If you haven’t found a fantastic read yet this year, April might be here to help! This month sees the release of some exciting new novels from beloved authors as well as a few debut novels that certainly sound quite intriguing!
Helena Hunting pens a fun new romantic comedy in Meet Cute, Cassandra Clare adds another instalment to her Shadowhunter Chronicles with The Red Scrolls of Magic, and Josh Malerman, author of Bird Box, writes a story about two schools for geniuses in Inspection.
Exciting debuts come from the likes of Joan He in her Chinese-inspired fantasy, Descendant of the Crane, while Emily A. Duncan’s fantasy novel Wicked Saints follows a century long war, and Melanie Golding’s Little Darlings is a new creepy thriller inspired by dark fairy tales.
Read on to discover our picks and tell us in the comments below if you will be reading any!
Meet Cute by Helena Hunting
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Descendant of the Crane by Joan He
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In this shimmering Chinese-inspired fantasy, debut author Joan He introduces a determined and vulnerable young heroine struggling to do right in a world brimming with deception.
Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
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Compulsive, creepy, and inspired by some of our darkest fairy tales, Little Darlings will have you checking—and rechecking—your own little ones. Just to be sure. Just to be safe.
Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
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In a centuries-long war where beauty and brutality meet, their three paths entwine in a shadowy world of spilled blood and mysterious saints, where a forbidden romance threatens to tip the scales between dark and light. Wicked Saints is the thrilling start to Emily A. Duncan’s devastatingly Gothic Something Dark and Holy trilogy.
Under The Northern Lights by S.C. Stephens
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From the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Thoughtless series comes a sweet, thoughtful romance set high in the Alaskan wilderness.
The Stillwater Girls by Minka Kent
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Two sisters raised in fear are about to find out why in a chilling novel of psychological suspense from the author of The Thinnest Air.
In The Neighbourhood of True by Susan Kaplan Carlton
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Partly inspired by the Atlanta temple bombing of 1958, In the Neighborhood of True is the thoughtful and provoking story of Ruth Robb, a young woman trying to fit in to the “in” crowd in her new hometown by hiding her Jewish heritage.
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
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The runaway bestseller Lilac Girls introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. This sweeping new novel, set a generation earlier and also inspired by true events, features Caroline’s mother, Eliza, and follows three equally indomitable women from St. Petersburg to Paris under the shadow of World War I.
The Red Scrolls of Magic by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu
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From #1 New York Times bestseller Cassandra Clare and award-winner Wesley Chu comes the first book in a new series that follows High Warlock Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood as they tour the world after the Mortal War. The Red Scrolls of Magic is a Shadowhunters novel.
Inspection by Josh Malerman
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Boys are being trained at one school for geniuses, girls at another. Neither knows the other exists—until now. The New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box invites you into a world of secrets and chills in a coming-of-age story like no other.
The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston
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The Prince and the Pauper gets a modern makeover in this adorable, witty, and heartwarming young adult novel set in the Geekerella universe by national bestselling author Ashley Poston.
The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth
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A twisty, compelling new novel about one woman’s complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ends in death…
