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Tour Sign Up: The King is Dead by Benjamin Dean

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                                      Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  THE KING IS DEAD ? Synopsis: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets The Inheritance Games in this Black LGBTQ+ royal romp full of heart-swooning romance, scandalous secrets and one hell of a mystery. James has been a prince all of his life, and since he was born, he's been thrust into the spotlight as the first Black heir to the throne. But when his father unexpectedly dies, James is crowned king at seventeen. Now, the secrets he could keep as a prince with no real responsibility - namely, his sexuality and hidden relationship - are rocked as his life irrevocably changes. When his boyfriend suddenly goes missing, the royal secrets and scandals that only he knows start to leak online. And when it becomes clear that whoever is behind the messages isn't going to stop anytime soon, James begins to question everyone around him. CWs: homophobia, racism ABOUT THE TOUR The tour for The Ki

Tour Sign Up: A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow

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                                      Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  A MIRROR MENDED ? Synopsis: A Mirror Mended is the next installment in USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's Fractured Fables series. Zinnia Gray, professional fairy-tale fixer and lapsed Sleeping Beauty, is over rescuing snoring princesses. Once you’ve rescued a dozen damsels and burned fifty spindles, once you’ve gotten drunk with twenty good fairies and made out with one too many members of the royal family, you start to wish some of these girls would just get a grip and try solving their own narrative issues. Just when Zinnia’s beginning to think she can't handle one more princess, she glances into a mirror and sees another face looking back at her: the shockingly gorgeous face of evil, asking for her help. Because there’s more than one person trapped in a story they didn’t choose. Snow White's Evil Queen has found out how her story ends, and she's desperate for

Tour Sign Up: Infamous by Lex Croucher

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                                     Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  INFAMOUS ? Synopsis: 22-year-old aspiring writer Edith 'Eddie' Miller and her best friend Rose have always done everything together-climbing trees, throwing grapes at boys, sneaking bottles of wine, practicing kissing . . . But following their debutante ball Rose is suddenly talking about marriage, and Eddie is horrified. When Eddie meets charming, renowned poet Nash Nicholson, he invites her to his crumbling Gothic estate in the countryside. The entourage of eccentric artists indulging in pure hedonism is exactly what Eddie needs in order to forget Rose and finish her novel. But Eddie might discover the world of famous literary icons isn't all poems and pleasure . . . *content warning provided by author: drinking, drug use, unhealthy power dynamics, sexual assault, mentions of racism, threat of gun violence, mentions of parental death, mentions of death by drowning. ABO

Tour Sign Up: Something Certain, Maybe by Sara Barnard

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                                    Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  SOMETHING CERTAIN, MAYBE ? Synopsis: A powerful novel about first love, friendships and embracing the uncertainty of an unknowable future, from Sara Barnard, winner of the YA Book Prize. Rosie is ready for her life to begin, because nothing says new life like going to university. After years of waiting and working hard, she's finally on the road that will secure her future. Except university turns out to be not what she hoped or imagined, and although she's not exactly unhappy – really! – she might be a little bit worried that she doesn't really like her course much. Or her flatmates. Or really... anything? But it's normal to be homesick (right?) and everything will have settled in a month or two, and it's totally fine that her friends seem so much happier than she is, and that the doctors don’t seem to know what’s wrong with her mother. But then she meets Jade, and ev

Tour Sign Up: Only On the Weekends by Dean Atta

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                                   Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  ONLY ON THE WEEKENDS ? Synopsis: Mack never thought he'd find love, but now two boys want to be with him. Will he choose Karim or Finlay? And can true love last for ever? A must-read queer love story for fans of Sarah Crossan and Sex Education, written in verse by Dean Atta. Fifteen-year-old Mack is a hopeless romantic - he blames the films he's grown up watching. He has liked Karim for as long as he can remember, and is ecstatic when Karim becomes his boyfriend - it feels like love. But when Mack's dad gets a job on a film in Scotland, Mack has to move, and soon he discovers how painful love can be. It's horrible being so far away from Karim, but the worst part is that Karim doesn't make the effort to visit. Love shouldn't be only on the weekends. Then, when Mack meets actor Finlay on a film set, he experiences something powerful, a feeling like love at first sight. H

Tour Sign Up: Odder Still by D.N. Byrn

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                                  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  ODDER STILL ? Synopsis: Rubem of No-Man’s Land was content keeping to his wine, his pets, and his extensive collection of fishnets.  But since a sentient, fuel-producing parasite bonded to his brainstem, every morally-depraved scientist and hardcore rebel for a hundred miles wants to ruthlessly dissect him. The parasite itself is no better, influencing his emotions and sassing him with his own memories as it slowly takes over his body.  The only person offering Rubem help is Tavish K. Findlay, a dashing and manipulative philanthropist whose mother’s fuel company monopolizes their corrupt underwater city with an iron claw. She desperately wants to tear Rubem apart for the parasite before those who oppose her can do the same. Her son is irresistibly charismatic though, and after a lifetime of being kicked out and disavowed, Rubem is desperate to believe in the friendship Tavish offers.  With rev

Tour Sign Up: ABC Pride by By Louie Stowell and Dr Elly Barnes

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                                 Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  ABC PRIDE ? Synopsis: DK has partnered with Pride in London to publish ABC Pride, an educational book that combines the classic ABC learning format, with inspirational information including the meaning behind the colours of the Pride flag. Pride in London have stated that they will be giving a percentage of sales to Pride in London's Unity Fund to support LGBTQ+ groups that need it the most. Publishing in June, the book is timed to celebrate 50 years since the first Pride March in the UK. Louie Stowell is the Waterstones author of the month and has worked closely with Pride in London to create a highly visual, colourful and informative book that is easy to understand. ABC Pride includes question prompts to help facilitate discussions, and will inspire and encourage further reading. The book will be an important resource when initiating conversations with little ones as it introduces young r