Waiting On Wednesday #23

Waiting on Wednesday
Hosted by Jill from Breaking The Spine

You can’t change your DNA…even when it says you’re a murderer.

 When Davy tests positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome, aka “the kill gene,” she loses everything. Once the perfect high school senior, she is uninvited from her prep school and abandoned by her friends and boyfriend. Even her parents are now afraid of her—although she’s never hurt a fly. Davy doesn’t feel any differently, but genes don’t lie. One day she will kill someone.

 Without any say in the matter, Davy is thrown into a special class for HTS carriers. She has no doubt the predictions are right about them, especially Sean, who already bears the “H” tattoo as proof of his violence. Yet when the world turns on the carriers, Sean is the only one she can trust. Maybe he’s not as dangerous as he seems. Or maybe Davy is just as deadly.

March 2014

A test that can tell you if you're a killer?!  Can you imagine what it would be like if we could actually test that?  It's such an interesting concept and I can't wait to see this world the author has created.  Also, the fact that the main character doesn't know who she is anymore after her diagnosis makes me want to read about her journey even more.  Will she kill someone?  What is this Sean guy like?  I can't wait to find out.  Too bad we have to wait until March of next year!

Waiting on Wednesday #22

Waiting on Wednesday

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No one has ever believed that Mo and Annie are just friends. How can a guy and a girl really be best friends?

 Then the summer before senior year, Mo’s father loses his job, and by extension his work visa. Instantly, life for Annie and Mo crumbles. Although Mo has lived in America for most of his life, he’ll be forced to move to Jordan. The prospect of leaving his home is devastating, and returning to a world where he no longer belongs terrifies him.

 Desperate to save him, Annie proposes they tell a colossal lie—that they are in love. Mo agrees because marrying Annie is the only way he can stay. Annie just wants to keep her best friend, but what happens when it becomes a choice between saving Mo and her own chance at real love?
 October 15, 2013
When I was graduating college one of my friends was joking about marrying her friend because he had to move back to Korea when school was done.  Of course she didn't, but I think this could be such a cute book.  I have a feeling they'll fall in love like the movie The Proposal, but YA.  Can't wait for this one!
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Waiting on Wednesday #21

Waiting on Wednesday



Jill from Breaking The Spine hosts this awesome meme where bloggers feature books they are eagerly anticipating to be published.


On the night seventeen-year-old Jeremy Glass winds up in the hospital with a broken leg and a blood alcohol level well above the legal limit, his secret crush, Susannah, disappears. When he begins receiving messages from her from beyond the grave, hes not sure whether they're real or if he's losing his grip on reality. Clue by clue, he gets closer to unraveling the mystery, and soon realizes he must discover the truth or become the next victim himself.
 July 9, 2013
Books that have a mystery are my guilty pleasure.  And this one sounds pretty generic, but still awesome.  Plus that cover is pretty sweet.

Waiting On Wednesday #20

Waiting on Wednesday


Jill from Breaking The Spine hosts this awesome meme where bloggers feature books they are eagerly anticipating to be published.


I can’t weep. I can’t fear. I’ve grown talented at pretending.

Elizabeth Caldwell doesn’t feel emotions . . . she sees them. Longing, Shame, and Courage materialize around her classmates. Fury and Resentment appear in her dysfunctional home. They’ve all given up on Elizabeth because she doesn’t succumb to their touch. All, that is, save one—Fear. He’s intrigued by her, as desperate to understand the accident that changed Elizabeth’s life as she is herself.

Elizabeth and Fear both sense that the key to her past is hidden in the dream paintings she hides in the family barn. But a shadowy menace has begun to stalk her, and try as she might, Elizabeth can barely avoid the brutality of her life long enough to uncover the truth about herself. When it matters most, will she be able to rely on Fear to save her?
 July 8, 2013
It just sounds so unique.  I like the idea of Fear being a "person" and having to save her when he's supposed to be doing the opposite.  Also, look how gorgeous that cover is.  It's creepy, but the flowers making up the dress are so pretty.  Hauntingly beautiful.

Waiting On Wednesday #19

Waiting on Wednesday


Jill from Breaking The Spine hosts this awesome meme where bloggers feature books they are eagerly anticipating to be published.

Elyse has done everything she can to protect her friends from The Council's reach. As long as they believe she's dead, she has time to rest and train for war. And war is inevitable. 

When Kara arrives with the news that Anna and Chloe have been captured, Elyse is faced with the realization that no one is safe until The Council is stopped and Christoph is destroyed. She doesn't need a prophecy to tell her to lead an army. Christoph has done the one thing that ensures she'll fight to the death. He's threatened the people she loves. 

It will take more than the words of an oracle to help them fight against the most powerful Descendant alive. To break The Council's oppression and rise up against a plot so many years in the making, Elyse will need to get dangerously close to her enemy. So close, in fact, she may not survive.
 May 28, 2013
The first book Opression was my first Greek Mythology based book and I loved it!  I can't wait to find out what happens next for these characters!  Might have to do a reread though because I read the first book about a year ago.

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Waiting On Wednesday #18

Waiting on Wednesday


Jill from Breaking The Spine hosts this awesome meme where bloggers feature books they are eagerly anticipating to be published.



Seventeen-year-old Zoe and her cousin Jess eagerly start summer jobs at New Jersey's Fairyland theme park, but Jess does not get her dream role and Zoe is assigned to be personal assistant to the park's "Queen," winning her no friends.




 April 23, 2013


That summary is kinda short and vague, but I love the cover and it's by the author of Smart Girls Get What They Want (which I hear is really good!).  Oh and it also take place in Jersey which is where I'm from...although I've never heard of a Fairyland theme park.  I'm lovin contemp lately!

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Waiting On Wednesday #17

Waiting on Wednesday


Jill from Breaking The Spine hosts this awesome meme where bloggers feature books they are eagerly anticipating to be published.





Instead of sleeping, Parker Chipp enters the dream of the last person he’s had eye contact with. He spends his nights crushed by other people’s fear and pain, by their disturbing secrets—and Parker can never have dreams of his own. The severe exhaustion is crippling him. If nothing changes, Parker could soon be facing psychosis and even death.

Then he meets Mia. Her dreams, calm and beautifully uncomplicated, allow him blissful rest that is utterly addictive. Parker starts going to bizarre lengths to catch Mia’s eye every day. Everyone at school thinks he’s gone over the edge, even his best friend. And when Mia is threatened by a true stalker, everyone thinks it’s Parker.

Suffering blackouts, Parker begins to wonder if he is turning into someone dangerous. What if the monster stalking Mia is him after all?
 June 8, 2013


I feel like these days all books have similar covers (girls in pretty dresses) and similar synopsises (girl falling for boy she can't have--instalove).  So when I read this summary and saw this cover I knew I had to add this to my TBR list!  It's so original.  And I love when a book has a twist at the end.  I wonder what it could be!





Waiting On Wednesday #16

Contemporary


Jill from Breaking The Spine hosts this awesome meme where bloggers feature books they are eagerly anticipating to be published.







Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers studies the rich like her own personal science experiment, and after years of observation she’s pretty sure they’re only good for one thing—spending money on useless stuff, like the porcelain dolls in her mother’s shop.  

 So when Xander Spence walks into the store to pick up a doll for his grandmother, it only takes one glance for Caymen to figure out he’s oozing rich. Despite his charming ways and that he’s one of the first people who actually gets her, she’s smart enough to know his interest won’t last. Because if there’s one thing she’s learned from her mother’s warnings, it’s that the rich have a short attention span. But Xander keeps coming around, despite her best efforts to scare him off. And much to her dismay, she's beginning to enjoy his company.  

 She knows her mom can’t find out—she wouldn’t approve. She’d much rather Caymen hang out with the local rocker who hasn’t been raised by money. But just when Xander’s attention and loyalty are about to convince Caymen that being rich isn’t a character flaw, she finds out that money is a much bigger part of their relationship than she’d ever realized. And that Xander’s not the only one she should’ve been worried about.

Release date:  July 12, 2013

Why I am excited:  
Haven't read much contemporary lately so when I saw this I got really excited.  It sounds like a cute little love story about two people from different sides of the tracks. And the summary really makes me wonder what twist will be at the end.


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