Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Waiting On Wednesday: Week of April 18, 2012


Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine where book bloggers devote a post to an upcoming book release they are particularly looking forward to reading.


Revived





As a little girl, Daisy Appleby was killed in a school bus crash. Moments after the accident, she was brought back to life.

A secret government agency has developed a drug called Revive that can bring people back from the dead, and Daisy Appleby, a test subject, has been Revived five times in fifteen years. Daisy takes extraordinary risks, knowing that she can
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As a little girl, Daisy Appleby was killed in a school bus crash. Moments after the accident, she was brought back to life.

A secret government agency has developed a drug called Revive that can bring people back from the dead, and Daisy Appleby, a test subject, has been Revived five times in fifteen years. Daisy takes extraordinary risks, knowing that she can beat death, but each new death also means a new name, a new city, and a new life. When she meets Matt McKean, Daisy begins to question the moral implications of Revive, and as she discovers the agency’s true goals, she realizes she’s at the center of something much larger — and more sinister — than she ever imagined.


304 pages

Expected publication: May 8th 2012 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (first published May 1st 2012)



Shadows Cast By Stars




Old ways are pitted against new horrors in this compellingly crafted dystopian tale about a girl who is both healer and seer. Two hundred years from now, blood has become the most valuable commodity on the planet—especially the blood of aboriginal peoples, for it contains antibodies that protect them from the Plague ravaging the rest of the world.

Sixteen-year-old Cassandra Mercredi might be immune to Plague, but that doesn’t mean she’s safe—government forces are searching for those of aboriginal heritage to harvest their blood. When a search threatens Cassandra and her family, they flee to the Island: a mysterious and idyllic territory protected by the Band, a group of guerilla warriors—and by an enigmatic energy barrier that keeps outsiders out and the spirit world in. And though the village healer has taken her under her wing, and the tribal leader’s son into his heart, the creatures of the spirit world are angry, and they have chosen Cassandra to be their voice and instrument…

Incorporating the traditions of the First Peoples as well as the more familiar stories of Greek mythology and Arthurian legend, Shadows Cast by Stars is a haunting, beautifully written story that breathes new life into ancient customs.




Hardcover, 1st Edition, 464 pages

Expected publication: June 5th 2012 by Atheneum


ISBN

1442401915 (ISBN13: 9781442401914)





For Darkness Shows the Stars





Generations ago, a genetic experiment gone wrong—the Reduction—decimated humanity, giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology.

Eighteen-year-old Luddite Elliot North has always known her place in this caste system. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family’s estate over lo
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Generations ago, a genetic experiment gone wrong—the Reduction—decimated humanity, giving rise to a Luddite nobility who outlawed most technology.

Eighteen-year-old Luddite Elliot North has always known her place in this caste system. Four years ago Elliot refused to run away with her childhood sweetheart, the servant Kai, choosing duty to her family’s estate over love. But now the world has changed: a new class of Post-Reductionists is jumpstarting the wheel of progress and threatening Luddite control; Elliot’s estate is floundering; and she’s forced to rent land to the mysterious Cloud Fleet, a group of shipbuilders that includes renowned explorer Captain Malakai Wentforth—an almost unrecognizable Kai. And while Elliott wonders if this could be their second chance, Kai seems determined to show Elliot exactly what she gave up when she abandoned him.

But Elliot soon discovers her childhood friend carries a secret—-one that could change the society in which they live…or bring it to its knees. And again, she’s faced with a choice: cling to what she’s been raised to believe, or cast her lot with the only boy she’s ever loved, even if she has lost him forever.

Inspired by Jane Austen’s PERSUASION, FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS is a breathtaking romance about opening your mind to the future and your heart to the one person you know can break it.


Hardcover, 398 pages

Expected publication: June 12th 2012 by Balzer + Bray


ISBN
0062006142 (ISBN13: 9780062006141)





Why These Books?

So why Revived? I swear, when the word secret government or agency pops up in a synopsis, I will most likely read the book. The plot of Revived seems very mysterious and heart-stopping! I need the book now!

As for Shadows Cast by Stars, seems like a more complex book, and I don't mean in a way that it is going to be confusing. The book already seems to project layers just in the synopsis. They story also drags in Greek mythology and Arthurian legend, and that is just one book I can't miss!

And finally, For Darkness Shows the Stars, wow, what a beautiful title, and the beauty does not seem to stop there. The world building of this book just seems amazing! Just by reading the synopsis, I can already picture some of the things in the novel~ And oh my Kai, that boy is going to be fiinnnneeee ;)



Now, what are you waiting for?

4 comments:

  1. Soo excited for these books!! Great pick!!

    http://lovesbooksreviews.blogspot.com/2012/04/waiting-on-wednesday-40-pushing-limits.html

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  2. Wow, all of these books sounds amazing! There are so many fabulous new releases this year I really need to learn how to read faster so I don't fall behind. :D Thanks for sharing!
    Here's my Wow!

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  3. Thank you for including my book, SHADOWS CAST BY STARS, as part of your WoW feature!

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