Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Waiting On Wednesday (#20)


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This week, my pre-publication selection is:


 
Expected Publication: August 7th 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
Genre: YA Fantasy, Romance
Pre-Order: Barnes and Noble | Amazon

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.

Her opponents are men—thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the kings council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she’ll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom.

Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she’s bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it’s the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.

Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.

My Thoughts: I'm waiting for this book very impatiently... NetGalley seems to refuse to let me have it, it just keeps saying "new," so I don't know what's going on. :/ But I reeeeally want this book. It sounds so cool and adventurous. I'd love to have a book like that, set back in those times. I don't think I've read a book like that...yet.

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