Waiting on Wednesday (112): Of Beast and Beauty + You Don't Know Me

And we are back! We have a review scheduled to go up today, so don't worry about us, we are alive and kicking! And mostly watching Lizzie Bennet Diaries :D

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Title: Of Beast and Beauty by Stacey Jay
Release Date: July 23rd 2013
Published by: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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Summary (from Goodreads):

In the beginning was the darkness, and in the darkness was a girl, and in the girl was a secret...

In the domed city of Yuan, the blind Princess Isra, a Smooth Skin, is raised to be a human sacrifice whose death will ensure her city’s vitality. In the desert outside Yuan, Gem, a mutant beast, fights to save his people, the Monstrous, from starvation. Neither dreams that together, they could return balance to both their worlds.

Isra wants to help the city’s Banished people, second-class citizens despised for possessing Monstrous traits. But after she enlists the aid of her prisoner, Gem, who has been captured while trying to steal Yuan’s enchanted roses, she begins to care for him, and to question everything she has been brought up to believe.

As secrets are revealed and Isra’s sight, which vanished during her childhood, returned, Isra will have to choose between duty to her people and the beast she has come to love.

Why I'm waiting for Of Beast and Beauty:

Do you really have to ask? That summary sounds awesome! The Locket is one of my favorites and Juliet Immortal was such a nice read! And that cover is gorgeous! The plot just makes me so excited and intrigued at the same time I don't know which emotion to feel. Can I please read this book right now?

Title: You Don't Know Me by Sophia Bennett
Release Date: May 6th 2013
Published by: Chicken House

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Summary (from Goodreads):

It was all so good. Sasha and Rose. Best friends in a band, singing together. Right up to the finals of Killer Act when the judges tell them one of them must go Suddenly their friendship is put to the ultimate test. On TV in front of millions. Two girls. One huge mistake. Can they ever forgive each other?

Why I'm waiting for You Don't Know Me:

I'm a big, big fan of Sophia Bennett and her book, The Look, so I am definitely excited for this. Reality TV? Talent show? This is like American Idol with a bit of a teen drama, friendship, angst angle. Excited for this? Yes, we are!