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
Today I’ve decided to highlight some creepy sounding YA books, all of them coming out in 2023. Take a look:
The Haunting of Hill House meets Sadie in this evocative and mind-bending psychological thriller following two teen girls navigating the treacherous past of a mysterious mansion ten years apart.
Daisy sees dead people—something impossible to forget in bustling, ghost-packed Toronto. She usually manages to deal with her unwanted ability, but she’s completely unprepared to be dumped by her boyfriend. So when her mother inherits a secluded mansion in northern Ontario where she spent her childhood summers, Daisy jumps at the chance to escape. But the house is nothing like Daisy expects, and she begins to realize that her experience with the supernatural might be no match for her mother’s secrets, nor what lurks within these walls…
A decade later, Brittney is desperate to get out from under the thumb of her abusive mother, a bestselling author who claims her stay at “Miracle Mansion” allowed her to see the error of her ways. But Brittney knows that’s nothing but a sham. She decides the new season of her popular Haunted web series will uncover what happened to a young Black girl in the mansion ten years prior and finally expose her mother’s lies. But as she gets more wrapped up in the investigation, she’ll have to decide: if she can only bring one story to light, which one matters most—Daisy’s or her own?
As Brittney investigates the mansion in the present, Daisy’s story runs parallel in the past, both timelines propelling the girls to face the most dangerous monsters of all: those that hide in plain sight.
Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury. Releases in February 2023 from Margaret K. McElderry Books. I love the sound of this dual timeline haunted house story, plus that cover is pretty creepy!
Yellowjackets meets One of Us Is Lying in this masterful survival thriller from award-winning author Sarah Beth Durst.
Claire’s grown up triple-checking locks. Counting her steps. Second-guessing every decision. It’s just how she’s wired-her worst-case scenarios never actually come true.
Until she arrives at an off-the-grid summer camp to find a blackened, burned husk instead of a lodge-and no survivors, except her and two other late arrivals: Reyva and Mariana.
When the three girls find a dead body in the woods, they realize none of this is an accident. Someone, something, is hunting them. Something that hides in the shadows. Something that refuses to let them leave.
Irresistible and action-packed until the very final page, The Lake House will have readers glued to their seats as tension builds and danger mounts-and a final, shocking twist is revealed.
The Lake House by Sarah Beth Durst. Releases in April 2023 from HarperTeen. This sounds like quite a departure from Durst’s other books. I’ve only read her fantasy Race the Sands, but I loved it, and I’m very excited for this creepy sounding thriller!
For fans of Claire Legrand, Rory Power, and Danielle Vega comes a visceral horror thriller in the vein of Midsommar, as one girl inherits a mysterious house from her estranged grandmother—and a letter with sinister instructions.
Jo never expected to be placed in her absent grandmother’s will—let alone be left her house, her land, and a letter with mysterious demands.
Upon arriving at the inherited property, things are even more strange.
The tenants mentioned in the letter are odd, just slightly…off. Jo feels something dark and decrepit in the old shack behind the house. And the things that her father used to talk about, his delusions… Why is Jo starting to believe they might be real?
But what Jo fears most is the letter from her grandmother. Because if it’s true, then Jo belongs here, in this strange place. And she has no choice but to stay.
With a deadly enemy that cannot be seen, a world that may only be unlocked by a chosen few, and a chilling past that must be unearthed at any cost, The Cherished is an original, hypnotizing contemporary horror—one that will thrill readers of White Smoke, Wilder Girls, and The Hazel Wood.
The Cherished by Patricia Ward. Releases in April 2023 from HarperTeen. I feel like the description is sort of vague, but it’s certainly intriguing! I can’t stop looking at this cover, it’s gorgeous. Can’t wait!
I only knew about Delicious Monsters, but now I’ll have to add the other 2 to my TBR list too LOL. Yeah, the blurb for The Cherished is kind of vague, but…I like the sound of it. (Those butterflies are creepy AF though ). All awesome covers, though the 1st one is my favourite!
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It’s hard to pick a favorite cover but Delicious Monsters is super creepy:-)
Thanks for the intro to Delicious Monsters! It sounds excellent!
Yes! I hope we both get to read it:-)
Ooo, the Lake House sounds amazing! Cool to see Sarah Beth Durst doing some different genres.
I know, I’ve only read one fantasy by her so I’m super curious.
Another awesome haul, Tammy:)). I’m very tempted by Delicious Monsters, it sounds a fascinating read! But I think, given what’s going on in my own life right now – I’ll go on giving the darker stuff a miss for the time being:)). That cover is brilliant, though…
I agree, that cover is a good one:-)
Look at that cover for Delicious Monsters! It’s creepy as heck and pretty, too!
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Isn’t it fantastic?
I love the cover of Delicious Monsters! All three books sound wonderfully creepy.
That’s what drew me to Delicious Monsters, the creepy cover:-)
Really loving the sound of all of these, especially Sarah Beth Durst’s! (and thanks for reminding me that I still really want to read Race the Sands, haha!)
Race the Sands was amazing!
Why are you always tempting me, lol ? Here with the 2nd title
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Interesting picks. 🙂
Thanks Stormi:-)
I’ve read 3 of Durst’s Renthia YA fantasy books and really enjoyed 2 of them, so I’d certainly be willing to try something different by her.
Me too, I loved the last book of hers I read:-)
All the covers you presented are pretty unique!! I don’t really think the books would be for me but the covers are so beautiful!!
Thanks Susy, these are cool covers:-)
Oh wow, these covers are just wild! All three sound really good, but that survival thriller is really calling to me.
Me too, plus the author definitely makes me want to read it:-)
I am VERY excited about the first two on your list (and lucky for my TBR, they were alreayd there hah). I had briefly seen the third, but wasn’t really sure what it was about- and I suppose I am not super sure still heh. I LOVE the author comps, so it is definitely going to stay on my radar, but I am not sure because it seems like it might be “the house itself is the baddie” which I am not necessarily a fan of? Though I guess I won’t know unless I read it, eh? Anyway, I hope we both love all of these since I will absolutely be reading them too!
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I’m late to the party with YA otherwise I would have found these before you, lol (ha ha)
I DEFINITELY need to read Delicious Monsters! It sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing these!
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I agree, I can’t wait for that one!
I love the premise and the cover for The Cherished. It sounds like my cup of tea.
Lynn 😀