RECAP: Frenzy Presents, Fall Preview

At the start of August I received an exciting email from Ashley over at HCCFrenzy 

with an invite to the Frenzy Presents: Fall preview. I'd seen and heard about these events 

a lot all over Instagram and Twitter, so I was super excited to finally be invited to one.

The event was amazing and I thought I would share the books we talked about as well as 

the goodies I received in my swag bag!

The Harper Collins Canada office is located in Downtown 

Toronto at the 41st floor. The elevator may have caused my ears 

to pop but the view was worth it.

The Frenzy team had put together an amazing selection of food 

as well as cotton candy from The Sugar Shop. David's Tea were 

also there offering free samples while all of the bloggers got to meet 

one another.

Then the presentation began and we got to learn about all the 

upcoming fall releases. There are a bunch of books I'm excited for 

that I already knew about and some that I found out about at the event. 

So let's get into the books. There are a bunch of exciting books coming out in the 

next few months (especially on October 2nd). Since there are so many books I'm only 

going to go into detail about the books I'm excited about with pictures of all the others books. 

So let's just jump into it. 

The Caged Queen by Kristen Ciccarelli
release date: September 25th

- magic
- dragons
- fantasy
- sequel to The Last Namsara







Damsel by Elana K. Arnold
release date: October 2nd

- not your average fairytale
- young women rescued from a dragon by a prince
- dark/provocative
- prince tells young women she is destined to be his Queen

Broken Things by Lauren Oliver
release date: October 2nd

- intense start to the book
- friends obsessed with a book
- one of the friends is murdered

When We Caught Fire by Anna Godbersen
release date: October 2nd

- love triangle
- Chicago's infamous fire
- excellent romance

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
release date: October 2nd

- dark & creepy story
- 3 girls with magical abilities
-  girls take on the monsters who prey on young girls

Shadow of the Fox by Julia Kagawa
release date: October 2nd

- Japanese mythology
- adventure
- different perspectives
- every 100 years a dragon resurfaces

What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
release date: October 9th

- 2 boys who meet at the post office
- set in New York
- romance

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
release date: October 16th

- impactful
- tackles islamophobia
- set in 2002, a year after 9/11

The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth 
release date: October 23rd

- 2 sisters find themselves transported to an alternate world
- historical fiction
- standalone
- good for fans of Narnia

This Splintered Silence by Kayla Olson
release date: November 13th

- sci-fi/thriller
- virus outbreak
- set on a spaceship

As you can tell, there are a bunch of exciting books coming out in the 

next few months. It's pretty hard to decide what I'm most excited about. October 2nd 

in particular is an exciting day for upcoming books.

After the presentation about all the upcoming books Laurie Forest, author of The Black Witch did a Q&A and discussed her books. We were gifted the paperback of The Black Witch and an arc of the sequel, The Iron Flower. I loved getting to know more about her books as well as the bookish question she answered. We then got to have both of her books signed.

Then we were gifted swag bags! It was filled with a bunch of awesome bookish 

goodies from cotton candy, to bookish pins and arcs. So the items included were:

Arc of Pulp by Robin Talley

Arc of A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

Arc of The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth

The Black Witch inspired candle from WickAndFable

Cotton Candy from TheSugarShop

Becky Albertali Pins

Angie Thomas Pins

Smash Box samples

Epic Reads pop socket

Bookish towel from OwlCrate

The entire event was amazing and I'm very thankful to Ashley and the rest of the 

HCCFrenzy team for the invite. I loved getting to meet some fellow blogger/influencers

 and having the opportunity to visit the Harper Collins offices. 

I hope you've enjoyed getting to learn a little about the event as well as the books from 

Harper to look forward to in the coming months. What books are you most looking forward

 to? I can't wait to dive into The Light Between Worlds and A Very Large Expanse of Sea. 

Thank you again to Harper Collins Canada and The Frenzy Team for 

inviting me to Frenzy Presents and I hope to be invited to the next one!