Waiting on Wednesday

"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly meme created by Jill at Breaking the Spine. A spin-off of the meme called "Can't Wait Wednesday" is now hosted at Wishful Endings. It lets us all gush about what soon-to-be released books we are jumping-up-and-down excited for.

Mist Metal and Ash

by Gwendolyn Clare

hitting shelves February 19th, 2019  

from Imprint

Worlds collide in this thrilling sequel to the epic, imaginative, acclaimed fantasy Ink, Iron, and Glass.

In an alternate 19th-century Italy, Elsa has an incredible gift: she can craft new worlds with precise lines of script written in books. But political extremists have stolen the most dangerous book ever scribed―one that can rewrite the Earth itself.

Now Elsa must track down the friend who betrayed her and recover the book before its destructive power is unleashed. Can she handle the secrets she’ll uncover along the way―including the ones hiding in her own heart? 

My thoughts:  So, while getting this post ready, I was looking back on the blog for my review of the first book to this series, Ink Iron & Glass. Guess what?  Found it sitting in my reviews folder...forgot to post it LOL. So look for that in the next few days. In the meantime, let me tell you how much I'm anticipating this second installment---because that ending in book one just about killed me. O.o  💔

What book are you eagerly anticipating this week?

Waiting on Wednesday

"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly meme created 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.

What the Woods Keep
by Katya De Becerra

hitting shelves September 18th, 2018  

from Imprint 

What the Woods Keep is the stunning debut of Katya de Becerra, who combines mystery, science fiction, and dark fantasy in a twisty story that will keep you mesmerized right up to the final page.

On her eighteenth birthday, Hayden inherits her childhood home—on the condition that she uncover its dark secrets.

Hayden tried to put the past behind her, and it worked. She's getting ready for college, living in a Brooklyn apartment, and hanging out with her best friend and roommate Del. But now it's all catching up with her: her mother's mysterious disappearance a decade before, her father's outlandish theories about a lost supernatural race, and Hayden's own dark dreams of strange symbols and rituals in the Colorado woods where she grew up.

As soon as Hayden arrives at her hometown, her friend Del in tow, it begins: Neighbors whisper secrets about Hayden's mother; the boy next door is now all grown-up in a very distracting way; and Hayden feels the trees calling to her. And among them, deep in the woods, Hayden will discover something incredible—something that threatens reality itself.

My thoughts: Ooooh, is it just me or do the Macmillan imprints have the market cornered on all the spooky, woodsy fairy-tale sounding stories? This sounds magical and I CAN'T WAIT. :)

What book are you eagerly anticipating this week?

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.

*A little note*

 I decided to throw a linky down below for anyone who'd like to use it to hop around to other WoW posts.  The Waiting on Wednesday meme is still very much credited to Jill @ Breaking the Spine, but with the current linky at her site stretching to well over 1300 links, I thought it might be nice to have a fresh one.  This is just for the time being, and I'll do it weekly if it's something people want to use. And of course, I'll discontinue as soon as Jill returns!

Ink, Iron, and Glass

by Gwendolyn Clare

hitting shelves February 20th, 2018

from Macmillan/Imprint

Can she write a world gone wrong?

A certain pen, a certain book, and a certain person can craft entirely new worlds through a branch of science called scriptology. Elsa comes from one such world that was written into creation by her mother—a noted scriptologist.

But when her home is attacked and her mother abducted, Elsa must cross into the real world and use her own scriptology gifts to find her. In an alternative 19th-century Italy, Elsa finds a secret society of pazzerellones—young people with a gift for mechanics, alchemy or scriptology—and meets Leo, a gorgeous mechanist with a smart mouth and a tragic past. She recruits the help of these fellow geniuses just as an assassin arrives on their doorstep.

In this thrilling debut, worlds collide as Elsa unveils a deep political conspiracy seeking to unlock the most dangerous weapon ever created—and only she can stop it.

My thoughts: I was trying to be patient and wait for the final cover, but I just don't have it in me. And to be honest, the final cover could probably be a blank black and I would still want to read this just based on this amazing synopsis.  She writes worlds into existence??? Lost mothers, assassins, in an alternate 19th century Italy??? Uhh, yea. I don't need a cover. Just hand it over please. 

What book are you eagerly anticipating this week?

Traitor's Kiss blog tour: Meet the Characters!

Today I have the blog tour for the upcoming debut, 

The Traitor's Kiss 

stopping by!  Author Erin Beaty has a few people she'd like us to meet. Read on to find out more about the characters from this exciting fantasy world. ALSO be sure to jot down the secret message at the end of this post---you can collect the secret messages from each tour stop to unravel a deleted scene!

•ABOUT THE BOOK•

♦publisher: Imprint 

♦release date: May 9th, 2017

♦hardcover, 352 pages

♦intended audience: Young adult

♦series: Traitor's Trilogy, book 1

An obstinate girl who will not be married. 
A soldier desperate to prove himself. 
A kingdom on the brink of war.

With a sharp tongue and an unruly temper, Sage Fowler is not what they’d call a lady―which is perfectly fine with her. Deemed unfit for marriage, Sage is apprenticed to a matchmaker and tasked with wrangling other young ladies to be married off for political alliances. She spies on the girls―and on the soldiers escorting them.

As the girls' military escort senses a political uprising, Sage is recruited by a handsome soldier to infiltrate the enemy ranks. The more she discovers as a spy, the less certain she becomes about whom to trust―and Sage becomes caught in a dangerous balancing act that will determine the fate of her kingdom.

•MEET THE CHARACTERS•

Meet The Main Characters of The Traitor’s Kiss:

Sage Fowler

DEEPEST DESIRE: To have the kind of love her parents had.

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HOBBIES: Using a sling to target rabbits and squirrels raiding her aunt’s garden. Reading, wandering through the woods, learning and teaching whatever is interesting. Baiting her cousin Jonathan with everything she can do better. Punching sandbags when Uncle William won’t listen.

FEARS: Being dependent on those who don’t understand or care about her. Marrying a man she can never be herself with.

Mistress Darnessa Rodelle

Photo: Marilyn Lightstone

DEEPEST DESIRE: To do right by every girl who crosses her threshold.

HOBBIES: Sewing, People watching, Running Crescera’s Regional Matchmaker’s Guild

FEARS: The nation losing faith in the matching system women have used for centuries to protect each other and cultivate bonds between regions, making Demora stronger. Matchmakers using their power for personal gain.

Sergeant Ash Carter

DEEPEST DESIRES: To be invisible and work behind the scenes while making his royal father proud. Marriage to a girl who likes him for himself, not his position in life.

HOBBIES: Riding, hunting, keeping his half-brother Robert out of trouble.

FEARS: Letting his brothers-in-arms down or outshining the Crown Prince. Somehow ending up as the only heir to the throne.

Captain Alexander Quinn

DEEPEST DESIRE: To be as competent and respected as his father on his own merit.

HOBBIES: Learning and mastering every skill possible, Spending time with his younger brother, Charlie.

FEARS: Failure, letting his men down. Having his judgment compromised. Being solely responsible for Charlie’s safety. Everyone believing he’s only successful because his father is the General. Marriage.

Duke Morrow D’Amiran

DEEPEST DESIRES: To reclaim the Demoran crown stolen from his family by the Devlins. To settle the score with Pendleton Quinn for blocking his advancement in the army, then stealing the woman he was promised, sending him back to Tegann with nothing but his title.

HOBBIES: Reading and writing poetry, hunting

FEARS: Failing to finish what his family worked to achieve for generations. Living out his days in the drabness of Tegann, groveling to the Devlin family.

•SECRET MESSAGE•

"Doing Mistress Rodelle’s work (for favor?)"

•Meet the Author•

Erin Beaty was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, which means she can't drive a tractor, but she won't eat veggies that come from a can. She graduated from the US Naval Academy with a degree in rocket science and somehow always ended up writing her study group's lab reports. After serving in the fleet as a weapons officer and a leadership instructor, she resigned to pursue her side hobby of populating the Church of Rome. It still amazes her when other people want to hear the stories that come out of her head.

She and her husband have five children, two cats, and a vegetable garden and live wherever the navy tells them to go.

WEBSITE  •  TWITTER  •  INSTAGRAM  •  GOODREADS

Purchase Traitor's Kiss:

 Indiebound  •  Amazon • Barnes & Noble • Book Depository

Don't forget to check out the rest of the stops on the tour!

20-Apr: bookaddictsguide -Scented Candle

22-Apr: booknerdsacrossamerica - List of Favorite Literary Female Spies

24-Apr: mundiemoms - Guest Post: Top 10 Things All Spies Need

25-Apr: bookiemoji - Top 5 Reasons to read The Traitor's Kiss

26-Apr: fiktshun - Guest Post: Favorite & Most Challenging Scene to Write (and Why)

27-Apr: foreveryoungadult - Guest Post: YA "matchmaker"

28-Apr: yabookscentral - Guest Post: What gave you the inspiration for this book?

29-Apr: bookbriefs - Guest Post: Top 5 Things You Didn't Know about Sage & Mouse

30-Apr: trippingoverbooks - Mood Board

1-May: darkfaerietales - Guest Post: What's the most daring thing you would do for a mission?

2-May: whatsarahread - Mood Board

3-May: booklovingnut - Playlist

5-May: quitethenovelidea - Alternate Cover

6-May: herestohappyendings - Q&A

7-May: brooke-reports - Sage Character Interview

9-May: undeniably book nerdy - Fancast

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.

Wicker King

by K. Ancrum

hitting shelves October 31st, 2017

from Imprint

The Wicker King is a psychological young adult thriller that follows two friends struggling as one spirals into madness.

Written in vivid micro-fiction with a stream-of-consciousness feel and multimedia elements, The Wicker King explores a codependent friendship fraught with madness, love, and darkness. 

When August learns that his best friend, Jack, shows signs of degenerative hallucinatory disorder, he is determined to help Jack cope. Jack’s vivid and long-term visions take the form of an elaborate fantasy world layered over our own—a world ruled by the Wicker King. As Jack leads them on a quest to fulfill a dark prophecy in this alternate world, even August begins to question what is real or not. 

August and Jack struggle to keep afloat as they teeter between fantasy and their own emotions. In the end, each must choose his own truth.

My thoughts:  This sounds incredible! And just the kind of story I love to lose myself in, with fantasy and friendship and madness and lots of bizarre atmosphere---there is nothing as intriguing as a character "beginning to question what is real or not". :)  Excited for this one, and excited to see what else is to come from this new imprint of Macmillan!

What book are you eagerly anticipating this week?