Waiting on Wednesday #3

I'm not usually a fan of book covers with generic girls in dresses on the front, and I tend to not like the story much either. The Selection though... it looks beautiful. I adore the reflections and the colours - it's just a little different from all those other books on my shelves.

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in the palace and compete for the heart of the gorgeous Prince Maxon. 

But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks. 

Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself- and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.

The plot sounds perfect too. I have a weird penchant for dire situations happening to a randomly selected person (*waves at The Hunger Games*) and this seems to have an almost reality TV show aspect, but in a much classier way.

Add in a gorgeous Prince and all those wonderfully positive reviews that have been popping up lately, and I can't wait to get my hands on this on April 24th!

Waiting on Wednesday #2

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

Juliette hasn't touched anyone in exactly 264 days.

The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette's touch is fatal. As long as she doesn't hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don't fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.

The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war-- and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she's exactly what they need right now.

Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior. 




I swear, I want to read this so such it hurts. 

I've seen it featured on nearly every book blog I follow lately (which is a fair few) and each time I see it, I want it that little bit more.

I'm not sure why I'm quite so desperate to get my hands on it, but who wouldn't want to read a YA novel about a girl who can't touch anyone being used by the government?
 

Waiting on Wednesday #1 - Eve by Anna Carey

I feel like I've been stalking this book for ages, but now it's finally here. It comes out on the 4th October (next Tuesday) and although I'm too poor to actually, God forbid, buy a copy, I'll be hovering anxiously on ReaditSwapit to grab one the second it pops up.

Where do you go when nowhere is safe?

In the year 2032, sixteen years after a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth's population, the world is a perilous place. Eighteen-year-old Eve has never been beyond the heavily guarded perimeter of her school, where she and two hundred other orphaned girls have been promised a future as the teachers and artists of the New America. But the night before graduation, Eve learns the shocking truth about her school's real purpose - and the horrifying fate that awaits her.

Fleeing the only home she's ever known, Eve sets off on a long, treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive. Along the way she encounters Arden, her former rival from school, and Caleb, a rough, rebellious boy living in the wild. Separated from men her whole life, Eve has been taught to fear them, but Caleb slowly wins her trust . . . and her heart. He promises to protect her, but when soldiers begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and her life. 

The first part reminds me of Never Let Me Go a little. You know, a horde of children brought up in a school with an ulterior motive. But hey, I loved that book and I'm pretty sure I'll love this one too. Can't wait!