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
We’re nearing the end of the year, and cover reveals are scarce these days, but here are three books I haven’t talked about yet that sound very promising:
One October morning, Laina gets the news that her brother was shot and killed by Boston cops. But what looks like a case of police brutality soon reveals something much stranger. Monsters are real. And they want everyone to know it.
As creatures from myth and legend come out of the shadows, seeking safety through visibility, their emergence sets off a chain of seemingly unrelated events. Members of a local werewolf pack are threatened into silence. A professor follows a missing friend’s trail of bread crumbs to a mysterious secret society. And a young boy with unique abilities seeks refuge in a pro-monster organization with secrets of its own. Meanwhile, more people start disappearing, suicides and hate crimes increase, and protests erupt globally, both for and against the monsters.
At the center is a mystery no one thinks to ask: Why now? What has frightened the monsters out of the dark?
The world will soon find out.
No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull. Releases in September 2021 from Blackstone Publishing. I’m sorry I missed Cadwell’s The Lesson last year, but I’m going to try harder to get to his new book. I love the premise of this story!
In this heart-wrenching debut YA novel that’s The Coldest Girl in Coldtown meets They Both Die at the End, a teen girl takes a trip to New Orleans with her estranged best friend to find a vampire to save her dying father.
Victoria and her dad have shared a love of the undead since the first vampire revealed his existence on live TV. Public fear soon drove the vampires back into hiding, yet Victoria and her father still dream about finding a vampire together. But when her dad is diagnosed with terminal cancer, it’s clear that’s not going to happen. Instead, Victoria vows to find a vampire herself—so that she can become one and then save her father.
Armed with research, speculations, and desperation—and helped by her estranged best friend, Henry—Victoria travels to New Orleans in search of a miracle. There she meets Nicholas, a mysterious young man who might give her what she desires. But first, he needs Victoria to prove she loves life enough to live forever.
She agrees to complete a series of challenges, from scarfing sugar-drenched beignets to singing with a jazz band, all to show she has what it takes to be immortal. But truly living while her father is dying feels like a betrayal. Victoria must figure out how to experience joy and grief at once, trusting all the while that Nicholas will hold up his end of the bargain…because the alternative is too impossible to imagine.
Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston. Releases in August 2021 from Margaret K. McElderry Books. I think this sounds so good. It’s not my usual type of book, but I do want to read more YA next year, since I failed miserably with that this year.
A tee girl finds herself lost on a dangerous adventure in this YA thriller by the acclaimed author of The Wicker King and The Weight of the Stars—reimagining Peter Pan for today’s world.
On Wendy Darling’s first night in Chicago, a boy called Peter appears at her window. He’s dizzying, captivating, beautiful—so she agrees to join him for a night on the town.
Wendy thinks they’re heading to a party, but instead they’re soon running in the city’s underground. She makes friends—a punk girl named Tinkerbelle and the lost boys Peter watches over. And she makes enemies—the terrifying Detective Hook, and maybe Peter himself, as his sinister secrets start coming to light. Can Wendy find the courage to survive this night—and make sure everyone else does, too?
Acclaimed author K. Ancrum has re-envisioned Peter Pan with a central twist that will send all your previous memories of J. M. Barrie’s classic permanently off to Neverland.
Darling by K. Ancrum. Releases in June 2021 from Imprint. I’m always on board for a Peter Pan retelling, and I think this sounds amazing! Ancrum wrote The Wicker King, which I know a lot of bloggers loved, so I’d love to try one of her books.
“Monsters are real. And they want everyone to know it.” I love that tagline – that alone makes me want to give it a read!
Yes, I love it too!
No Gods no Monsters looks amazing. Will definitely be getting that one
I agree, I hope we both get the chance to read it:-)
Oh, these sound interesting. No Gods, No Monsters sounds fabulous. Vampires, Hearts , & Other Dead Things looks good, too.
Thanks for sharing. Happy holidays.
Thanks Cheryl, happy holidays!
Of these three, No Gods No Monsters sounds like something I’d read. Great choices, as always. 🙂
Thanks Lisa:-)
No Gods, No Monsters seems amazing, Tammy.
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I agree! And I’ve heard really good things about this author.
Interesting how the first two involve a “monster” of some form or another revealing itself to the world. None of these immediately jump out at me but I’m always open to trying them if reviews sound great. 🙂
I definitely didn’t plan the two “monster” books, but I guess it’s one of those coincidences:-)
I hear Peter Pan, I’m usually right on board! I am really intrigued by this particular re-envisioned story, and I absolutely loved The Wicker King, so I’m exciting for Darling!
I’d love to read The Wicker King one of these days…
That Peter Pan retelling sounds fun! And I love the sound of the vampire one. Actually the first one sounds amazing too- I like the idea of monsters revealing themselves…
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I feel like this is a very diverse group of books, they all sound good in different ways:-)
Well that sounds like an interesting take on a story involving a vampire. I’m intrigued!
I think so too, I’m very curious:-)
Darling’s cover is amazing! And the plot is brilliant, but I think that with me it would be a hit or miss thing. But Vampires, Hearts and… Seems intriguing!!
I agree, Vampires, Hearts…isn’t really my normal type of read, which makes me want to try it even more:-)
Darling being YA, I’m a little wary about, but like you I’m all about Peter Pan retellings so I’m probably going to want to check it out!
I may take a chance on Darling, we’ll see:-)
No Gods, Mo Monsters sounds good, I’ll look out for it next year!
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I’m excited to try it:-)
All I had to hear was The Coldest Girl in Cold Town!
No Gods no Monsters – I want a copy of that one I think. Muchly so.
You’re killing my tbr by the way!
Lynn 😀