Mogsy’s Book Haul – YA Explosion Edition

As the title states, my library saw a ton of new YA additions in the last two weeks, thanks to a bunch of amazing sales. But that’s mostly ebooks, so first here are the physical books that have arrived since my last book haul post:

The Greyfriar – received for review. This book was delicious, a fine mix of steampunk, fantasy world-building, adventure and romance. I’ve already devoured and reviewed it, and you can see my thoughts here. And if interested, MyShelfConfessions is currently running a giveaway on the audiobook, and better hurry as it looks like it will only go for a couple more days. By the way, James Marsters is the narrator, yum yum.

Kinslayer – from publisher/giveaway. Glad I didn’t wait to read the first book because now I get to jump into this one right away!

A Study in Silks – won in a giveaway. Doesn’t its description sound fascinating? Steampunk, magic, murder and demons, that sounds good to me! Keep an eye out for my review of this in the coming month!

And now, ahem, on to the huge digital pile. Have I ever mentioned how much I love good ebook deals?

The City’s Son – Jo Fletcher Books brought this book to my attention, as the sequel just came out and I’m seeing a lot of buzz for it. The series looked cool, so I picked this up for $5.95 earlier this month. Any ebook that looks interesting and is ~$5 or less is pretty much an insta-buy, so it was just calling to me.

Blackwood – congratulations to Strange Chemistry, Angry Robot’s YA imprint, for celebrating their first birthday last week! To celebrate, they’ve dropped the prices on a handful of their first titles to $1.99 ($1.39 in some cases, like Blackwood, woot!) and this was a book I picked up…

Katya’s World – …and so was this…

The Assassin’s Curse – …and also this. Sigh!

The Bone Season – I’ve heard some amazing things about this book and its author 21-year-old Samantha Shannon, whom some have already heralded as “the next J.K. Rowling.” Curiosity got the better of me, and $4.99 seems a good price to satisfy it.

Crown of Midnight – sequel to the first book Throne of Glass, which I already have. $5.99 for a book that just came out this week is not bad at all.

The Rise of Renegade X and The Trials of Renegade X – both sent in a e-bundle this week from the author Chelsea Campbell because I pledged in her Kickstarter campaign to publish the second Renegade X book. Really looking forward to reading this YA superhero series!

Monsters – third book of the Ashes Trilogy and I’m mad to find out how it all ends. Got this one from Netgalley, because I’m an NG addict, and I need help.

Dreams and Shadows – finally for some books that aren’t YA, this one had been on my wishlist for a while and when I saw it for $1.99 last week I quickly snapped it up.

Devil Said Bang – fourth in Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim series, whose books periodically go on sale and I pick them up whenever I see them. That’s why I got this when I saw it for $2.99 a couple weeks ago, even though I’ve only just finished reading the second.