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History repeats itself

From an epic fight on loop, to a story about a cursed pearl, don’t miss out on these books.

- Compiled by ROUWEN LIN lifestyle@thestar.com.my

After Life (Blue Bloods #8) Author: melissa de la Cruz Publisher: disney-hyperion

It looks like her body, it feels like her bed and it looks like the New York she has always known. Except that it is not. After defeating Lucifer, Schuyler wakes up at home but can’t shake that everything has changed. Well, she is in an alternate reality where Lucifer is not only alive and well, but he is mayor of New York, and her boyfriend, Jack, is Lucifer’s right hand man. Just when she is resigning herself to her fate, an old friend informs her that she is in this world to fight Lucifer. Again? This is getting old.

The Dragon’s Promise (Six Crimson Cranes #2) Author: elizabeth Lim Publisher: Hodder and stoughton

The cursed pearl is a volatile one that knows no master. One moment, it is on Princess Shiro’s side, helping her fend off enemies, and the next, it is threatenin­g to destroy her family. Now, the pearl is going to sever the thread of fate that binds her to her true love. Shiori must return the pearl to its rightful owner but the journey will bring her through dangerous lands like the kingdom of dragons and dangerous people like bandits who covet it.

Into The Sublime Author: Kate a. boorman Publisher: Henry Holt and Co

The Colorado locals call this lake The Sublime, a place is said to have the power to change things for those who risk its cavernous depths. That is, if they survive it. Amelie and her friends set out for this lake, wandering through an undergroun­d cave system to get there. In the end only three of the four girls emerge alive, but only one is willing – or able – to talk. The story is a fantastica­l one that is met with raised brows. Is this simply deception, is the girl confused, or did something out of this world really happen?

Nothing More To Tell Author: Karen m. mcmanus Publisher: delacorte press

When Brynn’s favourite teacher at Ambrose School was murdered, the police came snooping but the case was never solved. His body was found by three students in the woods near the school but they were never suspects thanks to Brynn’s ex-best friend’s very convincing testimony. But he simply lied to cover their tracks and now someone is very close to exposing his deeds, and with it, the secrets harboured by the school and its teachers.

Belladonna (Belladonna #1) Author: adalyn Grace

Publisher: Little, brown For young readers

Signa has been moving from one home to another since she was orphaned as a baby. Each guardian has met with an untimely end once they show that they are more interested in her wealth than herself. The only relatives left are the eccentric Hawthornes, whose daughter suffers from a mysterious illness and the mother’s ghost roams the halls, claiming she is poisoned. Signa enlists the help of a stable boy to find the killer, but realises an alliance with Death himself is a better option.

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