I Love Dark YA Blogfest and Giveaway Winner

This is the last day of the I Love Dark YA Blogfest, hosted by YAtopia. Which is sad. This has been a fun month. But today we are all looking ahead to the dark YA book we are most anticipating (of course I can't pick just one...) so if you need some books for your TBR lists, today is a good day to hop (you can find the list of participants by clicking the I Love Dark YA picture here to the left). 






Here are just a few of the Dark YA books coming out that I can't wait for:

Team Human by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Synopsis: A girl and a vampire fall madly in love... The girl's best friend is deeply unimpressed.

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Synopsis: Aria is a teenager in the enclosed city of Reverie. Like all Dwellers, she spends her time with friends in virtual environments, called Realms, accessed through an eyepiece called a Smarteye. Aria enjoys the Realms and the easy life in Reverie. When she is forced out of the pod for a crime she did not commit, she believes her death is imminent. The outside world is known as The Death Shop, with danger in every direction. 
As an Outsider, Perry has always known hunger, vicious predators, and violent energy storms from the swirling electrified atmosphere called the Aether. A bit of an outcast even among his hunting tribe, Perry withstands these daily tests with his exceptional abilities, as he is gifted with powerful senses that enable him to scent danger, food and even human emotions. 
They come together reluctantly, for Aria must depend on Perry, whom she considers a barbarian, to help her get back to Reverie, while Perry needs Aria to help unravel the mystery of his beloved nephew’s abduction by the Dwellers. Together they embark on a journey challenged as much by their prejudices as by encounters with cannibals and wolves. But to their surprise, Aria and Perry forge an unlikely love - one that will forever change the fate of all who live UNDER THE NEVER SKY.

For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
Release Date: June 12, 2012 
Synopsis: Generations ago, a genetic experiment gone wrong—the Reduction—decimated humanity, giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology.
Eighteen-year-old Luddite Elliot North has always known her place in this caste system. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family’s estate over love. But now the world has changed: a new class of Post-Reductionists is jumpstarting the wheel of progress and threatening Luddite control; Elliot’s estate is floundering; and she’s forced to rent land to the mysterious Cloud Fleet, a group of shipbuilders that includes renowned explorer Captain Malakai Wentforth—an almost unrecognizable Kai. And while Elliott wonders if this could be their second chance, Kai seems determined to show Elliot exactly what she gave up when she abandoned him.
But Elliot soon discovers her childhood friend carries a secret—-one that could change the society in which they live…or bring it to its knees. And again, she’s faced with a choice: cling to what she’s been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she’s ever loved, even if she has lost him forever.
Inspired by Jane Austen’s PERSUASION, FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS is a breathtaking romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it.

2012 is going to be an incredible year for books - and these are just a few that I'm really excited about. But I want to know what you're looking forward to! Leave me a comment with what you're anticipating (I'm fishing for TBR suggestions here! - Not because I need them, but because I want them)

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And finally - the winner of the Dark YA giveaway is:

Sarah!

I've sent an email (make sure you check your spam folder) so get back to me within the next 48 hours with your book choice. Can't wait to see what book you choose!