October 2025 New Releases

 

 


 

Release date not yet known
Seven Deadly Thorns by Amber Hamilton (Bloomsbury)
Camille Kellogg at Bloomsbury has acquired world rights to debut author Amber Hamilton's Seven Deadly Thorns, a YA dark academia romantic fantasy featuring a girl with forbidden magic and the Huntsman—her fellow student and also a prince—tasked to hunt her down lest he be the one to die. Forced to work together, the two will discover terrible secrets, sinister threats, and an irresistible attraction. Publication is planned for October 2025; Caitlin Blasdell at Liza Dawson Associates brokered the two-book deal.

Hazelthorn by CG Drews (Feiwel and Friends)
Emily Settle at Feiwel and Friends has acquired world rights to Hazelthorn by CG Drews (Don't Let the Forest In), a gothic YA horror novel pitched for fans of Knives Out and Belladonna, in which a teenage orphan inherits a reclusive billionaire's estate and must contend with murderous relatives, dark secrets, and a mysterious garden with a taste for blood. Publication is planned for fall 2025; Claire Friedman at InkWell Management brokered the two-book deal.

October 7th
Holly by Adalyn Grace (Little, Brown)

A mysterious and magical holiday novella set in the romantic, Gothic-infused world of Belladonna, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Adalyn Grace.
















Blood and Breath by Qurratulayn Muhammad (Page Street)
Tamara Grasty at Page Street has acquired debut author Qurratulayn Muhammad's Blood and Breath, a YA 1920s fantasy with elements of horror, in which a Black girl makes a deal with a Devil to infiltrate and destroy the ruling magical class that oppressed and nearly killed her. All she wants is revenge, but she soon discovers that she's gotten far worse than what she's bargained for. Publication is planned for spring 2025; Kelly Van Sant at KT Literary negotiated the deal for world English rights.

October 15th

This Is How We Roll by Various YA Authors (Page Street)
Lauren Knowles at Page Street YA has acquired world English rights to This Is How We Roll, edited by Rosiee Thor and Colby Wilkens, a YA anthology exploring the crossroads between queerness and beloved tabletop role-playing games, featuring Akemi Dawn Bowman, DeAndra Davis, MK England, Jonny Garza Villa, Anna Meriano, Linsey Miller, Margaret Owen, Marieke Nijkamp, ​​Jamie Pacton, Rebecca Podos, Tara Sim, and Andrew Joseph White. Publication is set for fall 2025; Saba Sulaiman at Talcott Notch Literary Services represented Thor, and Rebecca Podos at Rees Literary Agency represented Wilkens.

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