Happy Wednesday bookworms! Today I’m sharing 13 of my most anticipated releases for this month! We’re starting off the year with a bang with so many interesting books! Let's dive in! The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim January 3rd I was so excited to receive an ARC copy of this book and it was such a fun read! I recommend it to everyone looking for a light hearted romance that also focuses on family and friendship. Check out my review for more thoughts, and my interview with the author, Priyanka for more details! Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert January 3rd I've heard great things about Talia's adult books so I was interested to hear that they had a young adult title coming out. This book features childhood friends turned rivals who go on a survival course in the woods. I'm excited to see how Bradley and Celine work through their disagreements. It looks like it'll be very cute! The Wrong Kind of Weird by James Ramos January 3rd I was first drawn to this book because of it's beautiful cover! But after reading the synopsis, I'm even more intrigued. The Wrong Kind of Weird follows Cameron who's known for being a nerd, which obviously causes some issues when his summer fling is a queen bee at their school and is not interested in mixing friend groups. This paired with a new girl who isn't afraid to be herself sounds like it'll cause a lot of drama and I am here for it! This Book Kills by Ravena Guron January 5th You guys know I love a good mystery and boarding school settings, so this book sounds like a match made in heaven! In This Book Kills we follow Jess, who goes to an elite boarding school, and after one of the most popular and rich students is found dead everyone is scared. Except things are even more interesting when Jess finds out he died in the same way as a character in a short story she wrote. I can't wait for the exciting twists and turns in this book! Cool. Awkward. Black edited by Karen Strong January 10th I've been meaning to read more short story collections and this one sounds perfect! All of the stories are about geekiness and are from a wide array of different genres. Plus there's so many amazing authors contributing stories! Seven Percent of Ro Devereux by Ellen O'Clover January 17th I'm very excited to have received an ARC copy of this book! It follows Ro, who has created an app called MASH that can accurately predict your future. When MASH goes viral, Ro also finds out that the app has matched her ex best friend Miller as her soul mate. Now the two of them are thrust into a fake-dating scenario all while Ro is seeing just how much her app is impacting people’s lives. Can she regain control of it before everything all comes tumbling down? This book sounds like so much fun! It’s got fake dating which is one of my favourite tropes, plus I’m super excited to see more books featuring female leads passionate about computers and programming. I can’t wait to read it soon! This is Not a Personal Statement by Tracy Badua January 17th I've been looking for more YA books set at university/college so when I heard about this book I thought it would be perfect. After getting rejected from her dream college, Perla decides to fake an acceptance letter and go to the school to gather info for her application and reapply in the spring. This sounds like a lot of fun. I love the idea of just saying forget it and doing things anyway! The Fraud Squad by Kyla Zhao January 17th I'll admit, I was first drawn to this book by it's beautiful cover, but after reading the synopsis I'm even more intrigued! Samantha comes from a low social status and has been struggling to make ends meet with her mom. Her only glimpse of the life of the wealthy is through her friend Anya, but after they meet Timothy (a son of one of Singapore's most elite families) she just might have a shot at upping her social status. All she needs to do it impress the editor in chief of Singapore's most poshest magazines, oh and keep up the charade. I'm excited to see what trouble our main character gets into! Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian January 23rd Aurelia has spent her whole life hiding her magic from the human world. Except her green magic is fading and another witch has put a target on her back. Now she has to team up with her arrogant classmate and hide from those who wish her harm. This sounds like a great fantasy read, I've been meaning to read more books about witches! Retro by Sofía Lapuente & Jarrod Shusterman January 24th Retro follows Luna, who is at the heart of a controversy after a cyberbullying incident at her school goes viral. But then the social media company Limbo (the one involved in the scandal) offer her an opportunity to participate in the Retro Challenge where contestants live without modern technology for the chance to win a scholarship to the college of their dreams. Except things start to get dangerous fast, with missing friends and voices in the woods, Luna begins to wonder if Limbo has a more sinister plot at play. I’m super excited to read this book! The synopsis sounds like a lot of fun. Plus the mysterious elements will make for a fast paced read. And can we take a second to talk about this cover? It’s so pretty! The Buried and the Bound by Rochelle Hassan January 24th Another witchy book! Being the only hedgewitch in her town, Aziza is no stranger to magic. But a dark entity in the forest is starting to erode the boundary between the magical and human world, and she needs help. We also follow Leo, who has been cursed with forgetting all memories of his true love (my heart already breaks for him 😭). Looking for answers, he teams up with Aziza, in exchange for helping with patrols of the forest, and she'll help break the curse. Plus there's also a necromancer? This sounds awesome! Six Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe January 24th After really enjoying The Girls I've Been by Tess I was excited to hear she had a contemporary coming out! This book is about two girls that have never got along but are always together because their mothers are childhood best friends. Things get even more tense after Penny's mother decides to be a living donor for Tate's mom and the two households move in together to save money. The two girls decide to be nice to each other for their mothers' sakes but there's one problem, they keep almost kissing. This sounds like a really cute rom com! I'm excited to see the difference between Tess' thriller and contemporary books. The Davenports by Krystal Marquis January 31st Taking place back in 1910, this book follows the Davenport family, specifically the three daughters Olivia, Helen, Amy-Rose, and Ruby. They each have their own hopes and dreams and it's actually inspired by a real life family! I can't wait to see what it'll be like! Promise Boys by Nick Brooks January 31st We're finishing off this month's list with another mystery! Taking place at a prep school, known for it's extreme discipline and rules, we follow 3 boys who have been wrongly accused after their principal has been found murdered. Now the trio have to solve the crime to clear their names. This one sounds like it'll be full of plot twists! Those are my anticipated releases for January 2023 bookworms! I hope you are as excited for these releases as I am! What are some of your most anticipated January releases? Are any of these books on your tbr? Let me know in the comments below!
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