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What We Did to Each Other
Josuee Hernández Publisher: Flux / North Star Editions Pub Date: Jan. 1, 2025 Genre: YA Contemporary (Thriller, Multicultural) Synopsis: It’s the early 2010s, and seventeen-year-old Yesenia Rivera hates everything about her brown skin and wide nose, her curly hair and hand-me-down clothing, and her inability to fit in with either the Mexican girls or the white girls at her school. So when her mother’s new job requires them to uproot their lives and move to the Pacific Northwest, Yesenia devises a plan to remake herself completely. Cloaked in skin lightening cream, blue contact lenses, dyed-blonde hair, and a “whiter” name, Yesenia’s–aka Jessie’s–newfound ability to pass as white in her new school gets her the popularity she’s always dreamed of. Yet as her brazen confidence morphs into hubris, all it takes is a couple of slip-ups for someone to take notice. Guillermo Rivera—aka Willy, an easier-to-pronounce nickname bestowed upon him by his classmates—is no stranger to sticking out at their predominantly white high school, right down to his too-small wrestling shoes. Bothered by how little he’s able to help his low-income mother and seduced by the prospect of financial stability, he reluctantly settles into a flattened, stereotyped version of himself in exchange for being needed by his white peers. But when selling to Jessie's new friends pushes him farther out of his comfort zone and, dangerously, into theirs, both he and Jessie begin to suffer the mounting cost of what whiteness demands of them. The more they’re forced together, the more their tenuously crafted double lives threaten to crumble. Until one day, when those lives collide . . . Content Warning: Racism, colorism, drug use, emotional trauma, self-hate, violence.
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Josuee Hernandez is a writer based in Portland, Oregon. His debut YA novel, What We Did to Each Other, will be published by Flux in fall 2025. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Oregon, a Master of Arts in English Literature from Portland State University, and a Master of Arts in Education, also from Portland State University. When he’s not writing, he serves as an educator for K-12 youth.
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Bitten
Jordan Stephanie Gray Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers Pub Date: Sept. 30, 2025 Genre: YA Fantasy Synopsis: 'Crescent City' meets 'Fourth Wing' in this fast-paced and romantic debut, in which a teenage girl must survive ruthless werewolves, a glittering court, and deadly politics to exact revenge on the monsters who destroyed her. After a vicious werewolf attack on the night of her seventeenth birthday party, Vanessa Hart loses everything she loves in a split second. Her best friend, her father, and even her home. Bitten and imprisoned without explanation, Vanessa endures an agonizing transformation into the very beast that maimed her, and her captors make it clear she cannot escape: she will either swear her life to the Wolf Queen’s Court, or she will die. With no other choice, Vanessa joins their enchanted Castle Severi—where flowering vines grow through the walls, gifts are bestowed by the stars, and a claw can break through skin as easily as silk—but she hasn’t forgotten what they stole from her. Vanessa still seeks vengeance, scheming in the shadows even as she finds herself mesmerized by the golden prince Sinclair Severi, who threatens to steal her heart though he is promised to her nemesis. And by his brooding, disgraced cousin, Calix, whose smoldering gaze hides even darker secrets. Immersed in the magic of their whimsical yet cruel society, Vanessa soon learns not all is as it seems. The Court is at war, and she may simply be a pawn in its lethal game. Content Warning: murder
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Jordan Stephanie Gray is the debut author of the young adult werewolf romantasy, Bitten, and the adult mermaid romantasy, The Wicked Sea. When she isn’t dreaming up the fantastical and romantic, she is likely cuddling her two pugs and two chihuahuas in sunny Florida. You can follow her journey through up-to-date newsletters on Substack and on Instagram. 
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Hekate
Nikita Gill Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers Pub Date: Sept. 16, 2025 Genre: YA Fantasy Synopsis: A propulsive, electrifying and enraging retelling of the life of Greek goddess Hekate, child of war turned all-powerful goddess of witchcraft and necromancy by internationally bestselling poet Nikita Gill. Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents are on the losing side of the war between the ruling Titans and new Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken by her mother Asteria to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Meanwhile, Asteria is pursued across the world by Zeus and Poseidon and, to escape their clutches, transforms herself into an island in a stormy sea. Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up amongst the horrors and beauties of the Underworld, desperate to find her divine purpose and a sense of belonging in the land of the dead. When Hekate finally uncovers her powers and ascends to Goddess status, she realises that even the most powerful Olympians are terrified of her. But when immortal war breaks out again, threatening to destroy everything from Mount Olympus to the Underworld itself, the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy is the only one who can bring the deadly conflict to an end. . .
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Nikita Gill is an Irish Indian poet who has the attention of over 800,000 Instagram followers worldwide for her work. Her work offers a shift of perspective which centers women in both Greek and Hindu myth as well as folklore. Gill has written two verse novels and seven poetry collections, including Fierce Fairytales, Wild Embers, and Where Hope Comes From which she published with Hachette Books. 
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A Hexcellent Chance to Fall in Love
Ann Rose Publisher: Berkley / Berkley Publishing Group Pub Date: Sept. 9, 2025 Genre: Adult Romance Synopsis: In this slightly spooky paranormal romance, will two women finally break their curse and get the happily ever after they've fought for? Each year, when no one is paying attention, The Dead of Night Halloween store appears in a new location with its giant sign and great low prices. No one sees them setting up or tearing down—one day it’s just there and then, two days after Halloween, it’s gone. Pepper White knows exactly how this works. For five years, ever since the last Keeper of the Store tricked her, she has been cursed—appearing when the store does, and disappearing when it goes away. People will remember The Dead of Night, but they’ll completely forget Pepper. That is, until Christina Loring walks in the door. Their chemistry is instantaneous and, for the first time in five years, Pepper finds herself wishing for more time. But how do you tell the girl you’re falling for that you’re cursed and that you only have ten weeks together before Christina forgets . . . everything? To have a chance at happily ever after, Pepper has to do the one thing she swore she wouldn’t—find the right treat to trick someone else into taking on the curse. But all’s fair in love and spells, and this spooky season, Pepper and Christina are ready to stir up trouble in the name of love.
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By day, Ann Rose is a literary agent with The Tobias Literary Agency. By night, she is a warrior of words, and is likely rewatching To Call the Midwife for the millionth time. She grew up in California, lived in Florida for eight years and now resides in Texas with her partner, two boys and two polar opposite cats; one who loves everyone who walks in the door, and the other a beloved scaredy cat who’s afraid of his own shadow. Ann writes stories with a lot of humor and heart. If you ask her, she will tell you she’s hilarious, but you can be the judge of that. Her debut adult novel The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean is coming out 2024 from Penguin Random House. 
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Blood Moon
Britney S. Lewis Publisher: Page Street YA / Page Street Publishing Pub Date: Sept. 9, 2025 Genre: YA Fantasy Synopsis: BLOOD MOON is a dark and thrilling, intensely romantic ride, a fresh take on a werewolf love story, for a new generation of paranormal romance readers, and is the first book in a series. It is set against a high-stakes paranormal backdrop--a world ripe with secret identities, rich supernatural lore, and a forbidden romance... that comes with a deadly bite. Eighteen-year-old Mirabella “Mira” Owens grew up in Timber Plains, Kansas hearing all about the local legend—that werewolves had, many years ago, traveled to their small Midwest town to protect humans from the growing threat of a vampire enclave. Just a story of course, a fairy tale, one Mira had stopped believing in when she was young—just like she stopped believing in the idea of her mom returning, after she up and left without a trace when she was only thirteen. Mira is grown up now, starting freshman year at the nearby Lakeland University. College feels normal, exactly the thing she’s been craving most… except for one particular classmate: Julian Santos, a mysterious boy with long hair, golden eyes, and a coldness that seems directed exclusively at Mira for reasons she can’t understand and he won’t explain. When Mira receives an unaddressed letter from her mother, she’s told the world isn’t as it seems. She suspects her mom might be telling the truth when she stumbles across strange animal tracks on a hiking trail, and when she’s miraculously saved from a twenty foot drop by the one and only, Julian Santos. The problem? Julian would have had to jump the length of the cliff to catch her, making him incredibly fast and strong beyond belief. When she confronts him about this, he denies everything. But when a Blood Moon rises, Mira soon finds herself caught in the middle of an ancient, magical war, with Julian on the other side of the line. She discovers there’s much more truth to the old town legends than she could ever have anticipated—and her family’s historic role in it will change her world forever.
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Britney S. Lewis is the Kansas award-winning author of The Undead Truth of Us and The Dark Place. She has a B.A. in corporate communications with an emphasis in business and art. When Britney isn’t daydreaming about new stories, she is an urban hiker, exploring the city on foot, looking for iced coffee. She can also be found watching TV shows with her husband and her pup or practicing West Coast Swing. She lives in Kansas City. You can follow Britney on her quickly growing TikTok account where she loves talking about author success stories, book tropes, and connecting with readers. 
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The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire
Anna Fiteni Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers Pub Date: Aug. 28, 2025 Genre: YA Fantasy Synopsis: An irresistible dark fae romantasy, inspired by Welsh mythology and perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Faebound, Leigh Bardugo, and Holly Black's 'The Cruel Prince.' Ceridwen Parry has run away with the fairies. But this is not her story. For Sabrina Parry, the world is tough, cruel and practical. With her father in prison, her aims in life are 1. hold onto her job, 2. hold her tongue and 3. set up her sister Ceridwen with a man rich enough to look after her. Ceridwen is lovely, romantic, timid – everything that Sabrina isn’t. But then Ceridwen vanishes into the eerie woods leaving only an iron ring behind and Sabrina is drawn into a beautiful but decaying world of fairies and monsters of old. And when an annoyingly handsome fairy prince offers her a dangerous deal, Sabrina is forced to put her own freedom at risk to save her sister.
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Anna Fiteni is an author from Cardiff. She studied English and Creative Writing at the University of Warwick, before going on to the University of Oxford to complete a PGCE. When not writing, Anna enjoys travelling, fashion history, and daydreaming about writing. Her debut YA fantasy novel, The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire, is due out in October 2025 from Electric Monkey in the UK, and Little, Brown Young Readers in the USA. |
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