Waiting on Wednesday | Cruel Beauty & These Broken Stars

 

 

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine.

 

 

 

 

Cruel Beauty

by Rosamund Hodge

Expected Publication: Jan. 28, 2014

 

 

Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom—all because of a reckless bargain her father struck. And since birth, she has been training to kill him. 

Betrayed by her family yet bound to obey, Nyx rails against her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, she abandons everything she’s ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, disarm him, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.

But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle—a shifting maze of magical rooms—enthralls her. As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex’s secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. But even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, could she refuse her duty to kill him?

Based on the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, Cruel Beauty is a dazzling love story about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.

 

 

Both of the main characters’ names have an “x” in them.  Interesting.  That’s not why I want to read this book, just thought it was worth observation.  And BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.  I never get tired of that fairytale/ Persephone-esque story.  She’s been training to kill him her whole life?  But she falls for him?  DRAMA  DRA-MAAAA!  Something tells me that there’s two sides to every story, and I can’t wait to find out what that is!

 

 

These Broken Stars

by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Expected Publication: Dec. 10, 2013

 

It’s a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone. 

Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they’re worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help. 

Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other’s arms. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder—would they be better off staying here forever?

Everything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. But they won’t be the same people who landed on it.

The first in a sweeping science fiction trilogy, These Broken Stars is a timeless love story about hope and survival in the face of unthinkable odds.

 

 

Rich girl/poor boy thrown together through catastrophe…and Sci-fi?!  I’m intrigued… very intrigued.

So… what are you looking forward to this Wednesday?