Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This weekâs theme is: Spring TBR.
Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place-he’s the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians’ time as well as their timely ghostly teachings-like the ability to Fade. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? And then there are things like ghouls that aren’t really one thing or the other.
Special Agent Patrick Collins is dispatched to Chicago, chasing a lead on the MorrĂganâs staff for the joint task force. Needing a cover for his presence in the Windy City, Patrick is ordered to investigate a politician running for mayor. In the lead up to election day, not everything is what it seems in a city where playing to win means appeasing the gods first and the electorate second. But Chicago brings its own set of problems outside the case: a stand-offish local god pack, a missing immortal, and Patrickâs twin sister.
When a young witch tells Elena that a group of humans are kidnapping supernaturals, Elena ignores the warning. After all, everyone knows thereâs no such thing as witches. As for the thought of other âsupernaturalsâ, well, sheâd just rather not dwell on the possibility. Soon, however, sheâs confronted with the truth about her world, when sheâs kidnapped and thrown into a cell-block with witches, sorcerers, half-demons and other werewolves. As Elena soon discovers, dealing with her fellow captives is the least of her worries. In this prison, the real monsters carry the keys.
The demon king Asroth has been freed from his iron prison. Now, alongside his dark bride Fritha, he plans to conquer the whole of the Banished Lands. In the shadows of Forn Forest, Riv and the surviving Ben-Elim desperately search for a way to unite those who remain against Asroth’s vast army. Far in the west, Drem is with the Order of the Bright Star, besieged by a demon horde. Their fragile defenses are on the brink of shattering, but they know that it is better to fight and die than to live without hope.
Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a “baby farmer,” who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksbyâs household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thievesâfingersmithsâfor whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home. One day, the most beloved thief of all arrivesâGentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naĂŻve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, they will all share in Maudâs vast inheritance.
I am Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman. My only âsuperpowersâ are that I turn into a thirty-five pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. It looks like Iâm going to need them. Centuries ago, the fae dwelt in Underhillâuntil she locked her doors against them. They left behind their great castles and troves of magical artifacts. They abandoned their prisoners and their pets. Without the fae to mind them, those creatures who remained behind roamed freely through Underhill wreaking havoc. Only the deadliest survived.
What are some books in your Spring TBR? Any recommendations for me?
Let me know in the comments!
Mercy Thompson series
 
The Graveyard Book
 
owls reads 