Here is a summary with spoilers for Seek the Traitors Son by Veronica Roth Soldier Elegy Ahn of Cedre and General Rava Vidar of Talusar are summoned separately to the Cenobium, where the augurs deliver a fragmented prophecy. Each is told that one of them will lead their nation to victory over the other, but neither is told which. On top of that, the augers are split as to who the prophecy is about. The prophecy centers on a third person connected to both of them. Elegy is tol

Here is a summary with spoilers for Beneath by Ariel Sullivan Six years after a nuclear war devastates the surface of the Earth, the remaining survivors live beneath the ground in Haven, a settlement divided into sectors that determine each person's occupation and status through color coded identification bands and health scores. Sasha Cadell works as a medic in the Ward, where she became known as "Death's Angel" because she was immune to the illness spreading through Haven a

Here is a summary with spoilers for To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast Raven Thorne is a bounty hunter in the city of Dividium, where the Council controls society through fear, poverty, and violence. She takes bounties to earn enough money to care for her younger brother, Jed, despite knowing that the people she captures are often sent to Endlock prison and sentenced to death. Her work causes constant tension between her and Jed, who sees her as part of the system that oppres

Here is a summary with spoilers for Broken Dove by Dani Francis Cross begins the story imprisoned in a cell he personally designed, being tortured by his own brother Roe. Just a week ago he was a respected captain, now he is seen as a traitor by his own family and his people. Throughout his imprisonment, Cross remains focused on Wren. Through their telepathic connection, he continues to reach for her, wanting to make sure she is ok. He refuses to tell her what has happened t

Here is a summary with spoilers for Storm Breaker by Nisha J. Tuli Poet Graves lives in New Manhattan, a city built on the ruins of an older civilization and controlled through rigid House systems, social hierarchy, and fear of Spark storms. She is the heir to House Fiama and is expected to follow a life determined by duty, obedience, and political alliances. Those rules have been enforced by her father very strictly, and though she loves her mother, her mother has not helped

Here is a summary with spoilers for Release Me by Tahereh Mafi Rosabella has been confined for a week and hasn’t talked and has hardly moved at all. For Aaron Warner, it is causing tension and problems because it is taking away time from Juliette, and also because the reason there is this whole mess is because of his little brother James. Aaron lets James know that he messed up on his mission and when it comes to Rosabella, and because of that, James loses all security cleara

Here is a summary with spoilers for Mime Order by Samantha Shannon Paige Mahoney escapes the prison city of Sheol I after the rebellion in Oxford, fleeing through secret tunnels and across London with the surviving members of the Seven Seals, including Jaxon Hall, Nick Nygård, Eliza, and dozens of other voyant prisoners. Scion forces ambush them at the Tower of London, killing many survivors during the escape. Michael Wren disappears into the Thames, Jaxon escapes separately,

Here is a summary with spoilers for The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon In 2056, 19-year-old Paige Mahoney lives in Scion London, a dystopian city where clairvoyance is illegal and punishable by death. Paige works in the criminal clairvoyant underworld known as the Syndicate , serving as a mollisher—an apprentice—to the powerful mime-lord Jaxon Hall. As a dreamwalker, Paige can enter the aether and track spirits or other voyants’ minds, making her valuable to the Syndicate.

Here is a summary with spoilers for A Shade of Chrome and Malice by K.L. Devore Gray has been looking for Chrome, and she feels like he is just taunting her, as he is staying out of reach. He just turned infernal to save her, and now he is a very different version of himself. She wants to get to him so she can yell at him for his decision, but also make up for the lost time and the fight they had before everything went bad. During Gray’s search, she is dealing with the conseq

Here is a summary with spoilers for The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow by K.L. Devore In the prologue, Princess Gray is being tortured. She is keeping a secret, something involving a young boy destroying a playground. As the torture continues, Gray begins to lose her memories and no longer remembers much of her past. Chrome works for King Forest as his personal assassin, despite being only sixteen years old. He hates his life, especially his abusive parents, but he is a product

Here is a summary with spoilers for Us Dark Few by Alexis Patton Khalani Kanes is arrested by the Apollo regime for hiding a forbidden book of poetry, accused of betraying the system. Her only friend, Douglas, the elderly archivist who entrusted her with the book, is executed publicly, while Khalani is sentenced to life in Braderhelm Prison. Stripped of her name and identity, she is branded 317, forced into a filthy cell, and subjected to constant humiliation, violence, and t

Here is a summary with spoilers for Conform by Ariel Sullivan Emeline spends her life alone. At 27 years old, she was cast away from her biological family because of her defect. If she were ever seen, the Illum, an elite and elusive group, would outcast her entire family. Because of her banishment, she is forced to live in a catastrophic world, one where she is owned and used by the Illum. They monitor Emeline’s health constantly, as she could be vital to the procreation and

Here is a summary with spoilers for A Touch of Gold and Madness by KL Devore Two magical races have lived with the humans ever since the fallout: the Kinetics and the Elementals. Once, they were at war with each other, and the humans were caught in the middle. In one instance that ended the war, a single act resulted in 3/4 of the human population dying. Now, humans choose to live underground while the other two races continue to fight each other. This day is known as Devolut

Here is a summary with spoilers for Your Knife, My Heart by K.M. Moronova Emery Maves finds herself in an impossible scenario. She has been in prison for years, though she has escaped a death sentence. She now finds herself on a train, still a prisoner, but this time with an opportunity to get out and have her freedom back, and her life wiped clean. The commander who picks her up mentions that there is an elite team, and she is going to compete in something called the Under T

Here is a summary with spoilers for Watch Me by Tahereh Mafi It has been ten years since Juliette and Aaron changed the world, started the rebellion, and established the New Republic of the West. However, the New Republic has not reached everywhere yet. Ark Island is still a refuge for the Reestablishment. Rosabelle Wolff has lived on Ark Island her whole life, and it has been unkind to her. Her father was caught spying and sent to prison, which led her mother to commit suici

Here is a summary with spoilers for Silver Elite Wren grew up on a post-apocalyptic Earth where telepaths are hunted. Years earlier, the ruthless ruler Redden launched a campaign to eliminate them, but some survived by going into hiding. When Wren was five, she was sent to live with her Uncle Jim, who has since traveled the continent with her, hiding and training her. Now twenty, Wren lives on a remote ranch with Jim, pretending to lead a normal life. At night, she often snea

Here is a summary with spoilers of the Shatter Me Series Shatter Me Juliette Ferrars, a 17-year-old girl with a lethal touch, has spent...