Wednesday 6 October 2010

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine which highlights the future releases we're eagerly anticipating.

In defense of all my ranting in the previous post about the UK cover of Last Sacrifice, I'm very tempting to post that as my WOW this week. But I'm saving it for November, when it gets to that point where all I can say is 'I NEED Last Sacrifice NOW!!!' So instead, here is one of my top picks from 2011:

Title: The Iron Witch
Author: Karen Mahoney
Release date: 1st Feb 2011 (US) 3rd Feb 2011 (UK)
"FREAK. That’s what her classmates call seventeen-year-old Donna Underwood. When she was seven, a horrific fey attack killed her father and drove her mother mad. Donna’s own nearly fatal injuries from the assault were fixed by magic—the iron tattoos branding her hands and arms. The child of alchemists, Donna feels cursed by the magical heritage that destroyed her parents and any chance she had for a normal life. The only thing that keeps her sane and grounded is her relationship with her best friend, Navin Sharma.
When the darkest outcasts of Faerie—the vicious wood elves—abduct Navin, Donna finally has to accept her role in the centuries old war between the humans and the fey. Assisted by Xan, a gorgeous half-fey dropout with secrets of his own, Donna races to save her friend—even if it means betraying everything her parents and the alchemist community fought to the death to protect."

I've read and loved both Kaz's short stories in the YA anthologies 'The Eternal Kiss' and 'Kiss Me Deadly' about a teen vampire named Moth, so I'm very excited for her first full novel, despite me not always being the biggest fan of faeries. It sounds fantastic, I really liked her writing in those two shorts and it has a stunning cover. What's not to be excited about?!

What's your WoW this week?

For more info:
Karen Mahoney's website
Goodreads page
Karen Mahoney on Twitter

9 comments:

CHRISTIE said...

This one sounds fab! Great pick!

Anonymous said...

I'm looking forward to reading The Iron Witch as well! And of course The Last Sacrifice :)
Thanks for sharing!

Jessica @ a GREAT read said...

Ooh I want to read that one too!!

Here's mine: http://jessica-agreatread.blogspot.com/2010/10/waiting-on-wednesday.html

Jan von Harz said...

I am excited about this one too. Great pick!

Flippin' Fabulous said...

Great minds think alike :-) I gave an honorable mention to this book this week as well as some others.

Check out my WOW for Dancers, Flappers and Lots of Iron!

-Stacey @ Flippin' Fabulous - Fabulously Large WOW, Dancers, Flappers and Lots of Iron

Flippin' Fabulous said...

Oh and I gave you a follow too! Seems like we have some similar tastes!

sablelexi said...

really love the sound of this book, and its got a great cover too.

This is what I’m waiting on.

Kristina Barnes♥ said...

I'm looking forward to the Iron Witch too, but for a different reason. I recently got on an arc tour for this, and I'm going to receive my copy soon, so I'm really excited! :D

Here's my WoW this week :D

I'm also a new follower <3

Jenny said...

Super excited for this one as well! And I love the cover, the scrollwork is gorgeous. You have a such a cute blog here and we seem to be reading a lot of the same books so I'm a new follower!