Happy Half Hour (4/14/25)

Today, we’re chatting about a necromancer trying to resurrect her sister who gets embroiled in bigger, world-ending plans instead; a thrill-seeking young woman who joins a radical theater troupe; three estranged high schoolers who are pulled into a video game to pursue the disappearance of their friend; and a professor who learns that an unflattering version of herself will appear prominently in her ex-husband’s debut novel.

MISTRESS OF BONES by Maria Z. Medina | 9781250888235 | 8/5/25
FLASHOUT by Alexis Soloski | 9781250883643 | 8/5/25
THE L.O.V.E. CLUB by Lio Min | 9781250359827 | 8/5/25
IF YOU LOVE IT, LET IT KILL YOU by Hannah Pittard | 9781250910271 | 7/15/25

Additional titles we mentioned:
SALTCROP by Yume Kitasei | 9781250380968 | 9/30/25
THE LOCKED WARD by Sarah Pekkanen | 9781250349514 | 8/5/25
KILL THE BEAST by Serra Swift | 9781250373786 | 10/14/25
MODERN DIVINATION by Isa Agajanian | 9781035049981 | 5/6/25
COME AS YOU ARE by Dahlia Adler | 9781250871695 | 5/27/25
BALANCING ACT by Paula Chase | 9781250809391 | 10/21/25
MARGUERITE BY THE LAKE by Mary Dixie Carter | 9781250790385 | 5/20/25
FINAL CUT by Olivia Worley | 9781250392985 | 10/28/25
UNDER A FIRE-RED SKY by Geraldine McCaughrean | 9781250225535 | 11/4/25
KING OF ASHES by S. A. Cosby | 9781250832061 | 6/10/25
WE CAN NEVER LEAVE by H.E. Edgmon | 9781250853653 | 6/10/25
THE MARIGOLD COTTAGES MURDER COLLECTIVE by Jo Nichols | 9781250356543 | 8/19/25
HAPPINESS FOREVER by Adelaide Faith | 9780374608668 | 5/13/25
LOVE BITES by Cynthia St. Aubin | 9781250407115 | 9/9/25
LOVE SUCKS by Cynthia St. Aubin | 9781250407146 | 10/7/25
DOMINION by Addie E. Citchens | 9780374609337 | 8/19/25
THE IRISH GOODBYE by Heather Aimee O’Neill | 9781250408150 | 10/21/25
SOUL OF SHADOW by Emma Noyes | 9781250342966 | 7/29/25
THE THRASHERS by Julie Soto | 9781250377173 | 5/6/25

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