What's New: April YA New Releases & Giveaway!

So I'm not sure if anyone has notice but March was a bit slacky here---I've been pulled away from this blog recently because LIFE. But I'm posting when I can and hanging in there ;) That's all we can ever do, right? In other news, it's Spring! :D  Time to get some flowers & veggies into my garden (because I fail at growing things from seed LOL) and get my hammock set up and a glass of ice tea so I can read away outside in the fresh air and (shaded) sunshine! :D  Doesn't that sound lovely?

So if you're new to Stories & Sweeties, here's a little run-down of this feature: at the start of each month, I do a little thing called the "What's New List & Giveaway" where you'll find a full list of the new releases in YA for the month, and entry to the international giveaway. At the end of each month, one lucky winner will get to choose any new release as their prize!

First things first! The winner of March's giveaway is Krutula! Congrats!

April 2016 Releases:
Just like previous months, I've put a little l♥ve by those books that I am really anticipating!

{1}
The Apple Tart of Hope by Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
Dig Too Deep by Amy Allgeyer
Don’t Get Caught by Kurt Dinan
Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs
Railhead by Philip Reeve
Sisters of Salt and Iron by Kady Cross
South of Sunshine by Dana Elmendorf
Tripping Back Blue by Kara Storti

{5}
Alight by Scott Sigler
Away We Go by Emil Ostrovski
Bad Apple by Matt Whyman
Boys of Summer by Jessica Brody
Burning by Danielle Rollins
Charlotte Cuts It Out by Kelly Barson
Daughters of Ruin by K.D. Castner ♥
Dream House by Marzia Bisognin
Dreamers Often Lie by Jacqueline West
Eleven Things I Promised by Catherine Clark
The End of Fun by Sean McGinty
Essential Maps for the Lost by Deb Caletti
The Fallen Prince by Amalie Howard
Fear My Mortality by Everly Frost
Fifteen Lanes by S. J. Laidlaw
Fiona by Meredith Moore ♥
Flamecaster by Cinda Williams Chima
Flawed by Cecelia Ahern
Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong
Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse
Glittering Court by Richelle Mead
Golden by Melissa de la Cruz & Michael Johnston
The Haters by Jesse Andrews
Life in the Lucky Zone by Patricia B. Tighe
Love Me Never by Sara Wolf
The Mirror King by Jodi Meadows ♥
My Kind of Crazy by Robin Reul ♥
The Natural History of Us by Rachel Harris
The New Guy (and Other Senior Distractions) by Amy Spalding
Nightstruck by Jenna Black
Once Upon a Dream by Liz Braswell ♥
Remember to Forget by Ashley Royer
The Requiem Red by Brynn Chapmann ♥
Romancing the Nerd by Leah Rae Miller
Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum ♥
When We Collide by Emery Lord

{8}
The Memory Jar by Elissa Janine Hoole
Tragedy Girl by Christine Hurley Derisa

{12}
Afterlight by Rebecca Lim
BloodTraitor by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Crossing the Line by Meghan Rogers
Dan Vs. Nature by Don Calame
Defender by Graham McNamee
Dreamology by Lucy Keating ♥
A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry ♥
Golden Boy by Sonya Harnett
Klickitat by Peter Rock
Magnetic  Shift by Lucy D. Briand
Mutant  City by Steve Feasey
Nobody’s Lady by Amy Mcnulty
The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry ♥
Strike by Delilah S. Dawson
Taming of the Drew by Stephanie Kate Strohm
This is the Story of You by Beth Kephart
Twenty Questions for Gloria by Martyn Bedford

{19}
Consider by Kristy Acevedo
The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas
Emerge by Tobie Easton
The Epidemic by Susanne Young
The Land of 10,000 Madonnas by Kate Hattemer ♥
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge ♥
Love, Lies, and Spies by Cindy Andstey ♥
Mr.  Fahrenheit by T. Michael Martin ♥
No Love Allowed by Kate Evangelista
Saving Montgomery Sole by Mariko Tamaki
Scarlet Epstein Hates It Here by Anna Breslaw
Welcome to the Show by Frank Nappi

{26}
The Art of Not Breathing by Sarah Alexander
Bright Blaze of Magic by Jennifer Estep
Down with the Shine by Kate Karyus Quinn ♥
Drag Teen by Jeffery Self
Great Falls by Steve Watkins
Heir to the Sky by Amanda Sun ♥
The Incident on the Bridge by Laura McNeal
Keep Me in Mind by Jaime Reed
The Last Boy and Girl in the World by Siobhan Vivian ♥
The Last Full Measure by Trent Reedy
Let the Wind Rise by Shannon Messenger
Love Bomb by Jenny McLachlan
One Silver Summer by Rachel Hickman
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
Rescued by Eliot Schrefer
The Rose and The Dagger by Renee Ahdieh ♥
Soldier by Julie Kagawa
There Once Were Stars by Melanie McFarlane ♥
Two Summers by Aimee Friedman
Water’s Wrath by Elise Kova

(All links go to Goodreads)
Please feel free to email me if you notice any YA titles missing! :)

Giveaway Details: 
One winner will win a YA April release of their choice! *see note below
• Contest ends April 31st, 2016 at 11:59 PM
• Must be 13 or older.
• Open internationally. *International winners will be required to choose a book that is available through BookDepository.com or Fishpond.com up to $20 value.
•Extra entries can be earned by commenting on March or April reviews, and can be done once per review. Come back throughout April whenever you comment on my reviews and get your extra points!    

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