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Beneath the Haunting Sea by Joanna Ruth Meyer

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Thanks to Page Street Kids for a copy of this Arc in exchange for a fair review. Talia is going to be having a her coming of age party in a few days, but she has been summoned to see the ailing Emperor. Talia has been shocked to find out that she is really the daughter of the Emperor and he has made her his heir. But the day of the party comes and the Emperor does not show and Talia has to make her own announcement when Eda walks into the party and tells everyone the Emperor is dead and she is the new Empress. Talia and her mother are arrested and then banished to the far end of the empire and never to return. Once aboard the ship her mother begins to act strangely. Then the first storm comes and her mother is hurt and falls sick. Talia fears that her mother has lost her mind when she begins raving about the sea goddess. When Talia arrives at the island she finds that it full of secrets and myths and full of sadness. She also finds out that she is to be married to the Baron'

It Should Have Been You By Lynn Slaughter

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Thank you to Page Street Kids for a copy of the ARC in exchange for a fair review. It should have been you Here is the link to preorder. Release date is 1/30 Clara is still reeling from the murder of her sister Moura it has been five months and a lot of suspicion due to the fact that she was in the house while her sister was murdered. But Clara knows she didn't kill her sister. She just wants to get back to normal, but it is so hard when her mom is losing her battle with grief and people still believe the rumors that she killed her sister. So when Clara gets the email saying It should have been you, she doesn't tell anyone right away. But after she tries to reply and it gets bounce back, she does go see the Detective that was working on Moura's case. When he meets her with suspicion she worries that no one will ever find the killer. So she decides that she has to look into this, not only to clear her name, but to save her life as well. I couldn't stop readi