"Waiting On" Wednesday (13)

“Waiting On”Wednesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Here, we shine the spotlight on books that are coming out soon that we are excited about reading!

So Close to You by: Rachel Carter
Publication Date: July 10, 2012
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pre-Order: Amazon

Summary from Goodreads:

Lydia Bentley has heard stories about the Montauk Project all her life: stories about the experiments that took place at the abandoned military base near her home and the people who’ve disappeared over the years. When she stumbles into a vessel that transports her to a dangerous and strange new reality, Lydia realizes that all the stories she’s ever heard about the Montauk Project are true—and that she’s in the middle of one of the most dangerous experiments in history.

Alongside Wes, a darkly mysterious boy whom she is wary to trust, Lydia begins to unravel the secrets surrounding the project. But the truths behind these secrets force her to question all her choices. And if Lydia chooses wrong, she might not save her family but destroy them...and herself.

Why am I waiting for this?
I love books about conspiracy theories and secret government projects. The main character seems like she gets caught in the middle of one in this book. Plus, there is a mysterious boy! What could be better?

Tiger Lily by: Jodi Lynn Anderson
Publication Date: July 3, 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Pre-Order: Amazon

Summary from Goodreads:

15 year old Tiger Lily, proud and fierce, wild and misunderstood, doesn't believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland, and immediately falls under his spell. Peter is unlike anyone she's ever known. Impetuous and brave, big-hearted but hard to reach, he both scares and enthralls her. As the leader of the Lost Boys, the most fearsome of Neverland's inhabitants, Peter is an unthinkable match for Tiger Lily. Soon, she is risking everything - her family, her future - to be with the haunted, hunted, courageous boy who loves her. When - as a punishment for her rebellious ways - she is faced with marriage to a terrible man in her own tribe, she must choose between the life she's always known and running away to an uncertain future with Peter. With enemies threatening to tear them apart, the lovers seem doomed. But it's the arrival of Wendy Darling, an English girl who's everything Tiger Lily is not, that leads Tiger Lily to discover that the most dangerous enemies can live inside even the most loyal and loving heart.
From the New York Times bestselling author of PEACHES comes a magical and bewitching story of the romance between a fearless heroine and the boy who wouldn't grow up

Why am I waiting for this?
I remember, when I was little, I watched Peter Pan on a constant loop for months on end. I loved the idea of a land where nobody grows up. Honestly, the character of Tiger Lily fascinated me in her stubbornness and determination. I am bursting with excitement over the chance to read this book!

"Waiting on Wednesday" (12)

“Waiting On”Wednesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Here, we shine the spotlight on books that are coming out soon that we are excited about reading!

Dark Star by: Bethany Frenette

Publication Date: October 23, 2012

Publisher: Hyperion

Summary from Goodreads:

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.

Why am I waiting for this?
Superheroes, monsters, powers. This book sounds like it was made for me! I love superheroes and superpowers and its even better when they get to defeat gruesome monsters.

Wentworth Hall by: Abby Grahame

Publication Date: May 1, 2012

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers

Summary from Goodreads:

A lush, historical novel about the secretive Darlingtons of Wentworth Hall!The prettiest people often have the ugliest secrets… Eighteen-year-old Maggie Darlington has turned into an entirely different person. The once spirited teen is now passive and reserved. A change Lord and Lady Darlington can’t help but be grateful for. It’s 1912, and the Darlingtons of Wentworth Hall have more than just the extensive grounds to maintain. As one of Britain’s most elite families, they need to keep up appearances that things are as they have always been…even as their carefully constructed faÇade rapidly comes undone. Maggie has a secret. And she’s not the only one…the handsome groom Michael, the beautiful new French nanny Therese, the Darlingtons’ teenage houseguests Teddy and Jessica, and even Maggie’s younger sister Lila are all hiding something. Passion, betrayal, heartache, and whispered declarations of love take place under the Darlingtons’ massive roof. And one of these secrets has the power to ruin the Darlingtons forever. When scandalous satires start appearing in the newspaper with details that closely mirror the lives of the Darlingtons, everyone is looking over their shoulder, worrying their scandal will be next. Because at Wentworth Hall, nothing stays secret for long.

  Why am I waiting for this?

 am a huge fan of historical books. I am also a fan of Downton Abbey. This looks like it combines the best and worst of betrayal, scandal, history, and romance! I'll be picking this one up right away!

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"Waiting On" Wednesday (11)

“Waiting On”Wednesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Here, we shine the spotlight on books that are coming out soon that we are excited about reading!

The Book of Blood and Shadow by: Robin Wasserman

Publication Date: April 10, 2012

Publisher: Random House Children's Books

Summary from Goodreads:

It was like a nightmare, but there was no waking up.  When the night began, Nora had two best friends and an embarrassingly storybook one true love.  When it ended, she had nothing but blood on her hands and an echoing scream that stopped only when the tranquilizers pierced her veins and left her in the merciful dark.

But the next morning, it was all still true: Chris was dead.  His girlfriend Adriane, Nora's best friend, was catatonic. And Max, Nora's sweet, smart, soft-spoken Prince Charming, was gone. He was also—according to the police, according to her parents, according to everyone—a murderer.

Desperate to prove his innocence, Nora follows the trail of blood, no matter where it leads. It ultimately brings her to the ancient streets of Prague, where she is drawn into a dark web of secret societies and shadowy conspirators, all driven by a mad desire to possess something that might not even exist. For buried in a centuries-old manuscript is the secret to ultimate knowledge and communion with the divine; it is said that he who controls the Lumen DeiUnbeknownst to her, Nora now holds the crucial key to unlocking its secrets. Her night of blood is just one piece in a puzzle that spans continents and centuries. Solving it may be the only way she can save her own life.

My Thoughts: This cover could very well end up being one of my favorite book covers of 2012! I have Robin's Cold Awakening series on my shelf to read but I've heard from multiple resources that she is a great author.  It sounds like my type of read with conspiracies, secrets, scandals, and lots of mystery!

Robin Wasserman's other books:

For even more of Robin's books, visit her Goodreads Page!

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"Waiting On" Wednesday (10)

“Waiting On”Wednesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Here, we shine the spotlight on books that are coming out soon that we are excited about reading!

The Savage Grace by: Bree Despain
Publication Date: March 13, 2012
Publisher: EgmontUSA

Summary from Goodreads:

A troubled soul. An impossible choice.
A final battle.

Wrestling with the werewolf curse pulsing deep inside of her, Grace Divine was finally able to find her brother, but it nearly cost her everything.

With her boyfriend, Daniel, stuck in wolf form and Sirhan's death approaching, time is running out for Grace to stop Caleb Kalbi and his gang of demons. If she fails, her family and hometown will perish. Everything rests on Grace's shoulders.

The final installment in The Dark Divine trilogy brings Daniel and Grace's love story to a breathtaking conclusion.

My Thoughts: Without a doubt, this is one of my most anticipated releases of 2012. It's the last installment of the Dark Divine Series and the last one ended on a huge question mark. It will be sad for the series to end, but I hope that it comes to a relatively peaceful closing.

Where it Began by: Amy Redisch Stampler

Publication Date: March 6, 2012

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Summary from Goodreads:

A teen’s world comes crashing down in this compulsively readable YA debut that’s as literary as it is commercial.

Gabby Gardiner wakes up in a hospital bed looking like a cautionary ad for drunk driving—and without a single memory of the accident that landed her there. But what she can recall, in frank and sardonic detail, is the year leading up to the crash.

As Gabby describes her transformation from Invisible Girl to Trendy Girl Who Dates Billy Nash (aka Most Desirable Boy Ever), she is left wondering: Why is Billy suddenly distancing himself from her? What do her classmates know that Gabby does not? Who exactly was in the car that night? And why has Gabby been left to take the fall?

As she peels back the layers of her life, Gabby begins to realize that her climb up the status ladder has been as intoxicating as it has been morally complex...and that nothing about her life is what she has imagined it to be.

My Thoughts: This looks like it could possibly be one of the best contemporaries of this year for me. I love books about people losing and finding themselves again. It seems also like there is a good amount of mystery too. I love mystery.

Please remember to link me to your WoW posts in the comments and tell me what you think of mine!

"Waiting On" Wednesday (9)

“Waiting On”Wednesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Here, we shine the spotlight on books that are coming out soon that we are excited about reading!

The Girls of No Return by: Erin Saldin

Publication Date:  February 1, 2012
Publisher:  Arthur A. Levine Books

Summary from Goodreads:

CUT meets HATCHET in this lacerating debut about girls, knives, and redemption.

The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area stretches across two million acres in northern Idaho. In its heart sits the Alice Marshall School, where fifty teenage girls come to escape their histories and themselves.

Lida Wallace has tried to negate herself in every way possible. At Alice Marshall, she meets Elsa Boone, a fierce native Idahoan; Jules, who seems too healthy to belong at the school; and Gia Longchamps, whose glamour entrances the entire camp. As the girls prepare for a wilderness trek, Lida is both thrilled and terrified to be chosen as Gia's friend. But everyone has their secrets--their "Things" they try to protect; and when those come out, the knives do as well.

THE GIRLS OF NO RETURN is a bold and powerful debut

My Thoughts:

This looks like the perfect contemporary.  There seems to be a lot of suspense integrated into it as well. The idea of the girls getting together and going on a wilderness trek really interests me because usually trouble is brewed when that stuff happens in books.

Partials by: Dan Wells

Publication Date: February 28, 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins

Summary from Goodreads:

The human race is all but extinct after a war with Partials—engineered organic beings identical to humans—has decimated the population. Reduced to tens of thousands by RM, a weaponized virus to which only a fraction of humanity is immune, the survivors in North America have huddled together on Long Island while the Partials have mysteriously retreated. The threat of the Partials is still imminent, but worse, no baby has been born immune to RM in more than a decade. Our time is running out.

Kira, a sixteen-year-old medic in training, is on the front lines of this battle, seeing RM ravage the community while mandatory pregnancy laws threaten to launch what’s left of humanity into civil war, and she’s not content to stand by and watch. But as she makes a desperate decision to save the last of her race, she will discover that the survival of humans and Partials alike rests in her attempts to uncover the connections between them—connections that humanity has forgotten, or perhaps never even knew were there.

Dan Wells, acclaimed author of I Am Not a Serial Killer, takes readers on a pulse-pounding journey into a world where the very concept of what it means to be human is in question—one where our humanity is both our greatest liability and our only hope for survival.

My Thoughts:

I literally just watched the book trailer for this, and wow. I really don't know how to explain how much this book looks mysterious and greatly dystopian. Will surely be running like and insane person into the bookstore when this comes out!

What books are you waiting for?

"Waiting On" Wednesday (8)

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly blog meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Here, we shine the spotlight on books that are coming out soon that we are excited about reading!

Born Wicked by: Jessica Spotswood

Publication Date: February 7, 2012

Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

Summary from Goodreads:

A Great and Terrible Beauty meets Cassandra Clare in this spellbinding fantasy.

 Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they're witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship—or an early grave.

Before her mother died, Cate promised to protect her sisters. But with only six months left to choose between marriage and the Sisterhood, she might not be able to keep her word . . . especially after she finds her mother's diary, uncovering a secret that could spell her family's destruction. Desperate to find alternatives to their fate, Cate starts scouring banned books and questioning rebellious new friends, all while juggling tea parties, shocking marriage proposals, and a forbidden romance with the completely unsuitable Finn Belastra.

If what her mother wrote is true, the Cahill girls aren't safe. Not from the Brotherhood, the Sisterhood—not even from each other

 My Thoughts: Libba Bray and Cassandra Clare! That's a match made in heaven if I ever heard one. The cover is what caught me. Isn't it beautiful?! It looks like it has a lot of buried secrets in it. Plus, I love books with witches!

In Too Deep by: Amanda Grace

 Publication Date: February 8, 2012
Publisher: Flux Books

Summary from Goodreads:

I never meant for anyone to get hurt. All I wanted to do that night was make a play for Carter Davis. His heartless rejection was mortifying, but people got the wrong idea when they saw me leaving his bedroom, crying. That’s how rumors of rape started.

Now girls at school are pouring out their sympathy to me. Guys too. But not everyone’s on my side. The school has become a war zone and the threats are getting scary. What began as poetic justice has morphed into something bigger-forcing me to make a terrible choice.

 My Thoughts: This book deals with the horrible concept of rumors spreading like wildfire. This topic isn't addressed enough, and I am so glad to read a book about it. This looks like a very deep contemporary. I have a feeling I will be tearing up a bit in this one!

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"Waiting On" Wednesday (7)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Here, we talk about books that we are highly anticipating the release of!

jFallen in Love by: Lauren Kate

Publication Date: January 24, 2012

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Page Count: 160

Series: Fallen 3.5
Pre-Order: Amazon

Summary from Goodreads:

What makes your heart race a little faster? Just in time for Valentine's Day, it's FALLEN IN LOVE, four wholly original new stories collected in a new novel set in the Middle Ages by Lauren Kate. FALLEN IN LOVE gives fans the much-talked about but never-revealed stories of FALLEN characters as they intertwine with the epic love story of Luce and Daniel. The stories include: Love Where You Least Expect It: The Valentine of Shelby and Miles , Love Lessons: The Valentine of Roland; Burning Love: The Valentine of Arriane; and Endless Love: The Valentine of Daniel and Lucinda.

My Thoughts:
Ever since the first book in this series, I have loved every word of it. The devotion that Daniel has to Luce is stunning and heartbreaking at the same time. The idea of reading about some of the other, less apparent, characters is so cool! I am especially looking forward to reading the story about Arriane.


Tempest by: Julie Cross
Publication Date: January 17, 2012
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Page Count: 352
Series: Tempest #1

Summary from Goodreads:

The year is 2009. Nineteen-year-old Jackson Meyer is a normal guy… he’s in college, has a girlfriend… and he can travel back through time. But it’s not like the movies – nothing changes in the present after his jumps, there’s no space-time continuum issues or broken flux capacitors – it’s just harmless fun.

 
That is… until the day strangers burst in on Jackson and his girlfriend, Holly, and during a struggle with Jackson, Holly is fatally shot. In his panic, Jackson jumps back two years to 2007, but this is not like his previous time jumps. Now he’s stuck in 2007 and can’t get back to the future.
 
Desperate to somehow return to 2009 to save Holly but unable to return to his rightful year, Jackson settles into 2007 and learns what he can about his abilities.
 
But it’s not long before the people who shot Holly in 2009 come looking for Jackson in the past, and these “Enemies of Time” will stop at nothing to recruit this powerful young time-traveler. Recruit… or kill him.

Piecing together the clues about his father, the Enemies of Time, and himself, Jackson must decide how far he’s willing to go to save Holly… and possibly the entire world.

Thoughts:
 This book pretty much had me at the words 'time travel'. I love all the books I've read that incorporate that in some way. The cover also lured me in. It looks so awesome with the two of them kind of suspended in the clouds.

What books are you looking forward to the release of?

Sara

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Here, we talk about books that we are highly anticipating the release of!

Dead to You by: Lisa McMann

Published: February 7, 2012

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Page Count: 256

Series: None

Summary from Goodreads:

Ethan was abducted from his front yard when he was just seven years old. Now, at sixteen, he has returned to his family. It's a miracle... at first. Then the tensions start to build. His reintroduction to his old life isn't going smoothly, and his family is tearing apart all over again. If only Ethan could remember something, anything, about his life before, he'd be able to put the pieces back together. But there's something that's keeping his memory blocked. Something unspeakable...

My Thoughts:
      I loved Lisa McMann's Wake Trilogy and I am excited to read more of her work! Cryer's Cross is on my to-read list as well. The cover is so gorgeous and spiked my curiosity automatically. Any cover that has eyes on it, open or shut, always fascinates me and makes me want to read it, no matter the plot. I wonder how cover artists do it! The synopsis has an enticing twist at the end, and I'm sure the book has bigger twists of it's own. Bottom Line: this book looks altogether gritty and captivating! MUST READ.

"Waiting On" Wednesday (5)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Here, we talk about books that we are highly anticipating the release of!

The Alchemy of Forever by: Avery Williams

Published: January 3, 2012
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page Count: 256
Series: Incarnation #1
Pre-Order: Amazon

Summary from Goodreads:

 Incarnation is a new series that introduces a fresh mythology perfect for fans of bestselling series like The Immortals by Alyson Noel and Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.

 After spending six hundred years on earth, Seraphina Ames has seen it all. Eternal life provides her with the world’s riches, but at a very high price: innocent lives. Centuries ago, her boyfriend, Cyrus, discovered a method of alchemy that allows them to swap bodies with other humans, jumping from one vessel to the next, taking the human’s life in the process. No longer able to bear the guilt of what she’s done, Sera escapes from Cyrus and vows to never kill again.

Then sixteen-year-old Kailey Morgan gets into a horrific car accident right in front of her, and Sera accidentally takes over her body. For the first time, Sera finds herself enjoying the life of the person she’s inhabiting—and falls for the human boy who lives next door. But Cyrus will stop at nothing until she’s his again, and every moment she stays, she’s putting herself and the people she’s grown to care for in great danger. Will Sera have to give up the one thing that’s eluded her for centuries: true love?

My Thoughts:

  I am a totally mythology junkie and will read anything in YA that somehow incorporates that in it. This one is chalked full of a new type of mythology, I think. While I've read books like the Wake series by Lisa McMann that involved a girl stepping into another's dreams, this introduces a whole new side of possession that I am dying to start reading! This is also on my 2012 Debut Author Challenge List.

"Waiting On" Wednesday (4)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Here, we talk about books that we are highly anticipating the release of!

                                                                                                   

                                                                      
Still Waters by: Emma Carlson Berne
Published: December 20, 2011
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Page Count: 240
Series: None
Pre-order: Amazon

Summary from Goodreads:


Hannah can't wait to sneak off for a romantic weekend with her boyfriend, Colin. He’s leaving for college soon, and Hannah wants their trip to the lake house to be one they’ll never forget.

But once Hannah and Colin get there, things start to seem a bit...off. They can't find the town on any map. The house they are staying in looks as if someone's been living there, even though it's been deserted for years. And Colin doesn’t seem quite himself. As he grows more unstable, Hannah worries about Colin’s dark side, and her own safety.

Nothing is as perfect as it seems, and what lies beneath may haunt her forever.

What could be better? I love books with a bunch of people trapped in a house. There is always some huge amount of tension building and they are usually fairly unpredictable. This book looks so mysterious, I can hardly wait! 21 days people!

 

"Waiting On" Wednesday (3)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Here, we talk about books that we are highly anticipating the release of !

Balthazar by: Claudia Gray

Publisher: HarperColinns
Published: March 6, 2012
Page Count: 384
Series: Prequel/spinoff of Evernight Series
Pre-order: Amazon

Summary from Goodreads:

Haunted by memories from his first days as a vampire, Balthazar has spent hundreds of years alone—without allies, without love. When he emerges from his isolation to help Skye Tierney, a human girl who once attended Evernight Academy, Balthazar has no idea how dangerous it will be. Skye’s psychic powers have caught the attention of Redgrave, the cruel master vampire responsible for murdering Balthazar and his family four centuries ago. Having learned of Skye’s powers and the remarkable effect her blood has on vampires, he plans to use her for his own evil purposes. As they stand together to fight the evil vampire, Balthazar realizes his lonely world could finally be changed by Skye...just as Redgrave realizes that he can destroy Balthazar once and for all by taking her for his own.

In a story filled with forbidden love and dark suspense, one of the most beloved characters in Claudia Gray’s New York Times bestselling Evernight series will captivate readers with his battle to overcome his past and follow his heart.


I read the Evernight Series and it was amazing! I love Balthazar. He is probably my favorite character of the series. And now there is going to be a book all about him! What could be better?

 

"Waiting On" Wednesday (2)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. This event highlights upcoming books that we are highly anticipating the release of!

Shattered Souls by: Mary Lindsey
Published: Decmber 8, 2011
Publisher: Philomel/Penguin
Page Count: 336
Buy the Book: http://amzn.to/sMTtvt

Summary from Goodreads:

Lenzi hears voices and has visions - gravestones, floods, a boy with steel gray eyes. Her boyfriend, Zak, can't help, and everything keeps getting louder and more intense. Then Lenzi meets Alden, the boy from her dreams, who reveals that she's a reincarnated Speaker - someone who can talk to and help lost souls - and that he has been her Protector for centuries.


Now Lenzi must choose between her life with Zak and the life she is destined to lead with Alden. But time is running out: a malevolent spirit is out to destroy Lenzi, and he will kill her if she doesn't make a decision soon.


My Thoughts:

      This book looks like a new spin on the classic reincarnation/love story . The cover is gorgeous and I'm sure it will dazzle on bookstore shelves and on mine!

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. This event highlights upcoming books that we are highly anticipating the release of!

First Comes Love by: Katie Kacvinsky

Summary from Amazon:

(You can also read an excerpt from this book here: http://amzn.to/rv1yOv) 

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Like his name, Gray is dark and stormy. Dylan, a girl always searching for what's next, seemingly unable to settle down, is the exact opposite: full of light and life. On the outside, they seem like an unlikely couple. But looks can be deceiving and besides, opposites attract.
What starts as friendship, turns into admiration, respect and caring, until finally these two lone souls find they are truly in love with each other.
But staying in love is not as easy as falling in love. If Dylan and Gray want their love to last, they're going to have to work at it. And learn that sometimes love means having to say you're sorry.

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This book looks really great. It's romantic with an edgy twist. Cannot wait for this title! First Comes Love hits bookstores on May 8, 2012.