Anticipated Releases (July-September 2023)

 Hey guys, this is Abi here, 

And I'm back with my Anticipated Releases post for July, through to September! 

I have 10 books to talk about today, so we're looking quite consistent over the next few months. 

I hope you enjoy it, and feel free to comment your anticipated releases down below (I know one of these is going to be on everyone's list). 

July

1. Business or Pleasure, by Rachel Lynn Soloman 

Release date: 04/07/2023

After reading and loving You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone, I've been eager to pick up another of Rachel Lynn Soloman's books, and this release is right around the corner. Not quite hate to love, more awkwardness to love. Basically, it's a story of two people, named Chandler and Finn, that sleep together, regret it, and then have meet daily in a work setting. Slightly more light-hearted than You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone, but I'm looking forward to this. 

2. Penance, by Eliza Clark 

Release date: 06/07/2023

Taking place ten years after the brutal (fictional) murder of sicteen-year-old Joan Wilson, Penance is a story constructed by social media posts in tumblr, chats, emails, podcasts, articles and interviews, which makes this book stand out a mile! I can 100% picture me picking this up in October/ November, when the weather matches the feel of this book. 

3. All That's Left to Say, by Emery Lord

Release date: 18/07/2023

You know, I didn't actually read the blurb for this before adding it to the list- I just say that Emery Lord was releasing it and I stuck it straight on. All That's Left to Say is about a girl Hannah MacLaren who is in trouble at her school for pulling the fire alarm right before prom queen was due to be announced. But Hannah had her reasons because, one year ago, her cousin and best friend Sophie, died of a drug overdose. Now, Hannah has enrolled at the same school, to try and find out why. 

The only book of Emery Lord that I have read is a tale of is of a grieving girl, learning to face her fears and get back to normality. Obviously, this book is very different and I'm intrigued as for how this story will unfold. 

4. One of Us Is Back (One of Us is Lying #3), by Karen M. McManus

Release date: 25/07/2023

The third and final book in the One of Us Is Lying trilogy, and I am ready for it! I can't imagine what else is going to happen in this final book, but consider I've read every single Karen M. McManus book that is currently out, I get the feeling that I'm going to love it. 

 I think I'm going to have to re-read the first two, as it's been a while, but I'm looking forward to going back to the start, reading the whole series and wrapping it all up in one full swing! 

August

1. The Connells of County Down, by Tracey Lange

Release date: 01/08/2023

There are two reasons why I added this book to my list. The first one is, the book starts off in prison. I've only once read a book that takes place in prison and it was a detail that didn't escape my notice. The other reason is that this is very much a family-based book. It discusses single parenthood, struggling with the after-effects of a brain injury, family secrets, snapping from stress, and that's only one part of the book. The rest of it is about Tara, the protagonist piecing her life together with her family once she leaves prison. 

2. Family Lore, by Elizabeth Acevedo

Release date: 01/08/2023

I've only read one of Elizabeth Acevedo's works, but this particularly book piqued my interest a fair bit. From the looks of the Goodreads' blurb, Family Lore follows Flor, who has a mystic gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. But she requests a wake, it throws generations of her family off in ways she can't imagine. Has Flor forseen her own death, or someone else's? These are the questions that plague her sisters, for she refuses to tell them anything. 

Spanning three days prior to the wake, Family Lore traces the lives of each of the Marte women, weaving together past and present, and honestly, I'm so excited to see each layer intertwines. 

3. The Bookbinder, by Pip Williams 

Release date: 01/08/2023

Okay. This one hits hard. Set in 1914, Bookbinder tells the story of sisters Peggy and Maude, two women who work in the bindery at the university press in Oxford. Peggy dreams of more than bookbinding, of joining the library across the street, and reading the words, not just binding the books, a luxury she isn't allowed where she is. What's stopping her is Maude, who is quite content with using her hands, and not her brain. She feels compelled to watch over her. But when refugees arrive from worn-down cities of Belgium, Maude begins to see what Peggy means about the library across the street. But as war and illness begin to shape her world, her love for a Belgium soldier- and all the responsibility that comes with it- threaten to hold her back. 

I can already tell I'm going to absolutely love this book, and it's not even out yet. 

September

1. The Long Game, by Elena Armas

Release date: 05/09/2023

Okay, I'm really looking forward to this. Mainly because it's the only football book I've ever come across. The Long Game is basically following Adalyn Reyes, who has had the same routine for the longest time: wake up at dawn, drive to the Miami Flames FC offices, try her hardest to leave a mark, go home, repeat. But when a video goes live of her in altercations with the team's mascot, the team's owner, who happens to be her father, sends Adalyn to the middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where she's tasked with turning around 

2. The Wake-Up Call, by Beth O' Leary 

Release date: 26/09/2023 

Another book by Beth O' Leary! This one promises to be read, because I have thoroughly enjoyed every book she has released! Anothr hate to love story, which frankly I never get tired of, this time two people that can't stand the sight of eachother, forced to work together to save the hotel that's crumbling around them. Having recently finished Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert, which is also set in a hotel, I'm looking forward to getting to another book that's set in one. 

3. The Fragile Threads of Power (Threads of Power #1), by V.E. Schwab 

Release date: 26/09/2023

And finally, the book I've probably been anticipating the most! I, like most of the booktube community, was a HUGE fan of the Darker Shade of Magic trilogy when they were released. And now V.E. Schwab is releasing another series set in the same world and I am all kinds of excited! 

It's been a while since I read the last book, so I'm thinking I might need to re-read the first trilogy as a fresher (which I have absolutely no problem about) but I have no doubt that I will be purchasing a copy as soon as they're out in the world. 

Okay! Those are all the books that I am anticipating during the next three months! 

As always, feel free to comment what you're looking forward to being released, down below! 

I hope you have a lovely evening and I'll see you all soon! 

Byeeeee! 

-Abi xxxxxx