Starlings

Starlings

Jo Walton

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"[...] a universe without pain is a universe without change, without movement, without stories [...] What you have to ask yourself is whether the pain is necessary for the story."

Sometimes I request a book, receive it, and then forget why I requested it. It's a bad habit of requesting every shiny book that comes across my path and something I'm trying to stop doing. This book, though, was the most magical surprise and the best thing to come out of my bad habits. In fact, Starlings may be my favorite read of the year. It's definitely up there and it's definitely been something that changed my life for the better.

This book is a collection of short stories and poems by Jo Walton. I've never read Jo Walton before this (though I promise I'll be devouring everything she's put out). I do, however, work on a genre literary magazine for my school, and the stories here (the fact that they are not at all conventional short stories and genre short stories on top of that) reminded me of Quiver (my magazine) so much. It made my heart soar to find that in the wider world there is a home for stories like these.

Poison's Cage

Poison's Cage

Breeana Shields

Poison's Kiss, Book 2

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I really enjoyed book one in this series so I had high hopes going into this one. It wasn't a bad read at all, and it was just as quick and easy to get through as book one. However, while it did all the proper things a sequel should do, and even wrapped the series up nice and neatly, it also fell through for me a bit. Not to say this is a bad book because it's not, but it didn't make me fall in love the way book one did.

The Hazel Wood

The Hazel Wood

Melissa Albert

The Hazel Wood, Book 1

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Earlier this year I gave Good Omens five stars, but going into that one I had a pretty good feeling about it, since it was by my two favorite authors, and even though I loved it to death it didn't inspire anything in me beyond what a normal book does. It was just, simply, a really REALLY good read. But this book... Oh man, The Hazel Wood is my first true, five-star, one hundred percent in love with it, book of the year.

Unearthed

Unearthed

Amie Kaufman & Megan Spooner

Unearthed, Book 1

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This is my first Kaufman/Spooner book that I've read, which seems a bit like a sin considering how long I've had their other series sitting on my shelf. I've heard tons of good things and I also loved Illuminae, which Kaufman had a hand in. This book, though, was a bit of a let down. I think a lot of early info was praising it as Indiana Jones/Tomb Raider in space, which it essentially is, and which is actually a great idea, but just didn't do much for me. A side note before the proper review: even though I had an egalley of this, I actually listened to it on audiobook, which I can strongly recommend because I thought the two voice actors were pretty fantastic.

The Girl in the Tower

The Girl in the Tower

Katherine Arden

Winternight Trilogy, Book 2

The Bear and the Nightingale

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A few notes: It was an exciting day when an ARC of this book came in the mail because I couldn't wait to dig right in. But I had a few other books lined up first and few months before the release so I pushed it off... and right into my reading slump. Sadly I couldn't bring the ARC with me to London, but I did have a copy on my kindle and was able to read a finished copy. I also want to make clear that the rating for this falls a lot closer to 4.5 than 5, because this has been the first book this year to make my heart rage and love and cry this much.

13 Minutes

13 Minutes

Sarah Pinborough

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American Release Date: October 3rd, 2017

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I don't know where to start when describing this book because it's not like anything I've ever read. Now, granted, it's not exactly in the genre I read, and that certainly has something to do with how much I enjoyed it, but it still really defies a description. It's a dark and moody British high school drama that features a cast of rather despicable characters doing mean things. The whole time it keeps you second guessing who to trust and also wondering what actually happened the night Tasha died for 13 minutes.

There are some characters in literature (*cough cough* looking at you ASOIAF) that are so evil and so awful but so well written that you can't help but absolutely love them as characters if not people. Basically every single person in this book is that way for me. It's not on the scale of some epic fantasy, but perhaps because it's based so much in the real world did it feel creepier and more awful when they did things. Basically, these are the mean girls- they ditch friends when they get bored, they create and spread rumors when they dislike someone, they steal boyfriends when they hate someone- that high school dramas warn you about. Except, from my own experience, these felt very real and very much like some of the people I went to school with. Even working with what could be very stereotypical character traits these are all well-defined and three-dimensional characters. The three barbies- Natasha, Hayley, and Jenny- balance well against each other and felt like they had not just a history with each other but also that there is a tension between the three of them. Becca, the narrator for the majority of the book, is also incredibly believable... all the way until the end. I liked Becca a lot, and I felt incredibly sad for how insecure she was, but at the end it's like a switch is flipped and she becomes some sort of uber-sleuth, which I couldn't believe. A caveat for the reader: even though she's out protagonist you're not going to be rooting for her the way you normally might.

Because this is a mystery/thriller there's not much I want to say about the plot lest I give it away, but I can tell you all about the writing which is just so absolutely beautiful. It was delicate and evocative all at once, capturing the lines of a character and then taking it a tad further to make it real. Even as awful things were happening I couldn't help but love what I was reading because of the spell the words seemed to be casting. I don't think there are specific quotes I find beautiful, since it's not, in a way, a beautiful book, but it's the mastery of the language and text itself that are so engaging. I turned every page eagerly and stayed up late into the night just to read it for the sake of reading, alongside reading it because I wanted to know what happened next.

TL;DR? Rather dark and moody but definitely a great YA thriller to pick up if you're in the mood. You're not going to walk away with a favorite character but you'll be able to appreciate everything, particularly the beautiful and engaging writing.

"Mean Girls for the Instagram age." --The Times (London)
The New York Times bestselling author known for her thrilling twists is back:
They say you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but when you're a teenage girl, it's hard to tell them apart.
Natasha doesn't remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this--it wasn't an accident, and she wasn't suicidal. Her two closest friends are acting strangely, and Natasha turns to Becca, the best friend she dumped years before when she got popular, to help her figure out what happened.
Natasha's sure that her friends love her. But does that mean they didn't try to kill her?


13 Minutes is a psychological thriller with a killer twist from the #1 internationally bestselling author Sarah Pinborough.

Sarah Pinborough is a critically acclaimed adult and YA author based in London.

Sarah was the 2009 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story and also the 2010 and 2014 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and she has four times been short-listed for Best Novel. She is also a screenwriter who has written for the BBC and has several original television projects in development.
Her next novel, Behind Her Eyes, coming for HarperFiction in the UK and Flatiron in the US (January 2017) has sold in nearly 20 territories worldwide and is a dark thriller about relationships with a kicker of a twist.


You can follow her on Twitter @sarahpinborough

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Book Review: But Then I Came Back

Author: Estelle Laure

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Release Date: April 4th, 2017

Rating: 5 Stars

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When I requested this book I had no idea it was actually the sequel/companion to the author's previous book, This Raging Light, which came out two years ago. I skimmed through the reviews of that one after I figured it out and found that it didn't sound like my kind of book. Good thing this one doesn't require you to know about the previous one, and I'd argue that it's a stronger book if you read it as a standalone without a previous book.

For one, the characters come off as strong immediately. As a reader I was swept up into an already fully formed world with a character full of complex relationships with other characters. I was surprised, but in a good way, and even though I didn't get to see all the history that these characters had between each other I still felt like it was all important and that the character's themselves had had this history in the first place.

As for the plot itself, I requested it on a whim. It sounded good, even though it wasn't my traditional genre, since I like reading about near-death experiences in fiction. I had no idea what sort of emotional ride I was in for, though. The story itself is good, but the underlying emotion is amazing. I was brought to tears multiple times and felt as if I was actually there experiencing things within the pages. I've never known anyone in a coma in real life but now I feel as if I actually do. I also want to point out that the author handled the details very well. It wasn't an over the top dramatizing of the coma as a plot device, like a soap opera might do, nor did it ignore all the unfortunate side effects. It handled them gracefully and painted a bittersweet journey of a person recovering from such an event in a respectful manner.

All of this was made the better by the beautiful and heady writing of the author. Estelle Laure has a talent for words that I am jealous of on a personal level. From the first page I knew I was in for a treat and I was never let down. As the last page closed I was mourning the end of her words as much as I was crying for the events in the story. It's a beautiful prose that I'd love to have printed on my wall.

A last note, I like this story quite a bit because I felt myself connecting with the main character, Eden, a good chunk of the time. Part of it does have to do with the mental health aspect, but part of it transcends that I think. It was something about the way she thought and the way I think that made it quite the connection. This rarely happens for me, and I don't often see so much of myself in a character, but it's a pleasant surprise.

TL;DR? A beautiful book, both for the plot and the prose, that I personally connected with on a number of levels.

Book Review: The Bear and the Nightingale

Author: Katherine Arden

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Release Date: January 10th, 2017

Rating: 3 Stars

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I stumbled across this one a little on accident, but as soon as I read the description I was enchanted. It sounded beautiful, and whimsical, and haunting, and was absolutely what I was in the mood for during the winter months. Unfortunately, it let me down quite a bit, not unlike how the Crown's Game did last year, and for several of the same reasons.

The Bear and the Nightingale is about Vasilisa and her family. Since she was a young girl Vasya has been able to see the spirits of the forest and her house, which was never a problem until she got older and a powerful and dark god in the forest begins to try and take his power back.

I'm going to start with the positives, because the book wasn't all bad. The writing was gorgeous, for one, and the descriptions were so life like I could see everything clearly. I also loved the setting, which was historical Russia, which came alive as did everything else. Adding the touch of linguistics to the story as it was told brought me back to fond memories of reading Grisha for the first time, and I'll never complain about that. The beginning, too, was an incredibly strong start, and for the first 100 pages I was in love with the story. The near-ending (the fifty or so pages leading up to the climax) was also amazing and pulled from East of the Sun, West of the Moon. I wish more time had been spent with that part of the story since I could have bathed in that plot for ages.

It was the middle that dragged. One of the biggest problems was the number of characters the story tackled, and the limited number of pages. Had the story been stretched out to cover longer than it did, and more pages than it did, I don't think I would have minded the wide cast so much, but it all felt packed in with boring details that didn't really matter. It all ties up in the end, but with the amount of time spent following non-main characters around I was hoping they would all have a bigger impact than they did. Like I said, the near-ending was my favorite part, and when I got to that part it felt like everything before had been a very extended prologue, making me dislike it even more for keeping me from the interesting bits.

Since there were so many characters none of them felt as fully developed as they could have been. Too many of them depended on their plot line to be people, even our protagonist. I wanted characters that changed more because of themselves and not because the plot said they needed to.

TL;DR? The problems with slow plot and poor character development can't be overcome by the beautiful prose and few interesting parts, but some people will surely fall in love with it, and I just wish I could have been one of them.

ARC Review: The Movie Version

Author: Emma Wunsch

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Release Date: October 11th, 2016

Rating: 4 Stars

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Contemporary isn't normally my genre, and I only pick it up when there's something specific about the book that catches my interest. For this one, that thing is movies. The main character, Amelia, loves movies and retreats into them the same way I retreat into books. As someone who's an aspiring filmmaker I love picking up books that make reference to great movies and know what they're talking about. In that regard, this book did not disappoint, though it did take me on a ride I was not expecting when I began the story.

The Movie Version follows Amelia, who has just spent the summer nannying for a affluent family. She's also got a boyfriend for the first time- someone she met over the summer. When she returns home she imagines things will go back to being how they were, her older brother will be her best friend and her best friend (and the whole school's best friend) and her spending her time trying to achieve a "movie version" of life. Something is wrong with her brother though, and it will change her life forever.

This book is about mental health. It deals with it fairly and justly and I think gives an interesting position on it. The main character spends her time trying to deny it's a problem while being faced with it being a problem. At once it's taking over her life and something she's completely distant from because it's not happening to her. She feels guilty when she lives her life but she feels lonely when she isn't. She becomes detached from her friends and who she was before everything happened and sinks into a mental hole. The book spends time looking at her side, as someone affected by the mental illness without having it herself, and I liked that because the impact felt real. I'm not saying I would do what she did given the circumstances but it didn't feel made up it felt like I was reading a natural reaction.

The rest of the book is about Amelia figuring out who she is in relation to the rest of the world. With her new boyfriend, her changing status at school, and new friends it's almost as if her life has been tossed in a blender and she needs to situate herself again. And it's in this journey that she's also relatable and the story is also incredibly realistic.

My one qualm about the book? There were parts in the middle that were a little boring. I would find myself spacing out slightly. And I blame a large part of this on myself since I'm not a huge fan of contemporary books as it is and these "regular" parts grate on me a little. Overall, I would recommend this book.

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5 Star ARC Review: The Graces (The Graces, #1)

Author: Laure Eve

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Release Date: September 6th, 2016

Rating: 5 Stars

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This book is just WOW. I mean, I was excited to read it once I heard it existed, but I never expected to be completely blown away by this book. If I had to compare it to something tangible, I'd say it's a heady and sweet smelling candle that you can smell even in your dreams.

The Graces is about River, the new girl in town, and the Graces, a rich family that the whole town seems obsessed with. And, according to local legend and the gossip at school, they're witches. Thalia Grace (LOL I know she shares her name with the Percy Jackson character), Fenrin Grace, and Summer Grace are the most popular, most beautiful, and most lusted after kids at their school. They rarely have friends, and when they do they're disposable friends. And then River and Summer connect and suddenly they're best friends. But River has a secret motivation for wanting to get in with the Graces...

My favorite sort of narrator is the unreliable one, and River definitely fits into this category. We know from pretty much the first page that what River is telling the reader probably isn't the whole story. We also know that she's not perfect at telling this story. The whole book revolves around the idea of whether magic is real or not, and what it means if it is or it isn't. River is convinced that it's real and that the Graces are witches, but the reader is only acquainted with coincidences that may or may not be the result of spell casting, so everything is cast in this beautiful shade of doubt and suspect. The story does wrap up with answers, though, so don't worry about being left hanging even though it's only the first book in a duology.

The characters are all wonderfully done. They come off the page with such realism! And I will admit, I wished I was a Grace half the time I was reading it. Every character is painted in shades of black, white, and gray which is delightful. As much as you love them you hate them. Rarely do I read characters that are at once heroes and anti-heroes.

Plot-wise things meander and wander and slowly come to a dramatic and breathtaking climax I never saw coming. All that wandering that the middle takes, the small things that make the book perfect an beautiful, all come back to haunt at the end and it's fantastic. Besides focusing on magic the book places a huge emphasis on friendship, with female friendship being the spotlight. A lot of the questions asked involve what it means to be a good friend and how you find your real friends, especially in high school. There's a little romance but it's handled with care and a very curious twist (that really ties into the gray-area-ness of the characters).

TL;DR? Basically, this is one of those books that's going to haunt me forever and is perfect for fans of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender and The Mermaid's Sister.

5 Star ARC Review: And I Darken (The Conquerors Saga, #1)

Author: Kiersten White

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Rating: 5 Stars

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I read the Paranormalcy trilogy by Kiersten White many years ago and wasn't really a fan.  I think I was fading out of that genre and it felt like it was meant for a reader younger than I had been, so things just didn't click.  When I heard about this book I wasn't too eager to pick it up even though it did have a surprising description.  But as time passed (and as an ARC landed in my lap) I kept coming across it and being incredibly interested.  So I picked it up and the was one of the best decisions I've made in a long time.

And I Darken is a historical fantasy where Vlad the Impaler is gender swapped and now named Lada.  Lada is vicious, brutal, honest, brave, brilliant, and so many other things in a world that shuts women in a harem.  Lada and her brother, Radu (the other narrator of the book), are, more or less, sold to the Ottoman Sultan in exchange for the freedom of their country.  While at court they are caught up in the politics in a way they never could have predicted.

This is a long, dense book.  It takes its time telling its story and doesn't shy from any details.  It simmers just under your skin as it tells its story and wriggles its way into the corners of your dreams. This book took me much longer than I anticipated to read- and I was grateful for every second of it.  Sometimes books that take me a while make me sick of them.  But this one made me appreciate it more and more.  The reason?  It felt so realistic!  I felt like I was there!  Everything was vivid, not just thanks to Kiersten's wonderful writing, but also thanks to the aura the book cast over everything.

I don't know much about her historical counterpart, but Lada is amazing.  She was everything I wanted and then some.  Going into it I wasn't sure if I would like her character or if she would live up to her description on the back of the book, but whatever I thought was completely surpassed by the character within the pages.  Besides Lada there is Radu and he was a real treat to read as well.  I didn't know there were going to be two main characters.  And I certainly didn't know that they would pull my heart strings in every direction at once.  Sometimes with multiple narrators it's hard to balance a story, but that balance is perfect between Lada and Radu.

This is one of those books you won't regret reading.  Go pick it up immediately!

ARC Review: Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge

Author: Paul Krueger

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Release Date: June 7th, 2016

Rating: 4 Stars

I received a copy of Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge from Quirk Books via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you!

Nightshade is an urban fantasy that takes place in Chicago and follows Bailey Chen, a barback with dreams of rising high (though, not in a bar).  When she is attacked by a demon-like creature she learns that bartenders, through the power of alcohol and mixing, are the defense between the general population and these monsters.  Soon she is in training to become one of them.  Of course, things are never easy, and the tremens (the demons) are starting to team up- something that everyone seems to deny is a possibility- and Bailey and her friends are the only ones who might be able to stop them.

I liked this novel, I really did, but it didn't blow me away.  It was a pretty standard urban fantasy, and because it was a novel and not part of a series, it moved pretty quickly and I didn't get as much time to really dig my feet into this one.  It wasn't a loss to the story, which benefited from the quick storytelling, honestly, but I wouldn't have minded if I had found out it was only book one of many.

My favorite part, besides it being set in Chicago (which is only an hour away from where I live, so, more or less, my home turf) was the magic system!  I don't drink (ahem, I am underage... but beyond that I actually have no interest in alcohol whatsoever) so the finer details were probably lost on me (like, I couldn't really picture anything, but that's okay) but overall it made a bunch of sense.  And between chapters there were notes on what makes the recipe magic, what they do, and what the history of the drink is.  I found that really interesting and thought it was a brilliant touch.

For the characters, I really liked them.  It's a pretty diverse, featuring a Chinese-American main character, an African-American side character (who is the ultimate bad-ass and I want a novel about her now), a trans side character (who is pretty awesome, as well, and I wish he had more page-time), and several gay and lesbian side characters.  The best part of the diversity?  It's not the main draw about the characters, it's just a fact about them and while it's part of their identities it's not the only part of their character and they're made interesting by all the facets of their characterization.  I thought it was handled very well, and would strongly recommend this if you're looking for something with a diverse cast.

Besides not having a completely original feel to it, I enjoyed this book and look forward to seeing what this author puts out next.

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ARC Book Review: The Golden Braid (Hagenheim, #6)

Author: Melanie Dickerson

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Release Date: November 17th, 2015

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Rating: 4 Stars

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So, when I requested this book I hadn't realized that it was part of a series and I started to panic.  Because it is the sixth book in said series and I wasn't sure I wanted to read all the ones leading up to it.  I looked into it a bit and discovered that they all served as standalone novels, though, which was a relief.

The Golden Braid is a retelling of Rapunzel set in medieval times.  It's not straight up historical fiction, but more of a fairy tale, honestly.  Rapunzel has been raised to dislike men by Mother Gothel, the woman who raised her.  When they return to the city of Hagenheim to help a friend of Mother's, Rapunzel begins to secretly take reading lessons from a knight that saved her on the road.  It isn't long before she begins to question her mother and realize that staying with her mother is detrimental to her health.

At first I wasn't sure I would like this novel.  The plot was slow moving, the main characters were very 2-dimensional and not likable (Gerek was a jerk and Rapunzel was naive beyond belief), and the writing just wasn't clicking with me.  After about a third of the way in, though, things really started to change for the better.

The character growth was one of the best parts.  It happens subtly, so much so that I didn't realize how much characters had changed until nearly the end when everything was coming to a close.  While the plot never really did pick up, it changed quite frequently to focus on different events.  I was okay with this, and liked where it ended up.  The final few chapters pulled at my heart and had me a little pile of goo as our hero and heroine were always just out of reach from each other and their hearts.

I've already picked up the first book in this series to give it a go when I have the chance.  I'm eager to see how the other books are.  And no, you don't have to read these in order at all.

ARC Book Review: The Flux ('Mancer, #2)

Author| Ferrett Steinmetz (Facebook/Twitter)  Rating| 4.75 Stars

Edition| eGalley courtesy of Netgalley  Release Date| October 6th, 2015

Related Reviews| Flex

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DNF ARC Review: Noir (The Illumination Paradox, #2)

Author| Jacqueline E Garlick  Rating| DNF at 34%

Edition| eGalley courtesy of Netgalley  Release Date| August 18th, 2015

Related Reviews| Lumiere

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ARC Book Review: Lumiere (The Illumination Paradox, #1)

Author| Jacqueline E Garlick (Facebook/Twitter)  Rating| 2.5 Stars

Edition| eGalley courtesy of Netgalley  Release Date| December 12th, 2013

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ARC Review: Flex ('Mancer, #1)

Author| Ferrett Steinmetz (Twitter)  Rating| 4.5 Stars

Edition| eGalley courtesy of Netgalley  Release Date| March 3rd, 2015
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5 Star ARC Graphic Novel Review: Forged in Flame (Four Eyes, Vol. 1)

Author| Joe Kelly  Author| Max Fiumara  Rating| 5 Stars

Edition| eGalley courtesy of Netgalley  Release Date| July 21st, 2015

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5 Star ARC Graphic Novel Review: Pawn Shop

Author| Joey Esposito  Artist| Sean Von Gorman  Rating| 5 Stars

Edition| eGalley courtesy of Netgalley  Release Date| October 22nd, 2015*

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*This is another case of not being sure when it comes out.  Amazon says October 22nd, Barnes and Noble says October 20th, and Netgalley says September 22nd.

ARC DNF Review: Ashes

Author| Mario Candelaria  Rating| DNF

Edition| eGalley courtesy of Netgalley  Release Date| October 20th, 2015*

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*for the record, I'm not positive when this comes out.  According to Netgalley it comes out today (September 22nd, 2015); Barnes and Noble says October 20th, 2015; and Amazon says October 22nd, 2015.