178# Lines by William Wordsworth

179# Recitatif by Toni Morrison

180# Volar by Judith Ortiz Cofer

181# The Management Of Grief by Bharati Mukherjee

182# Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

183# Jesus Saves by David Sedaris

184# Disabled by Wilfred Owen

185# My Father’s Garden by David Wagoner

186# Practicing by Marie Howe

187# O my pa-pa by Bob Hicok

189# Mr. T- by Terrance Hayes

190# Late Aubade by James Richardson

191# Carp Poem by Terrance Hayes

192# Pilgrimage by Natasha Trethewey

193# Tu Do Street by Yuaef Lomunyakaa

194# Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich

195# Elena by Pat Mora

196# Gentle Communion by Pat Mora

197# Mothers & Daughters by Pat Mora

198# La Migra by Pat Mora

199# Ode to Adobe by Pat Mora

200# Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy

201# The Silken Tent by Robert Frost

202# Metaphors by Sylvia Plath

203# The Vine by James Thomsen

204# Questions by May Swenson

205# A Just Man by Attila József

206# the norton anthology of world literature

207# Pan’s Labyrinth by Gullernio de Toro and Cornelia Funke Xw

208# The prince and the dressmaker by Jen Wang

209# Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics by Jason Porath

210# The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

[cheshirelibrary]

27 YA Paperback Books For Your Winter Reading

[via Book Riot]

Happy winter! A lot of readers think fall is the ideal reading season, but I tend to think it’s winter: cold days and long nights are an excellent excuse for staying in, sipping tea, and falling deep into a book. Perhaps even a YA paperback book. If you’re looking for a solid YA read—these titles are all coming out in paperback this winter.:

The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti

A List of Cages by Robin Roe

After The Fall by Kate Hart

Asking For It by Louise O’Neill

Borrowed Names by Jeannine Atkins

Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard

Glitter by Aprilynne Pike

Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist

Maresi by Maria Turtschaninoff

The Plot to Kill Hitler by Patricia McCormick

RoseBlood by AG Howard

The Truth of Right Now by Kara Lee Corthron

The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

You Don’t Know My Name by Kristen Orlando

The You I’ve Never Known by Ellen Hopkins

At The Edge of The Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham

A Good Idea by Cristina Moracho

History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

Nemesis by Brendan Reichs

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst

Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Spindle Fire by Lexa Hillyer

When The Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones

[paperfury]

I’ve been tagged by @just-your-average-bookworm​ for the Valentine’s Day Book Tag!

Standalone Book You Love 

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater <3

Dystopian Books You Love

Shh I’m about to be cliche but THE HUNGER GAMES. It started me devouring YA so basically I blame it for all the things.

A Book You Love That No One Else Does

Well SOMEONE out there will always love a book that I love. It got published after all??? But barely anyone seems to love Roseblood by AG Howard like I do! THAT BOOK. ADORATION.

Favourite Fictional Couple

Adam and Ronan

Tric and Mia

Sean and Puck

Kell and Lila

Isabel and Simon

Cole and Isabel

Blue and Gansey

Alec and Magnus

Morpheus and Alyssa

Scarlet and Wolf

Arin and Kestrel

Blue and Simon

Matthias and Nina

NEED I GO ON AND LIST A MILLION <3 <3

Who Would Be Your Fictional Boyfriend/Girlfriend

I would much rather just marry my bookshelf tbh.

What Book Do You Read On Valentine’s Day

None! I was actually neck deep in writing my own book on the 14th...and to celebrate the infamous Valentines, I let the little adorable couple in my book kiss and then THEIR SHIP SUNK HORRIBLY AND EVERYONE DIED. I’m such a sweet writer, I know, I know.

[yainterrobang]

What new YA books release this week?

What January YA books release this week? We have a list of this week’s new YA books!

U.S.

The Alchemists of Loom (Loom Saga #1) by Elise Kova Publisher: Keymaster Press Release date: January 10th Ari lost everything she once loved when the Five Guilds’ resistance fell. Now, she uses her unparalleled gift for clockwork machinery to contribute to a thriving underground organ market.

Beheld (Kendra Chronicles #4) by Alex Flinn Publisher: HarperTeen Release date: January 10th Kendra has tangled with witch hunters and wolves, helped a miller’s daughter spin straw into gold, cowered in London as German bombs fell. But her powers have limits, and immortality can be lonely.

Factory Girl by Josanne La Valley Publisher: Clarion Books Release date: January 10th Roshen, sixteen, must leave her rural home to work in a factory in the south of China. There she finds arduous and degrading conditions and contempt for her minority (Uyghur) background.

Frostblood (Frostblood #1) by Elly Blake Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Release date: January 10th Ruby is a fireblood who must hide her powers from the cruel frostblood ruling class that wants to destroy all that are left of her kind. When her mother is killed for protecting her all she wants is revenge.

The Last Harvest by Kim Liggett Publisher: Tor Teen Release date: January 10th on the anniversary of his father’s death, the whole town's looking at Clay like he might go over the edge. Even as Clay tries to reassure himself, creepy glances turn to sinister stares.

A List of Cages by Robin Roe Publisher: Disney Hyperion Release date: January 10th Adam thinks aiding the school psychologist will be easy. Then the doctor asks him to track down a troubled freshman, and he discovers that the boy is his foster brother, who he hasn't seen in five years.

Poison's Kiss (Poison's Kiss #1) by Breeana Shields Publisher: Random House Release date: January 10th Marinda has kissed dozens of boys. They all die afterward. It’s a miserable life, but being a visha kanya is what she was created to do. Marinda serves the Raja by dispatching his enemies with her lips as a weapon.

RoseBlood by A.G. Howard Publisher: Amulet Books Release date: January 10th In this modern spin on Leroux’s gothic tale of madness, seventeen-year-old Rune Germain has a mysterious affliction linked to her operatic talent, and a horrifying mistake she’s trying to hide.

Teen Hyde (High School Horror Story #2) by Chandler Baker Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Release date: January 10th Cassidy Hyde’s life was perfect until the first time she takes Sunshine. A little memory loss seems like a small price to pay for the drug… at least until boys start to go missing…

Windwitch (The Witchlands #2) by Susan Dennard Publisher: Tor Teen Release date: January 10th After an explosion destroys his ship, the world believes Prince Merik, Windwitch, is dead. Scarred yet alive, Merik haunts the streets of the capital, determined to prove his sister’s treachery.

You Don't Know My Name (The Black Angel Chronicles #1) by Kristen Orlando Publisher: Swoon Reads Release date: January 10th Trained in mortal combat and weaponry, Reagan is expected to join the most powerful top-secret agency in the world. Falling in love with the boy next door was never part of the plan.

Pushing the Boundaries (Off-Limits #1) by Stacey Trombley Publisher: Entangled Teen Release date: January 16th Myra goes to Haiti to take a photograph that will win a scholarship and prove that she has what it takes to be a photographer. She didn’t expect the hot teen translator.

U.K.

The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr Publisher: Penguin Release date: January 12th Flora Banks has no short-term memory. That is, until she kisses Drake the night before he leaves town. Miraculously, this one memory breaks through Flora's fractured mind, and sticks.

A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books Release date: January 12th Steffi is a selective mute and she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees her. He's deaf, and her knowledge of basic sign language means that they can communicate.

Check out new YA covers that hit the web this week!

[journeyintotheshelves]

Tuesday’s Treats is a weekly blog post dedicated to newly released books that I’m most excited for. (Books are in no particular order.)

All books featured this week will be released: JANUARY 10th

1. Windwitch (The Witchlands: 2): Susan Dennard (goodreads) (book depository)

(This was initially included in last week’s Tuesday’s Treats because, apparently, I don’t know how to read dates anymore. It must mean I’m just super excited for this book. Ha ha.)

I’ve heard such fantastic things about the first book in this series, Truthwitch; I’m so upset with myself that I was unable to read it last year. But now, since the sequel is being released I hope to catch up with this series. Truthwitch follows the story of Safiya and Iseult - two best friends with a taste for trouble - as they try to avoid capture since Safi is a rare Truthwtich: a witch who can tell truth from lies. But nothing is as easy as it seems…

YA Fantasy; Tor Teen, Hardcover (US)

2. The Alchemists of Loom (Loom Saga: 1): Elise Kova (goodreads) (book depository)

Steampunk is a genre that I haven’t read much, but interests me immensely. So once I heard about this book, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy.

The Alchemists of Loom follows the story of Ari, a rebellious engineer, who actively contributes to the underground organ market in Loom and sells her magical talents to anyone who wants them — as long as the job goes against the Dragon King who took everything from her. When she meets Cvareh, a social outcast hoping to bring his family out of the depths of society, she sees an opportunity to strike at the heart of the Dragon King and finally exact her revenge.

YA Fantasy, Steampunk; Keymaster Press, Hardcover (US)

3. The Bear and the Nightingale: Katherine Arden (goodreads) (book depository)

Unlike many people, Vasilisa doesn’t mind the harsh Russian winters that she and her family have to endure in their house in the Russian wilderness. She loves spending time with her siblings, listening to fairy tales and honoring the spirits of the house. After Vasilisa’s mother dies, her father journeys to Moscow and comes how with a new bride, everything in the house changes and Vasilisa is no longer allowed to honor the household spirits. But, unlike the rest of her family, she knows that their survival depends on these honorings and it is up to her to protect her family from a threat only she imagined was real.

Fantasy, Historical Fiction; Del Rey/Random House, Hardcover (US)

4. RoseBlood: A. G. Howard (goodreads) (book depository)

The Phantom of the Opera is a story that I’ve loved from afar for a very long time (I’ve never read the book nor seen the show, but I know the story in the most general form) so as soon as I heard about this retelling, I was so excited. A story about love and music with a bit of mystery? You can’t ask for more, really.

YA Fantasy, Retelling, Romance; Amulet Books, Hardcover (US)

5. Poison's Kiss (Poison's Kiss: 1): Breeana Shields (goodreads) (book depository)

Marinda's kiss kills. She hates it, but as a visha kanya that was what she was born to do, so she serves the Raja with a simple peck. When she’s ordered to kill Deven, a boy she knows can’t be a danger to the Raja, she begins to question everything about her orders and her life. Based on Indian folklore, Poison’s Kiss sounds like an interesting read that can lead just about anywhere.

YA Fantasy; Random House, Hardcover (US)

6. Frostblood (Frostblood Saga: 1): Elly Blake (goodreads) (book depository)

Ruby is a fireblood and must hide her powers from the frostblood ruling class who are hellbent on destroying all of her kind. When Ruby’s mother is killed for protecting her, Ruby agrees to help a rebel group kill the cruel king. All too quickly, she is captured and forced to participate in the king’s tournaments that pit firebloods and frostbloods against one another. However, despite being a prisoner, this may just be Ruby’s one chance to kill the king, exact her revenge, and change her world as she knows it.

YA Fantasy; Little, Brown/Hachette, Hardcover (US)

7. A List of Cages: Robin Roe (goodreads) (book depository)

Adam thinks he has it made when he lands a spot as an aide to the school psychologist as his elective. Then the doctor asks him to find a student who keeps avoiding her and he discovers that it’s Julian, his foster brother that he hasn’t seen in five years. The more time Adam spends with Julian, the more time he realizes that Julian is dealing with more things than Adam could possibly dream about, and he’s determined to help him in any way that he can.

YA Contemporary Fiction; Disney-Hyperion, Hardcover (US)

8. Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day: Seanan McGuire (goodreads) (book depository)

So, I read Seanan McGuire for the first time last year (Every Heart a Doorway; review here), and absolutely loved her writing style and the way she tells a story. Even though they’re short, they pack a punch and her newest, Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day hopefully won’t be any different.

The story follows Jenna, a girl who dies too soon and, therefore, lives the rest of her days as a ghost in New York City. And something is coming for ghosts — something that isn’t death.

Fantasy, Horror; Tor, Hardcover (US)

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January Book Haul

Physical Books: IT by Stephen King History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera RoseBlood by A.G. Howard

Ebooks: Paper Princess by Erin Watt Palm Trees in the Snow by Luz Gabás The Trapped Girl by Robert Dugoni via Goodreads giveaway Her Final Breath by Robert Dugoni

Audiobooks: Good As Gone by Amy Gentry

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It’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted on tumblr. So I’d love for all of you to meet my eso oc: Adam Roseblood. He’s a chaotic evil werewolf pirate with several charges on his head and a winning smile!

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Adam fishing with his Father (He’s a nord but he made Adam a werewolf so he considers him he papa)