"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that showcases upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!
I first heard about it from PageTurnersBlog.
My Waiting on Wednesday this week is:
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Publication date: March 22, 2011
What if you knew exactly when you would die?
Thanks to modern science, every human being has become a ticking genetic time bomb—males only live to age twenty-five, and females only live to age twenty. In this bleak landscape, young girls are kidnapped and forced into polygamous marriages to keep the population from dying out. When sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery is taken by the Gatherers to become a bride, she enters a world of wealth and privilege. Despite her husband Linden's genuine love for her, and a tenuous trust among her sister wives, Rhine has one purpose: to escape—to find her twin brother and go home.
But Rhine has more to contend with than losing her freedom. Linden's eccentric father is bent on finding an antidote to the genetic virus that is getting closer to taking his son, even if it means collecting corpses in order to test his experiments. With the help of Gabriel, a servant Rhine is growing dangerously attracted to, Rhine attempts to break free, in the limted time she has left.
This is the book I have most recently added to my 2011 DAC list. I mention in that post I had to add it because I kept hearing about it around the blogosphere and on twitter. It sounds really intriguing. I'm just getting into reading dystopia, but I'm enjoying what I've been exposed to as of yet.
What are upcoming releases are you looking forward to?
This is on my debut author list too, and I can't wait to read it! I have an ARC in my reading pile that I can't wait to get around to, hopefully soon. :)
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