Waiting on Wednesday (65)

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that showcases upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!





Here's what I'm waiting on this week:

Dark Star by Bethany Frenette
Publication date: October 23, 2012

Synopsis:
Audrey Whitticomb has nothing to fear. Her mother is the superhero Morning Star, the most deadly crime-fighter in the Twin Cities, so it's hard for Audrey not to feel safe. That is, until she's lured into the sweet night air by something human and not human--something with talons and teeth, and a wide, scarlet smile.

Now Audrey knows the truth: her mom doesn't fight crime at night. She fights Harrowers--livid, merciless beings who were trapped Beneath eons ago. Yet some have managed to escape. And they want Audrey dead, just because of who she is: one of the Kin.

To survive, Audrey will need to sharpen the powers she has always had. When she gets close to someone, dark corners of the person's memories become her own, and she sometimes even glimpses the future. If Audrey could only get close to Patrick Tigue, a powerful Harrower masquerading as human, she could use her Knowing to discover the Harrowers' next move. But Leon, her mother's bossy, infuriatingly attractive sidekick, has other ideas. Lately, he won't let Audrey out of his sight.

When an unthinkable betrayal puts Minneapolis in terrible danger, Audrey discovers a wild, untamed power within herself. It may be the key to saving her herself, her family, and her city. Or it may be the force that destroys everything--and everyone--she loves.

From Goodreads

Why I want it: Love that this book is about superheroes! Bethany is also a 2012 Debut Author, so I'm excited to see what she brings to the YA world!

Touched by Corrine Jackson
Publication date: October 29, 2012

Synopsis:
Remy O’Malley heals people with touch—but every injury she cures becomes her own. Living in a household with an abusive stepfather, she has healed untold numbers of broken bones, burns,and bruises. And then one night her stepfather goes too far.

Being sent to live with her estranged father offers a clean start and she is eager to take it. Enter Asher Blackwell. Once a Protector of Healers, Asher sacrificed his senses to become immortal. Only by killing a Healer can a Protector recover their human senses. Falling in love is against the rules between these two enemies. Because Remy has the power to make Protectors human again, and when they find out, they’ll becoming for her—if Asher doesn’t kill her first.

This is Book One in the Sense Thieves trilogy.

From Goodreads

Why I want it: I love the idea that the main character absorbs the injuries she heals. It has me fascinated. And then there's the whole star-crossed lovers thing, too.

Through the Ever Night (Under the Never Sky #2) by Veronica Rossi
Publication date: January 8, 2013

**WARNING: SPOILERS**

Synopsis:
It's been months since Aria last saw Perry. Months since Perry was named Blood Lord of the Tides, and Aria was charged with an impossible mission. Now, finally, they are about to be reunited. But their reunion is far from perfect. The Tides don't take kindly to Aria, a former Dweller. And with the worsening Aether storms threatening the tribe's precarious existence, Aria begins to fear that leaving Perry behind might be the only way to save them both.

Threatened by false friends, hidden enemies, and powerful temptations, Aria and Perry wonder, Can their love survive through the ever night?

In this second book in her spellbinding Under the Never Sky trilogy, Veronica Rossi combines fantasy and dystopian elements to create a captivating love story as perilous as it is unforgettable.

From Goodreads

Why I want it: Why wouldn't I be?!? I loved Under the Never Sky. I recently read the first two chapters of Through the Ever Night and it's got me even more excited. To top things off, my roommate is currently reading UtNS so I'm basically going all asdkfjawkjabf right now!

What upcoming releases are you looking forward to?

Review: Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Title: Under the Never Sky
Author: Veronica Rossi
Publisher: HarperTeen
Publication Date: January 3, 2012
Genre: YA, dystopian
Series: Under the Never Sky #1
1. Under the Never Sky
2. Through the Ever Night (January 8, 2013)
3. Into the Still Blue (expected pub 2014)

Synopsis:
Since she'd been on the outside, she'd survived an Aether storm, she'd had a knife held to her throat, and she'd seen men murdered. This was worse.

Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland - known as The Death Shop - are slim. If the cannibals don't get her, the violent, electrified energy storms will. She's been taught that the very air she breathes can kill her. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He's wild - a savage - and her only hope of staying alive.

A hunter for his tribe in a merciless landscape, Perry views Aria as sheltered and fragile - everything he would expect from a Dweller. But he needs Aria's help too; she alone holds the key to his redemption. Opposites in nearly every way, Aria and Perry must accept each other to survive. Their unlikely alliance forges a bond that will determine the fate of all who live under the never sky.

From Goodreads

I really liked the dystopian world that Veronica Rossi created in Under the Never Sky. From the beginning, we get a really good look at the way Aria lives in the Pods. There’s also foreshadowing to future events that are major plot points, so I won’t say anything about them. I was so happy when I saw that the point of view switched from Aria to Perry. I absolutely love reading books written this way. I know it can’t be easy to delve into two different minds while writing a book, so I have a lot of respect for authors who manage to do it, and who do it well. Especially in this book, it’s a great literary aspect. Aria and Perry come from two totally different worlds, so seeing it the way they do individually was fantastic.

I think I enjoyed Perry’s story more than Aria’s. They both have hard times, but for some reason I connected more with the raw, almost barbarian way of life that Perry lived in. Maybe something about Aria’s side of things just didn’t seem as legitimate or real, and therefore I couldn’t connect to it. I also feel that what Perry was fighting for seemed more important to me than what Aria was fighting for.

This book was truly an adventure story, but it had elements of comedy, action, and of course, romance. The blooming romance between Aria and Perry was well-paced and realistic. They started out totally hating each other, but after spending so much time together, they began to depend on one another and have a caring relationship. Roar was a character that provided a lot of comedic relief, and helped to lighten the mood at times.

I loved the fantasy/sci-fi/evolutionary ideas that Rossi uses. Especially the way the Outsiders have reverted to a much more primitive kind of living: tribes with leaders, land boundaries between tribes, women (or people with less “power”) being of lower status. It’s intriguing that she chose to portray the future in that way. And how the sky is supercharged all the time with an element I don’t even understand is fantastic. I’m really looking forward to reading more about this world, and these characters.

Teaser Tuesday (59)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme, hosted by MizB of Should be Reading.

Here's what you do:
Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two sentences from somewhere on that page
Share the title and author
Try not to include spoilers!

I'm reading Veronica Rossi's debut novel, Under the Never Sky! I've been so excited to read this, and barely 50 pages in, I'm already happy with it. Here's a teaser:

Framed against the roaring blaze, she saw a stranger step into the clearing. He was shirtless, but there was no mistaking him for Bane or Echo.

He was a real Savage.

The first time that Aria sees Perry! I'm not far in yet, so they haven't officially met or anything, but they've been in contact... Cryptic, I know, but I don't give spoilers! I'm excited to read more.

Feel free to share your teasers with me. I'd love to see what you're reading!

Waiting on Wednesday (46)

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that showcases upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!





This week I'm waiting on two books, out next month!

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi
Publication Date: January 3, 2012

Synopsis:
Aria is a teenager in the enclosed city of Reverie. Like all Dwellers, she spends her time with friends in virtual environments, called Realms, accessed through an eyepiece called a Smarteye. Aria enjoys the Realms and the easy life in Reverie. When she is forced out of the pod for a crime she did not commit, she believes her death is imminent. The outside world is known as The Death Shop, with danger in every direction.

As an Outsider, Perry has always known hunger, vicious predators, and violent energy storms from the swirling electrified atmosphere called the Aether. A bit of an outcast even among his hunting tribe, Perry withstands these daily tests with his exceptional abilities, as he is gifted with powerful senses that enable him to scent danger, food and even human emotions.

They come together reluctantly, for Aria must depend on Perry, whom she considers a barbarian, to help her get back to Reverie, while Perry needs Aria to help unravel the mystery of his beloved nephew’s abduction by the Dwellers. Together they embark on a journey challenged as much by their prejudices as by encounters with cannibals and wolves. But to their surprise, Aria and Perry forge an unlikely love - one that will forever change the fate of all who live UNDER THE NEVER SKY.

From Goodreads

Why I want it: This sounds like an awesome world that Rossi's created, and I definitely want to be a part of it. Perry sounds like a really different character, and I want to get to know him. And I love the names: Perry and Aria. Very original.

Everneath by Brodi Ashton
Publication Date: January 24, 2012

Synopsis:
Last spring, Nikki Beckett vanished, sucked into an underworld known as the Everneath, where immortals Feed on the emotions of despairing humans. Now she's returned- to her old life, her family, her friends- before being banished back to the underworld... this time forever.

She has six months before the Everneath comes to claim her, six months for good-byes she can't find the words for, six months to find redemption, if it exists.

Nikki longs to spend these months reconnecting with her boyfriend, Jack, the one person she loves more than anything. But there's a problem: Cole, the smoldering immortal who first enticed her to the Everneath, has followed Nikki to the mortal world. And he'll do whatever it takes to bring her back- this time as his queen.

As Nikki's time grows short and her relationships begin slipping from her grasp, she's forced to make the hardest decision of her life: find a way to cheat fate and remain on the Surface with Jack or return to the Everneath and become Cole's...

From Goodreads

Why I want it: Myth retelling! I like how we're told from the beginning about a love triangle and it seems legit. Very bad versus good. I was definitely first drawn in by that cover! Isn't it amazing?

What upcoming releases are you looking forward to?