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  • Take A Peek At THP’s Fall Book Roundup!

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    We hope everyone’s enjoying their autumn festivities and gearing up for THPloween with our themed articles and fall playlists! A tradition we started earlier this year was to round up a few books that make up a solid reading list for each season. We’ve done spring and summer already, now let’s get into our new fall book roundup!

    This fall has been jam packed with fantasy and contemporary novels we can’t help but love, in both print and audiobook format. Here are three more fall books to add to your TBR!

    Content Warning: The Honey POP encourages mindful reading and checking the author’s website for content warnings.

    Flip By Ngozi Ukazu

    Image Source: Macmillan Publishers

    Our first fall book is Ngozi Ukazu’s newest graphic novel, Flip! High school senior Chi-Chi Ekeh keeps crushing on rich white boys who don’t know she exists. Her life completely flips around (get it?) when she sends Flip Henderson—AKA the most popular guy in school—a video promposal and gets publicly rejected by him. By some force of nature, Chi-Chi and Flip start to switch bodies, forming an unexpected friendship and possibly something more. This graphic novel speaks on self-worth and how our perspectives can change once we see ourselves through other people’s eyes.

    Release date: September 23
    Order Flip here!

    TO LEARN MORE ABOUT NGOZI UKAZU:
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    An Ocean Apart By Jill Tew

    An Ocean Apart by Jill Tew
    Image Source: Penguin Random House

    The next book in our fall roundup is Jill Tew‘s new dystopian romance, An Ocean Apart! Set in 2190, Miami has become the flooded Marshes region. Eden Lowell and the Marshers fight for survival each day. Meanwhile, the corporate elite, or “Cruisers,” have taken to sailing the seas rather than face the environmental damage they’ve caused. When one Cruiser family hosts a dating competition for their heir, Theo Desjardins, Eden makes it her mission to infiltrate the show, break Theo’s heart, and bring the prize money back to her community. That is, until Theo turns out to be the change maker Eden’s been wishing for all along.

    Release date: October 14
    Order An Ocean Apart here!

    TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JILL TEW:
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    Moth Dark By Kika Hatzopoulou

    Fall book: Moth Dark by Kika Hatzopoulou
    Image Source: Penguin Random House

    The final fall book we recommend is Kika Hatzopoulou‘s romantasy, Moth Dark! You may know her from her Threads That Bind duology, and this new novel is just as rich in storytelling. Ever since her world collided with the world of the Dark, Sascia has been intrigued with it. She somehow pulls a person out of the Dark, Nugau, who also happens to be the heir to the Darkworld and set on delivering her death sentence. Sascia and Nugau share a bond spanning countless timelines neither one understands. Just as they grow ever closer in their love, so too do their worlds tread closer to war.

    Release date: October 28
    Preorder Moth Dark here!

    TO LEARN MORE ABOUT KIKA HATZOPOULOU:
    INSTAGRAM | TIKTOK | TWITTER | WEBSITE

    Did any of these fall books speak to you? Which ones are you adding to your TBR? Let us know on Twitter! You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram.

    Need some more book recs? We got them!

    Catch up on our latest audiobook recommendations here!

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  • You Are The Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder By Maureen Johnson & Jay Cooper

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    Whenever we crave a murder mystery, we always seem to think of Maureen Johnson. The thrill of gathering clues and figuring out the investigation hits different with all her books. This month, she teamed up with illustrator Jay Cooper to give us a solve-it-yourself mystery—You Are The Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder!

    This new murder mystery by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper comes out just in time for you to plan your Halloween parties and themed dinners this fall. We had so much fun reading along to You Are The Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder, and here’s why!

    You are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper
    Image Source: Penguin Random House

    Book Overview: You Are The Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder

    Content warnings: death, blood, bodies, references to drug use, addiction, and overdose, heavy drinking, drowning, stabbing, poisoning (Read at your discretion!)

    Summary: Dear Detective,

    Surely you have seen the papers and read about the dreadful murder of the American novelist—stabbed while in a room with six other people, and yet no one went near him or saw the murder occur. The crime is so devious, so logistically impossible, that it seems to have been committed not by a person but by a disembodied hand.

    I must confess that we are at a loss. Who wrote the poison pen letters that lured these seven people to this deadly gathering? A poet, an earl, an actress, a cook, a telephone operator, and a lothario . . . What do they have in common? And how could a man be stabbed in a room full of suspects, even though no one went near him or saw a thing?

    We have had our best people on the case, Detective, and we still can’t make heads or tails of it. We are giving this case file to you. Can you decipher the clues, decode the witness statements, and identify the murderer? You are our last hope. Can you help us crack the Creeping Hand Murder?

    Yours truly,
    Detective Chief Inspector of the Metropolitan Police

    Interacting With The Mystery

    If you’re anything like us, an interactive murder mystery makes for a great way to pass the time. You Are The Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper tested our memory and attention to detail. The photos of the crime scene combined with each suspect’s testimony made us feel like we were there when it happened. We kept flipping back and forth through the pages to try and catch any clues we missed the first time around.

    The Detailed Illustrations

    The illustrations in You Are The Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder really sealed the deal for us. We especially love the floor plans and the photos of everyone at the crime scene. Every part of the illustrations is intentional, especially when certain photos come up later in the investigation. (No spoilers here!) We’re not ashamed to admit that more than a few details went over our heads. But trust that the incriminating evidence was there the whole time.

    Final Guesses

    Before we got to the big reveal in You Are The Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder, the authors gave us a pause to lock in our final predictions. Although we thought our two guesses had great odds of being the killer, we were ultimately wrong. Even when we try not to fall for the most obvious suspects, we couldn’t pick up on the real killer. We aren’t too worried, though. That just means we need to hone our detective skills a little more. And we’d be happy to do that with another solve-it-yourself mystery book! *wink wink*

    Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper’s interactive mystery, You are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder, was so entertaining and rich in detail. We were stumped until the end!

    You are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder by Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper comes out September 16th, and you can order a copy of it here!

    How did you enjoy Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper’s solve-it-yourself mystery? Were you able to find the murderer in You are the Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram!

    Want to hear some of our audiobook recommendations? Here’s the latest!

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    TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MAUREEN JOHNSON:
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    TO LEARN MORE ABOUT JAY COOPER:
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    Julie Dam

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