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February 5: Upcoming Releases I’m On the Fence About (these are the books you need help deciding if they’re worth adding to your TBR or not.)
A few of these are coming out today, but were upcoming as I wrote the draft. Alphabetical as always.
- City in the Middle of the Night; Charlie Jane Anders. A hyped book that caught my eye, which may or may not live up to its reputation.
2. To Kill a Kingdom; Alexandra Christo. Does this Little Mermaid retelling live up to the hype?
3. Freshwater; Akwaeke Emezi. It sounds great, but it’s described as ‘unsettling.’ Just how much, though? I don’t need nightmares.
4. The Cerulean; Amy Ewing. It looks pretty, but the ratings aren’t great.
5. The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls; Anissa Gray. It looks good, but maybe too dark.
6. I Owe You One; Sophie Kinsella. I’ve had mixed reactions to her books.
7. Warrior of the Wild; Tricia Levenseller. Some reviews mention not great character development, so I’m concerned.
8. We Set the Dark on Fire; Tehlor Kay Mejia. Compared to the Handmaid’s Tale, and sometimes those comparisons don’t hold up. Hope this one does!
9. Polaris Rising; Jessie Mihalik. I love space opera–but only good space opera.
10. Four Dead Queens; Astrid Scholte. Another I hope lives up to its hype!
I never have read a Sophie K. book, but I downloaded the one on your list from NetGalley. Hopefully it’s good!
I hope so, too!
Four Dead Queens is on my list too! Snap haha!
Yeah, another hyped book that might or might not live up to it. We’ll see!
I’m genuinely not sure about Four Queens. I think it’s one of those that’s either going to be completely epic… or not work at all…
I haven’t read any of these but they sound so good!!
You could always add one or two to your TBR. I always do from TTT posts! 🙂
Haha I did, actually!! I added Four Dead Queens and one other that I don’t remember at the moment. 😅
I really want to read Warrior of the Wild so I will let you know. I haven’t read the other book. Though, I’m getting Cerulean this month and a little nervous about it too.
Well, I hope they’re both excellent!
I didn’t like Care and Feeding. It was dark and strange. I couldn’t relate. I’ll be curious to hear what others think…
I saw some reviews that said it was dark, and the multiple POVs were disjointed, yeah.
I’ve been meaning to read To Kill A Kingdom too, hopefully this year!
Hope you enjoy it!
I really want to read To Kill A Kingdom, but I just haven’t gotten around to it. I’m pretty excited about We Set the Dark on Fire though, the setting and plot seem very mysterious and mystery driven, which I normally don’t read. But the cover is so gorgeous and memorable it draws me in.
Happy reading!
I’m on the fence about Warrior of the Wild too.
You never can know if a book is as good as it sounds!
Yeah I think I’m going to wait a bit to see more reviews… then I’ll decide.
I haven’t read any of these books, so I don’t have any input to sway you one way or another. I would like to say that the cover for The Cerulean is probably one of the most stunning covers I’ve ever seen!
Right? So pretty!