Jen's 2018 Most Anticipated Releases

 As I did in 2017, I tried to keep this list to a minimum and only included books that I am super interested in or excited about and that I genuinely think I will read very soon after release. As this post is going up much later than originally intended, some of these books have already been released. Which also means that I have actually read or started some of these books already.

I also just posted a check in with my most anticipated releases of 2017 and I was happy to discover that by keeping my list shorter, I managed to read approximately half of the books. A much better effort than in 2016.

Ultimately, my absolute top priority in 2018 is to get my number of unread owned books down so I definitely don’t want to be adding a whole bunch more to the list!

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Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed

This is a novel dealing with Islamophobia in America and seems to be a part of the increasing trend of realistic contemporaries dealing with real world issues that we are facing today. I immediately wanted to read this book as soon as I heard about it. The synopsis sounded amazing and I was expecting great things. I have read this book and was quite sad that it didn’t live up to my expectations.

 

Graevale (The Medoran Chronicles #4) by Lynette Noni

I read the first 3 books in this series last year and really enjoyed them! This is a super addictive YA fantasy series involving magic and a mysterious library. This fourth book just came out recently and I’ve started reading it already.

Obsidio (The Illuminae Files #3) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

This is also another favourite series of mine. I read Illuminae when it first came out and read Gemina when it was released. Then the release of this book got pushed back so I had an even longer wait. It was also recently released and of course I’ve started reading this one as well.

Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices #3) by Cassandra Clare

I finally, finally got around to reading Lady Midnight and Lord of Shadows in 2017 and how things left off destroyed me and I’m still not okay. Thank god that the release date for this book was brought forward because I need the conclusion to this trilogy!  

Save the Date by Morgan Matson

I don’t even know what this book is about but I’m dying to have it in my hands. It’s by one of my favourite authors who is also an auto-buy author for me. Morgan Matson writes some amazing summer contemporaries and I can’t wait for this book.

Found by Fleur Ferris

This is another auto-buy author for me. Fleur is an Australian author who writes YA contemporary with a mystery/thriller element thrown in. I’ve loved each of her previous books and I can’t wait for this new one!

Untitled (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas

This is another of my favourite series. However the insane hype has died down quite a lot from a year or two ago. I’ve actually still only read up to Empire of Storms. I still haven’t read Tower of Dawn yet because I was most displeased to say the least to learn that it was all about Chaol (whom I hate). I also hated that what was originally supposed to be a novella got turned into another full length novel, which meant that the release of this book got pushed back. My excitement for this series is nowhere near what it was pre Tower of Dawn, but I am invested enough that I want to find out how everything ends.

Jen's 2017 Anticipated Releases Check In

I had 9 books in my most anticipated releases list in 2017 and I managed to read 5 of them. I feel like about half is not too bad an effort and a definite improvement from 2016 in which I only read 2 of my most anticipated books.

Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before #3) by Jenny Han

I actually started this one as soon as it came in the mail and I finished it in 2 days. I absolutely loved this book and thought it was an amazing conclusion to the trilogy.

Wreck by Fleur Ferris

This was one I squeezed in towards the end of 2017 and I’m so glad that I did because it was brilliant and probably my favourite book by this author yet.

There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

I’m sad to say that while this wasn’t a terrible book, it still ended up on my most disappointing books of 2017 list because I felt that it didn’t deliver what it promised and it definitely did not live up to my expectations.

A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3) by Sarah J. Maas

Another book that I was disappointed with. Upsetting, but not really that surprising since I wasn’t a fan of how things turned out in A Court of Mist and Fury. 

Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices #2) by Cassandra Clare

Such an amazing book and I was loving it, right up until the end when my heart was ripped out and stabbed into a million pieces. I’m still not okay.

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And now onto the books that I didn’t get to because so little time, so many books.

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

This was super high up on my list of most anticipated 2017 releases and I’m so sad that I didn’t get to it. However I made it a priority in 2018 and I’m happy to say that I’ve now read it and it was amazing.  

Long May She Reign by Rhiannon Thomas

I still don’t even own this book yet and unfortunately it has fallen way down my priority list as my focus in 2018 is on my unread owned books.

Immortal Reign (Falling Kingdoms #6) by Morgan Rhodes

I had plans to re-read the first two books and then continue on with my read of the series and that just didn’t end up happening at all. That didn’t even matter in the end since this book got pushed back to 2018. I do have hopes to at least start this series in 2018 but there’s just too many other books.

Wayfarer (Passenger #2) by Alexandra Bracken

Still haven’t even read Passenger yet…