But I never actually participated in any of the 2016 release posts! So I figured this would be a good time to do that since there are series I know are releasing books this year, plus it's not too hard to scroll through my Amazon wishlist and spot the books that's aren't out yet. (But I'm only using books that have covers already because I like putting pretty pictures on my blog!)
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke and the Bookish. The topic I’m doing this week is:
Top Ten 2016 Releases I’m Looking Forward To
10. Asleep by Krystal Wade
A creepy Sleeping Beauty retelling! I think.
9. The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
An Aladdin retelling! That’s all I know, but do I really need to know more?
8. Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell
A Peter Pan retelling because I’m really into retellings right now!
7. Wax by Gina Damico
A boy made of wax who comes to life and escapes from the creepy wax-people-filled candleshop! Then townspeople start turning into wax. Definitely sounds interesting.
6. A Criminal Magic by Lee Kelly
Prohibition and speakeasies with magic instead of alcohol! I’ve always been fascinated by the Prohibition Era and fantasy is my favorite, so a perfect combination, yes?
5. Burning Midnight by Will McIntosh
Magical spheres that show up and can make you better, taller, smarter, more attractive… and then the rarest one of all is found and characters have to go on the run and it just sounds so unique!
4. Unleash the Storm (Steel & Stone Book 5) by Annette Marie – Book 1 Review
Sexy daemons, kickass characters, and major action! Series ending—need I say more?!
3. Roadside Magic (Gallow and Ragged Book 2) by Lilith Saintcrow – Book 1 Review
Cruel faeries and beautiful writing! I loved the first book when I read it in December and have been dying to get my hands on this one ever since!
2. Sleeper (Thieves Book 8) by Lexi Blake – Book 1 Review
Vampires, demons, faeries, werewolves, and all sorts of hilariousness! This series has crept its way up to being one of my absolute favorites. And you know how some series, even though you like them, you’re ready for them to finish? That’s not this one. I could keep living in this world forever.
1. House of Kings (House of Royals Book 3) by Keary Taylor – Book 1 Review
Vampires, intrigue, romance, and Mississippi charm! Book 2 blew me away, and the cliffhanger ending is killing me. I need to know what’s going to happen!
Ooh now I want to read many of these books! I swear this meme is dangerous for my TBR! I love the cover of Asleep!
Haha, this meme is definitely dangerous for TBRs! It’s no wonder we’re all hopeless with our lists.
I love how you include your own little summaries for each book! I love retelling books and now I’ve added a few more to my tbr thanx to your post! Lol
I figured my little one-sentence summaries would help people find books they might be interested in, and apparently it worked, so yay 😀 Glad you found some new books for the TBR!
Just read A Criminal Magic a few weeks ago and would say that yes, you definitely need to pick it up. It is great in almost every aspect. AND THE ENDING!!!! Hope you get all of these read in 2016.
Gah! I want to really badly! And you’ve got me all curious about the ending lol. Thanks 🙂
I’m really looking forward to releases from Richelle Mead, Karen Marie Moning, and Patricia Briggs this year. But you have me excited about some series now…especially Keary Taylor’s. I don’t think I’ve heard of it before but I’ll be checking it out. 😀
I am looking forward to *starting* Patricia Brigg’s Mercy Thompson series lol. I’m not sure if I have any Karen Marie Moning on my TBR, but I know I recognize the name. I’m not sure Richelle Mead’s books are really for me though, but I’m glad you’re excited 🙂 I definitely recommend House of Royals if you’re into somewhat slower-paced character-driven novels! I gave the second book 4.5 stars which doesn’t happen all that often from me 😛
Geeze, the cover to Sleep is really freaky! 2016 is going to be an awesome year for releases!
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Seriously freaky! But, you know, in a good way 😛 There really are a lot of great books coming out!
I’m SO looking forward to A Forbidden Wish and Unhooked too! Aladdin and Peter Pan re-tellings? Sign me up!
I haven’t heard of the rest of the books on your list, but Wax sounds like it’s going to be strangely interesting! Great list 😀
Right? I don’t even need the details, just knowing they’re retellings is enough lol. And I heard about Wax through someone else’s blog, can’t remember who, but I also thought it sounded strangely interesting. Thank you!
I can’t express how excited I am for A Criminal Magic!!
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Seriously, it looks amazing!
I’ve read a couple books by Jessica Khoury and they were pretty good, so hopefully that one is too. Unhooked has a nice cover, seems like you could do some interesting things with Neverland, so maybe that’s good too. And Roadside Magic- there’s that cover artist again! I think I like this one even better… 🙂
I haven’t read any of her books, but I feel like there probably aren’t that many Aladdin retellings out there, so I want to read it for that reason. It seems like there are a million and one retellings of Peter Pan, but this one looks like one that’d be of more interest to me since my favorite character in the original is Hook.
Haha, I love that I’ve got you talking about his cover art now. I’m still partial to Trailer Park Fae, but I cannot deny that Roadside Magic is also awesome 😀
Soo many amazing choices Kristen! I’m really looking forward to The Forbidden Wish, Unhooked, and A Criminal Magic! I’m definitely going to check out all the other titles you’ve posted – it’s been way too long since I read an adult book!
Thanks! Yeah, I’ve always got kind of a mix of adult and YA here since I read both all the time lol. This year really does have some great books to look forward to though!
The Forbidden Wish and Unhooked both sound like such amazing retellings! Hopefully they turn out to be as good as they sound. xD
Agreed! But you know how it is, the higher the expectations, the harder it is for books to live up to them 😛
I hadn’t heard of any of these before, but you have some really intriguing fantasy reads on here. I’ve added a bunch to my TBR!
I saw that you added some on GRs! Chase the Dark and Trailer Park Fae were definitely some of my favorites of 2015.
I haven’t heard of any of these, but they sound really interesting.
Glad you found some that interest you 🙂
The cover for Asleep is seriously creepy. I see quite some sequels on your list, I think the sequels are often the books I am most excited for as I already read and enjoyed the previous books and want more. The cover for Roadside Magic is as pretty as the one for the first book. I am looking forward to hear what you think of that one. A Criminal Magic sounds very good, very interesting plot with how magic is prohibited. I’ll have to look that one up on goodreads.
Great list and I hope you get to read an enjoy tall these books this year! You already read my post on this topic, so I am not going to list them again here ;).
I do love me my series! I have even more coming out this year (considering my series reading issue has reached new heights and I’m currently in the middle of over 20 different series), but they didn’t have covers. Roadside Magic definitely has an awesome cover too and I am so looking forward to reading it! And of course I’ll post a review 🙂 Thanks!
Yay! I am glad to see Burning Midnight!! I hope you enjoy reading it and your others!
I had to include it after seeing your review! It sounds so good! And thanks 🙂