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Tour Sign Up: Into the Light by Mark Oshiro

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     Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  INTO THE LIGHT? Synopsis: KEEP YOUR SECRETS CLOSE TO HOME It’s been one year since Manny was cast out of his family and driven into the wilderness of the American Southwest. Since then, Manny lives by self-taught rules that keep him moving—and keep him alive. Now, he’s taking a chance on a traveling situation with the Varela family, whose attractive but surly son, Carlos, seems to promise a new future.  Eli abides by the rules of his family, living in a secluded community that raised him to believe his obedience will be rewarded. But an unsettling question slowly eats away at Eli’s once unwavering faith in Reconciliation: Why can’t he remember his past?  But the reported discovery of an unidentified body in the hills of Idyllwild, California, will draw both of these young men into facing their biggest fears and confronting their own identity—and who they are allowed to be.  For fans of Courtney Summers and Tiffany D. Jack

Tour Sign Up: I Have Something To Tell You by Chasten Buttigieg

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    Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU? Synopsis: The young adult adaptation of the moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of a former Democratic presidential candidate about growing up gay in his small Midwestern town. Growing up, Chasten Glezman Buttigieg didn’t always fit in. He felt different from his father and brothers, who loved to hunt and go camping, and out of place in the rural, conservative small town where he lived. Back then, blending in was more important than feeling seen. So, when Chasten realized he was gay, he kept that part of himself hidden away for a long, painful time. With incredible bravery, and the support of his loved ones, Chasten eventually came out—and when he did, he learned that being true to himself was the most rewarding journey of all. Finding acceptance and self-love can seem like a tremendous challenge, but it’s never impossible. With honesty, courage, and warmth, Chasten

Tour Sign Up: The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

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   Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  THE LESBIANA'S GUIDE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL? Synopsis: No one knows Yami is gay, least of all her mum, and Yami intends to keep it that way . . . Until, uh oh, she’s falling in love again. Yami prefers to be known for her killer eyeliner, not for being one of the only Mexican kids at her new, mostly white, rich Catholic school – or for being gay. So after being outed by her ex-best friend, before transferring to Slayton Catholic, Yami decides to lie low, make her mum proud and definitely NOT fall in love.   The thing is, it’s hard to fake being straight when Bo, the only openly queer girl at school, is so annoyingly perfect. And smart. And cute. So cute. Told in a captivating voice that is by turns hilarious, vulnerable, and searingly honest, The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School explores the joys and heartaches of living your full truth out loud.  ABOUT THE TOUR The tour for The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School wi

Tour Sign Up: Dragonfall by L.R. Lam

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  DRAGONFALL? Synopsis: The first in an epic fantasy trilogy from Sunday Times bestselling author L.R. Lam. Long ago, humans betrayed dragons, stealing their magic and banishing them to a dying world. Centuries later, their descendants worship dragons as gods. But the 'gods' remember, and they do not forgive. Since they were orphaned, Arcady has scraped a living thieving on the streets of Vatra,dreaming of life among the nobility - and revenge. When the chance arises to steal a powerful artefact from the bones of the Plaguebringer, the most hated person in Lumet history, they jump at it, for its magic holds the key to their dreams. But the spell has unintended consequences, and drags Everen - the last male dragon, who was once foretold to save his kind - into the human world.  Trapped, and disguised as a human, Everen soon realises that the key to his destiny, and to regaining his true power, lies in Arcady. All he nee

Tour Sign Up: The Hummingbird Killer by Finn Longman

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  THE HUMMINGBIRD KILLER? Synopsis: Friend by day. Traitor by night. The second book in the dark, twisting YA trilogy about a teen assassin’s attempt to live a normal life. Teen assassin Isabel Ryans now works for Comma, and she’s good at it: the Moth is the guild’s most notorious killer, infamous throughout the city of Espera. But Isabel still craves normality, and she won’t find it inside the guild. She moves in with a civilian flatmate, Laura, and begins living a double life, one where she gets to pretend she’s free. But when Isabel’s day job tangles her up with an anti-guild abolitionist movement, it becomes harder to keep her two lives separate. Forced to choose between her loyalty to her friends and her loyalty to Comma, she finds herself with enemies on all sides, particularly those from the rival guild Hummingbird, putting herself and Laura at risk. Can Isabel ever truly be safe in a city ruled by killers? A bo

Tour Sign Up: Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything by Justine Pucella Winans

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  BIANCA TORRE IS AFRAID OF EVERYTHING? Synopsis: Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen birder somehow finds themself solving a murder mystery with their neighbor/fellow anime lover, all while falling for a cute girl from their birding group . . . and trying not to get murdered. Sixteen-year-old Bianca Torre is an avid birder undergoing a gender identity crisis and grappling with an ever-growing list of fears. Some, like Fear #6: Initiating Conversation, keep them constrained, forcing them to watch birds from the telescope in their bedroom. And, occasionally, their neighbors. When their gaze wanders from the birds to one particular window across the street, Bianca witnesses a creepy plague-masked murderer take their neighbor’s life. Worse, the death is ruled a suicide, forcing Bianca to make a choice—succumb to their long list of fears (including #3: Murder and #55:

Tour Sign Up: Killing Jericho by William Hussey

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  KILLING JERICHO? Synopsis: The gothic, helter-skelter thriller debut introduces crime fiction’s first-ever Traveller detective, Scott Jericho. Scott Jericho thought he’d worked his last case. Fresh out of jail, the disgraced former detective is forced to seek refuge with the fairground family he once rejected. Then a series of bizarre murders comes to light - deaths that echo a century-old fairground legend. The police can’t connect the victims. But Jericho knows how the legend goes; that more murders are certain to follow. As Jericho unpicks the deadly mystery, a terrifying question haunts him. As a direct descendant of one of the victims in the legend, is Jericho next on the killer’s list? ABOUT THE TOUR The tour for Killing Jericho will take place April 17th to 30th. This tour is open to bookstagrammers in the UK and physical copies will be provided.  We usually expect reviews from participants but please indicate o

Tour Sign Up: Bitterthorn by Kat Dunn

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Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  BITTERTHORN? Synopsis: Blumwald is a town overshadowed by an ancient curse: in a sinister castle in the depths of the wild wood lives a monstrous Witch. Once a generation, she comes to claim a companion to return with her – never to be seen again. Now that time is drawing near once more... Mina, daughter of the duke, is grieving and lonely. She has lost all hope of any future for herself in Blumwald. So when the Witch demands her next companion, Mina offers herself up – though she has no idea what fate awaits her. Stranded with her darkly alluring captor, the mystery of what happened to the previous companions draws Mina into the heart of a terrifying secret that could save her life, or end it. ABOUT THE TOUR The tour for Bitterthorn will take place April 17th to 30th. This tour is open to bookstagrammers in the UK and physical copies will be provided.  We usually expect reviews from participants but please indicate on the for

Tour Sign Up: Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker

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  Would you like to participate in  the bookstagram tour for  BLOOD DEBTS? Synopsis: In New Orleans gods meddle and magic will betray you, but this time justice will reign.  Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greatest magical massacre in its history. In the days that followed, a throne was stolen from a queen. On the anniversary of these brutal events, Clement and Cristina Trudeau – the sixteen-year-old twin heirs to the powerful, magical, dethroned family – are mourning their father and caring for their sick mother. Until, by chance, they discover their mother isn’t sick – she’s cursed. Cursed by someone on the very magic council their family used to rule. Someone who will come for them next. Cristina, once a talented and dedicated practitioner of Generational magic, has given up magic for good. An ancient spell is what killed their father and she was the one who cast it. For Clement, magic is his lifeline. A distraction from hi