Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly blog feature started by Jill at Breaking The Spine which spotlights future releases that we are looking forward to. I am featuring two books this week because I couldn't pick between the two. This first one doesn't even have a cover yet but I am super excited for it! Here it is:
Title: Gravity
Author: Melissa West
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Release Date: June, 2012
Description from Goodreads:
In the future, only one rule will matter: Don’t. Ever. Peek.
Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed—Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson asks for her help.
Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention. She’s the daughter of New America’s military commander, trained by her father and exposed to war strategies and societal information no one can know—especially an alien spy, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the information he needs will betray her father and her country, but keeping silent will start a war.
Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed—Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson asks for her help.
Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention. She’s the daughter of New America’s military commander, trained by her father and exposed to war strategies and societal information no one can know—especially an alien spy, like Jackson. Giving Jackson the information he needs will betray her father and her country, but keeping silent will start a war.
When I first read the description of this book on Goodreads, I knew I would have to get my hands on it as soon as it was released. I am looking forward to seeing what the design team put together for the cover. In the mean time, I will stalk the progress of this book making sure I don't miss out on any important news! :)
Add Gravity on Goodreads!
My second pick is For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund:
Title: For Darkness Shows the Stars
Author: Diana Peterfreund
Publisher: Balzar + Bray
Release Date: June 12, 2011
Description from Goodreads:
Generations ago, a genetic experiment gone wrong—the Reduction—decimated humanity, giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology.
Eighteen-year-old Luddite Elliot North has always known her place in this caste system. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family’s estate over love. But now the world has changed: a new class of Post-Reductionists is jumpstarting the wheel of progress and threatening Luddite control; Elliot’s estate is floundering; and she’s forced to rent land to the mysterious Cloud Fleet, a group of shipbuilders that includes renowned explorer Captain Malakai Wentforth—an almost unrecognizable Kai. And while Elliott wonders if this could be their second chance, Kai seems determined to show Elliot exactly what she gave up when she abandoned him.
But Elliot soon discovers her childhood friend carries a secret—-one that could change the society in which they live…or bring it to its knees. And again, she’s faced with a choice: cling to what she’s been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she’s ever loved, even if she has lost him forever.
Inspired by Jane Austen’s PERSUASION, FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS is a breathtaking romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it.
How amazing does that sound? Yet another dystopian book I desperately want to read! I'm intrigued to find out how Jane Austen's Persuasion plays a part in this book. :)
My second pick is For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund:
Author: Diana Peterfreund
Publisher: Balzar + Bray
Release Date: June 12, 2011
Description from Goodreads:
Generations ago, a genetic experiment gone wrong—the Reduction—decimated humanity, giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology.
Eighteen-year-old Luddite Elliot North has always known her place in this caste system. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family’s estate over love. But now the world has changed: a new class of Post-Reductionists is jumpstarting the wheel of progress and threatening Luddite control; Elliot’s estate is floundering; and she’s forced to rent land to the mysterious Cloud Fleet, a group of shipbuilders that includes renowned explorer Captain Malakai Wentforth—an almost unrecognizable Kai. And while Elliott wonders if this could be their second chance, Kai seems determined to show Elliot exactly what she gave up when she abandoned him.
But Elliot soon discovers her childhood friend carries a secret—-one that could change the society in which they live…or bring it to its knees. And again, she’s faced with a choice: cling to what she’s been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she’s ever loved, even if she has lost him forever.
Inspired by Jane Austen’s PERSUASION, FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS is a breathtaking romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it.
How amazing does that sound? Yet another dystopian book I desperately want to read! I'm intrigued to find out how Jane Austen's Persuasion plays a part in this book. :)
What are you waiting on this Wednesday? Feel free to leave a link if you have done your own post.
Both books sound awesome!! I can't wait to see the cover for Gravity!!
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ReplyDeleteAnother great dystopian find! You need to sign up for the dystopian challenge. I have been wanting to try this author now I just might!
ReplyDeleteFor Darkness Shows the Stars is already on my TBR list, although when I'm gonna get to it is quite another story... *sigh*
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Both sound so interesting, although I'm a little partial to Entangled :-)
ReplyDeleteI honestly can't wait for For Darkness Shows the Stars! It does sound amazing! And now I can't wait for Gravity either. It sounds really interesting.
ReplyDeleteGrek picks! :D
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Ohhhhhhhh I just added Gravity to my ginormous TBR list! It sounds awesome. Can't believe I hadn't already heard of it. I have also been seriously debating adding the other one to my list. I probably will since I am weak.
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Your peeks sound interesting, the first more than the second. I think I have to add it to my tbr...
ReplyDeleteThese do look tantalizing! Thanks for sharing...
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Ohh, sounds like awesome books! :D Great picks ;D
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i like the sound of the second book, for darkness shows the stars, and the cover is absolutely breathtaking, but gravity? not so much, it sounds a bit weird.. but i'll check it out, especially after the cover is out!
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I'm looking forward to these as well. Great choices :-)
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I plan to include more Young Adult literature in my reading experience this year, and I may start with Divergent, but these other ones you are waiting on look equally tempting!
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Gravity is new to me and sounds great. For Darkness is definitely on my TBR list!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to these as well.
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh For Darkness Shows the Stars looks awesome!! I haven't heard of it before but I'll definitely have to add it to my TBR! Great picks!
ReplyDeleteEntangled sounds intense. I haven't heard of either of these books until now. Thanks for sharing (because we all know my to-read pile just grew two books)!
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The first one is right up my alley...thx!
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Ah, both books sound like awesome reads! I love your picks this week! Thanks so much for sharing :D
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Jessirae @ Words, pages and books
Is the first time that I heard of them and I need to add them to my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteI like the cover of For Darkness Shows the Stars
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Great picks! I will read ANYTHING by Entangled!
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I am also looking forward to For Darkness Shows the Stars and I wasn't aware of Gravity. It sounds great!
ReplyDeleteNice picks! Those books sound great and I like the cover of the second one. Thanks for sharing & for stopping by my blog!
ReplyDeleteGreat picks!! Both books sound really awesome! I must add them to my list. :)
ReplyDeleteFor Darkness Shows the Stars is one of the most gorgeous covers I have seen! I hadn't heard of either of your picks before this post, so thank you for telling me about them. :)
ReplyDeleteStephanie @ Stepping Out Of The Page
Both of these sound AMAZING! I hadn't heard of Gravity before but it is absolutely going on my list (and I'm dying to see what they come up with for the cover). Fantastic picks this week!
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to get into the world of dystopians (my friend just lent me her Hunger Games copy) so I should be okay and I also like these two books to add in my Lookout pile. :D
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