"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. Visit Breaking The Spine to see more entries!
This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:
Furious by Jill Wolfson
Release Date: April 16th 2013
by Henry Holt and Co. BYR
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads Summary:
Three high school girls become the avenging Furies of Greek legend.
We were only three angry girls, to begin with. Alix, the hot-tempered surfer chick; Stephanie, the tree-hugging activist; and me, Meg, the quiet foster kid, the one who never quite fit in. We hardly knew each other, but each of us nurtured a burning anger: at the jerks in our class, at our disappointing parents, at the whole flawed, unjust world.
We were only three angry girls, simmering uselessly in our ocean-side California town, until one day a mysterious, beautiful classmate named Ambrosia taught us what else we could be: Powerful. Deadly. Furious.
We were only three angry girls, to begin with. Alix, the hot-tempered surfer chick; Stephanie, the tree-hugging activist; and me, Meg, the quiet foster kid, the one who never quite fit in. We hardly knew each other, but each of us nurtured a burning anger: at the jerks in our class, at our disappointing parents, at the whole flawed, unjust world.
We were only three angry girls, simmering uselessly in our ocean-side California town, until one day a mysterious, beautiful classmate named Ambrosia taught us what else we could be: Powerful. Deadly. Furious.
Reasons I want to read & own this book:
1. The mythology. To me the furies are some of the most interesting characters/figures in Greek Mythology. I am fascinated by them, by the idea of having three women who seek to avenge wrongs.
2. The synopsis. It looks like the three girls in this book are gonna be totally badass and I can't wait to see who they are angry at and how they become the furies and most importantly, what they are going to do as the Furies :O
It all looks amazeballs!
What do you guys think? :)
Oooo I love anything that has to do with greek mythology, and this book sounds great!
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Teresa @ Readers Live A Thousand Lives
This looks absolutely amazing! :D And you're right...the mythology part definitely has my interest! Will be adding to my TBR list! Thank you for sharing! :D
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~ Maida @ Literary Love Affair
I love Greek mythology! And I agree furies are the most interesting. Great pick! Thanks for stopping by My WOW!
ReplyDeleteOh I love how this book sounds. I have a new found love for Greek mythology and I would love to read this one. I'm adding it to my to-read list and I'll be patiently waiting for it to come out. Great pick.
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This book sounds so great, I've never read a book about Greek mythology before and this has got me excited for this one!
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Tasha @ Reading 'n' Reviewing
I love reading about Mythology especially when given a modern day twist! Great Pick.
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ReplyDeleteNew Follower here! Great pick for your WoW. It sounds awesome, definitely going on my list.
ReplyDeleteI see you're reading Stolen Night. I'm extremely jealous of that. I have to wait until 2013, unless I'm able to get an ARC.
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-Kait @ YA Vixens
Sounds very very kick-ass! Those girls on the cover look really strong!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait. :) Thanks for sharing! ;)
Sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing!!!
ReplyDeleteThis was my pick last week, and it's the second time I've seen this today. Looks like a really awesome one to be waiting on! :D
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I am interested in this one to. I love the cover and it sounds really good. Thanks for stopping by my WoW.
ReplyDeleteAs if California doesn't have enough angry girls! (CA native) Lol! Great pick Jennifer! Thank you for stopping by The Readers Den. I just followed you by GFC and I'm going to plug in my email to get your post updates. :)
ReplyDeleteI know right? I've had my eye on this for a while and it looks Epic supreme! FAB choice! Thanks for stopping by!
ReplyDeletei've never heard of this one. sounds AWESOME though. i don't think i've read anything about the furies.
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-michelle
Man, that cover looks scary and intense! I'm intrigued by it, haha.
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of this book and I love the idea! Cannot wait for this one either!
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of this before today,but I will be looking into it now.Plus the cover is pretty nice :D
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of the girls already. I have a feeling they will be pretty badass characters too. ;) Great pick! :)
ReplyDeleteLol Jen, I'd say it was here that I seen The Archived. Funny how it turned out.
ReplyDeleteVery cool pick! Gorgeous cover and I love Greek mythology. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLOL, Suz got this one last week, this week she got Archived. Sure you didn't coordinate this little show? :P
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I added both to my tbr thanks to the both of you ^^
This sounds really good and i love mythology too so I'm looking forward to it!! Awesome pick!
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