{Planned Reads} May 2017

 

So I’m much more excited about my reading prospects this month than I was going into last month. I’ve just finished my busiest semester at school ever and I’m going to have way more free time on my hand. I’m still not going to go crazy in this post, because I’m anticipating my planned TBR will change a little bit as the month goes on. I always end up requesting more ARCs, and I’ve been entertaining the notion of joining in some blog tours as well.

Still, here are the books I’m most looking forward to reading this month.

{Planned Reads} May 2017

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Hunted
by Megan Spooner

Beauty is pitted against the Beast in this dark fairytale retelling of the classic tale. When Yeva’s father goes missing while out on a hunt, Yeva gets more than she bargained for when she sets out to bring him home.

I bought this book last month and recently started reading it in a Buddy-read with a friend. I’m about 50% in at the moment and going to stay mum on how I’m feeling right now so you can all be surprised when the review drops. 😉

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Sleep Tight
by Caroline Mitchell

Detective Ruby Preston is back on the case; hunting down killer who models his victims off of old fairytales. When evidence begins to point towards her ex, Nathan, Ruby tries to prove his innocence while questioning if she really knows him at all.

This is the second in the Detective Ruby Preston crime series. I really enjoyed book one, which I bought when I was approved for this sequel on Netgalley. I’m reading this right now, and I will say that it’s definitely not let me down! Review to come shortly!

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The Heart of Betrayal
by Mary E. Pearson

Trapped in a dangerous situation and wrestling with her newfound gift, Lia tries to navigate foreign politics that may alter her own destiny forever.

I’m really excited to see where this story goes! I read and reviewed The Kiss of Deception earlier this month and thought it was a shining, underrated gem in the YA fantasy genre, so I hope I like this just as much!

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Valour
by John Gwynne

In this return to the Banished Lands, the heroes struggle to pull themselves together after tremendous betrayal and loss as a new, otherworldly threat begins to stir. 

I am so excited to be jumping back into this series! I had hoped to get to this last month after reading and reviewing book one in the series, Malice, but I just didn’t have the time for it thanks to school.

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians – The Sea of Monsters
by Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson is back, this time tasked with retrieving the golden fleece before Camp Halfblood is destroyed. 

I absolutely loved the first book, which I read earlier this year. I wanted to read this last month, but again, school got in the way. I’ve literally placed this book on my bedside table, to force myself to prioritize it after Hunted. 

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Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault
by Candace Robinson

People in the town of Deer Park, Texas are going missing just as a strange new museum known as Quinsey Wolfe’s Glass Vault springs up over night. When Perri’s best friend goes missing, she enlists her best friend August to help her search the mysterious Glass Vault. 

One of my blogging buddies/friends on Goodreads is trying her hand at putting her work out into the world and asked that I read and review it. I’m excited and honored she’s given me the opportunity.

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Deep Blue
by Jennifer Donnelly

A darkness befalls the underwater kingdom of Miromara when their queen is attacked. Serafina, her daughter, begins a quest to find the assassin’s master and prevent war from consuming the nation. 

Okay, this one is a bit strange, I admit, but I had the strangest desire to read a book about mermaids, and after a lot of suggestions from my friends on Goodreads, this series has caught my eye. So yeah, I’ll be starting yet another series. I just want some underwater, magical goodness.

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Shadow and Bone
by Leigh Bardugo

When Alina Starkov’s regiment is attacked, she discovers a great power that had laid dormant inside herself. She is whisked away to the Royal Court to be trained as a Grisha, where nothing is as it seems. 

That’s right, I am finally committing to starting the Grisha trilogy this month! I’ve heard such great things, I really do need to get moving on it!

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That’s it! Those are my planned reads I hope to get through for the month. I think 8 is a healthy amount. Again, I’m expecting it to change a bit as the month goes along, because I’m going to try to jump into some blog tours if I get the opportunity, but I think this is the starting point I’m most eager to follow.

Have you read any of these? What did you think of them? 

Thanks for reading!

xoxo