So I read a grand total of 20 books in October and only 1 can really be classed as a spooky read so there goes my Halloween TBR.
SeQuence Unbound by Lorraine L M L – When Alessia saves not only Tuscania, but Dante as well, she hopes it will set all the Sequences in order. But things rarely turn out the way Alessia hopes. Instead, she finds herself torn between two princes as the voices and visions in her head become stronger than ever. While Dante and Jadherey vie for her heart and her hand, Tuscania is attacked. The invaders have a proposition though—they’ll leave the realm intact if Alessia and her foretold mate are turned over to them in chains. With Alessia and Dante as their key, the Silent Sleepers plan to break open the gate to Earth and wreak havoc on two worlds at once. But the Reverse Sequence has other plans—plans that will twist the fate of everyone involved beyond reckoning.
2. The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick – The Villa Diodati, on the shore of Lake Geneva, 1816: the Year without Summer. As Byron, Polidori, and Mr and Mrs Shelley shelter from the unexpected weather, old ghost stories are read and new ghost stories imagined. Born by the twin brains of the Shelleys is Frankenstein, one of the most influential tales of horror of all time. In a remote mountain house, high in the French Alps, an author broods on Shelley’s creation. Reality and perception merge, fuelled by poisoned thoughts. Humankind makes monsters; but who really creates who? This is a book about reason, the imagination, and the creative act of reading and writing. Marcus Sedgwick’s ghostly, menacing novel celebrates the legacy of Mary Shelley’s literary debut in its bicentenary year.
3. Educated by Sabrina Kade – No one plans on a career selling her body to aliens, no matter how good the money. But that’s where Arizona and Blythe ended up: entertaining high-spending aliens. Over the years, they’ve been hired as toys and pets, dolls and dogs. But when a new job sends them to a planet of rebellious aliens, they discover they’ve landed the most unlikely of assignments. A chance to speak. A chance to start over. And while Arizona and Blythe appreciate opening up their pasts rather than their legs for a change, no assignment lasts forever. Will they be able to maintain their new positions as equals, or will it be business as usual as they’re sent back to the highest bidder?
4. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo – Criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams – but he can’t pull it off alone. A convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager. A runaway with a privileged past. A spy known as the Wraith. A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums. A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes. Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction – if they don’t kill each other first.
5. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo – Welcome to the world of the Grisha. Kaz Brekker and his crew of deadly outcasts have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn’t think they’d survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they’re right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz’s cunning and test the team’s fragile loyalties. A war will be waged on the city’s dark and twisting streets – a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world.
6. Matched to a Billionaire by Mio Takai & Kat Cantrell – Daniella was desperate to save her mother, so she decided to look for a husband in a matchmaking agency. But who would want to marry a poor girl like her and shoulder her mother’s medical expenses? Then a miracle happened, and she found the perfect match: Leo, an investor who also happened to be a billionaire. Daniella was thankful for her unbelievable luck. She met him for the first time on their wedding day, and when she laid eyes on him, her heart skipped a beat. But why did Leo avoid kissing her at their wedding and sleep in a separate room on their first night as a married couple?
7. The Blackmail Marriage by Penny Jordan – Carrie’s in a tight spot. For her brother’s sake, she may have to bow to Prince Luc’s demands—that she marry him! But he can’t be serious… No matter what he says about her brother, Carrie can never become his fiancée or the princess of Santander. Not after the way he treated her eight years ago. Though, perhaps if Luc were less of a womanizer and willing to change his ways…
8. Twice Dead by Caitlin Seal – Naya, the daughter of a sea merchant captain, nervously undertakes her first solo trading mission in the necromancer-friendly country bordering her homeland of Talmir. Unfortunately, she never even makes it to the meeting. She’s struck down in the streets of Ceramor. Murdered. But death is not the end for Naya. She awakens to realize she’s become an abomination–a wraith, a ghostly creature bound by runes to the bones of her former corpse. She’s been resurrected in order to become a spy for her country. Reluctantly, she assumes the face and persona of a servant girl named Blue. She never intended to become embroiled in political plots, kidnapping, and murder. Or to fall in love with the young man and former necromancer she is destined to betray.
9. When Falcone’s World Stops Turning by Shion Hanyu – Just sitting in the passenger seat of Rafaele’s car is enough to make Samantha feel like he owns her again. Four years ago, she fell passionately in love with the wealthy CEO of a luxury car company. Samantha ended up pregnant, but Rafaele saw her as nothing more than a fling and ended their relationship before she could tell him. She thought she’d never see him again, but here she is sitting next to him. When he sees her son, he instantly realizes that the child must be his. Lashing out in anger that Samantha hid his child from him, Rafaele sets out to use his money and power to make life as difficult as he can for her. But what does he really hope to gain from this?
10. Girl on a Diamond Pedestal by Riho Sachimi – Noelle used to be a genius pianist as a child, but now that she’s an adult, people don’t remember her anymore. To make matters worse, her mother, who treated her like a cash cow, has run away with all Noelle’s earnings. So when hotel tycoon Ethan Grey proposes that they get engaged and seek revenge on her mother, Noelle agrees to be his partner in crime. Soon she finds herself attracted to him, though, and what she doesn’t know is that he has his own motivations for seeking vengeance…
11. The Sabbides Secret Baby by Keiko Yamada – Part-time hotel receptionist Phoebe and Greek multimillionaire Jed were crazy about each other. He embraced Phoebe and wrapped her in love and happiness. One day Phoebe discovers she’s pregnant and joyfully reveals the news to Jed. But his reply is unexpectedly cruel—he says there’s no man in the world who would want a pregnant mistress! In shock, Phoebe has a miscarriage and vanishes from Jed’s life. But five years later, he suddenly reappears!
12. The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli – Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly is always careful. Better to be careful than be hurt. But when Cassie gets a new girlfriend who comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick, everything changes. Will is funny, flirtatious and basically the perfect first boyfriend. There’s only one problem: Molly’s coworker, Reid, the awkward Tolkien superfan she could never fall for . . . right?
13. Perfect Harmony by Emily Albright – Seventeen-year-old Pippa Wyndham, a top cellist, faces stiff competition in her senior year from cocky Declan Brogan, a transfer student from a fancy conservatory who shares her determination to be the best.
14. Decorated by Sabrina Kade – Santa Claus is coming to Hethdiss! But the human women who love the Rebels of Sidyth are gearing up to spend the season walking through a wonderland of worries. Newly pregnant, Blythe frets that she’s no longer respected or even liked among the community of human women. York is concerned that because he knows she loves the holidays, Azan will go overboard trying to please her. Also, she suspects he might not fully understand the distinction between gifts and his own kind of “package.” It’s adorable—but it’s going to take some explaining. Ellis is anxious that Hujun isn’t interested in her at all. He promised Prince Korben he’d keep her safe—but she fears that keeping his word to his prince is his only desire. But when Ellis is attacked, all those concerns pale in comparison.
15. Blue Is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh & Ivanka Hahnenberger (Translator) – Blue is the Warmest Color is a tender, bittersweet, full-colour graphic novel about the elusive, reckless magic of love: a lesbian love story for the ages that bristles with the energy of youth, rebellion and the eternal light of desire. Clementine is a junior in high school who seems ‘normal’ enough: she has friends, family and even a boyfriend. When her openly gay best friend takes her to a gay bar, she becomes captivated by Emma, a punkish, confident girl with blue hair, an event that leads Clementine to discover new aspects of herself, both passionate and tragic.
16. Something Like Summer by Jay Bell – Love, like everything in the universe, cannot be destroyed. But over time it can change. The hot Texas nights were lonely for Ben before his heart began beating to the rhythm of two words; Tim Wyman. By all appearances, Tim had the perfect body and ideal life, but when a not-so-accidental collision brings them together, Ben discovers that the truth is rarely so simple. If winning Tim’s heart was an impossible quest, keeping it would prove even harder as family, society, and emotion threaten to tear them apart. Something Like Summer is a love story spanning a decade and beyond as two boys discover what it means to be friends, lovers, and sometimes even enemies.
17. Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire RE-READ – Children have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere… else. But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children. Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced… they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world. But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of things. No matter the cost.
18. A Daring Proposition by Yoshiko Hanatsu (Illustrator) & Miranda Lee – Samantha is the secretary of Guy, an extraordinarily handsome and sexy CEO. Although she longs for a day when her hidden feelings for him will finally be recognized, he only dates girls who are her complete opposite—he’s never once noticed her. No longer able to take it, Samantha turns in her resignation. However, at that moment Guy’s father is hospitalized. Worried about losing his only remaining blood relative, he asks Samantha to find him a woman who will bear his child and who won’t expect marriage. And Samantha impulsively announces that she is the woman he seeks!
19. Craving Jamie by Keiko Okamoto (Illustrator) & Emma Darcy – Beth’s childhood love had to come to an end, but young Jamie vowed he’d grow up and then he’d come to get her. Over ten years later, only half of his promises had been fulfilled. Jamie was a man, a success in Australia, where he grew up to be very powerful. But when a likewise grown-up Beth tries to meet with Jamie, he beds her thinking all the time that she is a just another anonymous gold digger. Traumatized, Beth tries to say goodbye for good, but then Jamie tracks her down and buys her financially troubled family’s farm… Just what is Jamie’s end game?
20. Playing the Dutiful Wife by Takako Hashimoto (Illustrator) & Carol Marinelli – Meg, an innocent and cautious woman, finds herself seated next to handsome millionaire Niklas on an airplane. Feeling marvelously attracted to the man, Meg allows herself to share a few kisses with him, and they even get a little action in under the blanket on the dimly lit plane! When their magical passion doesn’t abate in the slightest after they come down to earth, they exchange wedding vows the very next day. But the following morning, her husband gives her the cold shoulder and disappears from her life. A year later, Niklas’s lawyers show up to meet Meg, who has completely closed off her heart, to inform her Niklas is being imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. On top of that, the only way to meet him is to show up there as his wife and request a meeting—a conjugal meeting!
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