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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Waiting on Wednesday (6)

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

My WoW this week is:


 

Synopsis from goodreads.com:
Sydelle Mirabil is living proof that, with a single drop of rain, a life can be changed forever. Tucked away in the farthest reaches of the kingdom, her dusty village has suffered under the weight of a strangely persistent drought. That is, of course, until a wizard wanders into town and brings the rain with him.

In return for this gift, Wayland North is offered any reward he desires—and no one is more surprised than Sydelle when, without any explanation, he chooses her. Taken from her home, Sydelle hardly needs encouragement to find reasons to dislike North. He drinks too much and bathes too little, and if that isn’t enough to drive her to madness, North rarely even uses the magic he takes such pride in possessing. Yet, it’s not long before she realizes there’s something strange about the wizard, who is as fiercely protective of her as he is secretive about a curse that turns his limbs a sinister shade of black and leaves him breathless with agony. Unfortunately, there is never a chance for her to seek answers.

Along with the strangely powerful quakes and storms that trace their path across the kingdom, other wizards begin to take an inexplicable interest in her as well, resulting in a series of deadly duels. Against a backdrop of war and uncertainty, Sydelle is faced with the growing awareness that these events aren’t as random as she had believed—that no curse, not even that of Wayland North, is quite as terrible as the one she herself may carry.
 
This book sounds AMAZING! I've heard such awesome things about it, too. Suddenly the 23rd is just too far away...
 
 

7 comments:

  1. Great pick! Your lucky, yours comes out soon! Here's my pick, doesn't come out for months! :(

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  2. What an interesting sounding book! I'm sure it'll be fantastic.

    By the way, I'v given you an award on my blog!

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  3. I'm looking forward to reading this one too. Great pick! :)

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  4. Sounds like an awesome book. Can't wait to read it!

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  5. This does look like a good book. Plus it is a debut author. Nice pick.

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  6. I know I just posted above, but I wanted to let you know that I have a few awards for you over on my blog. The link is:
    http://smittenwithbooks.blogspot.com/2010/03/awards-and-some-other-very-good-news.html

    Thank you for having this wonderful blog that I can learn about more books from!

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