In My Mailbox #3

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren where you can talk about the books you bought or received this week.

So this week I got...

Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
(Amazon / Goodreads)

Goodreads description:

After her mom vanished in a stench of drugs and alcohol, Ruby continued to live in the family house alone. Finally found out, the introspective teenager is sent to the luxurious home of her older sister, Cora, whom she hadn't seen in ten years. Everything there seems unfamiliar, uncomfortable, and supremely weird: her fancy new room; her lavish new wardrobe; the exclusive private school where she never quite fits in. Most mysterious of all is Nate, the friendly boy next door who seems to have a deep secret of his own.

I have no idea why, but I have not yet read this book. I love Sarah Dessen and thought I'd read all of her books, but I recently noticed that I'd somehow overlooked this one. I'm sure I'll love it, though, as Sarah Dessen is one of my favorite authors.

Willow by Julia Hoban
(Amazon / Goodreads)

Goodreads description:

Seven months ago, on a rainy March night, sixteen year- old Willow’s parents died in a horrible car accident. Willow was driving. Now her older brother barely speaks to her, her new classmates know her as the killer orphan girl, and Willow is blocking the pain by secretly cutting herself. But when one boy—one sensitive, soulful boy—discovers Willow’s secret, it sparks an intense relationship that turns the “safe” world Willow has created for herself upside down.

I absolutely love this cover, and the story sounds great, too - it's gotten some glowing reviews. With me, you can't really go wrong if you mix a messed-up girl, grief, and romance.

Wake by Lisa McMann
(Amazon / Goodreads)

Goodreads description:

For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody-notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie's seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime.
She can't tell anybody about what she does they'd never believe her, or worse, they'd think she's a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can’t control.
Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant.

I don't usually like paranormal books that much, but I've heard great things about this trilogy and it doesn't seem like it completely leaves this world, so I decided to buy this one.

What was in your mailbox this week?