“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine.
by Robin Constantine
Expected Publication: Dec. 31, 2013
Wren Caswell is average. Ranked in the middle of her class at Sacred Heart, she’s not popular, but not a social misfit. Wren is the quiet, “good” girl who’s always done what she’s supposed to—only now in her junior year, this passive strategy is backfiring. She wants to change, but doesn’t know how.
Grayson Barrett was the king of St. Gabe’s. Star of the lacrosse team, top of his class, on a fast track to a brilliant future—until he was expelled for being a “term paper pimp.” Now Gray is in a downward spiral and needs to change, but doesn’t know how.
One fateful night their paths cross when Wren, working at her family’s Arthurian-themed catering hall, performs the Heimlich on Gray as he chokes on a cocktail weenie, saving his life literally and figuratively. What follows is the complicated, awkward, hilarious, and tender tale of two teens shedding their pasts, figuring out who they are—and falling in love.
This just looks… adorable… and funny… and so potentially & hilariously awkward. And the cover is so sweet. I must read this.
by Jessica Park
Expected Publication: July 16, 2013
What does it take to rise from life’s depths, swim against the current, and breathe?
Weighted down by the loss of her parents, Blythe McGuire struggles to keep her head above water as she trudges through her last year at Matthews College. Then a chance meeting sends Blythe crashing into something she doesn’t expect—an undeniable attraction to a dark-haired senior named Chris Shepherd, whose past may be even more complicated than her own. As their relationship deepens, Chris pulls Blythe out of the stupor she’s been in since the night a fire took half her family. She begins to heal, and even, haltingly, to love this guy who helps her find new paths to pleasure and self-discovery. But as Blythe moves into calmer waters, she realizes Chris is the one still strangled by his family’s traumatic history. As dark currents threaten to pull him under, Blythe may be the only person who can keep him from drowning.
I absolutely loved Jessica’s Flat-Out-Love and Flat-Out-Matt books, so I’m super excited to give this one a try as well! So much potential for epic awesomesauce! Don’t you think?!
So… what are you looking forward to this Wednesday?
The Promise of Amazing sounds so cute and is on my wish list too!!
The cover for PROMISE… is so sweet! Noses! It does sound sweet. Good catch! I picked up LEFT DROWNING at BEA and have yet to get to it! This is one I grabbed in passing.
Really excited for Left Drowning. I loved Flat-Out love by the same author. The first book does look cute and funny. Love when two very different people collide.
My WOW
I had The Promise of Amazing as my WoW last week. The cover is too adorable! I can’t wait to read it. Left Drowning sounds really good.