Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that allows bloggers to share which books we are most anticipating.
This week I am
waiting on The Glittering Court by Richelle
Mead (4/5/16):
Summary from Goodreads:
Big and sweeping, spanning the refined palaces of Osfrid to
the gold dust and untamed forests of Adoria, The Glittering Court
tells the story of Adelaide, an Osfridian countess who poses as her servant to
escape an arranged marriage and start a new life in Adoria, the New World. But
to do that, she must join the Glittering Court.
Both a school and a business venture, the Glittering Court is designed to transform impoverished girls into upper-class ladies capable of arranging powerful and wealthy marriages in the New World. Adelaide naturally excels in her training and even makes a few friends: the fiery former laundress Tamsin and the beautiful Sirminican refugee Mira. She manages to keep her true identity hidden from all but one: the intriguing Cedric Thorn, son of the wealthy proprietor of the Glittering Court.
When Adelaide discovers that Cedric is hiding a dangerous secret of his own, together, they hatch a scheme to make the best of Adelaide’s deception. Complications soon arise—first, as they cross the treacherous seas from Osfrid to Adoria, and later, when Adelaide catches the attention of a powerful governor.
But no complication will prove quite as daunting as the potent attraction simmering between Adelaide and Cedric. An attraction that, if acted on, would scandalize the Glittering Court and make them both outcasts in wild, vastly uncharted lands. . . .
Both a school and a business venture, the Glittering Court is designed to transform impoverished girls into upper-class ladies capable of arranging powerful and wealthy marriages in the New World. Adelaide naturally excels in her training and even makes a few friends: the fiery former laundress Tamsin and the beautiful Sirminican refugee Mira. She manages to keep her true identity hidden from all but one: the intriguing Cedric Thorn, son of the wealthy proprietor of the Glittering Court.
When Adelaide discovers that Cedric is hiding a dangerous secret of his own, together, they hatch a scheme to make the best of Adelaide’s deception. Complications soon arise—first, as they cross the treacherous seas from Osfrid to Adoria, and later, when Adelaide catches the attention of a powerful governor.
But no complication will prove quite as daunting as the potent attraction simmering between Adelaide and Cedric. An attraction that, if acted on, would scandalize the Glittering Court and make them both outcasts in wild, vastly uncharted lands. . . .
Why I’m Waiting:
I love this author. I will read everything she writes.
Everything. Her other YA series’ were so amazingly good. I wasn’t an enormous
fan of her latest stand-alone; however, I will never give up with this author.
That’s how good her other books are. And this one just sounds like so much fun.
I cannot wait to read it.
What are you waiting on this week?
I have not heard of this book but anything but Richelle Mead is good. Thanks for introducing me to it!
ReplyDeleteLove this cover! And I've been wanting to read the author, just haven't had a chance yet. I have an ARC of Soundless at home to read though. Great pick!
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