Waiting on Wednesday (135): Nameless

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Nameless: A Tale of Beauty and Madness (Tales of Beauty and Madness)
Author: Lili St. Crow
Publisher: Razorbill
Publish Date: April 4, 2013
Amazon / Kindle / Goodreads / The Book Depository

Publisher's Description
When Camille was six years old, she was discovered alone in the snow by Enrico Vultusino, godfather of the Seven—the powerful Families that rule magic-ridden New Haven. Papa Vultusino adopted the mute, scarred child, naming her after his dead wife and raising her in luxury on Haven Hill alongside his own son, Nico.

Now Cami is turning sixteen. She’s no longer mute, though she keeps her faded scars hidden under her school uniform, and though she opens up only to her two best friends, Ruby and Ellie, and to Nico, who has become more than a brother to her. But even though Cami is a pampered Vultusino heiress, she knows that she is not really Family. Unlike them, she is a mortal with a past that lies buried in trauma. And it’s not until she meets the mysterious Tor, who reveals scars of his own, that Cami begins to uncover the secrets of her birth…to find out where she comes from and why her past is threatening her now.

New York Times bestselling author Lili St. Crow thrilled legions of fans with her dark paranormal series Strange Angels. Now she has crafted an evocative update of Snow White, set in a vividly imagined world and populated by unforgettable new characters.

*Why I want to read this: This sounds like a fabulous version of Snow White! - Jessica

---Want to participate? Grab the logo, post your own WoW entry on your blog, and leave a link in the comments section!

Waiting on Wednesday (133): City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

City of a Thousand Dolls
Author: Miriam Forster
Publisher: HarperTeen
Publish Date: February 5, 2013
Amazon / Kindle / Goodreads / The Book Depository

Publisher's Description  
The girl with no past, and no future, may be the only one who can save their lives.

 Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when she was just a child. Now sixteen, she lives on the grounds of the isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers, courtesans, and, if the rumors are true, assassins. Nisha makes her way as Matron’s assistant, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the city’s handsome young courier does she let herself imagine a life outside the walls. Until one by one, girls around her start to die.

Before she becomes the next victim, Nisha decides to uncover the secrets that surround the girls’ deaths. But by getting involved, Nisha jeopardizes not only her own future in the City of a Thousand Dolls—but her own life.

*Why I want to read this:  A murder mystery set in a mysterious place called the City of a Thousand Dolls.  Reading about girls who get put to work in interesting careers appeals to me. - Jessica

---Want to participate? Grab the logo, post your own WoW entry on your blog, and leave a link in the comments section!

Waiting on Wednesday (132): Asunder (Incarnate) by Jodi Meadows

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.


Asunder (Incarnate)
Author: Jodi Meadows
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Publish Date: January 29, 2013
Amazon / Goodreads / The Book Depository

Publisher's Description 
DARKSOULS
Ana has always been the only one. Asunder. Apart. But after Templedark, when many residents of Heart were lost forever, some hold Ana responsible for the darksouls–and the newsouls who may be born in their place.

SHADOWS
Many are afraid of Ana’s presence, a constant reminder of unstoppable changes and the unknown. When sylph begin behaving differently toward her and people turn violent, Ana must learn to stand up not only for herself but for those who cannot stand up for themselves.

LOVE
Ana was told that nosouls can’t love. But newsouls? More than anything, she wants to live and love as an equal among the citizens of Heart, but even when Sam professes his deepest feelings, it seems impossible to overcome a lifetime of rejection.

In this second book in the Incarnate trilogy, Ana discovers the truth about reincarnation and will have to find a way to embrace love and make her young life meaningful. Once again, Jodi Meadows explores the extraordinary beauty and shadowed depths of the soul in a story equal parts epic romance and captivating fantasy.

*Why I want to read this: The ending of the first book in the Newsoul series has left me wanting to know more! - Jessica (Read my review on Incarnate here.)

---Want to participate? Grab the logo, post your own WoW entry on your blog, and leave a link in the comments section!

Waiting on Wednesday (130): Shadowlands by Kate Brian

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Shadowlands
Author: Kate Brian
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Publish Date: January 8, 2013

Amazon / Kindle / Goodreads / The Book Depository

Publisher's Description
Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived … and the serial killer who attacked her escaped. Now that the infamous Steven Nell is on the loose, Rory must enter the witness protection with her father and sister, Darcy, leaving their friends and family without so much as a goodbye.

Starting over in a new town with only each other is unimaginable for Rory and Darcy. They were inseparable as children, but now they can barely stand each other. As the sisters settle in to Juniper Landing, a picturesque vacation island, it seems like their new home may be just the fresh start they need. They fall in with a group of beautiful, carefree teens and spend their days surfing, partying on the beach, and hiking into endless sunsets. But just as they’re starting to feel safe again, one of their new friends goes missing. Is it a coincidence? Or is the nightmare beginning all over again?

*Why I want to read this: A serial killer story, yes please.  This sounds like it could be an intriguing mystery/thriller. - Jessica

---Want to participate? Grab the logo, post your own WoW entry on your blog, and leave a link in the comments section!

Waiting on Wednesday (128): Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Teeth 
Author: Hannah Moskowitz
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Publish Date: January 1, 2013

Amazon / Kindle / Goodreads / The Book Depository

Publisher's Description
A gritty, romantic modern fairy tale from the author of Break and Gone, Gone, Gone.

Be careful what you believe in.

Rudy’s life is flipped upside-down when his family moves to a remote island in a last attempt to save his sick younger brother. With nothing to do but worry, Rudy sinks deeper and deeper into loneliness and lies awake at night listening to the screams of the ocean beneath his family’s rickety house.

Then he meets Diana, who makes him wonder what he even knows about love, and Teeth, who makes him question what he knows about anything. Rudy can’t remember the last time he felt so connected to someone, but being friends with Teeth is more than a little bit complicated. He soon learns that Teeth has terrible secrets. Violent secrets. Secrets that will force Rudy to choose between his own happiness and his brother’s life.

*Why I want to read this: With the violent secrets that Teeth harbors and the story of Rudy and his brother - my interest is piqued.  I haven't read any of Hannah Moskowitz's books before, but have heard great things about her writing.

---Want to participate? Grab the logo, post your own WoW entry on your blog, and leave a link in the comments section!

Waiting on Wednesday (125): Renegade (The Elysium Chronicles) by J.A. Souders

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Renegade (The Elysium Chronicles) 
Author: J.A. Souders

Publisher: Tor Teen

Publish Date: November 13, 2012

Amazon / Kindle / Goodreads

Publisher's Description

Since the age of three, sixteen-year-old Evelyn Winters has trained to be Daughter of the People in the underwater utopia known as Elysium. Selected from hundreds of children for her ideal genes, all her life she's believed that everything is perfect. Her world. Her people. The Law. But when Gavin Hunter, a Surface Dweller, accidentally stumbles into Elysium's secluded little world, Evelyn comes to a startling realization: Everything she knows is a lie. Her memories have been altered. Her mind and body aren't under her own control. And the person she knows as Mother is a monster. Together with Gavin she plans her escape, only to learn that her own mind is a ticking time bomb...and Mother has one last secret that will destroy them all.

*Why I want to read this:  With the idea of Elysium as an underwater utopia, I'm intrigued.  Whether or not the Greek mythology comes into play I think this could be an interesting read. - Jessica

---Want to participate? Grab the logo, post your own WoW entry on your blog, and leave a link in the comments section!

Waiting on Wednesday (122): The Archived by Victoria Schwab

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

The Archived
Author: Victoria Schwab
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Publish Date: January 22, 2013

Publisher Description

Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.

Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was: a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often-violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.

Being a Keeper isn’t just dangerous—it’s a constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da’s death was hard enough, but now that her little brother is gone too, Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall.

In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hardwon redemption.

Why Jessica wants to read this: The Archived sounds like a dark ride into what happens when the living hold onto the dead.  It sounds so different from any story I've read before and I want to know more.
 
---Want to participate? Grab the logo, post your own WoW entry on your blog, and leave a link in the comments section!

Waiting on Wednesday (118): Ruins (Pathfinder) by Orson Scott Card

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Ruins (Pathfinder) by Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Publish Date: March 6, 2012

Publisher's Description
Rigg has the power to change the past. But nothing can prepare him for the future...

The adventure, suspense, and time travel continue in this second installment in the critically acclaimed New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestselling Pathfinder series.

Why Jessica wants to read this: I loved the first book in the series and can't wait to see where the journey goes!  (Check out my review of Pathfinder, - I gave it 5/5!)

---Want to participate? Grab the logo, post your own WoW entry on your blog, and leave a link in the comments section!

Waiting on Wednesday (117): Gravity (The Taking) by Melissa West

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.


Gravity (The Taking) by Melissa West
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Publish Date: October 16, 2012

Publisher Description

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 — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die.

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 a military legacy who’s been 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.

Why Jessica wants to read this: This one sounds kinda weird with the whole "hovering above her bed" part and sounds like it is a good sci-fi read.

---Want to participate? Grab the logo, post your own WoW entry on your blog, and leave a link in the comments section!

Waiting on Wednesday (115): Death and the Girl Next Door by Darynda Jones

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Death and the Girl Next Door by Darynda Jones
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publish Date: October 2, 2012

Publisher Description

From the author of The New York Times bestselling series that began with First Grave on the Right—a thrilling Young Adult novel garnering high praise and early buzz from major authors.

Ten years ago, Lorelei's parents disappeared without a trace. Raised by her grandparents and leaning on the support of her best friends, Lorelei is finally beginning to accept the fact that her parents are never coming home. For Lorelei, life goes on.

High school is not quite as painful as she thinks it will be, and things are as normal as they can be. Until the day the school's designated loner, Cameron Lusk, begins to stalk her, turning up where she least expects it, standing outside her house in the dark, night after night. Things get even more complicated when a new guy—terrifying, tough, sexy Jared Kovach—comes to school. Cameron and Jared instantly despise each other and Lorelei seems to be the reason for their animosity. What does Jared know about her parents? Why does Cameron tell Jared he can't have Lorelei? And what will any of them do when Death comes knocking for real? Thrilling, sassy, sexy, and inventive, Darynda Jones's first foray into the world of teens will leave readers eager for the next installment.

Why Jessica wants to read this:  I have loved all of the books in her adult series and know how seriously sassy Darynda can write.  The sassy-factor reels me in!

---Want to participate? Grab the logo, post your own WoW entry on your blog, and leave a link in the comments section!

Waiting on Wednesday (114): What's Left of Me: The Hybrid Chronicles, Book One by Kat Zhang

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.


What's Left of Me: The Hybrid Chronicles, Book One by Kat Zhang
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publish Date: September 18, 2012

Publisher Description

Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else--two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling their movements as they learned how to walk, how to sing, how to dance. But as they grew, so did the worried whispers. Why aren't they settling? Why isn't one of them fading? The doctors ran tests, the neighbors shied away, and their parents begged for more time. Finally Addie was pronounced healthy and Eva was declared gone. Except, she wasn't...

For the past three years, Eva has clung to the remnants of her life. Only Addie knows she's still there, trapped inside their body. Then one day, they discover there may be a way for Eva to move again. The risks are unimaginable-hybrids are considered a threat to society, so if they are caught, Addie and Eva will be locked away with the others. And yet...for a chance to smile, to twirl, to speak, Eva will do anything.

Why Jessica wants to read this:  It just sounds so weird.  Two souls in one body?  Kinda reminds me of The Host, but that was an alien body snatcher type thing and this is what happens to everyone in the story...in the beginning at least.

---Want to participate? Grab the logo, post your own WoW entry on your blog, and leave a link in the comments section!

Waiting on Wednesday (112): Spark: A Sky Chasers Novel by Amy Kathleen Ryan

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Spark: A Sky Chasers Novel by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publish Date: July 17, 2012

Publishers Description:
Waverly, Kieran and Seth are in a race against time – and with the future of humanity hanging in the balance, there’s no room for mistakes…
After a desperate escape from the enemy ship, Waverly has finally made it back to the Empyrean. The memory of home has been keeping her alive for the past months… but home is nothing like she left it. Forced to leave their captive parents behind on the New Horizon, she’s returned only to find that Kieran has become a strict leader and turned the crew against Seth. What happened to the Kieran she thought she knew? Now Waverly’s not sure whom she can trust. And the one person she wants to believe in is darkly brilliant Seth, the ship’s supposed enemy. Waverly knows that the situation will only get worse until they can rescue their parents – but how?

Before they have time to make a plan, an explosion rocks the Empyrean, and Seth and Waverly are targeted as the prime suspects. Can they find the true culprit before Kieran locks them away… or worse? Will Waverly follow her heart, even if it puts lives at risk? Now more than ever, every step could bring them closer to a new beginning – or a sudden end.

Why Jessica wants to read this: I really enjoyed the first book, the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. It even had me yelling at the characters.  Check out my review of book 1, Glow.

  ---Want to participate? Grab the logo, post your own WoW entry on your blog, and leave a link in the comments section!

Media Mail (1)

Media Mail is a weekly meme which explores the books that have been delivered to our mailbox.
Let us know what looks good & leave us a link so we can check out what you got over the week. 

FOR REVIEW
  Nightshifted by Cassie Alexander
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson
Shift by Kim Curran

WON
Yours, Mine, and Ours by MaryJanice Davidson (Thank you Dream!)

Thanks to Strange Chemistry, St Martin's, and Book Divas for this weeks books for review.
What would you read first?

Leave us a link to your post, we'd love to drool over your reads!