May's First Class Post & Monthly Recap ~ Once Upon a Bookcase

First Class Post - because this post is first class!

Physical Copies:

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst (6th February 2018)
Winterspell by Claire Legrand (30th September 2014)
How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox (7th May 2019)

eBooks:

Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst (6th March 2018)
The Storm Crow by Kalyn Josephson (9th July 2019)

Thank you to Ella for trading with me!

The Elites by Natasha Ngan (5th September 2013)

Thank you to Faye!

Books with an * are reading copies I received as a book seller.

Proofs:

Perfectly Preventable Deaths by Deirdre Sullivan (13th June 2019)

Finished Copies:

Beauty Sleep by Kathryn Evans (4th April 2019)
Maresi Red Mantle by Maria Turtschaninoff (6th June 2019)
The Girl in Red by Christina Henry (18th June 2019)

eARCs:

All Eyes on Us by Kit Frick (13th June 2019)
How To Be Luminous by Harriet Reuter Hapgood (27th June 2019)
All the Things We Never Said by Yasmin Rahman (11th July 2019)
What She Found in the Woods by Josephine Angelini (25ht July)

Thank you to Usborne, Pushkin Children's Books, Titan Books, Hot Key Books, and HQ Young Adult, Page Street Kids, HarperVoyager, Hodder Children's Books, Hachette Children's Group, Orion Children's Books, Simon & Schuster Children's Books, Hot Key Books, and Macmillan Children's Books via NetGalley for the review copies.
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Reviews:

That's Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger

That's Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger - An absolutely incredible story about the affects of trauma after a school shooting, and how nobody really knows what a survivor experienced. Powerful and heartbreaking.
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly - I was quite disappointed with this. Not a huge deal happens in the great scheme of things, and Isabelle and Tavi were never that cruel. Plus it felt like it was written for a MG audience, but yet the content was very much YA. Really not for me, sadly.
Kingsbane by Claire Legrand - An absolutely explosive and addictive sequel to Furyborn, with jaw-dropping twists! I loved it, and I am now dying for the final book in the trilogy!
Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto - This was incredible! It brought me right back to when I first fell in love with reading. Fantastic worldbuilding, wonderful characters, and an intriguing story!