Waiting on Wednesday: The Careful Undressing of Love by Corey Ann Haydu

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pick is: 

The Careful Undressing of Love by Corey Ann Haydu

To be published on January 31, 2017 by Dutton Books for Young Readers

A smart, sexy, and surprising story of love and death set in an eccentric Brooklyn neighborhood where history since 2001 has unfolded differently than we remember.

Everyone who really knows Brooklyn knows Devonairre Street girls are different. They’re the ones you shouldn’t fall in love with. The ones with the curse. The ones who can get you killed.

Lorna Ryder is a Devonairre Street girl, and for years, paying lip service to the curse has been the small price of living in a neighborhood full of memories of her father, one of the thousands killed five years earlier in the 2001 Times Square Bombing. Then her best friend’s boyfriend is killed, and suddenly a city paralyzed by dread of another terrorist attack is obsessed with Devonairre Street and the price of falling in love.

Set in an America where recent history has followed a different path, The Careful Undressing of Love is a love story that will leave readers breathless and unsettled.

Why I'm waiting:

• Ever since I read Making Pretty I've been meaning to read more of Haydu's work, her writing is amazing and the story of that book still lingers with me, it's very different from what I usually find on the contemporary YA shelf and I love that, can't wait for more from her!

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Waiting on Wednesday: Carve the Mark (Untitled Duology #1) by Veronica Roth

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pick is: 

Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth

Series: Untitled Duology #1

To be published on January 17, 2017 by HarperCollins

On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape the future. While most benefit from their currentgifts, Akos and Cyra do not — their gifts make them vulnerable to others’ control. Can they reclaim their gifts, their fates, and their lives, and reset the balance of power in this world?

Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power — something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and smarter than he knows.

Akos is from the peace-loving nation of Thuve, and his loyalty to his family is limitless. Though protected by his unusual currentgift, once Akos and his brother are captured by enemy Shotet soldiers, Akos is desperate to get his brother out alive — no matter what the cost. When Akos is thrust into Cyra’s world, the enmity between their countries and families seems insurmountable. They must decide to help each other to survive — or to destroy one another.

Why I'm waiting:

• As most YA readers I read the Divergent series, despite not having enjoying the series as much as I had hoped for I did find Roth's writing very addictive which made me read that series in about 5 days so I'm excited to see what she writes next. 

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Cursed Queen (The Impostor Queen #2) by Sarah Fine

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pick is: 

The Cursed Queen by Sarah Fine

Series: The Impostor Queen #2

To be published on January 3, 2017 by Margaret K. McElderry Books

Ansa has always been a fighter.

As a child, she fought the invaders who murdered her parents and snatched her as a raid prize. She fought for her place next to Thyra, the daughter of the Krigere Chieftain. She fought for her status as a warrior in her tribe: blood and victory are her way of life. But the day her Krigere cross the great lake and threaten the witch queen of the Kupari, everything changes.

Cursed by the queen with fire and ice, Ansa is forced to fight against an invisible enemy—the dark magic that has embedded itself deep in her bones. The more she seeks to hide it, the more dangerous it becomes. And with the Krigere numbers decimated and the tribe under threat from the traitorous brother of the dead Chieftain, Ansa is torn between her loyalty to the Krigere, her love for Thyra, and her own survival instincts.

With her world in chaos and each side wanting to claim her for their own, only one thing is certain: unless Ansa can control the terrible magic inside her, everything she’s fought for will be destroyed.

Why I'm waiting:

• The Impostor Queen was one of my favorite reads of 2015 and one of the best fantasy novels that I read in my life, completely unique and with a set of characters that managed to win my heart, I can't wait to be back on this world and see what else Fine has in store for us. 

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Waiting on Wednesday: Take the Key and Lock Her Up (Embassy Row #3) by Ally Carter

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pick is: 

Take the Key and Lock Her Up by Ally Carter

Series: Embassy Row #3

To be published on December 27, 2016 by Scholastic Press

Why I'm waiting:

• After that cliffhanger on See How They Run, which was pure evil I've been counting the days until this book gets released
• The books on this series are like crack to me (all of Carter's book actually), once I started I can't put it down, the mystery and the need to know where Grace's story is heading keep me turning the pages like crazy.
• Please, I need more Russian swoon in my life, thank you. 

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