Waiting on Wednesday | The Lovely and the Lost & Dreams of Gods and Monsters

 

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

 

 

 

The Lovely and the Lost

by Page Morgan

Expected Publication: May 13, 2014

 

 

Ingrid and Gabby survived the Underneath. They saved their brother, Grayson, from a future of dark servitude and exposed a plot to undermine the Alliance. But danger still lurks in the streets of Paris, and the Dispossessed, perched on the city’s bridges and rooftops, might not be able to save their human wards this time.

 

 

The Beautiful and the Cursed was one of those sneaky books, where after I finished it, the more I thought about it, the more I liked it… and the more I couldn’t wait for the sequel.  There were some pretty interesting strings left untied that I’m eagerly waiting the continuation/resolution of.  Plus, I just really would love to get lost further in this awesome world that Morgan has created.

 

Dreams of Gods and Monsters

by Laini Taylor

Expected Publication: Apr. 17, 2014

 

 

By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her, if there can even be a future for the chimaera in war-ravaged Eretz.

Common enemy, common cause.

When Jael’s brutal seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat. It is a twisted version of their long-ago dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for their people.

And, perhaps, for themselves. Toward a new way of living, and maybe even love.

But there are bigger threats than Jael in the offing. A vicious queen is hunting Akiva, and, in the skies of Eretz … something is happening. Massive stains are spreading like bruises from horizon to horizon; the great winged stormhunters are gathering as if summoned, ceaselessly circling, and a deep sense of wrong pervades the world.

What power can bruise the sky?

From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond, humans, chimaera and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong, friend and enemy. 

At the very barriers of space and time, what do gods and monsters dream of? And does anything else matter?

 

 

I cannot tell you the amount of love I have for this series.  It’s gutsy and intense and incredibly moving.  So looking forward to the conclusion of this epic story.

So… what are you looking forward to this Wednesday?