“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine.
My pick for this week is:
by Gail Carriger
Expected Publication: February 13th 2013
It’s one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It’s quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to finishing school.
Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is the bane of her mother’s existence. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper etiquette at tea–and god forbid anyone see her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. She enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.
But little do Sophronia or her mother know that this is a school where ingenious young girls learn to finish, all right–but it’s a different kind of finishing. Mademoiselle Geraldine’s certainly trains young ladies in the finer arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but also in the other kinds of finishing: the fine arts of death, diversion, deceit, espionage, and the modern weaponries. Sophronia and her friends are going to have a rousing first year at school.
First in a four book YA series set 25 years before the Parasol Protectorate but in the same universe.
Why do I want to read this book? I really enjoyed the first two books in the Parasole Protectorate series. It’s got Steampunk, romance, great, irreverent humor and all kinds of paranormal creatures roaming about the Victorian Empire, so when I heard that Gail was writing a young adult series based in the same universe… well, I was excited to say the least.
So what are you looking forward to this week?
This looks amazing and I loveee the cover. Thanks for sharing
Jennifer @ Dream Reads
This author is really growing. I still have to read her first series. Nice, original choice this week!
I haven’t read this series but it sounds good! It sounds similar to the Gallagher Girls series which I love.
My WOW
I love finding new books on Wednesdays
This looks great! My WoW this week
The cover is enough to suck me in. I am a huge fan of political thrillers, especially when espionage is involved. I am currently reading J. Thomas Shaw’s latest book, The Rx Factor- an exciting medical thriller, and am looking for something new to read for when I am finished. I will definitely be checking out this book. Thanks for the suggestion.
I CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS ONE!!! IT LOOKS SOOO GOOD! Here’s our Waiting on Wed this week. Happy reading! p.s. love your blog! so pretty, pretty! One of my favorites!