Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller

I received a free e-book copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for this opportunity!

Rating: 4.5/5 stars
★★★★★

Mask of Shadows is about a gender-fluid thief named Sal who finds a flyer for an audition to be Opal, one of the queen's right-hand-men. When Sal applies, they realize that the audition is actually a fight to the death.

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Rating: 2/5 stars
☆☆☆★★

Scarlett and Donatella Dragna have lived with an incredibly abusive father ever since their mother had died. Scarlett, enchanted by all the stories her grandmother told her about the mysterious Caraval (a five-day spectacle of magic and games), wrote every year to the owner of Caraval for tickets. Finally, the one year she doesn't want them, she gets them. She loses her sister in the process, and has to do her best to win the game and find her.

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

Rating: 4/5 stars

☆★★★★

Passenger is about a girl named Etta, a soon-to-be professional violinist, who learns that she can travel time. Her mother hid an item throughout time, and another time-travelling family has captured and is using Etta’s mother as a reason to find the item for them. She only has cryptic clues and messages from her mother. She’s thrust into this new time-travelling world she didn’t know even existed, and has to survive and find the item before her mother dies.

The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey

Rating: 4.5/5 stars
★★★★★

The fifth wave is still happening, and getting more brutal. You still can't trust anyone, but the ragtag group of teens that managed to survive are trying to trust each other and keep each other alive through the madness.

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake

Rating: 2/5 stars
☆☆☆★★

"In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born—three queens, all equal heirs to the crown and each possessor of a coveted magic." Eventually, they have to fight to the death, and whoever wins becomes the real queen.

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

Rating: 3.35/5 stars
☆☆★★★

An untested young princess must claim her throne, learn to become a queen, and combat a malevolent sorceress in an epic battle between light and darkness. This was the goodreads info. I couldn't find a better way to say it.

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

Rating: 4/5 stars
☆★★★★

It's the end of the world and two ex lovers have to communicate to survive. Told through emails, chat logs, audio logs, and so on. Very cool.

The Young Elites by Marie Lu

Rating: 3/5 stars
☆☆★★★

Adelina Amouteru is broken and scarred (literally) from a plague she survived. Every other child who survived the plague ended up having super powers and formed together to create the Young Elites. Adelina has an abusive childhood while her father tries to coax her power out. She thinks it's hopeless, until one day it comes out. Then her whole world changes.

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

Rating: 5/5 stars
★★★★★

These are 4 Throne of Glass novellas! Highly recommended that you read these definitely before Queen of Shadows or Empire of Storms, but before the whole series too if you want a bit of insight into the main character. I didn't read this til after Empire of Storms, and I really wish I read it before. I didn't get all the little references til afterward.

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Rating: 4/5 stars
☆★★★★

There have been 4 waves of the apocalypse. Now is the fifth wave -- the wave of aliens taking over the human race. You can't trust anyone because they've placed themselves inside the human population. You don't know who's who anymore. Cassie Sullivan has to use her intuition and trust friends to save her brother and herself from the fifth wave.

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Rating: 4.75/5 stars
☆★★★★

Juliette's untouchable. Some power she has makes everyone who touches her die painfully and almost instantly. She's gone crazy from being locked up for the world's protection. Her world gets interesting when she meets Adam, the first person who can actually touch her.