Good afternoon! I am a bit late with my post this week, I’ve been battling sickness and also a bit of a reading slump (boo!) which always makes things that little bit more difficult, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I am making my way to the other side of the slump finally! Not a huge week for me, but still a couple of books to share this week!

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Wildlife - Fiona Wood

Thank you so much to Pan Macmillan Australia for a copy of this book, scheduled for release on June 1st! This is an Aussie YA/Adult crossover book, and I predict big things for it as the US rights were sold to Little, Brown in a 3 book deal recently so you folks overseas will be hearing things about Wildlife soon! I’ve been hearing comparisons to John Green which is a HUGE call to make guys! But apparently this book can back it up. I am SUPER keen to read this and see for myself what I think, but so far, great reviews.

Boarding for a term in the wilderness, sixteen-year-old Sibylla expects the gruesome outdoor education program – but friendship complications, and love that goes wrong? They’re extra-curricula.

Enter Lou from Six Impossible Things – the reluctant new girl for this term in the great outdoors. Fragile behind an implacable mask, she is grieving a death that occurred almost a year ago. Despite herself, Lou becomes intrigued by the unfolding drama between her housemates Sibylla and Holly, and has to decide whether to end her self-imposed detachment and join the fray.

And as Sibylla confronts a tangle of betrayal, she needs to renegotiate everything she thought she knew about surviving in the wild.

A story about first love, friendship and NOT fitting in.

Read an extract here: http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/resources/FW-Wildlife.pdf

Through To You - Emily Hainsworth

This is a library borrowed book, and it looks beautiful!

Camden Pike has been grief-stricken since his girlfriend, Viv, died. Viv was the last good thing in his life: helping him rebuild his identity after a career-ending football injury, picking up the pieces when his home life shattered, and healing his pain long after the meds wore off. And now, he’d give anything for one more glimpse of her. But when Cam makes a visit to the site of Viv’s deadly car accident, he sees some kind of apparition. And it isn’t Viv.

The apparition’s name is Nina, and she’s not a ghost. She’s a girl from a parallel world, and in this world, Viv is still alive. Cam can’t believe his wildest dreams have come true. All he can focus on is getting his girlfriend back, no matter the cost. But things are different in this other world: Viv and Cam have both made very different choices, things between them have changed in unexpected ways, and Viv isn’t the same girl he remembers. Nina is keeping some dangerous secrets, too, and the window between the worlds is shrinking every day. As Cam comes to terms with who this Viv has become and the part Nina played in his parallel story, he’s forced to choose—stay with Viv or let her go—before the window closes between them once and for all.

Ink (Paper Gods #1) - Amanda Sun

Thank you to Harlequin Teen for a copy of this book. How stunning is this cover? I’ve heard the actual release has some beautiful Japanese inspired artwork scattered throughout also! Another reason to pick up a copy when it’s released on June 25th!

I looked down at the paper, still touching the tip of my shoe. I reached for it, flipping the page over to look.

Scrawls of ink outlined a drawing of a girl lying on a bench.

A sick feeling started to twist in my stomach, like motion sickness.

And then the girl in the drawing turned her head, and her inky eyes glared straight into mine.

On the heels of a family tragedy, the last thing Katie Greene wants to do is move halfway across the world. Stuck with her aunt in Shizuoka, Japan, Katie feels lost. Alone. She doesn’t know the language, she can barely hold a pair of chopsticks, and she can’t seem to get the hang of taking her shoes off whenever she enters a building.

Then there’s gorgeous but aloof Tomohiro, star of the school’s kendo team. How did he really get the scar on his arm? Katie isn’t prepared for the answer. But when she sees the things he draws start moving, there’s no denying the truth: Tomo has a connection to the ancient gods of Japan, and being near Katie is causing his abilities to spiral out of control. If the wrong people notice, they’ll both be targets.

Katie never wanted to move to Japan—now she may not make it out of the country alive.

That is all from me this week, what did you receive in your mailboxes? Let me know - leave your links in the comments section below!