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 more new Summer 2023 releases, take a look:
One brilliant June day when Mia Jacob can no longer see a way to survive, the power of words saves her. The Scarlet Letter was written almost two hundred years earlier, but it seems to tell the story of Mia’s mother, Ivy, and their life inside the Community—an oppressive cult in western Massachusetts where contact with the outside world is forbidden, and books are considered evil. But how could this be? How could Nathaniel Hawthorne have so perfectly captured the pain and loss that Mia carries inside her?
Through a journey of heartbreak, love, and time, Mia must abandon the rules she was raised with at the Community. As she does, she realizes that reading can transport you to other worlds or bring them to you, and that readers and writers affect one another in mysterious ways. She learns that time is more fluid than she can imagine, and that love is stronger than any chains that bind you.
As a girl Mia fell in love with a book. Now as a young woman she falls in love with a brilliant writer as she makes her way back in time. But what if Nathaniel Hawthorne never wrote The Scarlet Letter? And what if Mia Jacob never found it on the day she planned to die?
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote: “A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.”
This is the story of one woman’s dream. For a little while it came true.
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman. Releases in August 2023 from Atria Books. A new Alice Hoffman is cause for celebration! I love the idea of a story that revolves around books, time travel and Nathaniel Hawthorne, it sounds so unique but typically Alice Hoffman:-)
A chilling domestic story of terror for fans of Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror.
When a young family moves into an unfinished development community, cracks begin to emerge in both their new residence and their lives, as a mysterious online DIY instructor delivers dark subliminal suggestions about how to handle any problem around the house. The trials of home improvement, destructive insecurities, and haunted house horror all collide in this thrilling story perfect for fans of Nick Cutter’s bestsellers The Troop and The Deep.
The Handyman Method by Nick Cutter & Andrew F. Sullivan. Releases in August 2023 from Gallery/Saga Press. I’ll admit I have never read Nick Cutter before, so I’m looking forward to finally reading one of his books. This sounds like a fantastic mix of horror elements!
From the author of Girl One comes a spellbinding adventure about a strange power lurking in the Arkansas Ozarks, and the group of friends obsessed with finding it.
Five friends arrive back in Eternal Springs, the small town they all fled after high-school graduation. Each of them is drawn home by a cryptic, scrawled two-word letter: You promised.
It has been fifteen years since that life-changing summer, and they’re anxious to find out why Brandi called them back, especially when they vowed never to return.
But Brandi is missing. She’d been acting erratically for months, in and out of rehab, railing at whoever might listen about magic all around them. About a power they can’t see. And strange houses that appear only when you need them . . .
Told in two enthralling time lines, The Wonder State is a stunning, immersive follow-up to Girl One. Sara Flannery Murphy has created another dazzling, genre-blurring novel–an adventure story laced with nostalgia and magic, exploring belonging and the lasting power of community.
The Wonder State by Sara Flannery Murphy. Releases in July 2023 from MCD. This really sounds good, right? The combination of the setting and the magical elements makes me very curious.
The Wonder State sounds pretty mysterious, and a new Alice Hoffman book too. I still have the rest of the Practical Magic series to read. Am looking forward to book 2 in that series 😀
I haven’t read all the Practical Magic books either, I should catch up!
I love the sounds of the Alice Hoffman novel, but truly did not expect time travel to feature in something she wrote!
I know! It makes me even more curious:-)
I’ve yet to read anything by Alice Hoffman but I’m really intrigued by The Invisible Hour. I’ve always enjoyed Hawthorne, and of course the inclusion of books within the book is an extra draw. The time travel element… we’ll see. I’d certainly give it a try.
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I have yet to be disappointed by Alice Hoffman, I think she can pull it off:-)
The Wonder State sounds a bit like It, at least in premise, but I’m keeping it on my radar. Not sure if The Handyman Method would be my thing, but the cover is super!
I agree, the cover of The Handyman Method is pretty cool:-)
Wow, a new Alice Hoffman! It sounds complicated but also pretty amazing. I wonder if this means I should read (reread) The Scarlet Letter first? The Handyman Method sounds pretty intriguing, but having read a Nick Cutter book (The Deep), I have a feeling it might be too gross for me. 🙂 The Wonder State sounds really good too. Great choices this week!
That might be a good idea, to reread The Scarlet Letter:-)
The Handyman Method is going on my tbr for sure!
It sounds so good, right?
I do love the style of Hoffman’s book covers! But that 2nd one really caught my attention. Thanks for sharing! 😀
I agree, that second cover is so weird and compelling:-)
I hadn’t expected that synopsis with The Invisible Hour but now I’m pretty much in love with it. Will 2023 be the year I finally read a book by Alice Hoffman? 😀
I’m also loving the shound of The Handyman Method. I agree that it sounds like a great mix of horror elements. And I do love Black Mirror and The Amityville Horror!
The Wonder State sounds equally intriguing like the other two books you featured today. I really like how the description calls the book a genre-blurring novel. I’m definitely intriguied!
Yes, you must try Alice Hoffman! And some of her books are historical fiction:-)
Ooh the Ozarks. Sounds almost like folklore horror which I’m here for. 🙂
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It does sound like folk horror. One of my favorite tropes:-)
Interesting picks! 🙂
Thanks!
The Invisible Hour cover is stunning. I love the sound of it too.
It really is! I can’t wait:-)
It’s been a while since I’ve read a Nick Cutter. I’m hoping to read the new one!
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I’ve never read his books, maybe this will be my first:-)
I hope you’ll enjoy The Invisible Hour, I know how much you love Hoffman!
Well as so many seem to love Alice Hoffman’s books I think I’d be tempted by that one!
OMG I have a serious bout of grabby hands for the Hoffman book. Somebody give it to me – pretty please.
Lynn 😀