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

April already!! I'm ready for showers and flowers and SPRING!  I hope it goes by slowly, before the hot of summer hits.  Not ready for that.  We had our first major April storm yesterday, and of course we got caught in it driving to Easter dinner.  I love the rain much more when I'm snugly on my couch with a book in lap, cup of tea on the side table next to me, and I can watch it pour down from my window.

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 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 was: Isabel! Congratulations! :D

April 2013 Releases:
Just like previous months, I've put a little l♥ve by those books that I am really anticipating---whether I can't wait to read them or I just can't wait to have my own finished copy!

{1}
Adorkable by Sarra Manning
A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty ♥
Rotten by Michael Northrop
That Time I Joined the Circus by J.J. Howard ♥

{2}
The Collector by Victoria Scott
Dark Triumph by Robin Lafevers ♥
Emilie and the Hollow World by Martha Wells
Fearless by Cornelia Funke
Hunted by Ednah Walters
If He Had Been With Me by Laura Nowlin
If the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters ♥
Light by Michael Grant
My Life After Now by Jessica Verdi
Prophecy Girl by Cecily White
Rise by Anna Carey
The Rising by Kelley Armstrong ♥
Stung by Bethany Wiggins
The Sweetest Dark by Shana Abe ♥
This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith ♥
Vengeance Bound by Justina Ireland
What We Lost by Sara Zarr

{4}
Nameless by Lili St. Crow ♥
White Lines by Jennifer Banash

{8}
Moonset by Scott Tracey
Renegade by Amy Carol Reeves
The Stone Demon by Karen Mahoney

{9}
Apollyon by Jennifer L. Armentrout ♥
Beautiful Decay by Sylvia Lewis
Dead River by Cyn Balog ♥
Inferno by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Mojo by Tim Tharp
Nine Days by Fred Hiatt
Revenge of the Not-So-Pretty Girl by Carolita Blythe
The Shadow Girl by Jennifer Archer ♥
Strangelets by Michelle Gagnon ♥
Zom-B City by Darren Shan

{16}
Breath by Jacki Morse Kessler
Cameron and the Girls by Edward Averett
Dead Silence by Kimberly Derting ♥
Furious by Jill Wolfson
Game by Barry Lyga
The Grass is Always Greener by Jen Calonita
Liberator by Richard Harland
Merlin's Blade by Robert Treskillard
The Milk of Birds by Sylvia Whitman
Nicolas Dane by Melvin Burgess
Taken by Erin Bowman
True by Hilary Duff
Ultimate Betrayals by Brittany Counoyer

{18}
The After Girls by Leah Konen
The Symptoms of my Insanity by Mindy Raf

{19}
A Girl Called Problem by Katie Quirk

{23}
Arclight by Josin L. McQuein ♥
Burn Mark by Laura Powell
Chosen at Nightfall by C.C. Hunter
Crush by Nicole Williams
Darius & Twig by Walter Dean Myers
The Elite by Kiera Cass ♥
Exile by Rebecca Lim
The Hidden Deep by Christa J. Kinde
How Zoe made her Dreams (Mostly) Come True by Sara Strohmeyer
Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood by Abbey McDonald
Manicpixiedreamgirl by Tom Leveen
The Marked by Inara Scott
Natural Born Angel by Scott Speer
Nobody's Secret by Michaela MacColl ♥
Obsidian Mirror by Catherine Fisher
Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta
The Rules by Stacey Kade ♥
The Silver Dream by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves, & Mallory Reaves
Spirit's Chosen by Esther Freisner
Truth or Dare by Ella Monroe
Unbreakable by Elizabeth Norris
Unnatural Creatures by Neil Gaiman

{30}
Anthem for Jackson Dawes by Celia Bryce
Belonging by Karen Ann Hopkins
The Boyfriend App by Katie Sise
Defriended by Ruth Baron
The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa
Gorgeous by Paul Rudnick ♥
Identity Theft by Anna Davis
The Last Academy by Anne Applegate ♥
Life After Theft by Aprilynne Pike
The Loop by Shandy Dawson ♥
One Plus One Equals Blue by M.J. Auch
The Program by Suzanne Young
Sketchy by Olivia Samms
Survivor by James Phelan
Sweet Peril by Wendy Higgins ♥
The Ward by Jordana Frankel

(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 30th, 2013 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. a Rafflecopter giveaway