Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Waiting on Wednesday

"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It lets us all gush about what soon-to-be released books we are jumping-up-and-down excited for.

Dark Souls
by Paula Morris

hitting shelves on August 1st, 2011 from Point

description:

Welcome to York, England.

Mist lingers in the streets.

Narrow buildings cast long shadows.

This is the most haunted city in the world. . . .

Miranda Tennant arrives in York with a terrible, tragic secret. She is eager to lose herself amid the quaint cobblestones, hoping she won’t run into the countless ghosts who supposedly roam the city. . . .

Then she meets Nick, an intense, dark-eyed boy who knows all of York’s hidden places and histories. Miranda wonders if Nick is falling for her, but she is distracted by another boy — one even more handsome and mysterious than Nick. He lives in the house across from Miranda and seems desperate to send her some sort of message. Could this boy be one of York’s haunted souls?

Soon, Miranda realizes that something dangerous — and deadly — is being planned. And she may have to face the darkest part of herself in order to unravel the mystery — and find redemption.

My thoughts: This one is high on my must-read list this year. I loved Paula Morris's first book, Ruined---it was one of the first books to really hook me into reading YA. She is such an outstanding storyteller. Dark Souls sounds fantastic with it's eerie setting and ghosties galore! Not to mention, that gorgeous cover!

25 comments :

  1. Wow I haven't heard anything about this book but the story seems great and I love the cover !
    And it's in England so that's perfect :D !

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  2. This sounds good.
    Great pick!

    Jules

    http://thegreatthegoodandthebad.blogspot.com/

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  3. This sounds really interesting. I never did get around to reading Ruined. I wonder if this is a sequel. Good pick!

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  4. I haven't heard about this book before, so thanks for choosing it as your wow. The story sounds interesting and I agree the cover looks beautiful! You can find my pick here

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  5. I'm definitely be looking out for this book when it comes out! The cover looks great!

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  6. Great pick, it sounds like an intereting read.

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  7. The cover is gorgeous and I like the sound of this book.

    Here's my WOW pick.

    Kat
    Wit and Sin

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  8. I didn't know there was going to be a sequel to Ruined! My students have been passing it around this past month. Hopefully I can read it during the summer and then get my hands on a copy of Dark Souls in August. I love the cover! Great pick!

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  9. Wow this one does look great! I guess I will have to go read Ruined!

    Chloe
    My WoW for this week!

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  10. I am loving the summary on this and will be adding it to my must read in August. Great pick!

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  11. This book sounds awesome! I'd never heard of it before but it sounds exactly like something I would love. It is definitely going to the top of my to-read list for this summer.

    here's my WOW post if you want to stop by :)
    http://sweetunrest-yaseena.blogspot.com/2011/05/waiting-on-wednesday-6.html

    new follower!

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  12. I heard about this one before, it sounds promising!

    Here is my WoW pick: http://tinyurl.com/5vrxgsr
    Nickey @ The Book Shop Assistant

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  13. Owwww, what a pretty blog! Why I'm not following you?
    *clicks of the follow button*
    This book sounds really good, great choice!

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  14. I loved Ruined too so I was excited when I found this one, cannot wait for it! =)

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  15. I liked Ruined. This is a great follow up cover.

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  16. I love the description and the cover! Sounds really interesting!

    Here's my WoW

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  17. As far as I can tell, this one is not a sequel to Ruined. So no need to read one before the other----although if you haven't read Ruined, I highly recommend it!! :)

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  18. This was my pick 2 weeks ago! I am SO looking forward to reading it!

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  19. Hello and nice to meet you! I'm excited to be almost your 1000th follower! You're getting close to four digits and that's awesome, congratulations. I hope to have that many followers too someday. You can help me by following me back whenever you get the chance. Thank you! :)

    -Sandra from http://sandrathenookworm.blogspot.com

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  20. I think I read about this one last week. Sounds good except for the possbile love triange - I hate love triangles. I'll have to wait for the reviews.
    Sally.
    http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/05/waiting-on-wednesday-19.html

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  21. This looks sooooooo good! I am completely enchanted by the cover.

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  22. this books sounds very wonderful! i like the intrigue... i haven't seen this book yet, but i sure do like how it sounded and looked! gorgeous cover. thanks for sharing...

    here's mine: http://bookcomfort.blogspot.com/2011/05/waiting-on-wednesday-10.html

    :)

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  23. I never got to finish Ruined but I do plan to! This one sounds really good!

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  24. Dark Souls! I love the cover and the blurb - I wanna read it right away! And... Paula Morris is a New Zealander! =]

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