The Iron King, by Julie Kagawa (Harlequin Teen, 2010)

When her little brother is kidnapped and replaced by a changeling, Meghan Chase enlists the help of her best friend Robbie to travel into Faery to rescue him. Faery is wild and treacherous; even with the allies she acquires along … Continue reading

I Kissed A Zombie, And I Liked It, by Adam Selzer (Delacorte, 2010)

Ever since the undead came out of the coffin and went public, there’s been a certain dangerous cachet to dating the so-called post-humans. Snarky ice queen Alley Rhodes used to mock such people, until she fell head over heels for … Continue reading

Magic Under Glass, by Jaclyn Dolamore, (Bloomsbury, 2010)

Nimira left her homeland to seek her fortunes, but instead found work only as a trouser girl, singing the songs of her youth while men ogled her exotic charms. When an opportunity to better herself by singing accompaniment for a … Continue reading

The Seven Rays, by Jessica Bendinger (Simon & Schuster, 2009)

Beth Michaels’ life is thrown into utter chaos when she starts receiving enigmatic gold envelopes containing cryptic messages, even as she starts seeing weird phenomena corresponding to peoples’ emotions and thoughts. Things only get worse as her quest for answers … Continue reading

Lockdown, by Alexander Gordon Smith (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009)

Petty thief Alex’s latest heist turns tragic and life-altering when he’s interrupted by a set of mysterious men, who kill his best friend and frame him for the murder. Victim of Britain’s new zero-tolerance policy, he’s sentenced to life in … Continue reading

The Doom Machine, by Mark Teague (Blue Sky Press, 2009)

When the rapacious aliens known as Skreeps land in the sleepy town of Vern Hollow in 1956 in search of an invention which will grant them unparalleled power, it’s the start of a surreal galaxy-spanning adventure for mechanically-gifted Jack Creedle … Continue reading

Lips Touch: Three Times, by Laini Taylor and illustrated by Jim Di Bartolo (Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009)

Kissing is the underlying theme of these three novellas, as Taylor weaves a set of stories highly reminiscent of Tanith Lee‘s Flat Earth series. “Goblin Fruit” is a literal and metaphorical descendant of Christina Rosetti’s “Goblin Market”, in which a … Continue reading

Beautiful Creatures, by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (Little, Brown and Company, 2009)

Although he’s never met her before, Ethan Wate instantly recognizes Lena Duchannes, the strange new girl in town, as the literal girl of his dreams. The two are drawn together, even as their respective families and the rest of the … Continue reading