New YA: March 8-14.
Still mega-super behind, but I find these round-ups so helpful, so please bear with me as I get caught up!
Also, I'm only listing paperbacks if I've read 'em. Otherwise I'll be here all night.
New hardbacks:
Guy Langman, Crime Scene Procrastinator, by Josh Berk:
Guy is kind of like a younger Shawn Spencer from Psych, minus the amazing observation skills: he’s obnoxious, superlazy, prone to sudden random outbursts, tends to pretend to be much less intelligent than he actually is, makes a lot of terrible, terrible jokes and somehow is still immensely likable.
Cross My Heart, by Sasha Gould:
If forced to chose a comparison, I’d say that it’s on par with The Luxe, though The Luxe was more lusciously soap-operatic. I found the characters in The Luxe far more interesting, too, but that may have been because I imagined them all as the actors from Gossip Girl.
The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind, by Meg Medina
Wanderlove, by Kirsten Hubbard
The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters: Moonsong, by L. J. Smith
Starters, by Lissa Price
The Savage Grace: A Dark Divine Novel, by Bree Despain
Pretty Crooked, by Elisa Ludwig
Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls), by Ally Carter
The Night She Disappeared, by April Henry:
Gabie's mixed feelings about the mistake—horror, guilt, and some amount of relief—are all very understandable, and her growing friendship/romance with Drew is believable. The technical details about the investigation (especially the methods of the dive team) are worked in naturally, and fans of procedural/forensic mysteries are bound to like those elements. Similarly, fans of The Mentalist will like the subplot that deals with the faker psychic lady.
Love and Haight, by Susan R. S. K. Carlton:
Due to the era, the writing style, and due to the subject matter—it describes, step-by-step, the process of procuring a legal abortion in the years before Roe v. Wade—it's actually quite reminiscent of an old-school issue novel. The major difference here being that while much of Love and Haight was problematic, it wasn't entirely preachy: the characters have different views about the issue, and deal with them in different ways.
Infamous: Chronicles of Nick, by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Crater Lake: Battle for Wizard Island, by Steve Westover
The Deserter, by Peadar O. Guilin
Froi of the Exiles: The Lumatere Chronicles, by Melina Marchetta
Nightingale, by David Farland