Waiting on Wednesday ~ DARKEST MERCY

Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
The final novel of the Wicked Lovely Series

March 1, 2011

The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful ...more The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of Huntsdale, his presence signifying the deaths of powerful fey.

Aislinn tends the Summer Court, searching for her absent king and yearning for Seth. Torn between his new queen and his old love, Keenan works from afar to strengthen his court against the coming war. Donia longs for fiery passion even as she coolly readies the Winter Court for battle. And Seth, sworn brother of the Dark King and heir to the High Queen, is about to make a mistake that could cost his life.

Love, despair, and betrayal ignite the faery courts, and in the final conflict, some will win…and some will lose everything.

The exhilarating conclusion to Melissa Marr’s New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series will leave readers breathless.
From goodreads.com

No, no, NO! This series cannot end! I've loved the books for so long, reading the end is going to be heartbreaking, but I can't wait. As always, a beautiful cover and title. Next year needs to come faster!

Waiting on Wednesday ~ THE THIRTEENTH CHIME

The Thirteenth Chime by Emma Michaels

August 13, 2010

No one knew of its existence until it was removed from the attic upstairs.

In a beautiful house that overlooks the sea, an antique clock has the power to change the course of their lives.

The power the clock resonates will not only force Destiny and ex-boyfriend David on a journey into the depths of one man's mind long dead, but into the mind of a man filled with hatred and bent on revenge.

With the only clues to the nature of the clock having disappeared into the sea, Destiny and David must retrace the steps the man had taken into the darkness, before they fall prey to the trap he had set in motion over half a century ago.

Hatred never dies.
From emmamichaels.com

How did I not know of this book until yesterday? Emma commented on my Waiting on Wednesday post, and I followed the link to her site and came across this beautiful cover. I read on to realize that the book sounded like a great read.

Waiting on Wednesday ~ BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS

BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

October 12, 2010

Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world that had been hidden in plain sight all along. A Gatlin that harbored ancient secrets beneath its moss-covered oaks and cracked sidewalks. A Gatlin where a curse has marked Lena's family of powerful supernaturals for generations. A Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen.

Sometimes life-ending.

Together they can face anything Gatlin throws at them, but after suffering a tragic loss, Lena starts to pull away, keeping secrets that test their relationship. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.
From goodreads.com

I loved Beautiful Creatures and cannot wait for this one, the sequel in the Caster Series, to be released. For those of you who didn't know, the cover has changed from the old one with the gate to the new one you can see above. So happy about the change as well. The old one looked childish, but this one looks amazing, and blends better with the cover of Beautiful Creatures.

While talking about covers, here's a question for the comments. Do you think it's important for books in a series to have covers that look similar, such as those in Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games Trilogy, or does it not matter, like in Simone Elkeles' Perfect Chemistry series?

Waiting on Wednesday ~ I AM NUMBER FOUR

I AM NUMBER FOUR by Pittacus Lore

August 17, 2010

John Smith seems like an ordinary teenager, living an ordinary life in Paradise, Ohio.

But John is not ordinary. He’s one of nine aliens from the planet Lorien. John’s in danger and he’s always on the run, but this time he has more at stake than ever before—his girlfriend, Sarah, the only person he’s ever allowed to get close to him, is also at risk.

The evil beings who are hunting him have killed Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. John Smith is Number Four. And he is next.

As John struggles to outrun his past, discover his future, and live a normal life on Earth, he must choose between the legacy he was destined for and the love he never thought he would have.
From goodreads.com

Alright, so here's the deal. I'm usually not interested in alien books, but this one, for some reason, sounds different. I don't even know if it's YA, but it couldn't be too bad, could it?

Waiting on Wednesday ~ Draw the Dark

DRAW THE DARK by Ilsa J. Bick

October 28, 2010

There are things the people of Winter, Wisconsin, would rather forget. The year the Nazis came to town, for one. That fire, for another. But what they'd really like to forget is Christian Cage.

Seventeen-year-old Christian's parents disappeared when he was a little boy. Ever since, he's drawn obsessively: his mother's face...her eyes...and what he calls "the sideways place," where he says his parents are trapped. Christian figures if he can just see through his mother's eyes, maybe he can get there somehow and save them.

But Christian also draws other things. Ugly things. Evil things. Dark things. Things like other people's fears and nightmares. Their pasts. Their destiny.

And some things the people of Winter would rather forget—like murder.

But Winter won't be able to forget the truth, no matter how hard it tries. Not as long as Christian draws the dark...
From lernerbooks.com

If the cover and the summary don't get you, head over to LitBites and read Donna's review of the book. If any of you already follow the blog, you know she doesn't hand out 5 bite rating very often. So put Draw the Dark on your To Read list and go check out Donna's blog!

Waiting on Wednesday ~ The Replacement

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

September 16, 2010

Mackie Doyle seems like everyone else in the perfect little town of Gentry, but he is living with a fatal secret - he is a Replacement, left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now the creatures under the hill want him back, and Mackie must decide where he really belongs and what he really wants.

A month ago, Mackie might have told them to buzz off. But now, with a budding relationship with tough, wounded, beautiful Tate, Mackie has too much to lose. Will love finally make him worthy of the human world?
From goodreads.com

As if the cover wasn't good enough, the plot story summary sounds amazing. This is definitely a book I'm going to need to purchase. Again with the dystopian theme, but this is both looks and sounds creepier than the other dystopians out there. Can't wait!

Waiting on Wednesday ~ Crescendo

CRESCENDO by Becca Fitzpatrick
November 16, 2010

Nora should have known her life was far from perfect. Despite starting a relationship with her guardian angel, Patch (who, title aside, can be described as anything but angelic), and surviving an attempt on her life, things are not looking up. Patch is starting to pull away and Nora can't figure out if it's for her best interest or if his interest has shifted to her arch-enemy, Marcie Millar. Not to mention that Nora is haunted by images of her father and she becomes obsessed with finding out what really happened to him that night he left for Portland and never came home.


The further Nora delves into the mystery of her father's death, the more she comes to question if her Nephilim bloodline has something to do with it as well as why she seems to be in danger more than the average girl. Since Patch isn't answering her questions and seems to be standing in her way, she has to start finding the answers on her own. Relying too heavily on the fact that she has a guardian angel puts Nora at risk again and again. But can she really count on Patch or is he hiding secrets darker than she can even imagine?

From http://beccafitzpatrick.com

I loved the first book in this series, Hush, Hush and cannot wait for the second book to be released. The cover, as well, is as beautiful as the first. The author, Becca Fitzpatrick, did an amazing cover reveal in which she had a chalk artist draw the cover, giving the live feed of the artist for the entire day until it was finished. Cannot wait for this one!

Waiting on Wednesday ~ Grace

GRACE by Elizabeth Scott
September 16, 2010

A fable of a terrifying near future.

Grace was raised to be an Angel, a herald of death by suicide bomb. But she refuses to die for the cause, and now Grace is on the run, daring to dream of freedom.

In search of a border she may never reach, she travels among malevolent soldiers on a decrepit train crawling through the desert. Accompanied by the mysterious Kerr, Grace struggles to be invisible, but the fear of discovery looms large as she recalls the history and events that delivered her uncertain fate.

From elizabethwrites.com


List of things I love . . .
Elizabeth Scott
Dystopian
Strong Female Characters

This book seems to have it all. I can't wait for this new release from an author who has already shown so much promise in books such as Love You, Hate You, Miss You and Living Dead Girl for being capable of writing on a darker side.