Series I Need to Finish

Lately I feel like the number of series I need to finish or catch up with has multiplied, so I’m mainly making this post to keep myself accountable. I’m planning to dedicate the month of July to catching up with all these series. I will do my best to follow through with this, but I am ultimately a mood reader and it’s hard for me to stick to a set TBR list, which is why I usually don’t make one.

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One of Us is Next (One of Us is Lying, #2) by Karen M. McManus

I recently read One of Us is Lying, and it was a five star read for me. You can click on my link to read my review. I’ve been told this sequel is just as good, but since the first one had some closure to it I didn’t immediately feel the urge to continue with the series. I definitely will get to it soon. It has a 4.06/5 rating on Goodreads.

Here is the synopsis:

Come on, Bayview, you know you’ve missed this.

A ton of copycat gossip apps have popped up since Simon died, but in the year since the Bayview four were cleared of his shocking death, no one’s been able to fill the gossip void quite like he could. The problem is no one has the facts.

Until now.

This time it’s not an app, though—it’s a game.

Truth or Dare.

Phoebe’s the first target. If you choose not to play, it’s a truth. And hers is dark.

Then comes Maeve and she should know better—always choose the dare.

But by the time Knox is about to be tagged, things have gotten dangerous. The dares have become deadly, and if Maeve learned anything from Bronwyn last year, it’s that they can’t count on the police for help. Or protection.

Simon’s gone, but someone’s determined to keep his legacy at Bayview High alive. And this time, there’s a whole new set of rules.

Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, #1) by Holly Jackson

I just read A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, but again I didn’t immediately move on to the sequel (I need to stop doing that). I’ve also heard really good things about this one. It currently has a 4.59/5 rating on Goodreads.

Here is a synopsis:

Pip Fitz-Amobi is not a detective any more.

With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. The podcast has gone viral, yet Pip insists her investigating days are behind her.

But she will have to break that promise when someone she knows goes missing. Jamie Reynolds has disappeared but the police won’t do anything about it. And if they won’t look for Jamie then Pip will, uncovering more of her town’s dark secrets along the way… and this time EVERYONE is listening. But will she find him before it’s too late?

Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers, #2) by Nicki Pau Preto

I just finished Crown of Feathers and I really liked it. I’m looking forward to starting Heart of Flames. It currently has a 4.35/5 on Goodreads.

Here is a Synopsis:

You are a daughter of queens.

The world is balanced on the edge of a knife, and war is almost certain between the empire and the Phoenix Riders.

Like Nefyra before you, your life will be a trial by fire.

Veronyka finally got her wish to join the Riders, but while she’s supposed to be in training, all she really wants to do is fly out to defend the villages of Pyra from the advancing empire. Tristan has been promoted to Master Rider, but he has very different ideas about the best way to protect their people than his father, the commander. Sev has been sent to spy on the empire, but maintaining his cover may force him to fight on the wrong side of the war. And Veronyka’s sister, Val, is determined to regain the empire she lost—even if it means inciting the war herself.

Such is your inheritance. A name. A legacy. An empire in ruin.

As tensions reach a boiling point, the characters all find themselves drawn together into a fight that will shape the course of the empire—and determine the future of the Phoenix Riders. Each must decide how far they’re willing to go—and what they’re willing to lose in the process.

I pray you are able to pass through the flames.

Thunderhead (Scythe, #2) by Neal Shusterman

Scythe, the first book in this series, was a five star read for me. I really need to move on to Thunderhead, and eventually The Toll. This one has a 4.49/5 rating on Goodreads.

Here is a Synopsis:

Rowan has gone rogue, and has taken it upon himself to put the Scythedom through a trial by fire. Literally. In the year since Winter Conclave, he has gone off-grid, and has been striking out against corrupt scythes—not only in MidMerica, but across the entire continent. He is a dark folk hero now—“Scythe Lucifer”—a vigilante taking down corrupt scythes in flames.

Citra, now a junior scythe under Scythe Curie, sees the corruption and wants to help change it from the inside out, but is thwarted at every turn, and threatened by the “new order” scythes. Realizing she cannot do this alone—or even with the help of Scythe Curie and Faraday, she does the unthinkable, and risks being “deadish” so she can communicate with the Thunderhead—the only being on earth wise enough to solve the dire problems of a perfect world. But will it help solve those problems, or simply watch as perfection goes into decline?

The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3)

I read the first two in this series: Truly Devious and The Vanishing Stair a very long time ago. I really need to finish this last one in the series and hopefully have the mystery solved. The last two books were both cliff hangers. This is a nice YA/Mystery series, this last one has a 4.22/5 rating on Goodreads.

Here is a Synopsis:

Ellingham Academy must be cursed. Three people are now dead. One, a victim of either a prank gone wrong or a murder. Another, dead by misadventure. And now, an accident in Burlington has claimed another life. All three in the wrong place at the wrong time. All at the exact moment of Stevie’s greatest triumph . . .

She knows who Truly Devious is. She’s solved it. The greatest case of the century.

At least, she thinks she has. With this latest tragedy, it’s hard to concentrate on the past. Not only has someone died in town, but David disappeared of his own free will and is up to something. Stevie is sure that somehow—somehow—all these things connect. The three deaths in the present. The deaths in the past. The missing Alice Ellingham and the missing David Eastman. Somewhere in this place of riddles and puzzles there must be answers.

Then another accident occurs as a massive storm heads toward Vermont. This is too much for the parents and administrators. Ellingham Academy is evacuated. Obviously, it’s time for Stevie to do something stupid. It’s time to stay on the mountain and face the storm—and a murderer.

In the tantalizing finale to the Truly Devious trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson expertly tangles her dual narrative threads and ignites an explosive end for all who’ve walked through Ellingham Academy.

Ember Queen (Ash Princess, #3) by Laura Sebastian

This series I also started a long time ago and I need to finish. The first two books were: Ash Princess and Lady Smoke. They are really great books and I really don’t know why I haven’t finished this last one. Like I said before, I am a major mood reader and I regularly switch between genres so that I don’t land myself in a reading slump. This one has a 4.10/5 rating on Goodreads.

Here is a Synopsis:

Princess Theodosia was a prisoner in her own country for a decade. Renamed the Ash Princess, she endured relentless abuse and ridicule from the Kaiser and his court. But though she wore a crown of ashes, there is fire in Theo’s blood. As the rightful heir to the Astrean crown, it runs in her veins. And if she learned nothing else from her mother, she learned that a Queen never cowers.

Now free, with a misfit army of rebels to back her, Theo must liberate her enslaved people and face a terrifying new enemy: the new Kaiserin. Imbued with a magic no one understands, the Kaiserin is determined to burn down anyone and everything in her way.

The Kaiserin’s strange power is growing stronger, and with Prinz Søren as her hostage, there is more at stake than ever. Theo must learn to embrace her own power if she has any hope of standing against the girl she once called her heart’s sister.

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