Future Fiction #94 – Cover Reveals & Newly Discovered SFF Books

Welcome to Future Fiction, my reimagining of the Waiting on Wednesday meme! There are so many amazing new books coming out, that I can no longer pick just one. My goal with Future Fiction is to share at least three new books each week, a combination of recent cover reveals and books that I’ve recently added to my TBR pile. I’m still going to be linking up with Wishful Endings/Can’t Wait Wednesday, and I also want to give a shout out to Jill at Breaking the Spine for starting the original Waiting on Wednesday meme. I hope you’ll find some new books to add to your TBR piles, and as always, I look forward to hearing what YOU’RE looking forward to:-D

Three new beautiful covers, three intriguing fantasies, take a look:

A heartwarming novel of hope, fate, and folk magic unfolds when a young woman travels to a sleepy southern town in the Appalachian Mountains to bury her best friend. 

Mel Smith has always known life isn’t easy. After all, she was abandoned as an infant and raised in foster care. But still, when the only bright spot in her life, her best friend Sarah Ross, unexpectedly dies, it’s a heartbreak unlike any other.

A final promise to lay Sarah to rest in the Ross wildwood garden draws Mel to Morgan’s Gap, a small town nestled in the shadows of the Appalachian Mountains. Yet Morgan’s Gap is more than a land of morning mists and deep forest shadows.

There are secrets that call to Mel, in the gaze of the gnarled and knowing woman everyone calls “Granny,” who seems to have expected her; in a salvaged remedy book filled with healing tinctures and salves; in the strange connection she feels to the Ross homestead and the wilderness around it. In fulfilling her promise, Mel might end up finding home—and remain connected to Sarah—in a way she least expected.

The wildwood is whispering. It has secrets to reveal—if you’re willing to listen…

Wildwood Whispers by Willa Reece. Releases in August 2021 from Redhook. I spotted this cover reveal and I immediately knew I had to feature it this week. Isn’t this gorgeous? Redhook has published some of my favorite “witch” books, and this looks like it might be another favorite!

The first daughter is for the Throne.
The second daughter is for the Wolf.

For fans of Uprooted and The Bear and the Nightingale comes a dark, sweeping debut fantasy novel about a young woman who must be sacrificed to the legendary Wolf of the Wood to save her kingdom. But not all legends are true, and the Wolf isn’t the only danger lurking in the Wilderwood.

As the only Second Daughter born in centuries, Red has one purpose-to be sacrificed to the Wolf in the Wood in the hope he’ll return the world’s captured gods.

Red is almost relieved to go. Plagued by a dangerous power she can’t control, at least she knows that in the Wilderwood, she can’t hurt those she loves. Again.

But the legends lie. The Wolf is a man, not a monster. Her magic is a calling, not a curse. And if she doesn’t learn how to use it, the monsters the gods have become will swallow the Wilderwood-and her world-whole.

For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten. Releases in June 2021 from Orbit Books. Another Orbit cover reveal! Orbit was very busy last week:-D The comparison with Uprooted and The Bear and the Nightingale caught my attention, and the Little Red Riding Hood vibe sealed the deal for me. This sounds fabulous!

Natasha’s sister is missing.

Her car was found abandoned on the edge of a local nature preserve known as the Bend, but as the case goes cold, Natasha’s loss turns to burning anger.

She’ll do anything to find answers.

Della’s family has channeled magic from the Bend for generations, providing spells for the desperate. But when Natasha appears on her doorstep, Della knows it will take more than simple potions to help her.

But Della has her own secrets to hide.

Because Della thinks she knows the beast who’s responsible for the disappearance — her own mother, who was turned into a terrible monster by magic gone wrong.

Natasha is angry. Della has little to lose.

They are each other’s only hope.

The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters. Releases in July 2021 from HarperTeen. I think this story sounds so good. And this cover is so beautiful! It’s a combo that has landed this book firmly on my TBR:-D

What do you think of this week’s Future Fiction picks? Let me know in the comments!

Posted October 14, 2020 by Tammy in Future Fiction / 40 Comments

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40 responses to “Future Fiction #94 – Cover Reveals & Newly Discovered SFF Books”

  2. Sarah

    For the Wolf does sound a lot like The Bear and the Nightingale to me for some reason even though I know they must have their differences (aside from the obvious nod to Little Red Riding Hood). The River Has Teeth sounds very interesting too!

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  5. todd

    Did you intentionally choose these three because of their similarities, or did it just happen to work out that way? Each sounds fascinating, with a bit of dark nature (perhaps both wild nature and human nature). And the covers are all great. I really like that of For the Wolf, very simple but effective and evocative.

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