SwoonStalker: What do I even read? Swoon Reads Season 13 Edition

 Hello everyone!

The Swoon Reads Season 13 deadline just closed on Jan 5. You know what that means? It’s read month! So come on and join me in reading some awesome new Swoon books until February 18, 2018.

If you’re unfamiliar with Swoon Reads, it’s a crowd sourced website where YOU (the readers) help select what gets published in real life. The month after every deadline is called “read month”, encouraging the website’s participants to make their voices heard about which books are their favorites.

I’ve been extremely busy with my own projects so I haven’t read any books on Swoon this season (and honestly, I probably won’t be able to *cries*). However, I read through the descriptions/summaries so I’m hoping that’ll be enough to give you some good suggestions on what to pick up!

For your reference, there are 89 books entered in Season 13. The first book of this season is “Locked” (currently on page 9) and the last book is “Olive Juice”. For additional reference the first book entered in Season 12 was “Our Blurry Faces” (currently page 17) if you’re wanting to go back that far (because it is possible that Swoon could select a book from a previous season).

Please keep in mind that these lists are only my opinions and that I in no way, shape, or form affect the decisions of the Swoon staff. Just because your book may/ may not be on my lists doesn’t mean that it will/won’t get selected and noticed! This is only one person’s opinion. I do this just for fun and to promote books I love ^_^

So, without further ado, here we go!

(PS, all listed books and authors are links to their pages on Swoon!)

The Best Looking Season 13 Books (in my opinion):
  • Game of Gales (Revised) by Pamela Delupio
  • Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
  • The Dance Partner Principle by Natalie Williamson
  • Cytronica by Ruben Stelliswolfe
  • The Vespertine by K. C. Finn
  • Set in Stone by Natalie Williamson
  • Submerged by Melanie Noell Bernard
  • Trickster’s Child by Alexandra Gabriel
  • Magical Girl by Rose White
  • This Must Be The Place by J. E. Warren
Books with Under 5 Ratings that Deserve Your Read/Rating:
  • Trickster’s Child by Alexandra Gabriel
  • Winter Crest by Caylen D Smith
  • Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
  • Killing (And Other Games) by Gigi Samuel
  • Guilty by Jessica McKenzie
  • Set in Stone by Natalie Williamson
  • Poof! By Christopher Waltz
  • The Dance Partner Principle by Natalie Williamson
  • Magical Girl by Rose White
  • Submerged by Melanie Noell Bernard
  • This Must Be The Place by J. E. Warren
  • Mad World by Renae Mercado
  • Game of Gales (Revised) by Pamela Delupio
  • Cytronica by Ruben Stelliswolfe
  • I by Montrez
My Favorite/Most Creative Concepts of Season 13:
  • Trickster’s Child by Alexandra Gabriel
    This novel is a Norse God retelling, centering around the children of Loki. Loki’s daughter, Hel, has to save her brothers before Odin finds out about their plan, unleashing his wrath.
  • Redemption in Memphis by Kaz
    Thomas dies, but is reborn as a salamander to watch over Grace, a girl he subsequently falls in love with. When Grace dies at a party, he brings her back to life, something that he’s not supposed to do as her guardian. This sets of a series of repercussions that he has to fix.
  • Winter Crest by Caylen D Smith
    In Soyala’s world, if you’re lucky enough to find a wizard, he must grant you your heart’s desire if you’re deemed worthy. Soyala needs that wish, but when she finds a wizard, she realizes that wishes come with a price.
  • Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
    Wendy and her brothers disappeared into the woods years ago, yet people still whisper about it behind their backs. As more kids go missing, Wendy must try to solve the mystery of their disappearances with Peter before time runs out. An awesome sounding Peter Pan retelling with a thriller twist.
  • The Kismet Chronicles by E Ditton
    Kate lives a normal boring life on a space station – until a virus causes a widespread space station system failure. For the first time, Kate is introduced to new people, including a handsome stranger as well some who wish her ill.
  • Killing (And Other Games) by Gigi Samuel
    Immy finds out that her new housemates are creatures of the underworld and is introduced to their alternate society. When she finds a dead body, it’s a race against time to find the paranormal killer.
  • Guilty by Jessica McKenzie
    Hayden’s best friend committed suicide, but has reason to believe that her friend was pressured into it. As Hayden digs deeper into the mystery, she becomes a suspect herself and has to prove that she wasn’t the one to murder her best friend.
  • The Vespertine by K. C. Finn
    In 1887 London, vampires have been eradicated from society for fifty years, but the eerie half-human Vespertine still come out during the twilight hours. Tally’s life is hard with her violent masters and dying mother, until she finds a way that she could possibly make everything better – through the Vespertine.
  • Set in Stone by Natalie Williamson
    Amber vows to never get close to any of her mother’s numerous boyfriends. That is, until the most recent boyfriend’s daughter has a best friend (and star of the basketball team), Jordan, whom Amber can’t stay away from. Amber must decide if her rules about her mother are worth breaking for Jordan.
  • Poof! By Christopher Waltz
    Reagan has the perfect life, until someone outs him as gay before he’s ready. Now he’s the center of a school-wide controversy that could cost him his previously perfect life.
  • The Dance Partner Principle by Natalie Williamson
    Sianna believes in the Dance Partner Principle: those who dance together, date each other. When she’s assigned to dance with Alex, her childhood best friend, Sianna finds herself hoping that for once the DPP fails. To distract herself, Sianna decides to play matchmaker for Ruby and Alex, but as she spends more time with him, she finds it increasingly difficult to keep her distance.
  • Magical Girl by Rose White
    Emma’s lived many lives, dying young in each life & fears death is around every corner. She’s 17 now, it’s her second longest life, and on her way to a group home. Foster situations have all fallen through & this is the last resort, but everything changes when the man who opens the door turns her file to ash. He was her first murderer, her husband, and that’s impossible because he looks exactly the same as he did all those years ago… and she has to figure out why.
  • Submerged by Melanie Noell Bernard
    Being claustrophobic in her fully-enclosed, underwater home is hard enough for poor Freja. It only gets worse when someone sabotages the food supply, murders her friends, and sends her threatening anonymous messages.
  • Happiness Guaranteed by Mary Anne Hoggan
    Megan has to return home after graduation to live with her father and is miserable. In order to escape him, she attends a single adult retreat that promises a happy connection and discovers herself along the way.
  • Mad World by Renae Mercado
    A paranormal/mythological story where a girl with powers can’t seem to stay away from a boy with a secret of his own.
  • This Must Be The Place by J. E. Warren
    A girl skateboarder in a small town wants romance with her best friend that she always used to skate with. But he has his eyes on someone else.
  • Game of Gales (Revised) by Pamela Delupio
    Nia finds out she is only 1/2 human when bounty hunters from her other world enslave her. She must escape from her new master, the cruel prince and his strange Gale world.
  • Cytronica by Ruben Stelliswolfe
    Cytronica is virtual hang out where students go to get away from teachers and bots. Five students tweak its code and create a world full of possibility. However, the action has consequences and Cytronica soon becomes a dangerous dystopia where only the strongest can survive.
Top 5 Best Looking in Fantasy:
  • Game of Gales (Revised) by Pamela Delupio
  • Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
  • The Vespertine by K. C. Finn
  • Trickster’s Child by Alexandra Gabriel
  • I by Montrez
Top 5 Best Looking in Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Paranormal (less than 30):
  • Cytronica by Ruben Stelliswolfe
  • The Kismet Chronicles by E Ditton
  • Under Glass by Sam Marsden
  • Submerged by Melanie Noell Bernard
  • Mad World by Renae Mercado
Top 5 Best Looking in Contemporary/Romance/Mystery (less than 30):
  • The Dance Partner Principle by Natalie Williamson
  • Set in Stone by Natalie Williamson
  • Guilty by Jessica McKenzie
  • Fear of Falling by Amanda Cowen
  • This Must Be The Place by J. E. Warren
Top 5 Best Looking in LGBTQIA+ (there are 5):
  • Poof! By Christopher Waltz
  • Everything is Ephemeral by A. Reeds
  • The Grass is Greener by Blue Angel
  • Waiting Room by Kate Spofford
  • And it All Started With… by J.D. Hernandez
My Favorite Covers:
  • Finding Hope by JW Phillips
  • Counterclockwise by Agape Karveli
  • Tainted by Amanda Cowen
  • Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
  • You Can Go First by Ciaran Michaela
  • Killing (And Other Games) by Gigi Samuel
  • As the World Turns Cold by Courtney Pierce
  • Seeing Blind by UnrealismBooks
  • Swapping Secrets by Kara Skinner
  • Under Glass by Sam Marsden
  • Cytronica by Ruben Stelliswolfe
My Favorite Short Descriptions:
  • Trickster’s Child by Alexandra Gabriel
    Can Hel, the child of trickster god Loki, help rescue her brothers from a terrible fate?
  • Broken by JW Phillips
    Sometimes the truth can leave you feeling alone more than the lies ever will…
  • Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
    When children go missing, people notice. When children go missing in her town, people notice Wendy.
  • Amori by Katherine Oostman
    Women kill men on sight. When the priestess’s heir is captured, it means war.
  • Guilty by Jessica McKenzie
    Forced into committing the murder of a man who killed her best friend, Hayden Otley comes clean.
  • The Vespertine by K. C. Finn
    A serving girl barters for her mother’s life with a half-vampire beast in Victorian London.
  • The Dance Partner Principle by Natalie Williamson
    Sianna tries not to fall for her childhood crush when they’re assigned as show choir dance partners.
  • Submerged by Melanie Noell Bernard
    Murder and sabotage in an underwater fortress are the last things claustrophobic Freja needs.
  • You Belong With Me by J Alicia
    When Becky’s BFF dies, she tries to figure out how and why. And if she had something to do with it.
  • Light Script by K.L. Andrews
    It figures the first prophet-witch in over a century has no idea what she is or how to control it.
  • Mad World by Renae Mercado
    You can’t outrun the madness when it’s inside of you.
  • Game of Gales (Revised) by Pamela Delupio
    Nia finds out she is only 1/2 human when bounty hunters from her other world come to take her home
  • Cytronica by Ruben Stelliswolfe
    A virtual realm turns against the 5 teenagers who altered its code in an experiment gone wrong.
My Favorite Titles:
  • Trickster’s Child by Alexandra Gabriel
  • Winter Crest by Caylen D Smith
  • Counterclockwise by Agape Karveli
  • Tainted by Amanda Cowen
  • Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
  • Killing (And Other Games) by Gigi Samuel
  • As the World Turns Cold by Courtney Pierce
  • Guilty by Jessica McKenzie
  • The Vespertine by K. C. Finn
  • Don’t Judge a Phone by its Cover by Angela
  • Chasing Kismet by T. H. Kassab
  • Poof! By Christopher Waltz
  • The Dance Partner Principle by Natalie Williamson
  • Crushed Lilies by Moriah Chavis
  • The Spark in the Hand by Jon Kalantjakos
  • Submerged by Melanie Noell Bernard
  • Seeing Blind by UnrealismBooks
  • Love Me Tinder by Ciara O’Mahony
  • Pretty Plastic People by Selena Brooks
  • Diamond Stormstress by Harley von Rue
My favorite (non-selected and still on the site) books from Season 12:
  • Bo and the Beast by Cassie Rose
  • From India by Jennifer Bellevue
  • Homebound by Hayley Anderton
  • Magical Thinking by Claire G.
  • Chase the Night by ppickett
  • Between the Memories by Emily Brenner
  • The Truth about Paris by Brigita
  • Saving Arden by Grace Elizabeth
  • Reconnected by Catherine Tinker
  • Radiant Fury by Renae Mercado
  • Never Once by B.R. Myers
  • Crystal Eyes by Eliza Rosewood
  • A Note a Day by Sophie Clarkin
  • The Last Letterboxes by Regina Garvie

That’s all I have for now. Hope you found something wonderful to read and didn’t find this list too exhausting. Don’t forget to rate and comment on Swoon’s website to support your favorite books!

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