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.

Lies Beneath
by Anne Greenwood Brown

hitting shelves June 12, 2012 from Delacorte Press

description: Calder White lives in the cold, clear waters of Lake Superior, the only brother in a family of murderous mermaids. To survive, Calder and his sisters prey on humans, killing them to absorb their energy. But this summer the underwater clan targets Jason Hancock out of pure revenge. They blame Hancock for their mother's death and have been waiting a long time for him to return to his family's homestead on the lake. Hancock has a fear of water, so to lure him in, Calder sets out to seduce Hancock's daughter, Lily. Easy enough—especially as Calder has lots of practice using his irresistible good looks and charm on unsuspecting girls. Only this time Calder screws everything up: he falls for Lily—just as Lily starts to suspect that there's more to the monsters-in-the-lake legends than she ever imagined. And just as his sisters are losing patience with him.

My thoughts: This one sounds so good. I love Mermaids, but my favorite depictions of them have always been on the creepy side (think Peter Pan movie remake from 2003). The mermaids in this book sound like they are going to be completely bad-ass. Those mermaid sister's don't sound like anyone I'd want to mess with! Plus I love a good forbidden love :)



Become
by Ali Cross

hitting shelves November 11, 2011

description: Sixteen-year old Desolation Black wants nothing more than to stay in Hell where it’s cold and lonely and totally predictable. Instead, she’s sent back to Earth where she must face the evil she despises and the good she always feared.

When Desi is forced to embrace her inner demon, she assumes her choice has been made—that she has no hope of being anything other than what her father, Lucifer, has created her to be. What she doesn’t count on, is finding a reason to change—something she’s never had before—a friend.

My thoughts: This one sounds awesome, and the few reviews that I've seen so far have been great. Fabulous cover, intriguing dilemma (the devil's daughter want to be a good girl? Can't wait to see how that goes over!)...and strangely enough, one of the things that makes me want to read this is the main character's name: Desolation (aka Desi). How cool is that name? Not that I want to name my next kid that, but as a character's name in a dark story? Very cool.