A strange and baffling truth: that the people weâre supposed to know best can turn out to be strangers, and that near strangers can feel so much like home.
Thank you, @lauren-oliver, thank you for this book. It brought me so much joy. Thank you for diversity. Seeing Caelumâs race made me so incredibly happy, and as someone who has followed you since Delirium first dropped, let me just say: you have outdone yourself. I am incredibly proud.
With only eight days until publication, weâre giving one lucky winner the chance to get their hands on a beautiful paperback of WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI by recreating the cover in their own photo.
Hereâs what youâre aiming for...
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1 Â Â Â Â Â Â This is a competition for a paperback copy of When Dimple Met Rishi. To enter, please take and post a photograph that recreates the cover of the book using your own props. The photograph can be posted either: on Twitter with #WhenDimpleMetRishi, on Instagram with #WhenDimpleMetRishi, or on Facebook as a comment on the competition post (on the Chapter 5 page).
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In a land governed by the cruel Frostblood ruling class, seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has spent most of her life hiding her ability to manipulate heat and light - until the day the soldiers come to raid her village and kill her mother. Ruby vows revenge on the tyrannous Frost King responsible for the massacre of her people.
But Ruby's powers are unpredictable... and so are the feelings she has for Arcus, the scarred, mysterious Frostblood warrior who shares her goal to kill the Frost King, albeit for his own reasons. When Ruby is captured by the Frost King's men, she's taken right into the heart of the enemy. Now she only has one chance to destroy the maniacal ruler who took everything from her - and in doing so, she must unleash the powers she's spent her whole life withholding.
Frostblood is set in world where flame and ice are mortal enemies - but together create a power that could change everything....
Welcome to Caraval, where nothing is quite what it seems.
Scarlett has never left the tiny isle of Trisda, pining from afar for the wonder of Caraval, a once-a-year week-long performance where the audience participates in the show.
Caraval is Magic. Mystery. Adventure. And for Scarlett and her beloved sister Tella it represents freedom and an escape from their ruthless, abusive father.
When the sisters' long-awaited invitations to Caraval finally arrive, it seems their dreams have come true. But no sooner have they arrived than Tella vanishes, kidnapped by the show's mastermind organiser, Legend.
Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. But nonetheless she quickly becomes enmeshed in a dangerous game of love, magic and heartbreak. And real or not, she must find Tella before the game is over, and her sister disappears forever.
Book Collage based on âVanishing Girlsâ by @lauren-oliver
Undoubtedly one of the best books I read (and re-read) last year. Go read it now! (And then go read Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver too because thatâs the best book ever)
Last week we announced Laini Taylor, author of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, as this monthâs NOVLbox curator (if you havenât entered the giveaway, you can do so here) and teased that we would be sharing news about her new book.Â
You may remember hearing about The Muse of Nightmares back in Mayâand friends, we have an update. The book is now two books, a duology! The first will be titled Strange the Dreamer and the second book in the series will be The Muse of Nightmares. So why two books instead of one? And why title the first one Strange the Dreamer instead of The Muse of Nightmares? Laini has the answers to all our questions. Take it away Laini!
Laini saysâŠ
From its inception, this story has had co-main characters, and the title âthe Muse of Nightmaresâ describes one of the twoâthe one I was most focused on at the outset, who I believed to be the more fascinating, and who I thought would carry the story. But stories can be unruly things. Characters can surprise you, and the other character quite spectacularly did: taking over the beginning of the book and sweeping me off my feet.
His name is Lazlo Strange, and heâs a junior librarian at the worldâs greatest library. One of the first things that made me fall in love with him was when it came out that his nose had been broken by a falling volume of fairy tales. It was this tiny thing that came from of my fingertips one day (sometimes the words seem just to appear in the space between your fingertips and the keyboard), and suddenlyâŠI had him: âStrange the Dreamer,â so-called by his colleagues, and not always kindly.
Initially I titled a chapter âStrange the Dreamer,â and I hadnât looked at it more than a couple of times before it struck me that I loved the sound of it beyond reason and that was my book title. I only hoped my editor and publishers would agree, and I was so, so pleased that they did! And because it will be followed by its sequel, The Muse of Nightmares, I didnât have to sacrifice that title, which I also love.
I canât tell you how eager I am for readers to meet these two characters, and all the others who people this peculiar new world Iâm building. I hope you will love them as much as I do!
Thanks, Laini! We love the new title and weâre glad to hear that the other will be sticking around. And thank you for telling us a little more about this new character! We like Lazlo already. Above all, weâre psyched that weâll be getting TWO books in this new magical world that you created.Â
Strange the Dreamer will be released on September 27, 2016, and it is the story of:Â
the aftermath of a war between gods and men.
a mysterious city stripped of its name.
a mythic hero with blood on his hands.
a young librarian with a singular dream.
a girl every bit as perilous as she is imperiled.
alchemy and blood candy, nightmares and godspawn, moths and monsters, friendship and treachery, love and carnage.
With only four weeks until Christmas, itâs time to start dropping some serious present hints. Luckily, the Chapter 5 Christmas Wish List is here to make the process nice and easy!Â
All you need to do is tick the books you want, fill in any extra requests, and give/send/tweet your list to family and friends. Simple :)
This December and January weâre rereading Red Rising and Golden Son and weâd love you to join us â whether itâs a blog post, video or just a gif depicting your response to THAT GOLDEN SON ENDING. First time readers are more than welcome, theyâre encouraged.
The hashtags weâll be using are #ReadRedRising and #ReadGoldenSon. Use those and the Red Rising Support Group will come to your aid. Trust us, youâll need it.
Get more info and find out how to get involved here: http://hodderscape.co.uk/join-the-red-rising-readalong/
