Lore – Alexandra Bracken
Genre – YA Fantasy / Mythology / Urban Fantasy
Release date – 5th January 2021
Pages – 480
Ancient bloodline factions hunt temporarily mortal gods for seven days to gain their power and immortality. Greek gods, brutal games, reunions, revenge and plot twists.
Angel of Greenwood – Randi Pink
Genre – YA / Historical Fiction
Release date – 12th January 2021
Pages – 304
Follows Angel and Isaiah leading up to May 31, 1921, when a white mob descends on the community of Greenwood, a thriving black community. A historical YA set around and during the real-world Greenwood Massacre, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A story of love, self-discovery and tragedy.
A Vow So Bold and Deadly – Brigid Kemmerer
Genre – YA Fantasy
Release date – 26th January 2021
Pages – 416
Book 3 in the Cursebreakers trilogy, Emberfall is divided between Rhen and Grey. Ruling prince and rightful heir. Once, true trusted friends. What was originally a retelling of Beauty and the Beast has come a long way into its entirely own story. A Heart so Fierce and Broken set up an intense set of circumstances and we finally get to see them come to a head in the final instalment.
Wings of Ebony – J. Elle
Genre – YA Fantasy / Urban Fantasy
Release date – 26th January 2021
Pages – 368
Rue, a black teen, discovers godly ancestry. Powers to discover. An evil to defeat. I’m always eager to read a fantasy story with POC as the main characters.
The Project – Courtney Summers
Genre – YA Thriller / Mystery / Horror
Release date – 2nd February 2021
Pages – 352
Lo, recently orphaned, finds herself left with her great aunt. Her sister Bea has joined The Unity Project and Lo having opportunity present itself wants to get to the bottom of the groups cultish goings on.
The Gilded Ones – Namina Forna
Genre – YA Fantasy
Release date – 9th February 2021
Pages – 432
Deka, shunned from her own community for bleeding gold, an impurity, is offered a fate other than death. To join the alaki, near immortals with rare gifts, and fight for the emperor against his greatest threat. Another highly anticipated Fantasy with POC main characters and hopefully a depth of real-world relatable themes.
Later – Stephen King
Genre – Horror
Release date – 2nd March 2021
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Jamie has abilities his mum wants him to keep secret. What are the costs of Jamie’s powers and can he stand up to evil? Later, is bound to be another of my Stephen King favourites, claimed to be reminiscent of IT
The Lost Apothecary – Sarah Penner
Genre – Historical Fiction
Release date – 2nd March 2021
Pages – 320
An Apothecary dispensing well disguised poisons in attempt to liberate wronged women is at risk of her client registry being exposed. Meanwhile, in the present day, Caroline Parcewell stumbles upon one of the apothecary’s vials and a thread to uncovering the centuries unsolved “apothecary murders”.
Lost in the Never Woods – Aiden Thomas
Genre – YA Fantasy
Release date – 23rd March 2021
Pages – 384
A Peter Pan retelling of lost of lost children and Wendy pulled into the centre of the mystery. Wow, this cover is stunning!
House of Hollow – Krystal Sutherland
Genre – YA Fantasy / Horror
Release date – 6th April 2021
Pages – 352
Strange circumstances haunt Iris and her sisters, circumstances they can’t remember. When her eldest sister goes missing, Iris is confronted by re-emerging memories and horrors. Iris trails after her sister, unraveling their childhood mystery at the same time. What is her eldest sisters darkest secret?
Witches Steeped in Gold – Ciannon Smart
Genre – YA Fantasy
Release date – 20th April 2021
Pages – 544
Two enemy witches enter an alliance against a common threat. A Jamaican inspired fantasy with magic, betrayal and revenge.
Ace of Spades – Faridah Abike-Iyimide
Genre – YA Thriller / Contemporary
Release date – 10th June 2021
Pages – 480
Anonymous texter, Aces, brings two high school students deepest secrets to light at Niveus Private. Devon and Chiamaka are being personally targeted by Aces. Much more than a simple high school mystery.
Blood Like Magic – Liselle Sambury
Genre – YA Fantasy / Urban Fantasy
Release date – 15th June 2021
Pages – 496
Voya Thomas, born to a family of witches, needs to sacrifice her first love in order to save her family’s magic. Only problem is, she hasn’t had her first love. She’ll need to utilise a genetic matchmaking service in order to find him, and fast. Her blood is everything, but is she capable of sacrificing her morality for the sake of family duty?
Survive the Night – Riley Sager
Genre – Thriller / Mystery / Horror
Release date – 6th July 2021
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November 1991 – Charlie Jordan is stuck in a car with a could be serial killer, Josh. And they’re strapped for a long drive to Ohio. Both have reasons to get away, but Charlie finds Josh suspicious. Could she be riding in a car with the campus killer who murdered her best friend?
The Final Girl Support Group – Grady Hendrix
Genre – Horror
Release date – 13th July 2021
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Six girls survived their attempted murders. They’ve been in a survivors support group and meeting for nearly two decades. Now, someone is coming for them again.
The Taking of Jake Livingston – Ryan Douglass
Genre – YA Horror / Thriller
Release date – 13th July 2021
Pages – 308
One of the only black kids at St. Clair Prep, Jake Livingston, can see the dead. When he meets troubled dead sixteen year old Sawyer who is particularly malignant, bodies start to turn up in Jakes neighbourhood. Sawyer has particular plans for Jake.
The Dead and the Dark – Courtney Gould
Genre – YA Fantasy / Horror
Release date – 3rd August 2021
Pages – 352
Teenagers are disappearing in Snakebite, Oregon. Logan, daughter of TV famous ghost hunters, arrives in Snakebite sensing more hidden than it appears. Ashely’s dead boyfriends ghost is following her. Together the two team up to reveal the truths about the town, their families and themselves. Also some f/f romance here.
A Psalm of Storms and Silence – Roseanne A. Brown
Genre – YA Fantasy
Release date – 31st August 2021
Pages – 480
Finale of the west African folklore inspired duology, A song of wraiths and ruin. Following the events of the first book Karina and Malik must deal with the consequences. Karina, the loss of her throne, the search for her powers and the resurrection of her sister. Malik, his betrayal.
Empire of the Vampire – Jay Kristoff
Genre – Fantasy / Paranormal
Release date – 7th September 2021
Pages – 400
A dark fantasy saga where humans exist only in scattered settlements and vampires rule. Contrary to everyone else’s desire to rid the popularisation of vampire stories, I am obsessed with vampires and have been since I was a child. So I’m very eager to get my hands on this book. God I hope it’s good.
All of Us Villains – Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman
Genre – YA Fantasy
Release date – 9th November 2021
Pages -400
In every generation, seven families nominate a champion to compete in a tournament to the death. The winner controls the city of Ilvernath’s magic supply. This year each champion has a means to win and rewrite their story.
Within these Wicked Walls – Lauren Blackwood
Genre – YA Fantasy
Release date – 9th November 2021
Pages – 336
Ethiopian inspired fantasy retelling of Jane Eyre. Andromeda, an exorcist, accepts a job from handsome, young heir Magnus Rochester.