A new month means new books; I’ll mix things up a bit and highlight some notable titles outside the sci-fi/ fantasy genre.
But Olivia Blake’s One For My Enemy (April 4) is sci-fi/fantasy. Lev and Sasha, the protagonists, hail from rival witch families. So naturally, things take a nasty turn when they fall in love. As you may have guessed, the novel takes inspiration from Romeo and Juliet.
David Wellington’s Red Space (April 4) is a science fiction horror. Thousands of people went to Earth’s first deep space colony in search of new life. And then the colony went dark. Months later, inspector Alexandra Petrova and his crew set out to investigate.
David Grann’s The Wager (April 18) is a historical mystery thriller. Thirty emaciated men are hailed as heroes after traveling 3,000 miles on a raft in the aftermath of a shipwreck and washing up on Brazil’s shores in 1742.
But then three more survivors appear and accuse the group of 30 of mutiny. Once the accusations start flying, a court-martial is convened to judge the case. The party the court deems guilty will hang.
Henry Oster and Dexter Ford’s The Stable Boy of Auschwitz (April 4) is non-fiction. This heart wrenching story is a true account of Henry Oster’s time in Auschwitz. Henry was just five when his life changed. After losing his father to starvation and failing to protect his mother, the boy finds renewed hope when he volunteers to work in the camp’s stables.
Fonda Lee’s Untethered (April 11) has a beautiful cover. The novella (160 pages) follows Esther, who lost her mother and brother to a manticore. Now, she aims to join the Royal Mews, a unit that hunts manticores. But she can only achieve this objective by taming a stubborn creature strong enough to break her skull with its claws.
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook To Surviving Medieval England is one of those secret novels from Brandon Sanderson’s record-breaking Kickstarter campaign. The protagonist is a time traveller that awakes in medieval England with missing memories and an incomplete set of instructions.
The book is not part of the Cosmere universe and its release date is up in the air. Some people expect the novel to come out on April 11, but Amazon says June 27. So, I thought it best to tell you Sanderson fanatics not to expect this novel in April.
Honey, Baby, Mine (April 25) is non-fiction.
In the book, Laura Dern (the award-winning actress) recalls the sudden illness that assailed her mother and the long walks doctors prescribed to build her lungs. The book explores the deep and intimate conversations that occurred between mother and daughter during those long walks.
Amalie Howard’s Queen Bee (April 4) is YA Historical Romance. In the book, Ela Dalvi has returned three years after her best friend betrayed her. Ela is determined to get vengeance for the disgrace she suffered. But doing so could mean losing her chance at winning her first love’s heart.
Early reviews describe Queen Bee as a blend of The Count of Monte Cristo and Bridgerton. V. Castro’s The Haunting of Alejandra (April 18) is adult fantasy horror. Alejandra, the protagonist, looks normal enough, but no one can see the burdens Alejandra must carry, the most prominent of which is the crying woman in a ragged white gown, an apparition that only Alejandra can see.
David Baldacci’s Simply Lies (April 18) is a psychological thriller. The novel follows Mickey Gibson, a single mother and former detective juggling the demands of her tax and credit fraud investigation firm with the rigors of raising two small children.
Mickey stumbles into a deadly game with an unknown woman when she finds the dead body of a former mob boss. I am curious to see which of these titles wins your heart this April.
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Source: The Observer
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