Harley Bear Book Blog

The Literary Society Book Club (a group for adults, but teens are welcome to join!) has had an awesome year- with highs and head-scratching "lows"- but we've managed to cover a fair bit of reading this year: 01/19 Selection: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage Find it at Amazon , Goodreads , Mysterious Galaxy , SDCL ----------------------------- Meet Hanna. She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only person who understands her, and all Hanna wants is to live happily ever after with him. But Mommy stands in her way, and she’ll try any trick she can think of to get rid of her. Ideally for good. Meet Suzette. She loves her daughter, really, but after years of expulsions and strained home schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day. As Hanna’s tricks become increasingly sophisticated, and Suzette's husband remains blind to the failing family dynamics, Suzette starts to fear that there’s something seriously wrong, and that...

Ruinsong by Julia Ember Coming 11/24/20 ISBN-13: 978-0374313357 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)  Pages: 320 Find it on: Amazon , Goodreads ------------- Revolution, or silence? In a world where magic is sung, a powerful mage named Cadence must choose between the two. For years, she has been forced to torture her country’s disgraced nobility at her ruthless queen’s bidding. But when she is reunited with her childhood friend, a noblewoman with ties to the underground rebellion, she must finally make a choice: Take a stand to free their country from oppression, or follow in the queen’s footsteps and become a monster herself. In this dark and lush LGBTQ+ romantic fantasy, two young women from rival factions must work together to reunite their country, as they wrestle with their feelings for each other. Read an excerpt exclusivley on Hypable.com

Children of Virtue and Vengeance Legacy of Orïsha, Book #2 by Tomi Adeyemi 416 pages // Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) ISBN-13: 978-1250170996 Find it on Amazon , Goodreads , Mysterious Galaxy , SDCL Available Now! ------------------------------------------ After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could've imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, but of nobles with magic ancestry, too. Now, Zélie struggles to unite the maji in an Orïsha where the enemy is just as powerful as they are. But when the monarchy and military unite to keep control of Orïsha, Zélie must fight to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect the new maji from the monarchy's wrath. With civil war looming on the horizon, Zélie finds herself at a breaking point: she must discover a way to bring the kingdom together or watch as Orïsha tears itself apart. Children of Vi...