Waiting on Wednesday: City of a Thousand Dolls

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

City of a Thousand Dolls
By Miriam Forster
Harper Children's
February 5th, 2013
320 Pages
Young Adult

Synopsis via Goodreads
The girl with no past, and no future, may be the only one who can save their lives.

Nisha was abandoned at the gates of the City of a Thousand Dolls when she was just a child. Now sixteen, she lives on the grounds of the isolated estate, where orphan girls apprentice as musicians, healers, courtesans, and, if the rumors are true, assassins. Nisha makes her way as Matron’s assistant, her closest companions the mysterious cats that trail her shadow. Only when she begins a forbidden flirtation with the city’s handsome young courier does she let herself imagine a life outside the walls. Until one by one, girls around her start to die.

Before she becomes the next victim, Nisha decides to uncover the secrets that surround the girls’ deaths. But by getting involved, Nisha jeopardizes not only her own future in the City of a Thousand Dolls—but her own life.

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This. Sounds. So. GOOD! Like, for serious! You can tell I'm excited, right? Right?! Really though, the synopsis for this book has really got me hooked and I can't wait to read this one. And the cover is pretty rockin' as well. What do you think? Is this one on your wishlist?

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Summer Reads Giveaway Hop: ARC of Fathomless!

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Fathomless by Jackson Pearce
Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date: September 4th, 2012
Pages: 304
Age Level: YA

Synopsis via Goodreads
Celia Reynolds is the youngest in a set of triplets and the one with the least valuable power. Anne can see the future, and Jane can see the present, but all Celia can see is the past. And the past seems so insignificant -- until Celia meets Lo.

Lo doesn't know who she is. Or who she was. Once a human, she is now almost entirely a creature of the sea -- a nymph, an ocean girl, a mermaid -- all terms too pretty for the soulless monster she knows she's becoming. Lo clings to shreds of her former self, fighting to remember her past, even as she's tempted to embrace her dark immortality.

When a handsome boy named Jude falls off a pier and into the ocean, Celia and Lo work together to rescue him from the waves. The two form a friendship, but soon they find themselves competing for Jude's affection. Lo wants more than that, though. According to the ocean girls, there's only one way for Lo to earn back her humanity. She must persuade a mortal to love her . . . and steal his soul.

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Welcome to my Summer Reads Giveaway, one of MANY giveaways in a hop hosted by I Am a Reader, Not a Writer & Rex Robot Reviews! I'm giving away an ARC of Fathomless by Jackson Pearce. While I was at BEA, I snagged this one up at a drop, thinking I didn't have time to get in line for the signing later. Well, I was actually able to go to the signing after all because the line suprisingly got really short. So now I have two copies, and one of them is for you! Though it doesn't have the pretty cover above. This giveaway is international! Be sure to check out the other giveaways for the hop listed below.

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Waiting on Wednesday: Hysteria by Megan Miranda

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

Hysteria
By Megan Miranda
Walker Childrens
February 5th, 2013
336 pages
Young Adult

Synopsis via Goodreads
Mallory's life is falling apart. Her boyfriend was stabbed. He bled to death in her kitchen. Mallory was the one who stabbed him. But she can't remember what happened that night. She only remembers the fear . . .

When Mallory's parents send her away to a boarding school, she thinks she can escape the gossip and the threats. But someone, or something, has followed her. There's the hand that touches her shoulder when she's drifting off to sleep. A voice whispering her name. And everyone knows what happened. So when a pupil is found dead, Mallory's name is on their lips. Her past can be forgotten but it's never gone. Can Mallory live with that?

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I enjoyed Megan's debut, Fracture, pretty well so I'm looking forward to reading another book by her. And this one sounds very promising. As for the cover, not near as spectacular as the Fracture cover but I like it pretty well. My main issue is the font, particularly the title font. So what do you think? Sound good? Look good?