3 June 2021 Book Releases I Can’t Wait To Read

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Oh my, June is looking like another killer month for new releases!

With my birthday coming up… if anyone is looking for a gift for me, please feel free to use this list! ;-D I’m currently on a book buying ban, so… <3

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June 2021 Book Releases

Malignant Summer by Tim Meyer
Expected Publication Date: June 1st 2021
Publisher: Silver Shamrock
Genre: Horror

Synopsis: 

It’s 1998 in Hooperstown, New Jersey and people are getting sick. Some citizens blame the local chemical plant. A select few believe something far more terrifying is responsible, a dreadful force that causes nightmarish visions and aberrant illnesses. Bad things are blooming in Hooperstown, and the stench of death is growing stronger…

Standing on the edge of summer break after the longest last day of eighth grade ever, Doug Simms and his two best friends join a group of older kids for an all-night scavenger hunt. It’s supposed to be a celebration, an evening of fun and freedom. But what happens that night will change their summer in the darkest ways imaginable. And not just their summer…but their entire lives.

MALIGNANT SUMMER is a coming-of-age epic where innocence is lost and the path through adolescence is painful. Where dreamscapes merge with reality. Where love seems possible, and the best season feels like it can last forever.

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The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Expected Publication Date: June 1st 2021
Publisher: Atria Books
Genre: Suspense/Thriller

Synopsis: 

Twenty-six-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at Wagner Books. Fed up with the isolation and microaggressions, she’s thrilled when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working in the cubicle beside hers. They’ve only just started comparing natural hair care regimens, though, when a string of uncomfortable events elevates Hazel to Office Darling, and Nella is left in the dust.

Then the notes begin to appear on Nella’s desk: LEAVE WAGNER. NOW.

It’s hard to believe Hazel is behind these hostile messages. But as Nella starts to spiral and obsess over the sinister forces at play, she soon realizes that there’s a lot more at stake than just her career.

A whip-smart and dynamic thriller and sly social commentary that is perfect for anyone who has ever felt manipulated, threatened, or overlooked in the workplace, The Other Black Girl will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last twist.

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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
Expected Publication Date: June 1st 2021
Publisher: Weirdpunk Books
Genre: Horror

Synopsis: 

A whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s—a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires.

What have you done today to deserve your eyes?

Note:

I am SO PUMPED for this one! I have loved all of Eric’s work and cannot wait for this one to join my bookshelves!

And that cover!!!!!

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Thanks for reading!
What books are you looking forward to in June?