Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine,
which spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating!
I Can’t-Wait-To-Read
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Release date: February 2015
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Mare Barrow’s world is divided by blood—those with red and those with silver. Mare and her family are lowly Reds, destined to serve the Silver elite whose supernatural abilities make them nearly gods. Mare steals what she can to help her family survive, but when her best friend is conscripted into the army, she gambles everything to win his freedom. A twist of fate leads her to the royal palace itself where, in front of the king and all his nobles, she discovers a superhuman ability she didn’t know she had.
Except . . . her blood is Red.
To hide this impossibility, the king forces her into the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks her new position to aid the Scarlet Guard—the leaders of a budding Red rebellion. Her actions put into motion a deadly and violent dance, pitting prince against prince and Mare against her own heart.
Why am I excited?
First off, the cover apparently looks like this:
Look at it, I can just feel it. BTW not my photo.
And my goodness it sounds amazing. I normally cannot stand books with blood being a main aspect, but this book I shall make an exception for. March cannot come soon enough.
What’s your Waiting on Wednesday? And what do you think of mine?
I’m very intrigued by the whole representation of blood in this book! (Which sounds creepy, I know.) I hope hype doesn’t kill this and that it’s super good!
Rachel @ Beauty and the Bookshelf
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I agree blood can be interesting, I just hope it isn’t overused in the book
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This one is popular this week and it has a great cover! Sounds very intriguing. Wonder how she has powers with red blood and if anyone else with red blood has powers. Great pick!
My WOW
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I hope more people with red blood have powers, it’d be weird if she were the only one.
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This book sounds AMAZING!!!! You’re right, that cover is powerful and gorgeous, simple and still gruesome. Thanks for the heads up.
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No problem!
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This cover is absolutely beautiful – it was actually the picture of the cover that took me to goodreads yesterday to read more about this. 🙂
Thanks for sharing this one with others.
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Lol, same. That picture just made me forget my fear of blood.
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This sounds really different. I hope that you enjoy it when you get to read it.
What I’m waiting and wishing for…
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Thanks, I sure hope so!
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I’m very intrigued by this book, but it sounds like there might be a love triangle going on, so I’m not sure if I want to read it immediately. But yes, that’s definitely a cover I would love to have on my bookshelf!
I hope you’ll love it when it comes out. 🙂
Nick – My WoW
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There might even be a love square, I hope it doesn’t get to be a pentagon. I’ll DNF this book if it becomes a hexagon. But all that aside, I prey this book is not centered on the triangle and that it is more on the red and silver blood magic.
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Damn! Can’t wait for this, BUT WHY 2015?! I’m going to cry. 😦
Here’s mine
Kirsty @ StudioReads
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So many amazing books are coming out then, but really 2015 is less than a year away so if you look at it that way it doesn’t feel so bad 🙂
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This one sounds so amazing! It’s such a long wait though! I have been seeing this one around the blogosphere quite often though so it seems like tons of people are excited for it!
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
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It’s mainly because the cover is just amazing, I mean just look at it.
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Thanks for sharing. Here is my Waiting on Wednesday
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This was one of my WoW picks too! I love a good traditional YA fantasy, and Red Queen sounds like it has a bunch of elements common to the genre.
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Yeah, it sounds like one of the good kinds too!
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Another one to add to my TBR, this one sounds amazing!
My WoW
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