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The World Without a Future (The World Without End #1) Nazarea Andrews Published: Dec. 3, 2013 (A&A Literary) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: copy provided by publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amy Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Nurrin was born the first day the dead “came alive”in the form of the infected, and rose up to kill thousands of the population within months.... 
In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, I’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for November 2014. All dates are U.S. and tentative. Also: Click the title of any book to visit the Amazon page for pre-order or purchase goodness. I’ve included genre classification with each book: UF is urban fantasy, PNR is paranormal romance, F is fantasy, SF is science fiction... 
A Vault of Sins (Chaos Theory #2) Sarah Harian Published: Sept. 16, 2014 (Intermix) Purchase: Amazon Review source: copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amanda Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While this review is spoiler free, it does reference the previous book in the series. If you haven’t started yet, check out VBC’s review of book 1, The Wicked We Have Done.... 
The One (The Selection #3) Kiera Cass Published: May 6, 2014 (HarperTeen) Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: Purchased Reviewed by: Krista Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does reference events from past books in the series The Selection series by Kiera Cass was one of my picks for our Beach Reads last year. In my mind it’s a perfect book for... 
The Wicked We Have Done (Chaos Theory #1) Sarah Harian Published March 18, 2014 (InterMix) Purchase at: Amazon Review source: copy provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amanda Rating (out of 5): 4 stars As a fan of the new adult category, I was eagerly looking forward to reading something that didn’t fall into the contemporary romance genre, and The Wicked We Have Done... 
Note from VBC: Today Shannon Stoker is on the blog to fill us in on the dystopian world she’s crafted for The Registry series… and to give away a copy of her latest The Collection. Rainbows and butterflies? Hugs and happiness? Slavery and destruction? It is hard to predict what the world would do if we were given a clean slate. In The Registry series the world has started over. The American people... 
Wither (Chemical Garden #1) Lauren DeStefano Published: March 22, 2011 (Simon & Schuster) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: Purchased Reviewed by: Chelsea Rating (out of 5): 4 stars There are certain books that the basic premise makes people back away. The Hunger Games was that way. People would hear “kids killing other kids on reality TV” and flee. So you’d have to open your... 
Endless Knight (Arcana Chronicles #2) Kresley Cole Published: Oct. 1, 2013 (Simon & Schuster) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: Purchased Reviewed by: Jo Rating (out of 5): 5 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does reference events in the first book of the series, Poison Princess (VBC review). Endless Knight, the second novel in the fantastic Arcana Chronicles,... 
Allegiant (Divergent #3) Veronica Roth Published: Oct. 22, 2013 (Katherine Tegen Books) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review source: Purchased Reviewed by: Krista Rating (out of 5): 4 stars Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it does reference events from previous books in the series. If you haven’t started this series yet, check out VBC’s review of Divergent. Writing this review was... 
Countdown Michelle Rowen Published: Sept. 24, 2013 (Harlequin Teen) Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon Review Source: Provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review Reviewed by: Amanda Rating (out of 5): 3.5 stars The Plague has come and gone, decimating over half the world’s population and leaving behind crumbled cities and people desperate to get to the Colony, a paradise of a million... 
