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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1)
Sarah J. Maas
Published: Aug. 7, 2012 (Bloomsbury)
Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon
Reviewed by: Krista
Rating (out of 5): 5 stars
Occasionally a book comes a long that becomes so entrenched in your brain that it continues on long after you finish reading the last sentence of the epilogue. For me, Throne of Glass and the heroine Celaena Sardothian are such... 
We’re gearing up for the Alpha Showdown around here. This time next week we’ll be talking alphas, reasons they’re awesome and generally having a good time. We also have reviews of some epic books scheduled amid the Showdown melee. Hope you guys are as excited as we are.
Tiny Tease from Nalini Singh
We still don’t know who the main characters in Nalini Singh’s upcoming... 
As our first roundtable review was so much fun, we’re doing it again. Earlier this week, Julie Kagawa’s second Blood of Eden novel released and nearly everyone at VBC jumped on it. Some of us adored the novel, others had a harder time. Find out who loved it, who didn’t and add your thoughts in the comments at the end.
The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2)
Julie Kagawa
Published: April 30,... 
In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, I’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for May 2013. 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 and YA is young... 
The Collector (The Collector Trilogy #1)
Victoria Scott
Published: April 2, 2013 (Entangled Teen)
Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon
Reviewed by: Jo
Rating (out of 5): 4 stars
Hands up if you like a bad boy. Well they don’t come much badder than Dante Walker. The Big Guy downstairs has six Collectors, damned souls that walk the earth leaving his stamp on the soul of any living person that sins in a... 
Surprises are coming here at VBC. I have some new things in the works as we approach Alpha Showdown 2013 and come up on our three-year anniversary (when did that happen?). I hope you guys are enjoying the new voices here at VBC. We’re going to try to work in more backlist titles (as in books that have been out for a while). As always, if you have suggestions, let me know.
You Could Be Reading New... 
Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely #1)
Melissa Marr
Published: Oct. 2009 (HarperCollins)
Purchase at: Book Depository or Amazon
Reviewed by: Mary
Rating (out of 5): 5 stars
Aislinn may seem like a normal teenage girl, but only because she works very hard to blend in and not attract attention. Ash, like the other women in her family, can see the fae. Even in her small town, they are everywhere. While the rest... 
With All My Soul (Soul Screamers #7)
Rachel Vincent
Published: March 26, 2013 (Harlequin Teen)
Purchase: Book Depository or Amazon
Reviewed by: Jo
Rating (out of 5): 4.5 stars
Note: While this review will be spoiler free, it will have major spoilers for the previous books in this series.
I didn’t want to open With All My Soul, VBC readers. I didn’t want to open it because that meant... 
I’m a big fan of Karen Mahoney’s writing. Both her nerd-girl vampire Moth from Falling to Ash and alchemist Donna Underwood from the Iron Witch trilogy are young adult protagonists I connect with and ones that resonate with teen readers, too. The third book in the Iron Witch trilogy The Stone Demon releases today. It is excellent (and Donna wears a really gorgeous dress at one point, which made me wish... 
In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, I’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for April 2013. 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 and YA is young... 
