Most Anticipated Spring Releases | 2018

[@denkigal1406]

"YOU WERE NOT RAISED BY WOLVES" i love this, everyone should practice the art of not spoiling books

[@WhatCassRead]

The👏Children👏Of👏Blood👏And👏Bone!!!! I’m so excited for this!!! I also want The Queens of Innis Lear in my 🛒 right now.

[@knowmebooks2881]

I hadn’t heard of The Queens of Innis Lear yet but it sounds so up my alley

[@fifitrixibooks4117]

I’m a paperback girl so I’m desperately awaiting releases in paperback form. Some that will be out in the spring are Waling Gods by Sylvain Nuevel and Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor. I’m also really hoping Phillip Pullman’s The Book of Dust comes out in paperback too. X

[@thebibliofeline690]

The Children of Blood and Bone looks so good!

[@alysamorley3570]

I just got my copy of Children of Blood and Bone yesterday and it’s EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL than I expected. So many awesome books coming out! 😍📚

[@catsbiie6691]

The cover of Circe is BEAUTIFUL.

[@HaleyNixt]

The description about your feelings about the ACOTAR series aligns with mine perfectly. Begrudgingly excited.

[@jessical3151]

I didn't even know Children of Blood and Bone was inspired by The Last Airbender and I picked up those vibes ❤ As someone who only watched Airbender for the first time last year (me, under a rock, yes) I was SO happy!!! Also Im reading Queens of Innis Lear right now and it definitely has GOT level intrigue by page 50. I think you're going to LOVE the three sisters Sam. I hope you enjoy all these releases, and good luck with your classes!

[@WildeBookGarden]

I am SO READY for Circe! I'm also interested in The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson: Eastern European folklore, Baba Yaga, girl being raised to be the guide of the dead to the afterlife...I feel like you might really like it, Sam! It comes out at the beginning of April :) So many exciting fantasy releases this year! My TBR shelf may revolt LOL.

[@FrankieReads]

First - I LOVE your makeup in this vid. Second: that no spoilers disclaimer was perfect. Finally - I CANNOT wait to read Children of Blood and Bone.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Thank you!! I'm only 30 pages into CoBaB and am so excited for it.

[@theinkedpath9631]

SAM!! I don´t have space in my house for books!! But then, here you are...giving me my baby...my Leslye Walton, the one that I read because of you. AND IT IS ABOUT WITCHES (faints). How can I not buying it. And then you introduce me toThe Children of Blood and Bone and Circe!!. And you KILLED ME with 'The queens of Innis Lear'. SHAKESPEARE!! ANYTHING RELATED TO SHAKESPEARE (plays, essays, retellings, whatever) IS A MUST FOR ME!! I cannot say no. I love your videos and your tastes...I know I am going to like it. But this LOVING IT. Great picks! Hugs

[@Juli6SS]

My most anticipated spring release was novelization of The Last Jedi^^ I still have at least a week before it will be shipped to me, but according to Tumblr spoilers the Reylo is strong with this one))

[@KaterynaM_UA]

God those covers are so frickin beautiful! It looks like they get better and better each year, love it!

[@nymeria941]

I'm also excited for Children of Blood and Bone! Haven't started it yet, but it's looking at me from my shelf. And I am HERE for GoT King Lear retellings!

[@Rosen___]

Just to be clear, I have not read Children of Blood and Bone yet. But when I read the synopsis I did get Last Airbender vibes so I was SO excited when you mentioned Adeyemi's feelings for the series. Now I'm so pumped for where I think this story is going to go! Great video!

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Rose N. right?! It hypes me up for it even more.

[@as.829]

Children of Blood and Bone is my most anticipated spring release! I’m picking it up from my library today. I really want to buy it, but I hardly ever buy books (like once a year) so I don’t think I will. Idk though, the cover is gorgeous and it feels so nice to read a book that you personally own..

[@sofía-y4x3q]

Sushi Cake I'm reading it and it's very good!! I hope you enjoy it but you should read it first and then buy it if you like it and can do so!!

[@KellyannMitchell]

I'm currently reading Children of blood and Bone and loving it Sam. A court of Frost and starlight is another one of my most anticipated reads for spring also. A great number of your anticipated made mines also. Fingers crossed they live up to our expectations 👌😉

[@LynnetteReads]

'You were not raised by wolves' love it! I love talking about the books I have read and try so hard not to give anything away. I was recently trying to suggest to a friend that she reads Pines by Blake Crouch but I could only tell her about the first chapter because anything else is a spoiler! Thankfully she was suitably intrigued by that so I think she will read it soon. I love your review videos because you take the time to make two versions so we get the choice to be spoiled or not.

[@Milkymommy09]

I love watching your most anticipated lists, I always find something new I want to read. Thank you! ♡

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I'm so glad!

[@_meganekun9980]

What do you think about To Kill a Kingdom? It’s a new YA fantasy stand-alone with sirens and angsty romance. It was a March release.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

_meganekun I hadn't heard much about it before but I saw the author at the book event I was at today so now I'm intrigued 😂

[@inwethegreat]

Please read Sky in the Deep! It's a YA lady Viking book! But it's also found family, female friendship, and just beautiful. I read an ARC and I think it comes out in April or May. I have ordered Price Guide to the Occult and Circe and To Kill a Kingdom! I'm so excited for them!!! I hope you read To Kill a Kingdom too!

[@TheFancyHatLadyReads]

Oohh... I was completely unaware of The Price Guide to the Occult, and now I'm all intrigued!

[@kclantz]

I'm so hype for On the Come Up. I have complete faith in Angie Thomas doing incredible things with her next book.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Katie Lantz is that a spring release?? I thought it was summer!

[@kclantz]

Thoughts on Tomes I thought it was May 5th, but I just checked again and it's June 5th lol

[@SuperHappyNotMerry]

Begrudgingly excited describes my relationship with every single acotar book ever

[@SmashleeBookLioness]

Just received my copy of The Children of Blood and Bone so stoked to read it! It is a gorgeous hardcover btw so stunning without the dustjacket.

[@marybethdwellsinbooks3844]

The Queen's of Innis Lear sounds so freaking good

[@jackielopez9739]

Children of blood and bone was great! I am so exited for almost every release on your list!

[@nayaahmad9891]

Ur excitement is contagious 😂😂 my mom’s looking at me like I’m insane rn

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

lol thank you

[@sandyreadsalot]

I’m so excited for Children of Blood and Bone and Obsidio too!

[@ItsFerreiras]

Love the makeup 💜

[@UnicornHunterbooks]

I read a Netgalley arc of The Queens of Innis Lear, and I was so excited since it was my most anticipated of the year. But I felt like though I did like it, it was a bit of a let-down, too, and it had so much potential! The Price Guide to the Occult sounds so interesting. I hadn't heard about it before.

[@hjstackofbooks]

Oo, I wasn't aware of some of things. Thank you! :)

[@Theladythatgames]

Ahh So many good books coming out this spring! I am excited for all the books you mentioned. I am also hella excited for Life Like by Jay Kristoff it comes out on May the 29th!!

[@ABearandaBeeBooks]

So many good books this Spring! BTW, I love your shirt!

[@meaganmckinley3225]

I am looking forward to some the books on your list. But my most anticipated is A Veil of Spears by Bradley Beaulieu!! The Shattered Sands series is awesome!

[@leahrosereads]

For fantasy, definitely Children of Blood and Bone. And I'm also very excited for Glimpse (standalone I believe by one of my favorite authors). And then for single issue pick-ups Wicked and the Divine is back!!

[@randomreader]

I AM SO EXCITED FOR RESTORE ME! I haven't read it yet but I really want to buy it. Children of Blood and Bones sounds so good!

[@mariseuuu]

"And dammit I wanna quit these books but I can't." Me too, Sam. Me too.

[@Raven-rv9ge]

I am soooo looking forward to the book Children of blood and bone can not wait

[@marissaharbison3657]

I am SO EXCITED for the books coming out this year. So many witchy, dark books!! Oh my...my bank account is going to hate me but I am just beyond excited

[@Lexxie-lg4mh]

My feelings ae EXACTLY your feelings for acotar series XD

[@aneweliseonlife]

Cautiously excited for Head On by Scalzi, the sequel to Locked In.Also totally got sucked into Murderbot, and I think the second one comes out in May, even though I am slightly bitter about novellas being as expensive as they are... I am also going to read Circe right away! That is my first pre-order ever!

[@chelsiesdiamondsandbooks]

Void Black Shadow 💗

[@readaholicgirl_5]

I usually stay away from hyped books (at least until it winds down) but I liked what I read from the first page. Now that I know its Sam approved, I'm more confident I'll like it. ☺😊

[@Jamescross1981]

Ooh the UK edition of The Queens Of Innis Lear is quite pretty too...

[@NaomiAnaliss]

Yes super excited to start children of blood and bone. Tomi was such a sweetie at nova. I’m also reading to kill a kingdom right now and loving it. I’m interested in dark of the West cause I heard it being compared to the winners crime which is one of my faves. Also an adult fantasy I’m excited for is the poppy war.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Yes! Tomi was so great on panels. I'm also super intrigued about To Kill a Kingdom.

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

IM SO EXCITED FOR CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE! My copy is coming soon!!! 🙆🏼‍♀️

[@tessavery2151]

So excited for Children of Blood and Bone!!!😄😄😄

[@The_WriterVerse]

ACOFAS 🙈🙈🙈 aghhhhh you torment me so!

[@arianna7642]

I’m reading Children of Blood and Bone and it’s really amazing. Also Restore Me (which I already read and loved lol), Circe, The Queens of Innis Lear, The Surface Breaks, and ACOFAS (kinda apprehensive about this) are my most anticipated for Spring

[@Rikku147]

I'm kinda bragging here but I got to see Tahereh Mafi at the Books & Books in Miami and exactly a week after (this Wednesday) I get to see Tomi Adeyemi so I'm jfjsjdjwjdjwjd about it. (She's also going to be in a signing with the author of Poet X, which is about and by a black Latina writer, so it's so exciting). Literally no one I care about ever comes to Miami and now I got two awesome author events essentially back to back. I had no idea Queens Is Innis Lear was an adult novel! I always need more adult SFF novels in my life so I'm going to snag that audiobook immediately :3

[@Cozy_GiGi]

I put all these on my list! They sound fabulous! I am a new subscriber. Jo from @thebrokenshelf told me about you!

[@lantreauxlivres]

I'm also waiting for Obsidio, The Queens of Innis Lear and Circe!! :D Restore Me is also on my list, but I think I'll read it later - maybe a buddy read with my sister, who reads in French!I also would like to read The Surface Breaks by Louise O'Neill, coming out on May 3rd. It's a retelling of "The Little Mermaid", and I got the impression lately that there were not enough of them :) Always love your videos Sam!

[@JohannahDoll]

12 steps to normal. I want to read it so bad!!!

[@littleloezie]

On my TBR are Onyx and Ivory by Mindee Arnett, Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian, Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young, Isle of Blood and Stone by Makiia Lucier and To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo. Everyone has The Children of blood and Bone on their TBR :P

[@booksinbloom7859]

You should also check out Furyborn by Claire Legrand! It come out in may and its right up your alley

[@jesswillard5423]

I believe the Wicked Deep came out March 6, excited for that one. Also excited for Children of Blood and Bone, the queens of Innis Lear, To kill a kingdom, sky in the deep and the last book in my werewolf-Viking adult fantasy comes out in April, The Night Lies Bleeding by M.D. Lachlan :)

[@Ray.500]

WHEN ARE YOU READING ONE DARK THRONE???? WE ALL KNOW YOU'LL LOVE IT QUEEN!!!!

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

rayhan jalil I'm on the list for the audiobook from my library!

[@MatthewSciarappa]

I’m here for so many of these releases! I think, though, that Space Opera by Catherynne Valente is my most anticipated for the spring. Apparently the release date was pushed back a week, because of printing, so the suspense kills me! Are you going to be picking it up? Happy reading!

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Matthew Sciarappa definitely! I'm always so torn about Valente. I love her writing but I often lose my way in her stories. I'm hoping this one is different for me!

[@abibliophobe2731]

I had the Queen's of Innis Lear pre-ordered but I like the UK cover better and I guess it doesn't come out till May in the UK. I will likely be purchasing it in May though.

[@johnhuff1986]

Children of blood and bone was soooo good

[@yannie9579]

I just picked up "Childrend of Blood and Bone."

[@Arisutocrat]

The UK cover of Circe is so goregous thanks for exposing me to it. Also Sam, are you looking forward to Dance of Thieves by Mary E Pearson in August?

[@GalaxyElfJess]

Stormcaster by Cinda Williams Chima, The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven, The Continent by Keira Drake, the first novella in Ghosts of the Shadow Market by Cassandra Clare, aaaand Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence (might be more but that's all I could think of atm)

[@hikkipedia]

I am PERCHED for Cerce

[@WellDressedGypsy]

Excited for Given to the Earth by Mindy McGuiness which come out end of April, the final book of the Given Duet

[@watchdafanny]

I feel the same with Childern of Smoke and Born. I havent had an urge to get a book right away in a while. And I feel like I need to get this one asap. I can't wait for Trail Of Lighting but that doesn't come out till June. :-/

[@HannahCassieBooks]

A huge thank you for this video

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

you're welcome!

[@ashes3622]

Sam, you are so gorgeous! I was wondering, do you have a favorite eye shadow palette? I mostly use the Peach Palette from Too Faced right now, but it's one of the only ones I own. :P Children of Blood and Bone is inspired by ATLA??? I just marathoned LOK and it reignited my childhood love of the series. I'm definitely going to have to check this one out.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Thank you :) The one I use the most is the KVD Metal Matte that is sadly limited edition. I did get the Morphe Jaclyn Hill palette for christmas, which I enjoy, especially for the price.

[@heatherwhite8400]

I'm most excited ACOFAS as well as LIFEL1K3. It's apparently a sci-fi about androids with a sidekick named Lemon Fresh

[@Shaegeeksout]

The one thing I heard about Price Guide to the Occult, is that there is a lot of self-harm throughout the novel, so be warned of that. I feel like that is something that should be known before reading.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Shaegeeksout good to know! Thank you!

[@Chris-Huntley]

The Rig by Roger Levy One Way by Sj Morden Smoke Eaters by Sean Grigsby The Thousand Deaths of Ardor Benn By Tyler Whitesides

[@ravishing_rogue]

I am not ready for Circe I love Madeline Miller so much omg

[@hpbruin]

September is the month of amazing releases for me. I can't wait! But The Children of Blood and Bone sounds very good. Now I have to add it to my list. Why oh why can't I read faster?!

[@ashleyaliviado8381]

I need Obsidio NOW. And I don't even like Sci fi. Lol

[@leahbaron1]

When you live in New Zealand and it's Autumn. So weird.

[@Amanda-nq6mw]

I got Children of Blood and Bone on audio book and I'm stoked. I did also read Price Guide early and really didn't like it...

[@Juli6SS]

But... Spring is March, April and May... What do you mean???? I'm confused... Someone, help?

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

Juli-Yashka the first day of spring isn't until March 20 and some people get picky

[@spookyboo_xo]

I read Unravel Me back in December of last year and was like "why the heck didn't I read this sooner!?" I loved Shatter Me but per usual I point sequels off because I'm afraid it's going to have sequel syndrome...

[@expectobooknerdum7093]

"you were not raised by wolves" CAN RELATE, if feel like i have to look through youtube comments/twitter with one eye closed

[@lenniejoaquin7091]

UGH whether we like it or not...we keep coming back to Sarah J Maas's books....BC WE'RE TRASH

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

BELLE trueeee

[@fabifitusa5097]

Where do you hear about all this releases? Are there blogs or websites you go to?

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

fabifitusa twitter, Goodreads, and publisher catalogues that are listed on their websites

[@DaenerysUndomiel]

give some good hades/persephone retelling

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

DaenerysUndomiel there are none lol when I have enough to recommend I'll do a video on them!

[@DaenerysUndomiel]

Thoughts on Tomes can't wait

[@booksinbloom7859]

I was so excited for Innis Lear as well, but Tessa Gratton was one of the outed predators so i don't think I want to support her. I just thought you should know!

[@tree_hugger6921]

RESTORE ME WAS SOOO GOOD? But something is bugging me and I don't know what?

[@twixotic04]

AVATAR!!!! Are you a Zutara fan?!!!

[@TeaLeavesAndBookBindings]

I wish I could quit the acotar series as well but I find all of her books kind of addicting. I was so excited for the queens of innis lear as well but the author was one of the ones named for sexual harassment/assault and now I'm not sure about reading it :/

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

TeaLeavesAndBookBindings OH GOD noooo I am now also conflicted 😭

[@TeaLeavesAndBookBindings]

Yeah...I don't know if you saw the whole thing go down on twitter during February with that article, but somebody wrote in the comments that she was a predator. And then there was an incident with Courtney Stevens that she has written about. You can find it if you google Courtney Stevens and Tessa Gratton.

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

good to know! I'll look into it.

[@cristinbruggeman9600]

I'm not sure if you've seen the sexual harassment accusations against Tessa Gratton, author of Queens of Innis Lear. I was really excited for that book, too, but I can't get behind an author who preys on women in the community. Her victim bravely came forward, and Gratton hasn't even bothered to apologize. No way will I be reading QOIL or any other book by this author. (You can google 'Medium' and 'Court Stevens' to see the specifics).

[@ThoughtsOnTomes]

I heard only after I posted this video. I read the Courtney Stevens article and will be paying attention to how things unfold.