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Author: Colleen Oakes Series: The Crown #1 Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Retellings Publisher: Spark Press Expected Publication: February 14, 2014 A Father’s Betrayal.  A Kingdom with a Dark Secret.  A Princess Unraveling. For Dinah, Princess of Wonderland Palace and the future Queen of Hearts, days at the palace are an endless monotony of tea, tarts, and a stream of vicious humiliations at the hands of her father, The King of Hearts. Her only relief are her visits with her childhood best friend Wardley, the future Knave of Hearts—and her heart’s greatest desire. When an enchanting stranger arrives at the Palace, Dinah watches as everything she’s ever wanted threatens to burn. As her coronation date approaches, a series of bloody events suggests that something sinister stirs within the halls of Wonderland.  Driven by her furious nature, Dinah must unravel the mysteries that lurk both inside and under the palace before she quite literally ...

 Author(s): Kimberly Derting  |  Sonia Gensler  |  Tessa Gratton  |  Claudia Gray  |  Rachel Hawkins  |  Amanda Hocking  |  Ellen Hopkins  |  Shaun David Hutchinson   |  Julie Kagawa  |  Malinda Lo  |  Myra McEntire  | Saundra Mitchell  |  Jackson Pearce  |  Sarah Rees Brennan  |  Dia Reeves  |  Jon Skovron  |  Jeri Smith Read Genre: Dark Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Harlequin Teen Expected Publication: February 25, 2014 Inspired by classic fairy tales, but with a dark and sinister twist, Grim contains short stories from some of the best voices in young adult literature today. Pre-Order a copy:  Amazon | Barnes & Nobles | Indiebound | Bookdepository  Review I don't read many Anthologies, in fact, I tend to avoid them because I wind up being disappointed by the content inside more ...

Buy It Now: Author: Cameron Jace Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fairy Tales Publisher: JAWIGI Publication Date: June 1,2013 Book Information What if all you knew about fairy tales was wrong? Sixteen year old Loki Blackstar is no Prince Charming. His mother is a ghost. His only friend is a red Cadillac that sings to him through the radio. He looks like an Angel but acts like jerk. No wonder he has been banned from Heaven, which is the least of his troubles. Loki needs a job to pay for school and support himself. Still, Loki has a rare gift: He is a Dreamhunter. One of the few in the world who can hunt and kill immortal demons in their dreams so they never wake up again. When Loki is sent to kill a sixteen-year-old vampire girl the locals call Snow White Sorrow, he is pulled into a magical but dangerous world. The locals believe the monster to be Snow White. The real Snow White... living in the ruins of an ancient castle in a small town. She is described ...

  Trailer Tuesday is a Weekly Blog Post hosted by me at Blood Sweat and Books. Each week I choose two Book Trailers to showcase. One Trailer will be for an upcoming book and the other will be one that has already been released. In keeping with the Fairy Tale theme in honor of the  Fairy Tale Giveaway Hop I'm participating in, This Week I focus my spotlight on Entwined by Heater Dixon and The School For Good and Evil by Soman Chainani       Available Now:Entwined by Heather Dixon Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it's taken away. All of it. The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation. Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest. But there is a cost. ...

Snow White Sorrow Expected Release: February 2013 Sixteen year old Loki Blackstar is no Prince Charming. His mother is a ghost. His only friend is a red Cadillac that talks to him through the radio. He looks like an Angel but acts like jerk. No wonder he has been banned from Heaven, which is the least of his troubles. Loki needs a job to pay for school and support himself. Still, Loki has a rare gift: He is a Dreamhunter. One of the few in the world who can hunt and kill immortal demons in their dreams so they never wake up again. When Loki is sent to kill a sixteen-year-old vampire girl the locals call Snow White Sorrow, he is pulled into a magical but dangerous world. The locals believe the monster to be Snow White. The real Snow White... living in the ruins of an ancient castle in a small town. She is described as horribly beautiful, terrifyingly enchanting, and wickedly lovely. What he finds instead is a beautiful monster girl filled with rage and hurt, who has an epic un...