Waiting on Wednesday #102

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine and is where we can talk about books we are looking forward to being released.

 

 

Summary:

 

Seventeen-year-old Taylor’s given up on happiness. He’s just trying to survive. Haunted by his brother’s death and pushed around at school, he spends his days searching for a quiet moment of peace, until he meets Elora. The enigmatic runaway gives him a hope he’s never had—the hope of truly connecting with another human being.

But the daughter of the Unseelie Queen has different plans for Taylor. Born into a world of corruption and war, Elora is determined to free her people from her mother’s tyranny. If she can gain the allegiance of the Seelie Queen, her mother’s loathed enemy, she and her rebels can crush the Dark Court and bring equality to Faerie. But to do that, she’ll need a proper offering . . .

A human.

To steal a mortal, Elora must become a mortal—at least, by all appearances. And infiltrating Taylor’s high school is surprisingly easy. But as she becomes entangled in his world, Elora realizes something startling: inequality in the human world isn’t so different from inequality in Faerie. Students are bullied, ostracized and attacked for being different. And just like she did in Faerie, she begins gathering up the outcasts, encouraging them to take back the school. Now Elora has two rebellions on her hands: a quickly mounting mutiny in Faerie, and a mortal uprising inspired by the boy she’s destined to betray.

Summary & Cover taken from Goodreads.com

Length: 360 pages (Paperback)

Expected Publication Date: November 8th 2014 by Flux

 

Why I'm Waiting:

 

Last year I read Chelsea Pitcher's contemporary YA novel The S-Word and really enjoyed it which was surprising because I usually dislike YA Contemporary novels so when I saw that she had a fantasy book about FAE coming out I had to feature it on my WoW list. Seriously, she's an awesome writer and I'm dying to read this one!

 

 

Summary:

 

Kick Lannigan, 21, is a survivor. Abducted at age six in broad daylight, the police, the public, perhaps even her family assumed the worst had occurred. And then Kathleen Lannigan was found, alive, six years later. In the early months following her freedom, as Kick struggled with PTSD, her parents put her through a litany of therapies, but nothing helped until the detective who rescued her suggested Kick learn to fight. Before she was thirteen, Kick learned marksmanship, martial arts, boxing, archery, and knife throwing. She excelled at every one, vowing she would never be victimized again. But when two children in the Portland area go missing in the same month, Kick goes into a tailspin. Then an enigmatic man Bishop approaches her with a proposition: he is convinced Kick's experiences and expertise can be used to help rescue the abductees. Little does Kick know the case will lead directly into her terrifying past…

Summary & Cover taken from Goodreads.com

Length: 384 pages (Hardcover)

Expected Publication Date: August 12th 2014 by Simon & Schuster

 

Why I'm Waiting:

 

I love a good thriller with a strong heroine with issues and Kick Lannigan sounds like she's got a crapload of issues and she can kick ass so I can't wait to finally give this one ago especially since I'm a fan of her Gretchen Lowell series (Okay, so I only read the first book but #2 is up next on the pile) and she is awesome at creating a twisted story.