The most talked about book for this week: When Dimple met Rishi.
For fans of historical fiction, check out Crossing Ebenezer Creek. Madeline Roux brings a new horror series with the first book, House of Furies. And if you love fantasy, don't miss Royal Bastards. It's a week that will take you to places like Britain and Scotland, into K-dramas to royalty, thrillers and summer romance, fan fiction pieces to monsters. Happy Reading!
When It's Real, by Erin Watt
Wealth, fame and a real-life romance she never
expected—seventeen-year-old Vaughn Bennett lands it all when she agrees
to become a pop star's fake girlfriend in this smart, utterly addictive
novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author duo Erin Watt Under ordinary circumstances, Oakley Ford and Vaughn Bennett would never even cross paths.
There's nothing ordinary about Oakley. This bad-boy pop star's got Grammy awards, millions of fangirls and a reputation as a restless, too-charming troublemaker. But with his home life disintegrating, his music well suddenly running dry and the tabloids having a field day over his outrageous exploits, Oakley needs to show the world he's settling down—and who better to help him than Vaughn, a part-time waitress trying to help her family get by? The very definition of ordinary.
Posing as his girlfriend, Vaughn will overhaul Oakley's image from troublemaker to serious artist. In return for enough money to put her brothers through college, she can endure outlandish Hollywood parties and carefully orchestrated Twitter exchanges. She'll fool the paparazzi and the groupies. She might even start fooling herself a little.
Because when ordinary rules no longer apply, there's no telling what your heart will do…
"Full of glitz and glamour, with just enough "normal" thrown in, this story speeds readers along through the bumps and bruises of this budding relationship. Oakley's and Vaughn's alternating voices flow smoothly, and if there is absolutely no doubt whatsoever about the end of the journey, getting there is undeniable fun. A quintessential beach read" -Kirkus Reviews
Royal Bastards, book 1 of the Royal Bastards series by Andrew Shvarts
Being a bastard blows. Tilla would know. Her father, Lord Kent of the
Western Province, loved her as a child, but cast her aside as soon as
he had trueborn children.
At sixteen, Tilla spends her days
exploring long-forgotten tunnels beneath the castle with her stablehand
half brother, Jax, and her nights drinking with the servants, passing
out on Jax's floor while her castle bedroom collects dust. Tilla
secretly longs to sit by her father's side, enjoying feasts with the
rest of the family. Instead, she sits with the other bastards, like
Miles of House Hampstedt, an awkward scholar who's been in love with
Tilla since they were children.
Then, at a feast honoring the
visiting princess Lyriana, the royal shocks everyone by choosing to sit
at the Bastards' Table. Before she knows it, Tilla is leading the
sheltered princess on a late-night escapade. Along with Jax, Miles, and
fellow bastard Zell, a Zitochi warrior from the north, they stumble upon
a crime they were never meant to witness.
Rebellion is brewing in
the west, and a brutal coup leaves Lyriana's uncle, the Royal
Archmagus, dead—with Lyriana next on the list. The group flees for their
lives, relentlessly pursued by murderous mercenaries; their own parents
have put a price on their heads to prevent the king and his powerful
Royal Mages from discovering their treachery.
The bastards band
together, realizing they alone have the power to prevent a civil war
that will tear their kingdom apart-if they can warn the king in time.
And if they can survive the journey . . .
"Shvart's action-packed debut champions diversity, counsels
perseverance, and highlights the human cost of war. The pace is zippy,
Shvart's mythology is rich, and...the conclusion packs thrills and a
serious emotional wallop."—Publisher's Weekly
Crossing Ebenezer Creek, by Tonya Bolden
When Mariah and her young brother Zeke are suddenly freed from
slavery, they join Sherman's march through Georgia. Mariah wants to
believe that the brutalities of slavery are behind them, but even as
hope glimmers, there are many hardships yet to come. When she meets a
free black named Caleb, Mariah dreams in a way she never dared . . . of a
future worth living and the possibility of true love. But even hope
comes at a cost, and as the difficult march continues toward the
churning waters of Ebenezer Creek, Mariah's dreams are as vulnerable as
ever. In this powerful exploration of a little-known tragedy perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys, readers will never forget the souls of Ebenezer Creek.
"The well-executed premise, a compelling love story, and unique historical details will appeal to fans of Ruta Sepetys’s Salt to the Sea . . . This moving and engrossing portrayal of a little-known historical tragedy belongs on all YA shelves." - starred review, School Library Journal
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