July 2020 New Releases: Kit Rocha, Jim Butcher, Suzanne Wright, Rory Power, Melissa Bashardoust, and more

Sorry this month’s new release post is later than usual. I just had a baby (!) and most tasks aside from feeding the little one and sleeping have slipped a bit. But we’ve got new books, and they’re good!

In an effort to help you keep that to-read list updated, I’ve compiled the hot urban fantasy and paranormal romance releases for July 2020. 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. (Note: If you end up buying the book from one of these links, VBC will get a tiny bit of revenue to cover our overhead.)

I’ve included genre classification with each book: UF is urban fantasy, PNR is paranormal romance, F is fantasy, SF is science fiction, SFR is science fiction romance, FR is fantasy romance, H is horror, YA is young adult and NA is new adult.

JULY 1

• Opium and Absinthe by Lydia Kang F

JULY 7

• All These Monsters by Amy Tintera (Monsters #1) YA
• Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power YA
• Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron YA
• The Crow Rider by Kalyn Josephson (The Storm Crow #2) YA
• The Damned by Renée Ahdieh (The Beautiful #2) YA
• Found by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast (House of Night Other World #4) YA
• Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust YA
• The Lost City by Amanda Hocking (The Omte Origins #1) YA
• Or What You Will by Jo Walton F
• A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeer (Misadventures of Jonathan Lambshead #1) YA
• The Princess Will Save You by Sarah Henning (Kingdoms of Sand and Sky #1) YA
• Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim (Blood of Stars #2) F YA

JULY 14

• The Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune (The Extraordinaries #1) YA
• From Spirit and Binding by Carrie Ann Ryan (Elements of Five #3) F
• Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters YA F
• Peace Talks by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files #16) UF

JULY 21

• Shielded by KayLynn Flanders (Shielded #1) YA
• The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson F

JULY 28

• Afterland by Lauren Beukes SF
• Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha (Mercenary Librarians #1) F
• Omens by Suzanne Wright (Dark in You #6) PNR