Guys, I am so excited to feature one of the hottest up-and-coming titles in YA on the blog today! All Our Yesterdays has been on my reading radar for quite some time now, and you'd better believe I'm super stoked to finally post my full review of it in the coming weeks. 

But for now, I can tell you this with complete and utter certainty. There is a constant uphill battle in this novel - in the best possible way. We're given amazing characters, a plot that's to die for and a fast, engaging writing style that belies the fact that this is actually a debut novel. Right?! Can you believe it? I barely can. The point really is though, that All Our Yesterdays surprised me...in a really good way. Just when you think that a genre can't get any better, it does, and we really do have Cristin Terrill to thank for that.

If you haven't read the book yet, or you don't know what it's about, allow me to share, please.

"You have to kill him." Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain.

Only Em can complete the final instruction. She’s tried everything to prevent the creation of a time machine that will tear the world apart. She holds the proof: a list she has never seen before, written in her own hand. Each failed attempt in the past has led her to the same terrible present—imprisoned and tortured by a sadistic man called the doctor while war rages outside.

Marina has loved her best friend James since the day he moved next door when they were children. A gorgeous, introverted science prodigy from one of America’s most famous families, James finally seems to be seeing Marina in a new way, too. But on one disastrous night, James’s life crumbles apart, and with it, Marina’s hopes for their future. Now someone is trying to kill him. Marina will protect James, no matter what. Even if it means opening her eyes to a truth so terrible that she may not survive it. At least not as the girl she once was.

Seriously...it's amazing. If you guys haven't looked into reading or buying this bad boy yet, trust me when I say you're missing out, and honestly it's my duty to share, right? I'm giving away one (1) finished copy of All Our Yesterdays to a lucky winner. This giveaway is open internationally and will run now through Wednesday, September 25th and will end promptly at midnight EST. All you have to do is fill out the Rafflecopter to enter! Good luck! 

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I am so excited to feature an incredible upcoming title from Penguin BYR, set to release on November 12, 2012. The novel in question? Black City by the incredible Elizabeth Richards. It's the perfectly blend of post-apocalyptic drama, romance and adventure. So, without further ado, the equally awesome cover!

In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races still simmer after a terrible war, sixteen-year-olds Ash Fisher, a half-blood Darkling, and Natalie Buchanan, a human and the daughter of the Emissary, meet and do the unthinkable—they fall in love.

Bonded by a mysterious connection, that causes Ash’s long dormant heart to beat, Ash and Natalie first deny and then struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, knowing if they’re caught they’ll be executed—but their feelings are too strong. When Ash and Natalie then find themselves at the center of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to pull the humans and Darklings back into war, they must make hard choices that could result in both their deaths.

Elizabeth Richards is an award-winning journalist, Black City is her debut novel. Ms. Banks spent her early career writing for videogame publications such as CUBE, P2 and GamesTM and now works as a website editor. 

Previously, she ran a successful lifestyle website geared towards teenage girls. She won the Jane Hayward Young Journalist of the Year award for her feature on girls in the games industry, and was named 'Editor's Choice' in the industry trade magazine, MCV.

Elizabeth is also an incredibly talented artist, as you can see by her sketch below Illustrating her characters with a careful, beautiful eye, her work is stunning!

But first, a little context...read the entire first chapter HERE!

Amazing...right?! And now...here's your chance to win an eARC of Black City!

The rules are simple. As always, you do NOT have to be a follower, but it is always appreciated! This giveaway will end promptly at 7 AM EST on Wednesday, March 7, 2011 and is open internationally. Winners of the galleys will also be entered to win one of five portraits of Ash and Natalie (pictured above) and autographed by the author, herself. These winners will be chosen randomly by the author, and this is open internationally, as well.

Click HERE to enter!