Most Anticipated Releases Tuesday June 9, 2026

 

These are the titles I'm most excited about this week.

You Won't Forget Me by Mazey Eddings

I read an Eddings book last year and adored it. This one looks nice. I'm not usually a saphic lover but I really like the author's writing so I'm hoping I like this one.

Harvest Season (The Season's of Carnage Triology #2) by Brynne Weaver

I am enjoying Weaver's stories. I'm looking forward to seeing where the second book in this spin off series goes!

The Tiger In the Sack (The Cocky Kingmans #7) by Amy Award

I haven't seen much about this book. This series it cute fluff. I had read the last few as early reads but this one never showed up on NetGalley. I tried to find it in the library but it's not there. I'm hoping it will pop up because I've liked these books on audio.

Off the Record by Sara Goodman Confino

I've heard good things about this author so thought I'd give her a try. I got this one early and honestly, it wasn't really for me. The writing wasn't horrible but I just wasn't really into the story. It's historical fiction, which I traditionally don't love but sometimes I find one that just hits me right (hello Taylor Jenkins Reid!). You can see my thoughts HERE.

What are yours?

ARC Review: The Edge of Everything by Various Authors

 

A shy high school girl steps out of her comfort zone in this tender and wistful coming-of-age story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell.

On the eve of her senior year, Julia has a look so new she doesn’t even recognize herself in the mirror. It’s the only reason she feels bold enough to talk to Wyatt, the boy she’s been staring at for three years. Tonight, at the drive-in, Wyatt finally stares back. Does he see Julia? Or some new and perfect stranger?

Rainbow Rowell’s Julia at the Drive-In is part of The Edge of Everything, a collection of short coming-of-age stories of first love, messy choices, and self-discovery. Each story can be read or listened to in one sitting.

Title: Julia At The Drive-In (The Edge of Everything)

Author: Rainbow Rowell

Publisher: Amazon Original Stories

Expected Publication Date: June 23, 2026

Review:

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories for supplying me with a copy of this title to read and review. The opinions expressed here are my own.

This was a cute, nostalgic story.

I enjoyed the FMC and the MMC and their connection. Julia's transformation and her worry she would not be recognized was relatable. So many kids change their style and look. I enjoyed Julia's connection with Chase. Things did seemed rushed but it's what happens with a short story. And, while the two didn't have a huge connection before, you can see he knew who she was prior and had definitely noticed her in the past. The story was sweet and fun.

Author:

Rainbow Rowell writes all kinds of stuff.

Sometimes she writes about adults (ATTACHMENTS, LANDLINE, SLOW DANCE).

Sometimes she writes about teenagers (ELEANOR & PARK, FANGIRL) .

Sometimes — actually, a lot of the time — she writes about lovesick vampires and guys with dragon wings. (THE SIMON SNOW TRILOGY).

Recently, she’s been writing comics, including her first graphic novel, PUMPKINHEADS, and the monthly SHE-HULK comic for Marvel.

She lives in Omaha, Nebraska.

More at rainbowrowell.com.

Title: Three of Hearts (The Edge of Everything)

Author: Katie Cotugno

Publisher: Amazon Original Storie

Expected Publication Date: June 23, 2026

Review:

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories for supplying me with a copy of this title to read and review. The opinions expressed here are my own.

This short story introduced the complicated dynamic we often see when male/female relationships are formed. I liked the push and pull between the characters and the exploration of feelings. The trio become close and there is some threesome play alluded to, so trigger there if you worry about that.

Overall it was a fun story that would have made for an interesting longer title.

Author:

Katie Cotugno is the New York Times bestselling author of seven messy, complicated feminist YA love stories, as well as the adult novel Birds of California (Harper Perennial, 2022). She is also the co-author, with Candace Bushnell, of Rules for Being a Girl. Her books have been honored by the Junior Library Guild, the Bank Street Children’s Book Committee, and the Kentucky Association of School Librarians, among others, and translated into more than fifteen languages. Katie is a Pushcart Prize nominee whose work has appeared in The Iowa Review, The Mississippi Review, and Argestes, as well as many other literary magazines. She studied Writing, Literature and Publishing at Emerson College and received her MFA in Fiction at Lesley University. She lives in Boston with her family.

A winter-break gathering among college friends is a surprisingly revealing day in this heartfelt coming-of-age short story by New York Times bestselling author David Levithan.

Eric, a college freshman, joins his four dormmates for an afternoon in New York City—the first time he’s seen them outside their campus bubble. But feeling increasingly invisible among these new friends, Eric’s anxieties compound. As they roam the streets of New York, Eric begins to question if he’s even truly wanted there. Soon, though, the friends start to reveal pieces of themselves. Can Eric let go enough to show them who he really is?

David Levithan’s Winter Breakage is part of The Edge of Everything, a collection of short coming-of-age stories of first love, messy choices, and self-discovery. Each story can be read or listened to in one sitting.

Title: Winter Breakage

Author: David Levithan

Publisher: Amazon Original Storie

Expected Publication Date: June 23, 2026

Review:

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories for supplying me with a copy of this title to read and review. The opinions expressed here are my own.

I honestly don't know what I read here. Is it a boy looking for his purpose in life bogged down by extreme anxiety? Is it someone looking to be gender neutral? 

It's obvious Eric doesn't feel like he fits in anywhere, though he did have a group of friends in high school he alludes to during the story. And I felt myself constantly looking for what connection he was trying to make in this story. Did he want more from his relationship with Noah? Was Margaret interested in more than just friendship.

The story for me was overall weird. I truly struggled to connect with the MMC. Perhaps I just didn't get the idea of what it was going for. perhaps if the story were longer I would have understood it better. I usually enjoy this author's writing but this one just was not for me.

Author:

David Levithan (born 1972) is an American children's book editor and award-winning author. He published his first YA book, Boy Meets Boy, in 2003. Levithan is also the founding editor of PUSH, a Young Adult imprint of Scholastic Press.

An exhausted career woman on the verge of death has the opportunity to redo her life in this enchanting short story about miraculous second chances from New York Times bestselling author Ann Liang.

Burned out and working a postcollege job she hates, Allison Yang drops dead in her office—and wakes up three years in the past. Back at college. She has one chance for a redo at life: from switching majors and facing toxic friends to being fearless with her parents. And, perhaps, approaching the popular athlete she’d always loved from afar. Fingers crossed that this time will count.

Ann Liang’s Back to You is part of The Edge of Everything, a collection of short coming-of-age stories of first love, messy choices, and self-discovery. Each story can be read or listened to in one sitting.

Title: Back To You

Author: Ann Liang

Publisher: Amazon Original Storie

Expected Publication Date: June 23, 2026

Review:

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories for supplying me with a copy of this title to read and review. The opinions expressed here are my own.

I love a little magical realism/speculative fiction and this story hit that spot. When Allison wakes up in the past and chooses to look at where her choices had ultimately lead her, she chooses happiness instead. It was great she got a second chance with that as well as with Lyle.

The title is fitting as Allison gets back to her true self when she's given a second chance at being who she felt she truly should become. While there is a romantic aspect, that is not at all what this story gives. It gives exploration of the self, being your true authentic self, and doing what makes you happy. This was easy to connect with overall and I enjoyed reading it.

Author:

Ann Liang is the New York Times and Indie bestselling author of the critically acclaimed YA novels This Time It’s Real, If You Could See the Sun, and I Hope This Doesn't Find You. Her books have sold into over twenty foreign territories. Born in Beijing, she grew up traveling back and forth between China and Australia, but somehow ended up with an American accent. She now lives in Melbourne, where she can be found making overambitious to do lists and having profound conversations with her pet labradoodle about who’s a good dog.

Fat Stack Friday June 5, 2026

 

Check out my goodies I got this week!

In the Mail:

My pre-order of this one came and it's so pretty. I love this duology so much. If you haven't read it, go do it!

NetGalley/Edelweiss/Booktrovert:

The three short stories below belong to The Edge of Everything Amazon shorts that release June 23. I've read these plus the one I got last week by Rainbow Rowell. I'm waiting for the Justin Thao one to be put up on NG so I can read that one, as well. I'll be reviewing them all once that one is done!

Three of Hearts (The Edge of Everything) by Katie Cotugno 

Back To You (The Edge of Everything) by Ann Liang

Winter Breakage (The Edge of Everything) by David Levithan

These are the other books I got for review:

Undone (The Undone #4) by Petyon Corinne

Really excited about this one and hope it lives up to that. The first and second books in this series were great. The third not so much for me so I'm hoping she bounces back with this one. You can see my reviews for the second and third books at the links below.

Unloved (The Undone #2)

Unbound (The Undone #3)

A Study In Sparkling by Jodi McAlister

I got to read An Academic Affair by this author last year (see the review HERE). I enjoyed it. This one was sent to me by the publisher as a widget so I scooped it up.

What did you get?

ARC Review: The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston

 

The new head gardener at the enchanting Lilymoor House stumbles upon a secret garden . . . with a mysterious man trapped inside, in the next magical novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Sounds Like Love and The Seven Year Slip.

When Sophie Drear plans her escape to coastal Maine for the summer—for a temporary job revitalizing the storied grounds at Lilymoor House—she doesn’t expect to fall in love.

But she does: With the beguiling land, the fragrant flowers, and the towering hedge maze. With the quirky staff and the enigmatic woman who owns the place.

And then, the door appears. Never in the same place twice, it leads her to a secret, and unfinished, garden with a frustrated thundercloud of a man trapped inside.

This mysterious garden is not the only sign that the future of Lilymoor is unstable: the foliage resists Sophie’s careful nurturing, vines threaten to strangle the hedges, and the manor’s owner has wild ideas about who will take over when she retires—including her inconveniently attractive nephew who is also there just for the summer.

Despite herself, Sophie has come to care for the residents of Lilymoor just as much as she cares for its grounds. With the help of one man on the outside of the secret garden, and one man on the inside, she might be the only person who can figure out exactly what Lilymoor needs to bloom once more.

Title: The Someday Garden

Author: Ashley Poston

Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group

Expected Publication Date: June 16, 2026

Review:

Thank you to Berkley Publishing Group and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this title to read and give my honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.

I'm always up for a little magical realism and Poston knows what buttons to push to infuse that into a story. I really enjoy her writing and I was excited for this title and it's throwback for me: The Secret Garden. That book was a favorite of my childhood. While it's a solid read for me, it wasn't my favorite from her by far. It had a ton of potential but I feel like so many areas that could have been explored were put on the back burner and much of the story line made it a bit hard to connect with the characters.

What I loved:

Magical garden! I love the idea of a place that finds you just when you need it and Poston had that in this book. A moving door and garden that comes to life when the main character enters it. Sophie Drear has a lot of grief to work through. The garden, and the entire world of Lilymoor House, provide that space for her. There she comes to terms with her loss and how she has been processing it. How it has been holding her back. She also learns that grief doesn't have to be stagnant. You can move forward and still carry with you the love and memories you have of the person you lost.

Found Family! While there is actual family in this book, there is also a found family and I love when authors show family does not always mean related by blood. Found family relationships are often if not more so a balm to the main character's soul. Sophie is lifted up and loved by these new friends who cherish who she is and what she can do above all else.

Grief and what it does. I think Poston did a good job with the exploration of this topic. Sophie's great is palpable on the page. I thought the flashbacks with Harriet were done well and showed their bond and the emotional impact of losing her. You also see grief explored with the MMC. Both these explorations showed how grief can hit differently for different people. No two people experience it the same and the timeline for it is not the same for everyone. Grief can also help you grow and learn about the self and the choices one makes in their lives after having experienced it.

Chapter names! I loved that Poston chose to introduce all these new words to us. I will say some of the chapter names are not fully explored in the chapters, or at least not alluded to well enough for me to understand their meaning. But it was a nice touch to have unique and untranslatable words which the FMC explores and tries to explain for the most part.

What I didn't love:

Love triangle? Poston introduces it to us and I cringed. I'm not a fan of a love triangle. I wish I had known it was going to be there from the beginning but the blurb gives no indication of anything like it. And, while I don't love triangles, it can be done well. This one was not done well. And it was kind of a bait and switch. It's introduced and then the author backs off from it. Which is just weird because why introduce it in the first place if it's not going to be a central part to the plot? The book struggled to commit to the full romantic trope that was introduced because of this.

Pacing, pacing, pacing. I had to push through this one. There was nothing that snagged me and kept my attention. Many scenes were introduced that really didn't lend anything to the plot. For example, her night out with Juliette after Juliette gets dumped. What was the point of that? 

Confusing magic! I didn't really understand the ending and how the MMC was both in the garden and at Lilymoor. I kept wondering: are there two of him? Where did the other one go? It was not explained well at all. And the magic itself is never truly explained or fully explored 

Romance needs to build! I didn't feel chemistry between Sophie and the MMC at all. It felt like it all took place off page and I was just shown the highlights. His timeline in the garden moves more slowly than hers, as well. So his falling for her was in such a short time period. I didn't feel like they really got to know each other. They didn't share anything that connected them, apart from what we are told. Plus the spice aspects of their romance felt more forced because of this. My emotional investment in their relationship was lacking.

So much telling, where is the showing? I didn't see enough showing in the book. We are told on the page about so many things but never truly shown.

Repetition equals boredom. Yes, I was bored many times. So many visits to the garden. So many interactions that were just the same over and over again. It made the story flat.

Unexplored characters and topics. While we get development with the FMC for the most part, it's not enough to help me truly connect with her. I didn't find her relatable. As for the side characters, while I did see some of their quirks, I didn't really see who they were. Do we see some of their personality? Sure. Do we feel the connections Sophie makes with them? Somewhat but not enough. I didn't really know them well enough to see their impact on her. Poston also introduces LBGTQ+ topics superficially: a man who had a relationship with another man but now he is flirting with women, a transgender child (possibly? I still don't know because it was that surface level). Why introduce these things if they are not essential to the plot or going to have a bit of exploration? This felt like afterthoughts that were introduced to make the book seem inclusive.

Overall, this is a nice story that is truly focused on grief. I also feel the blurb does not accurately describe the book as the grief part is totally left out of that. This comes across in every single chapter and it needs to be reflected in what the book is actually about. I rated it based on the writing, which is solid, rather than the actual plot and overall story. I will still continue to pick up Poston's book but this one just didn't hit as well as her others have for me.

Author:

ARC Review: Tropesick by Lauren Okie

 

In this lush, slow-burning romance, two childhood neighbors, connected by a shared tragedy, unexpectedly reunite to ghostwrite a love story for a reclusive author. Spending the summer at her secluded Hamptons estate, they soon discover that dozens of classic romance tropes, including the ones they’re crafting on page, are mysteriously playing out in real life.

Katie Caruso is a completely normal twenty-five-year-old girl. At least, for the past eight years, she’s tried to be. She likes glitter and sequins and flirting with cute boys at New York City bars. She’s also a ghostwriter for Meredith Bradford, the bestselling romance novelist of all time. But then Tyler McNally walks back into Katie’s life, and that bedazzled facade crumbles at her platform-sneakered feet.

Katie and Tyler haven’t seen or spoken to each other since the overdose death of Katie’s older brother, a standout MLB pitching prospect. Tyler was her brother’s best friend, and Katie—naturally—was the girl next door. But now, Tyler is a sleeve-tattooed, Ivy League-educated aspiring literary fiction novelist, nine years sober . . . and Katie’s writing partner for the summer.

As genre conventions require, Katie and Tyler soon find themselves removed from Manhattan and instead writing their love story in “forced proximity” at Meredith’s isolated Southampton home. As the summer unfolds, the tropes Katie and Tyler have written into their novel begin to play out in their own lives. Call it destiny, fate, or magic It’s clear their love story is unfinished. This time, though, they’ll fight for their happy ending.

Heart-wrenching and tender, Tropesick is a love letter to the romance genre. With a wink and a nod, Okie has packed the novel with listeners’ favorite

Grumpy/Sunshine Brother’s best friend Girl next door Forced proximity Forbidden love Kissing in the rain Groveling hero Second-chance romance Slow burn Only one bed

Title: Tropesick

Author: Lauren Okie

Publisher: Avon Harper Voyager

Expected Publication Date: June 16, 2026

Review:

Thank you to Avon Harper Voyager and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this title to read and give my honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own.

What romance book lover wouldn't love a book that touches on all the romance tropes? None that I know of so the blurb for this book drew me right in and I needed to see how the author would incorporate them all and play them out. The concept is really great: two writers, with a history, thrown together to ghost right a story for a mega popular author. One writer who truly believes in romance stories and the other who does not. A story that includes all the romance tropes.

Before I go further, know there are some heavy topics addressed in this book including death of a loved one, unresolved grief, and addiction. If you have triggers for any of these topics, especially that of addiction, I'd proceed with caution. The blurb doesn't mention much on this point but the author's note at the beginning gives you a glimpse into it's depth in the book, which I very much appreciated. Having grown up surrounded by addiction, I was quite curious to see how the author handled this aspect of the book. Okie does a good job touching on the nuances of this topic with reference to rehab as well as meetings and sponsors. Plus she incorporates the ideas behind AA and sponsorship, which was done with great care.

The characters in this book were well done if not frustrating for me. Katie Caruso is broken for sure. She has lived her life in the shadow of her dead brother and even lived in his shadow before that. Never feeling she was loved or good enough to be loved by her family. Tyler McNally is her childhood crush and great love lost. She has spent years recovering from the heartbreak he dealt her only to be thrown back into his presence through her career choice. Considering all Katie has been through, I actually see she has a fairly good head on her shoulders. She does have hang ups with giving herself over to someone and keeps her relationships superficial to avoid the heartbreak that could possibly come along with getting attached to someone. You can see she loves what she does, though, and can put romance on a page easily. I will say her clothing and make up are referred to often in the book, attempting to make her more unique. But I didn't quite feel that uniqueness in her personality. Tyler is just a mess. He's closed off and wounded from so much trauma in his past: his dad leaving, his best friend's death, his inability to stop loving the girl from his childhood, his addiction and recovery: a classically tortured soul for sure. I was waiting the whole book to see him relapse, to be honest. His inability to communicate with Katie and his penchant for running drove me nuts throughout the entire book. If he had only opened his mouth to have a conversation with her about the things that happened in the past, rather than holding on to them for fear she would never want to be with him, then so much of the heart ache he was enduring could have been avoided. 

The author does a good job with the pacing in this book. It was fast and the plot kept me interested. This is firmly a romance novel. While I understood the characters had a past, and this was truly a second chance romance, I was frustrated with how easily they fell back into each other. Given their past and the heart break Tyler cause, I felt Katie too easily forgave him and was quick to reform their friendship and have feelings for somene who hurt her so badly. I liked the use of the flashbacks so we got to know the characters and saw why they developed the way they did. Plus the snippets from the book Katie and Tyler were writing were spot on aligned with their own story.

My issues with this book were two fold. First, I feel like the grief from the loss Katie and her family endured was to drawn out. While I understood Katie was wont to confront her mother, I just feel like 8 years is a long time to carry that heaviness around without completely breaking. It seemed a bit unrealistic to me. My second issue was the magical aspect, which was thrown in at the end. I loved magical realism, it's a genre I often gravitate towards. While the blurb does mention some kind of magic, I didn't think it would be a literal part of the book given how the first 3/4 of the story progresses. It just pops up in the last 20% of the book, seemingly out of nowhere and take the meaning of ghostwriting to a whole new level. The weird twist take sthis romance and turns it into something more speculative with a paranormal aspect that just didn't fit the entire story line. To be fair, there were strange instances in the book where you could potentially see this magic at play, but they were never truly incorporated enough into the story to make me wonder. In the end, it just made zero sense for it to be thrown at the reader and took me right out of the story. I wish there was more in the body of the book that made you question things as the final twist would have made much more sense when it happened. The shock factor this twist was supposed elicit did not hit for me. The ending of the book quickly dropped my rating from 5 stars to 4.

But the writing is truly great. I didn't read Okie's first book but I've already added it to my TBR. And I'm definitely keeping her on my list of most anticipated author's for the future. Readers who love all the romance tropes will eat this one up. Just be ready to throw your beliefs out the window at the end and suspend any type of disbelief you might have.

Author:

Hi, I’m Lauren Okie, and I write messy, hard-fought love stories. My debut, THE BEST WORST THING, is out now. Look out for TROPESICK, coming summer 2026, and follow me on IG (@laurenokieauthor) to keep up with my nonsense.

Audio ARC Review: Breakout by Various Authors

 

For Thurgood Marshall Academy's best and brightest--five friends who've been thick as thieves since kindergarten--this spring break is all about forgetting: they want nothing more than to wash away last year's tragedy, and the human-shaped hole it left in their friend group.

It's a hole the new kid, Anthony Brooks, seems to fit right into. So when he invites the Five to join him on a private island for a week at his dad's luxury resort, they agree with zero hesitation. No one's counting on a freak tropical storm swooping in and killing the vibe. And speaking of killing, they're also ill-prepared for the mounting collection of dead bodies... including (another) one of their own.

As their dream trip unravels, everything they tried to leave behind--secrets, lies, betrayals, dead best friends--seems to be washing up on the shore of their lives for everyone to see. Will any of them make it out alive?

Title: Breakout

Authors: Dhonelle Clayton, Tiffany B. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon

Publisher: Harper Audio Children/Quill Tree Press

Publication Date: June 2, 2026

Review:

Thank you to Harper Audio Children's, Quill Tree Press, and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this title to listen to and give my honest review. The opinions expressed here are my own. 

I will admit, I had to rush through this one due to when I was approved and the publication date. But it wasn't a hardship to do so. I enjoyed this YA title but it wasn't my favorite. I read the short story collection from these authors when it was available so I was interested to see how they would incorporate all their voices into one story.

The audio is well done. All the narrators did their characters so well and really kept me wanting to listen. I was worried there would be too many voices for me to really enjoy the story but there were not. I appreciated having the different narrators as it made it easy to differentiate the POVs.

I love a book with multiple POVs. And for a book written by 6 different authors, this one was done really well. I never felt overwhelmed with the switches to the different characters and I appreciated how the voices were all very different and unique. It helped me connect more to the characters. I also enjoyed the diversity of the characters.

The plot was fun and interesting. I love a good mystery that incorporates other elements, in this case romance. The atmosphere was also good. I really felt like I was there with the characters. Lots of drama, a cool island and boat, a storm rolling in, and secrets galore. I was a bit disappointed in the ending. So much build up and little reward. It just didn't come together for me as I felt like it should.

Overall, this was fun. I think the age group it's intended for will enjoy it enough but it just didn't pack the punch I was expecting.

Authors:

Dhonielle Clayton is a New York Times bestselling author of The Marvellers series, The Belles series, Shattered Midnight, co-author of Blackout, Whiteout, The Rumor Game, and of the Tiny Pretty Things duology, a Netflix original series. She hails from the Washington, D.C. suburbs on the Maryland side. She taught secondary school for several years, and is a former elementary and middle school librarian. She is COO of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books. She is the President and founder of Cake Creative and Electric Postcard Entertainment, IP story companies creating diverse books for all ages. She’s an avid traveller, and always on the hunt for magic and mischief. Find her on Instagram: @brownbookworm.

Tiffany D. Jackson is the highly acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of YA and MG novels such as Blood in the Water, Monday's Not Coming, Allegedly, The Scammer, and more. She is also the coauthor of Blackout and Whiteout, and author of the picture books Santa in the City and Trick-or-Treating in the City.  

Nic Stone was born and raised in a suburb of Atlanta, GA, and the only thing she loves more than an adventure is a good story about one. After graduating from Spelman College, she worked extensively in teen mentoring and lived in Israel for a few years before returning to the US to write full-time. Growing up with a wide range of cultures, religions, and backgrounds, Stone strives to bring these diverse voices and stories to her work.

Stone lives in Atlanta with her husband and two sons. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram at @getnicced or on her website nicstone.info.

Angie Thomas was born, raised, and still resides in Jackson, Mississippi as indicated by her accent. She is a former teen rapper whose greatest accomplishment was an article about her in Right-On Magazine with a picture included. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Belhaven University and an unofficial degree in Hip Hop. She can also still rap if needed. She is an inaugural winner of the Walter Dean Meyers Grant 2015, awarded by We Need Diverse Books. Her debut novel, The Hate U Give, was acquired by Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins in a 13-house auction and will be published in spring 2017. Film rights have been optioned by Fox 2000 with George Tillman attached to direct and Hunger Games actress Amandla Stenberg set to star.

Ashley Woodfolk has loved reading and writing for as long as she can remember. She graduated from Rutgers University and worked in children's book publishing for over a decade. Now a full-time mom and writer, Ashley lives in a sunny Brooklyn apartment with her cute husband, her cuter dog, and the cutest kid in the world. Her books include The Beauty That Remains, When You Were Everything, and the Flyy Girls Series.

Nicola Yoon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star. She is a National Book Award finalist, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book recipient and a Coretta Scott King New Talent Award winner. Both her novels have been made into major motion pictures. Nicola grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, novelist David Yoon, and their family.