In the fashion of one of my favorite books and movies, I’m going to do this list High Fidelity style and let you in on the top five books I am most excited to read in 2012.
#1) FEVER by: Lauren DeStefano
Okay, this must be the year for dystopian because I’ll admit that three of the five books on my list are just that. If you read the first book in this series WITHERED you know why this book is on my list. In my eyes Lauren DeStefano pushed the boundaries of young adult literature with this idea and I love her for it. Withered was heartbreaking, beautiful and in no way did the author walk over egg shells for the reader. Withered is a dystopian with a sister wives twist that I can only describe as genius. I am jumping out of my skin for the next installment in this series.
#2) INSURGENT by: Veronica Roth
Next up on the list is also the second book in a dystopian series. I actually just read Divergent at the end of 2011 but I finished it in one night. I loved it.Divergent had me on the edge of my seat, my heart in my throat, and tears in my eyes. I could not get over how perfectly plotted it was. How vivid the world was. How attached to the characters I got. And if an amazing story isn’t enough to make me want to read the next book in this series I have one word that is enough. Four. The most swoon worthy male lead I have read in a very long time. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for Four and Tris next.
#3) GRAVITY by: Melissa West
By this point you can see that I love dystopian. But this is one I am going nuts waiting to read! This is the first for debut author Melissa West and is sure to make waves in the young adult community. Here is the blurb for this hot new YA read.
In the future, only one rule will matter: Don’t. Ever. Peek.
Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed–arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die.
Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention. She’s a military legacy who’s been trained by her father and exposed to war strategies and societal information no one can know–especially an alien spy, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the information he needs will betray her father and her country, but keeping silent will start a war.
#4) LOTHAIR by Kresley Cole
Okay this one is sort of a cheat. This was on my list for most anticipated books for 2012 but I’ve already read it since it was released in January. But I can’t leave it off of the list. It’s too good. As a HUGE Kresley Cole fan I have been salivating over this book for months. Anyone who reads the Immortals After Dark series had to have been too, because we were finally going to get a look at the infamous Lothair. The most evil vampire in all the Lore. And let me tell you this book did not disappoint. The longest of all ten books I still managed to devour it in two nights flat. Can’t wait for the next installment in this series!
#5) MY SUPER SWEET SIXTEENTH CENTURY by: Rachel Harris
If you know me than you know I am sucker for time travel and romance. Lucky me this book has both! And to top it all off it’s set in Italy! One of my favorite places in the world. When I read the blurb to this
upcoming hot young adult novel I was hooked. Here’s the blurb.
On the precipice of her sixteenth birthday, the last thing lone wolf Cat Crawford wants is an extravagant gala thrown by her bubbly stepmother and well-meaning father. So even though Cat knows the family’s trip to Florence, Italy, is a peace offering, she embraces the magical city and all it offers. But when her curiosity leads her to an unusual gypsy tent, she exits . . . right into Renaissance Firenze.
Thrust into the sixteenth century armed with only a backpack full of contraband future items, Cat joins up with her ancestors, the sweet Alessandra and protective Cipriano, and soon falls for the gorgeous aspiring artist Lorenzo. But when the much-older Niccolo starts sniffing around, Cat realizes that an unwanted birthday party is nothing compared to an unwanted suitor full of creeptastic amore.
Can she find her way back to modern times before her Italian adventure turns into an Italian forever?
So there you have it! A peek at the books that I am dying to get on my bookshelf in 2012. What books are you waiting for this year?
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