2018 Most Anticipated Releases

Okay, first: Obligatory moment of screaming incoherently because it is nearly 2018. I literally feel like approximately 57 days were removed from 2017 in the middle of the night sometime around Easter and no one announced it to the public. How do you explain where this year went otherwise?!?!

Anyway, in an effort to be supremely positive about this sad, sad turn of events, I shall look forward with delight to new releases I get to rave over with that flip of the calendar page!

Beaumont and Beasley continuations and spinoffs:

              

Kyle Shultz has announced his official plans for 2018 publishing, and there is a lot to be excited about. He’ll be going ahead with his concepts for taking his “canon” series, Beaumont and Beasley, in new directions (I love it when authors are brave and try something new), as well as a prequel for The Beast of Talesend, and a spinoff featuring Malcolm Blackfire (the dragon who will be my husband one day, so SQUEEEE!!!), and he’s started a sort of Wild West series on Wattpad. (Although I am incredibly behind on that, since I currently do not Wattpad.) Almost everything will eventually be out in paperback, and I am definitely looking forward to those!

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black:

I am beyond falling over with anticipation for this one. Since (finally) finishing The Darkest Part of the Forest last year and loving it, I am quite eager for Holly Black to write more fairy stories. Years ago, I tried her first fairy-related book, Tithe, and didn’t really care for it, but there was so much storytelling potential waiting in the wings of that and her Curse Workers trilogy. So I hung on and kept an eye peeled, hoping that one of her titles would finally grab my interest and not let go. Now I honestly feel that she’s matured as an author, found her style and honed it, so The Cruel Prince is high on my list.

A Thousand Perfect Notes by CG Drews:

Here’s an interesting sort of confession — I may not actually read this. Why?, when I know the author, and Goodreads has exploded over how much people are dying for A Thousand Perfect Notes to hurry up and be printed already? Well, it’s the content of the plot. I simply don’t read novels involving abusive parents, because it features high among my personal triggers. I’ve actually already discussed this some with the author, and since she understands the ASD struggle herself, this will hardly be a surprise to her. However, it does not one whit distance or deter me from recognizing this shall be a huge release, and hopefully the internet can hold itself together in the meantime as the rest of you flail joyously!

Fawkes by Nadine Brandes:

To say I am excited about this novel can be related thusly: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! It’s a historical fantasy, centering on Bonfire Night, which is one of my favorite British holidays, and the fact I have to wait until spring for it to be even close to being available is just: AAAAAAAHHHHRRGGHH!!!!!! I have not yet read anything else by this author, but I’ve heard very good things, and the concept is totally my cup of tea — hence the non-stop screaming until I get my hands on a copy.

(covers not yet confirmed) Volume 3 of The Order of the Twelve Tribes and How To Be A Savage by Daley Downing:

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What? Did you really expect me to get through this post without hollering about my own 2018 titles?

As of yet, there is no title or even cover art for Volume 3. It shall come to be eventually, when Kyle and I have survived the holidays and life throwing Other Stuff in our path. And no teasers yet, since Rulers and Mages just came out, and very, very few have had a chance to finish it.

How To Be A Savage will release first, anyway. I’m taking a break from an intense work schedule on my Order world to focus on my failed NaNo project that I’m now revamping into something awesome. As of now, there are no notions or schemes for the cover; I’ll cross that bridge sometime in January.

And there we have it! Now, let’s all run around panicking for a minute (or 23), because none of us are prepared for the new year!

Have fantastic holidays, moths!