Where has April gone? It feels like it just got started! If you're looking for something to read, here's a list of the titles this month that has our team at Indigo excited:
The Calling by Kelley Armstong. The second in her Darkness Rising trilogy.
Fear: A Gone Novel by Michael Grant. The previous novel, Plague, is now in paperback.
The Fame Game by Lauren Conrad. Lauren returns to show us what happens on the other side of the camera.
Where She Went by Gayle Forman in paperback. The sequel to If I Stay.
Ascend: A Trylle Novel by Amanda Hocking. Find out how it all ends in the final book of The Trylle Trilogy.
Stolen by Lucy Christopher in paperback. Gemma gets stalked, kidnapped, and then expected to love the guy who did it.
Immortal City by Scott Speer. The most famous Angel in the city and the one girl who doesn't care hunt a serial killer. (C'mon, you know you're curious.)
Opposite of Tidy by Carrie Mac. From the Vancouver author, this is a contemporary novel about a girl who's mother is a hoarder.
Eona by Alison Goodman. The final book of the Eon duology is now in paperback!
Whisper by Alyson Noel.…
Since this week is Friday the 13th, we're very lucky to have a guestpost from William Hill, author of the terrifying Department 19 and its sequel, The Rising. Department 19 is a secret branch of the British government that protects its citizens from vampires--and if you've been looking for real, gruesome monsters then these books are for you!
He's here to tell us why he writes those "horrible" things he does. (And also to give me traumatic flashbacks to reading Stephen King's It.) Welcome, Mr. Hill!
WHY I LIKE READING (AND WRITING) SCARY BOOKS
When I was about 12 I was so scared by Stephen King’s It that I slept with the light on, having placed the book itself, a beautiful old library hardback with a terrifying oil-painted amusement park clown on the cover, in the middle of my bedroom floor, so that I could keep an eye on it.
It was the prologue that did it.
George Denbrough chases a paper boat down the flooded streets of his home town, until he loses it down an overflowing drain. A drain in which he finds a friendly, charming clown. A clown that suddenly changes shape and pulls George’s arm off…
The wait for City of Lost Souls is almost over! May 8th we’ll all get to learn what happens next to our favourite Shadowhunters and Downworlders. Even better, Indigo has an exclusive edition of the book with a special letter from Stephen Herondale to Jace. (If you don't know why Stephen Herondale would write a letter to Jace, then you'd better read The Mortal Instruments pronto.)
That’s not all: Cassandra Clare is doing an exclusive video City of Lost Souls interview for us!
We’re seeking the best questions you have. Anything you need to know about Clary, Jace, Simon, Isabelle, Alec and Magnus? While we’re all dying to know about the cliffhanger ending of City of Fallen Angels, she probably can’t answer any plot-related questions about City of Lost Souls. (Spoilers, and all that.)
Submit your questions for Cassandra Clare in this blog post’s comments or on Facebook, we’ll pick the best ones, and then she’ll answer some of them in a video we’ll post here on the Indigo Teen Blog later this month.
I met Ontario YA author, Alyxandra Harvey, at Toronto’s Fan Expo last fall where she spoke on a panel with Lesley Livingston and Evan Munday. Harvey is the bestselling author of the haunting and romantic vampire saga, The Drake Chronicles, as well as, Stolen Away, and Haunting Violet. The Drake Chronicles follows the dark and mysterious world of Violet Hill, as sixteen-year-old Solange Drake fights for her family's rightful claim to the throne.
I enjoyed Harvey’s take on vampire lore, her love for Victorian fantasy and history, and the fact that we seem to agree on good books and good book boyfriends, such as Jane Austen’s Darcy. I am thrilled that we have this exclusive guest post in which Harvey gives us a confession…her Vampire Confessions.
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“Vampire Confessions”
By, Alyxandra Harvey
I have a confession to make.
I write vampire novels.
I am armed with love and irreverent reverence for the genre. But because I love it, I like to poke fun at it too. And I really enjoy finding new hidden tidbits of folklore and history to use, and layering it all together like a cake with frosting made of snark.
Now I want cake.
I…
