New YA: May 8-14.

New hardbacks:

The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls, by Julie Schumacher:

Some of her questions do get asked and answered, others don't. On one hand, in that regard, it's the most realistic book I've read in a while. On the other, it definitely feels like a Literary Fiction Book on a Summer Reading List. Not because of any literary pyrotechnics—Adrienne's voice is very straight-forward and frank—but because of the plotline and again, the feel.

Enchanted, by Alethea Kontis:

Diana Wynne Jones is clearly an influence here. There are a bazillon seemingly unrelated threads that don't always seem to jive—sometimes they even seem extraneous—at the time, but by the end, everything somehow magically fits together. Magically, mind you. It doesn't feel contrived or forced. It feels inevitable and right, as a fairy tale should.

A Troublesome Boy, by Paul Vasey

Teen Boat!, by Dave Roman and John Green

Until I Die (Revenants), by Amy Plum

Wuftoom, by Mary G. Thompson

The Hunt, by Andrew Fukuda

In Honor, by Jessi Kirby

Jersey Angel, by Beth Ann Bauman

Ladies in Waiting, by Laura L. Sullivan:

LONG, LONG, LONG STORY SHORT: DON'T LISTEN TO THE AMAZON REVIEWERS. THIS BOOK IS BOSS.

Never Fall Down, by Patricia McCormick:

So often, authors write—and we read—survival stories for pure entertainment. As you may have gathered, Never Fall Down doesn't read like that: rather, it reads as testimony from someone who witnessed (and survived) something that just shouldn't be. And, as with Between Shades of Gray last year, in reading it, it makes us witnesses as well, albeit a few very large steps removed.

The Princesses of Iowa, by M. Molly Backes

Second Chance Summer, by Morgan Matson

Shayla Witherwood: A Half-Faerie Tale, by Tamra Norton

Steampunk: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, by Zdenko Basic and Manuel Sumberac

Struck, by Jennifer Bosworth

Abandon Book 2: Underworld, by Meg Cabot

City of Lost Souls (Mortal Instruments), by Cassandra Clare

Endure (Need), by Carrie Jones

Fall from Grace, by Charles Benoit

First Comes Love, by Katie Kacvinsky

Flora's Fury: How a Girl of Spirit and a Red Dog Confound Their Friends, Astound Their Enemies, and Learn the Importance of Packing Light, by Ysabeau S. Wilce

Happy Families, by Tanita S. Davis

Hemlock, by Kathleen Peacock

New paperbacks (of titles I've read):

Kiss of Death (Scarlett Wakefield Series), by Lauren Henderson:

But, overall... it was just... lacking. Lacking in the spunky verve of the first two books, lacking in the suspense and romance, and lacking in the energy, period. Some of the lethargic feel can be chalked up to Scarlett's general emotional state, but not all of it. Kiss of Death just didn't POP! like the first two.

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, by Lish McBride:

I don't know if there's a way, in text, for me to convey just how much I loved this book. Any attempt would involve WAAAAAAAAHEYHEY more exclamation points, capital letters and hearts than ANYONE should be subjected to on a Monday morning.