Tuesday 18 June 2019

The Infinite Sea


Judul : The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave #2)
Penulis : Rick Yancey
Tebal : 400 halaman
Penerbit : Gramedia Pustaka Utama

Bagaimana cara melenyapkan miliaran manusia penghuni Bumi? Lenyapkan sisi kemanusiaan mereka.

Nyaris mustahil rasanya selamat dari empat Gelombang pertama. Tetapi Cassie Sullivan berhasil, dan sekarang ia hidup di dunia baru, dunia tanpa rasa percaya pada sesama. Saat Gelombang 5 menyapu segalanya, Cassie, Ben, dan Ringer dipaksa berhadapan dengan tujuan utama para Makhluk Lain: pemusnahan umat manusia.

Maka mereka pun terlibat dalam pertempuran terdahsyat: antara hidup dan mati, cinta dan benci, harapan dan kenyataan.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo


Judul : The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Penulis : Taylor Jenkins Reid
Tebal : 400 halaman
Penerbit : Washington Square Press

Reclusive Hollywood icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant to write her story, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. 

Determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career, Monique listens in fascination. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the ‘80s - and, of course, the seven husbands along the way - Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. But as Evelyn’s story near its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.

Flamecaster


Judul : Flamecaster (Shattered Realms #1)
Penulis : Cinda Williams Chima
Tebal : 535 halaman
Penerbit : Harper Collins

Adrian sul’Han, known as Ash, is a trained healer with a powerful gift of magic—and a thirst for revenge. Ash is forced into hiding after a series of murders throws the queendom into chaos. Now he’s closer than ever to killing the man responsible, the cruel king of Arden. With time running out, Ash faces an excruciating choice: Can he use his powers not to save a life but to take it?

Abandoned at birth, Jenna Bandelow was told that the magemark on the back of her neck would make her a target. But when the King’s Guard launches a relentless search for a girl with a mark like hers, Jenna assumes that it has more to do with her role as a saboteur than any birth-based curse. Though Jenna doesn’t know why she’s being hunted, she knows that she can’t get caught. 

Eventually, Ash’s and Jenna’s paths will collide in Arden. Thrown together by chance and joined by their hatred of the ruthless king, they will come to rescue each other in ways they cannot yet imagine.

The Other Miss Bridgerton


Judul : The Other Miss Bridgerton (Rokersbys #3)
Penulis : Julia Quinn
Tebal : 352 halaman
Penerbit : Piatkus

She was in the wrong place...

Fiercely independent and adventurous, Poppy Bridgerton will only wed a suitor whose keen intellect and interests match her own. Sadly, none of the fools from her London season qualify. While visiting a friend on the Dorset coast, Poppy is pleasantly surprised to discover a smugglers' hideaway tucked inside a cave. But her delight turns to dismay when two pirates kidnap her and take her aboard a ship, leaving her bound and gagged on the captain's bed…

He found her at the wrong time...

Known to society as a rascal and reckless privateer, Captain Andrew James Rokesby actually transports essential goods and documents for the British government. Setting sail on a time-sensitive voyage to Portugal, he's stunned to find a woman waiting for him in his cabin. Surely, his imagination is getting the better of him. But no, she is very real—and his duty to the Crown means he's stuck with her. 

Can two wrongs make the most perfect right?

When Andrew learns that she is a Bridgerton, he knows he will likely have to wed her to avert a scandal—though Poppy has no idea that he is the son of an earl and neighbor to her aristocratic cousins in Kent. On the high seas, their war of words soon gives way to an intoxicating passion. But when Andrew's secret is revealed, will his declaration of love be enough to capture her heart…?

Obsidio


Judul : Obsidio (The Illuminae Files #3)
Penulis : Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
Tebal : 615 halaman
Penerbit : Rock the Boat

Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return to Kerenza—but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion? 

Meanwhile, Kady's cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has joined Kerenza's ragtag underground resistance. When Rhys—an old flame from Asha's past—reappears on Kerenza, the two find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict. 

With time running out, a final battle will be waged on land and in space, heroes will fall, and hearts will be broken.