2014 is
coming to a close, meaning that a whole new year’s set of books are soon coming
out! Here is a list of 20 books releasing in January, 2015.
Title: All the Bright Places
Author: Jennifer Niven
Publisher: Knopf
Date: January 6th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb :
The Fault
in Our Stars meets Eleanor
and Park in this compelling, exhilarating, and beautiful story about a girl who
learns to live from a boy who intends to die.
Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill
himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.
Violet Markey lives for
the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana
town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister's recent death.
When Finch and
Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves
whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of
their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only
with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s
not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to
count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s
begins to shrink.
This is an intense,
gripping novel perfect for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle
Forman, and Jenny Downham from a talented new voice in YA, Jennifer Niven
Title: Ensnared
Author: A. G. Howard
Publisher: Amulet Books
Date: January 6th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
After surviving a disastrous
battle at prom, Alyssa has embraced her madness and gained perspective. She's
determined to rescue her two worlds and the people and netherlings she loves.
Even if it means challenging Queen Red to a final battle of wills and wiles . .
. and even if the only way to Wonderland, now that the rabbit hole is closed,
is through the looking-glass world--a parallel dimension filled with mutated
and violent netherling outcasts. In the final installment of the wildly popular
Splintered trilogy, Alyssa and her dad journey into the heart of magic and
mayhem in search of her mom and to set right all that's gone wrong. Together
with Jeb and Morpheus, they must salvage Wonderland from the decay and
destruction that has ensnared it. But if they succeed and come out alive, can
everyone truly have their happily ever after?
Title: Fire Fall (Dark Star #3)
Author: Bethany Frenette
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Date: January 6th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
In the exciting conclusion to
the Dark Star trilogy, Audrey Whitticomb is faced with a tough decision: save
her people from the demons known as Harrowers, or save her best friend from
certain death?
Audrey Whitticomb
wants to be a Guardian like her superhero mom, Morning Star, and her superhot
boyfriend, Leon. But at seventeen, Audrey still hasn't been called--unlike
reluctant Tink, who'd rather not deal with all those scaly-skinned, red-eyed
demons.
The truth: Audrey
can no longer fight her fate. She has a different role to play.
The Beneath is
waking. Demons are rising. Friends are falling. And the future is waiting. Will
Audrey stop the Harrowing in time to save the Kin? Or will she save her best
friend, Gideon, from certain death? Can Audrey find the power and the courage
to act before it's too late?
Title: Firefight (Reckoners #2)
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Date: January 6th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
From the #1 "New York
Times" bestselling author of Words of Radiance coauthor of Robert Jordan's
Wheel of Time series, and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn
Trilogy, Brandon Sanderson presents the second book in the Reckoners series:
Firefight, the sequel to the #1 bestseller Steelheart.
They told David it
was impossible--that even the Reckoners had never killed a High Epic. Yet,
Steelheart--invincible, immortal, unconquerable--is dead. And he died by
David's hand.
Eliminating
Steelheart was supposed to make life more simple. Instead, it only made David
realize he has questions. Big ones. And there's no one in Newcago who can give
him the answers he needs.
Babylon Restored,
the old borough of Manhattan, has possibilities, though. Ruled by the
mysterious High Epic, Regalia, David is sure Babylon Restored will lead him to
what he needs to find. And while entering another city oppressed by a High Epic
despot is a gamble, David's willing to risk it. Because killing Steelheart left
a hole in David's heart. A hole where his thirst for vengeance once lived. Somehow,
he filled that hole with another Epic--Firefight. And he's willing to go on a
quest darker, and more dangerous even, than the fight against Steelheart to
find her, and to get his answers.
Title: Frostfire
Author: Amanda Hocking
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date: January 6th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
Bryn Aven is an outcast among
the Kanin, the most powerful of the troll tribes.
Set apart by her heritage and her past, Bryn is a tracker who's determined to
become a respected part of her world. She has just one goal: become a member of
the elite King’s Guard to protect the royal family. She's not going to let anything
stand in her way, not even a forbidden romance with her boss Ridley Dresden.
But all her plans for the future are put on hold when Konstantin– a fallen hero
she once loved – begins kidnapping changelings. Bryn is sent in to help stop
him, but will she lose her heart in the process?
Title: Golden Son (Red Rising Trilogy #2)
Author: Pierce Brown
Publisher: Random House
Date: January 6th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
With shades of The Hunger Games, Ender’s Game, and Game of Thrones, debut author Pierce Brown’s genre-defying epic Red Rising hit the ground running and wasted no
time becoming a sensation. Golden Son continues the stunning saga of
Darrow, a rebel forged by tragedy, battling to lead his oppressed people to
freedom from the overlords of a brutal elitist future built on lies. Now fully
embedded among the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his work to bring down
Society from within. A life-or-death tale of vengeance with an unforgettable
hero at its heart, Golden Songuarantees
Pierce Brown’s continuing status as one of fiction’s most exciting new voices.
Title: Hellhole
Author: Gina Damico
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers
Date: January 6th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
A devil is a bad influence . . .
There was a time
when geeky, squeaky-clean Max Kilgore would never lie or steal or even think about
murder. Then he accidentally unearths a devil, and Max’s choices are no longer
his own. The big red guy has a penchant for couch surfing and junk food—and you
should never underestimate evil on a sugar high.
With the help of
Lore, a former goth girl who knows a thing or two about the dark side, Max is
racing against the clock to get rid of the houseguest from hell before time,
and all the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos this side of the fiery abyss, run out.
Title: Infected
Author: Sophie Littlefield
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Date: January 6th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
The race-against-the-clock
feel of TV’s popular show 24 meets the action-packed romance of the film Run
Lola Run. This high-concept teen thriller sends readers on the race of their
lives.
Carina’s senior
year is spiraling downward. Fast. Both her mother and her uncle, the only two
family members she’s ever known, are dead. Their deaths were accidents,
unfortunate results of the highly confidential research they performed for a
national security organization. Or so she’s been told.
She’s not buying
it.
After finding a
unique code hidden beneath the stone in a ring her mother left to her, Carina
goes straight to the only family she has left: her boyfriend, Tanner.
The people Carina
loved kept dangerous secrets. Secrets that make her question the life she’s
been living up to now. Her life is on the line, but more importantly, so is
Tanner’s. And if she fails? He dies.
Title: Rogue Wave (Waterfire Saga #2)
Author: Jennifer Donnelly
Publisher: Disney Press
Date: January 6th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
Serafina, Neela, Ling, Ava,
Becca, and Astrid, six mermaids from realms scattered throughout the seas and
freshwaters, were summoned by the leader of the river witches to learn an
incredible truth: the mermaids are direct descendants of the Six Who
Ruled-powerful mages who once governed the lost empire of Atlantis. The ancient
evil that destroyed Atlantis is stirring again, and only the mermaids can
defeat it. To do so, they need to find magical talismans that belonged to the
Six.
Serafina believes
her talisman was buried with an old shipwreck. While researching its location,
she is almost discovered by a death rider patrol led by someone familiar. . . .
The pain of seeing him turned traitor is devastating.
Neela travels to
Matali to warn her parents of the grave threat facing their world. But they
find her story outlandish; a sign that she needs to be confined to her chamber
for rest and recovery. She escapes and travels to Kandina, where her talisman
is in the possession of fearsome razormouth dragons.
As they hunt for
their talismans, both Serafina and Neela find reserves of courage and cunning
they didn't know they possessed. They face down danger and death, only to
endure a game-changing betrayal, as shocking as a rogue wave.
Title: Save Me
Author: Jenny Elliott
Publisher: Swoon Reads
Date: January 6th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
Debut-novelist Jenny
Elliott’s thrilling romance, chosen by readers, writers, and publishers for the
first list in the new Swoon Reads imprint, pours on the tension and danger in
an addictive combination that will keep you turning pages!
Something strange
is going on in the tiny coastal town of Liberty, Oregon. Cara has never seen a
whale swim close enough for her to touch it—let alone knock her into the
freezing water. Fortunately, cute newcomer David is there to save her, and the
rescue leads to a bond deeper than Cara ever imagined.
But then she learns
something about David that changes everything, and Cara is devastated. She
turns to her best friend for support, but Rachel has changed. She’s suddenly
into witchcraft, and is becoming dangerously obsessed with her new boyfriend….
Cara has lost her best
friend, discovered that her soul mate is off limits, and has attracted the
attention of a stalker. But she’s not completely alone. Her mysterious,
gorgeous new friend Garren is there to support her. But is Garren possibly too perfect?
Title: Never Never
Author: Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher
Publisher: Hoover Ink
Date: January 11th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
Best friends since they could
walk. In love since the age of fourteen. Complete strangers since this morning.
He'll do anything
to remember. She'll do anything to forget.
Title: The Conspiracy of Us
Author: Maggie Hall
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Date: January 13th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
To fight her destiny as the
missing heir to a powerful and dangerous secret society, sixteen-year-old Avery
West must solve an ancient puzzle in a deadly race across Europe. Forbidden
love and code-breaking, masked balls and explosions, destiny and dark secrets
collide in this romantic thriller, in the vein of a YA DaVinci Code.
Avery West's
newfound family can shut down Prada at the Champs-Elysees when they want to
shop in peace, and can just as easily order a bombing when they want to start a
war.
They are part of a
powerful and dangerous secret society called the Circle of Twelve, and Avery is
their missing heir. If they discover who she is, some of them will want to use
her as a pawn. Some will want her dead.
To thwart their
plans, Avery must follow a trail of clues from the landmarks of Paris to the
back alleys of Istanbul and through a web of ancient legends and lies. And
unless she can stay one step ahead of beautiful, volatile Stellan, who knows
she’s more than she seems, and can decide whether to trust mysterious, magnetic
Jack, she may be doomed after all.
Title: The Darkest Part of the Forest
Author: Holly Black
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Date: January 13th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
Children can have a cruel,
absolute sense of justice. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of
themselves. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a
knight and a bard who battle evil. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s
been made for.
Hazel lives with
her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist
side by side. The faeries’ seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but
Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Or she
did, once.
At the center of it
all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. It rests right on the ground and in
it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Hazel and
Ben were both in love with him as children. The boy has slept there for generations,
never waking.
Until one day, he
does…
As the world turns
upside down, Hazel tries to remember her years pretending to be a knight. But
swept up in new love, shifting loyalties, and the fresh sting of betrayal, will
it be enough?
Title: Perfect Couple (Superlatives #2)
Author: Jennifer Echols
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Date: January 13th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
Can your heart be put to a
popular vote?
As yearbook
photographer, Harper is responsible for capturing those candid moments that
make high school memorable. But her own life is anything but picture perfect.
Her parents' bitter divorce has left her wondering what a loving relationship
would look like. And ever since the senior class voted her and star quarterback
Brody the “Perfect Couple That Never Was,” her friends have been on her case to
ask Brody out.
Brody doesn’t lack
in female admirers, but Harper can't see herself with him. He seems confused
about why they were matched together, too. They’re total opposites—the last
people in the world who would ever be compatible, let alone the “perfect
couple.” Yet ever since the class paired the two of them, they've found themselves
drawn together--first by curiosity, then by an undeniable bond.
The trouble is,
though they're very attracted to each other and both of them admit this, they
have a hard time getting along or even communicating clearly. If they’re the
perfect couple, this shouldn’t be so difficult! Soon it becomes clear their
class was wrong, and they throw in the towel. But after they walk away, both of
them feel so changed from making the effort that they can’t forget each other.
What if that means this match made in hell is the perfect couple after all?
Title: Unmade (Entangled #2)
Author: Amy Rose Capetta
Publisher: Houghton Miffin Harcourt Books for Young Readers
Date: January 13th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
Cadence is in a race against
time and space to save her family and friends from the Unmakers, who are
tracking the last vestiges of humanity across the cosmos. As the epic battle
begins, Cade learns that letting people in also means letting them go. The
universe spins out of control and Cade alone must face the music in the
page-turning conclusion to Entangled.
Title: The Prey
Author: Tom Isbell
Publisher: Harper Teen
Date: January 20th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
A hot debut trilogy and a
riveting story of survival, courage, and romance in a future where creating a
master civilization is the only thing prized, no matter the method. After the
Omega (the end of the end), 16 year old guys known as LTs discover their
overseers are raising them not to be soldiers (lieutenants) as promised, but to
be sold as bait because of their Less Than status and hunted for sport. They
escape and join forces with a girls’ camp, the Sisters, who have been
imprisoned and experimented on for the "good of the Republic," by a
government eager to use twins in their dark research. In their plight for
freedom, these heroes must find the best in themselves to fight against the
worst in their enemies.
Title: A Cold Legacy (The Madman’s Daughter #3)
Author: Megan Sheperd
Publisher: Harper Collins
Date: January 27th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
After killing the men who
tried to steal her father’s research, Juliet—along with Montgomery, Lucy,
Balthazar, and a deathly ill Edward—has escaped to a remote estate on the
Scottish moors. Owned by the enigmatic Elizabeth von Stein, the mansion is full
of mysteries and unexplained oddities: dead bodies in the basement, secret
passages, and fortune-tellers who seem to know Juliet’s secrets. Though it appears
to be a safe haven, Juliet fears new dangers may be present within the manor’s
own walls.
Then Juliet
uncovers the truth about the manor’s long history of scientific
experimentation—and her own intended role in it—forcing her to determine where
the line falls between right and wrong, life and death, magic and science, and
promises and secrets. And she must decide if she’ll follow her father’s dark
footsteps or her mother’s tragic ones, or whether she’ll make her own.
With inspiration
from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, this breathless conclusion to the Madman’s
Daughter trilogy is about the things we’ll sacrifice to save those we love—even
our own humanity.
Title: All Fall Down
Author: Ally Carter
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Date: January 27th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
Grace can best be described
as a daredevil, an Army brat, and a rebel. She is also the only granddaughter
of perhaps the most powerful ambassador in the world and Grace has spent every
summer of her childhood running across the roofs of Embassy Row.
Now, at age
sixteen, she's come back to stay - in order to solve the mystery of her
mother's death. In the process, she uncovers an international conspiracy of
unsettling proportions, and must choose her friends and watch her foes
carefully if she and the world are to be saved.
Title: Chaos (Fates #2)
Author: Lanie Bross
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Date: January 27th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
Can they change their destiny?
They kissed only
once—and it was electric, like the air before a storm. But Corinthe and Luc
broke the rules of the universe, and learned too late that their love would
have consequences. In the dizzying aftermath, Luc refuses to accept his
destiny—not if it means a life without Corinthe. As a fire rages through the
Crossroads that connect worlds, Luc must find a way to turn back time and save
Corinthe once and for all.
Meanwhile, Luc's
15-year-old sister Jasmine starts to realize things are not as they seem when
time begins stuttering, sending her everyday life in San Francisco spinning
into chaos. She’s thrown into the path of Ford, a troubled soul with a secret
past, who helps her unravel the mysterious threads that connect them all.
Two breathtaking
romances interweave across time in this story of what lies on the other side of
Fate, as both Jas and Luc discover the incredible lengths they will go for love.
Title: Tear You Apart
Author: Sarah Cross
Publisher: Egmont
Date: January
27th, 2015
Goodreads Blurb:
An edgy fairy tale retelling
of "Snow White" set in the world of Kill Me Softly for fans of Once Upon a Time and
Grimm.
Faced with a
possible loophole to her "Snow White" curse, Viv goes underground,
literally, to find the prince who's fated to rescue her. But is life safe in
the Underworld worth the price of sacrficing the love that might kill her?
