Waiting on Wendesday (#1): The Prophecy of Shadows by Michelle Madow
Waiting on Wendesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It spotlights upcoming releases we can’t wait to read.
This week I am eagerly anticipating:
The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead
Publisher: Razorbill
Publication date: April 5th, 2016
Summary (from Goodreads):
A dazzling new fantasy series set in a mix of Elizabethan and frontier worlds that’s dripping with romance from Richelle Mead, #1 internationally bestselling author of Vampire Academy.
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. . . .
Why am I waiting for this book?
Richelle Mead is my favorite writer, she is the author of my all-time favorite book series: Vampire Academy.
I can’t even tell you how curious I am when it comes to this novel, how exciting is the though that I will be exploring a new world Mead created.
The hype around this book is already pretty crazy even though we have more then two months to wait until it finally comes out.
I’m not really a fan of Mead’s, but I’m hoping to start the next GK book soon. I didn’t like VA, and have read lots of mixed reviews for Soundless, which I really want to read as well. I hope you enjoy this!
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Thanks! I actually read Soundless and didn’t like it (I rated it 2 stars, you can read my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1186513778 ) but I still consider Mead as my favorite, Soundless just wasn’t for me.
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I haven’t read Mead at all although every book blogger and reader I know talks about her. I heard the same about Soundless as Lekeisha, but I’ve heard good things about Vampire Academy. I need to check this writer out!
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I’m really looking forward to reading this one as well! I love Richelle Mead! Great pick!
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I’m so torn with Mead’s writing. She wrote two of my favorite characters ever (Sydney and Adrian), but at the end of the Bloodlines series, they didn’t even feel like themselves anymore. I’ll probably give this one a shot, the description sounds interesting enough.
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She also created my favs: Adrian, Christian and basicly I really loved everyone from VA, you’re right about the end of Bloodlines, plus I feel like so many quetions weren’t answered.
This does sound interesting!
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I am so excited for this book too, it sounds great! 😀
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I still have yet to read anything by this author, but this one does sound good! Great pick!
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Thanks. If you can pick VA, it is just so great! Or wait for this one.:D
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I think that this is going to be amazing, because Richelle Mead is amazing and that synopsis is amazing and the cover is amazing! Can’t wait for this one as well 🙂
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It does sound amazing but I would be lying if I said I’m fond of this cover.
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Great pick! I’m so excited for this one as well and Richelle Mead is one of my favorite authors too. I will read anything she writes.
Traci @ The Reading Geek
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I heard somewhere that this books is the best Rachel’s wrote. It sounds great! I hope you enjoy it!
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Even Richelle said sth like that. I know there’s official penguin (or Razorbill) page where you can read more then 100 pages of the book. I started it but then stopped rerading because it’ll be too difficult for me to handle the fact that I don’t have the rest of the story.
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I haven’t read any of her books yet. 🙈
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I recommend you Vampire Academy, but suggest to skip Soundless.
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Sounds intriguing, definitely going on my “to check out” list!
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I love Richelle Mead’s writing. I’ve read VA, but haven’t finished Bloodlines series yet. I have Soundless, but I haven’t read it yet. I’ve seeen the mixed reviews and keep putting it off because I don’t want to be disappointed. I’m really looking forward to this one too! Great pick! Thanks for visiting my WoW!
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OOooh I SO cannot wait for this one! I love Richelle’s books!
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Great pick! I have only read one book by Richelle Mead so far – Soundless. I am thinking that I may need to check out this new book.
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I suggest you do, because Soundless wasn’t as good as her other work.
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I haven’t read anything by this author yet but it sounds good.
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I haven’t read any of Richelle’s books yet, but I did get a chapter sampler of this at Yallfest and I bought a copy of Soundless there too. She’s definitely an author whose books I am interested in reading.
I hope you enjoy this book when you read it!
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This is an incredibly AWESOME book, and I’m waiting on it, too!! I love the mix of ‘ingredients’ in it, and the cover is GORGEOUS. This is a really GREAT pick!! You have EXCELLENT taste, dahling! Great minds do think alike, you know! Lol.
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Oh, yes, I’m eagerly awaiting this one too! 😀 Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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I’ve seen this one around quite a bit lately and I’m definitely tempted to add it to my TBR 🙂 I hope you love it!!
Danielle @ Life With Two Boys
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I want to read this one! I want to read this one like right now. I will not however open the first 11 chapters and read it before release date. That happened once and my heart couldn’t handle the wait afterward.
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Me too! I opened it but decided to wait until I have the whole book in my hands. I’ll probably read those chapter two days before so I can just continue on 5th (let’s just hope TBD will deliver it on time).
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I swear, I was just reading a different title by Richelle Mead was out and here’s a totally different one out! How does she manage that?! It sounds brilliant doesn’t it?!
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yeah, she’s like a writing machine! She managed to release three books in the same year when she was still writing Bloodlines.
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Although I was disappointed with Soundless I am pretty excited about The Glittering Court. I loved the Vampire Academy and Bloodlines series and while I’m sure this will be different, I hope the character’s personality will be better than Fei’s (Soundless). Great pick!
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I wasn’t the fan of Soundless either but I am a fan of VA and Bloodlines. Let’s just hope this one will be as good as those two were.
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Oh my gods, I love stories about girls pretending to be someone else so they can escape some kind of situation or be safe from something/someone, love it! Like, Goose Girl by Shannon Hale is one of my favorite books EVER. I need to check this one out.
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ohh, I have never read Goose Girl, I ‘ll have to check it out! Thanks!
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I’m super excited for this one! I have the 100(ish) page sneak peak. But I can’t bring myself to read it. It’ll just drive me mad needing the full book lol!
Christina @ Books & Prejudice
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Same here! I saw Penguin posted online that sneak peak but I’ll wait until April 5th is closer to read it.
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Yes! I SO love Mead’s books 🙂 Great pick!
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I haven’t read Richelle Mead yet, but I’ve heard lots of great things! Hope this book is everything you hoped for! Thanks for sharing (:
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Is it bad that I still haven’t gotten around to The Vampire Academy series? I’ve heard really great things about the author and will look into adding this one to my TBR.
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It is not bad at all because you know what – you’ll get to read it for the first time… And that is an amazing thing.
She’s really good author, you should check her out. 🙂
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I’ve heard of this author, but haven’t read anything by her yet. We have the first book of The Vampire Academy here. Hope you enjoy this upcoming release.
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I never read anything from Richelle Mead, but I’m very curious about this book.
Happy readings! 🙂
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