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!
Here are my picks for the week:
Here are my picks for the week:
Summary:
In a desert land where serpents made of unbreakable glass fly through the sky and wolves made of only sand hunt within storms, Liyana is destined to be a vessel, to sacrifice herself so that her clan’s goddess can inhabit her body... but her goddess never comes.
Summary taken from Goodreads.com
Length: 320 pages
Expected Publication Date: September 11th 2012 by Margaret K. McElderry
Summary:
Jane Eliot wears an iron mask.
It’s the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain—the ironskin.
When a carefully worded listing appears for a governess to assist with a "delicate situation"—a child born during the Great War—Jane is certain the child is fey-cursed, and that she can help.
Teaching the unruly Dorie to suppress her curse is hard enough; she certainly didn’t expect to fall for the girl’s father, the enigmatic artist Edward Rochart. But her blossoming crush is stifled by her own scars, and by his parade of women. Ugly women, who enter his closed studio...and come out as beautiful as the fey.
Jane knows Rochart cannot love her, just as she knows that she must wear iron for the rest of her life. But what if neither of these things is true? Step by step Jane unlocks the secrets of her new life—and discover just how far she will go to become whole again.
It’s the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain—the ironskin.
When a carefully worded listing appears for a governess to assist with a "delicate situation"—a child born during the Great War—Jane is certain the child is fey-cursed, and that she can help.
Teaching the unruly Dorie to suppress her curse is hard enough; she certainly didn’t expect to fall for the girl’s father, the enigmatic artist Edward Rochart. But her blossoming crush is stifled by her own scars, and by his parade of women. Ugly women, who enter his closed studio...and come out as beautiful as the fey.
Jane knows Rochart cannot love her, just as she knows that she must wear iron for the rest of her life. But what if neither of these things is true? Step by step Jane unlocks the secrets of her new life—and discover just how far she will go to become whole again.
Summary taken from Goodreads.com
Length: 304 pages
Expected Publication Date: October 2nd 2012 by Tor Books
Why I'm Waiting:
Vessel has a beautiful cover. I mean it's simply stunning, and while the summary is short it sounds superb. I love fantasy novels and this one looks excellent.
Ironskin also has a beautiful cover, I love it. To me the cover model reminds me of one of the Oracles from ancient greek mythology. I really like the summary for this one. I love books that have fey in them!
Now, what are YOU waiting for this Wednesday?
I'm really excited for both of these. Actually I just did a post on the cover designer of Vessel in case you're interested. Anyway, nice picks :D
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Awesome picks! I chose Ironskin on my last WoW too. And Vessel's cover is gorgeous.
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Both look amazing. Gorgeous covers, too. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteJennifer @ Dream Reads
OMG. Vessel sounds so good! A wolf that's made of sand? Hmmm, your going to have to tell me how that one is.
ReplyDeleteLove the cover and summary of Vessel. Ironskin looks good too. Maybe not quite as good. But still good. Both added to my TBR.
ReplyDeleteNina @ Death Books and Tea
I'm really looking forward to reading Ironskin! I hadn't heard of Vessel before, but both the synopsis and cover are amazing! I'm definitely adding it to my wishlist!
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These both sound really good. I'm especially intrigued by Vessel... Totally want to see where that story goes!
ReplyDeleteBoth books have stunning covers! They certainly catch the readers eye!
ReplyDeleteI love the covers I personally can't wait to read Ironskin!
ReplyDeleteOoh, love those covers.
ReplyDeletelove the covers..these are new to me..but they sound great!
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Both of these are on my TBR pile! Love the covers and summaries. They sound very intriguing :) here's my WOW for this week!
ReplyDeleteI sorta fell in love with the Vessel covermodel. XD
ReplyDeletePatricia // My WOW
I'm looking forward to IRONSKIN as well! I haven't heard of the other book (VESSEL), but it sounds great. :) Thanks for sharing!
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