Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
The Golden Lily
by Lauren Kate (author website)
Pub Date: Jan 25th 2012 by Random House Australia
From Goodreads:
What makes your heart race a little faster? Just in time for Valentine's Day, it's FALLEN IN LOVE, four wholly original new stories collected in a new novel set in the Middle Ages by Lauren Kate. FALLEN IN LOVE gives fans the much-talked about but never-revealed stories of FALLEN characters as they intertwine with the epic love story of Luce and Daniel.
The stories include: Love Where You Least Expect It: The Valentine of Shelby and Miles , Love Lessons: The Valentine of Roland; Burning Love: The Valentine of Arriane; and Endless Love: The Valentine of Daniel and Lucinda.
What makes your heart race a little faster? Just in time for Valentine's Day, it's FALLEN IN LOVE, four wholly original new stories collected in a new novel set in the Middle Ages by Lauren Kate. FALLEN IN LOVE gives fans the much-talked about but never-revealed stories of FALLEN characters as they intertwine with the epic love story of Luce and Daniel.
The stories include: Love Where You Least Expect It: The Valentine of Shelby and Miles , Love Lessons: The Valentine of Roland; Burning Love: The Valentine of Arriane; and Endless Love: The Valentine of Daniel and Lucinda.
This one is so SO close now, and I'm really excited. One of the most interesting aspects of the Fallen series is its secondary characters (Cam! Cam! TEAM CAM!), so I'm really anticipating a chance to get to know them better. For obvious reasons, they've taken second place to Daniel and Luce in the past, and I'm relishing a chance to learn their histories :)
The February Valentines Event being run by the fabulous Australian bloggers Lisa and (the diabolical) Brodie have put this series back on my radar in a massive way, because a certain fallen angel and badass demon just might be showing in a love-triangle debate I am SERIOUSLY excited for. Wait... you're not signed up to defend your fave book boyfriend yet? AND ADRIAN AND DIMKA ARE STILL WAITING FOR A DEFENDER? What, precisely, are you waiting for? Go! Go!
Haven't read Fallen series yet. I'm glad you like this series because I've heard mixed things about it. Maybe I will try the first one. Great pick!
ReplyDelete@Mesa: I understand why it's been so divisive, but I *DO* like it a lot... with the exception of the second book, Torment. The name is kind of telling.
ReplyDeleteI love the cover but I couldn't ever read past Fallen. I dunno why.
ReplyDeleteNerd Girls at Books to the Sky
Why did I take such pleasure in my 'diabolical' title? buahahaha. THANK YOU FOR THE EVENT PIMPAGE!! i love you <333
ReplyDeleteAlso, YES!! So excited for this! I love the secondary characters in this series (much more than Luce and Daniel, to be honest). Cam and Arriane are especially my favourites. So I'm crazy excited to read her love story... ooooh and Roland's!!
It's an honour, really: I don't bestow 'diabolical' on just anyone :P
DeleteGreat choice!! I am really behind on this series but I LOVE the cover :)
ReplyDelete@Brodie: BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE XD
ReplyDeleteAnd thank YOU for the eventage! I'm SUPER EXCITED!
And SO WITH YOU ON THIS. The secondary characters are SO much more interesting/likable/etc. Luce is a bit of a dumbass, and I don't Daniel is pretty, but not much otherwise :P
I LOVE Arianne and Roland! FTW!
@Sarah: I'm up to date... it was one of the first post-Twilight unfinished series I read, so I've stuck with it :D
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I haven't enjoyed the Fallen series as much as I really wanted to but I actually can't wait for this book!
ReplyDeleteArriane, Roland and Cam are by far my favorite characters so I'm happy to finally be rid of all the Daniel/Luce drama and delve into more interesting POV's. Too bad Cam doesn't get his own story though, the guy seriously needs some love!
Kim @ The Paper Planes
This is really a beautiful cover! I really like it, like a lot!!! I like the sounds of the story! It's soooo interesting! Great choice! Awesome cover! Thank you for sharing it!
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Books For All Seasons
OMG! OMG! I love the cover A LOT. I can't wait to read the short stories. I love that we get to read Fallen in Love before Rapture comes out! PERFECT!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME PICK, Sarah! Go Cam and Arianne! :D
I know! It's one of my fave in the series so far! i ADORED the cover for Fallen, but Torment and Passion didn't do much for me. This and Rapture = AMAZING.
DeleteI've been so slack with reading this series. Did you see this is on Netgalley?? It's on page 4 of the recent releases. :)
ReplyDeleteEee! Manda! Yes! I requested. Now to wait. Patience = not one of my virtues >__<
DeleteI've never read this series but I just love the cover to death!The book sounds really interesting. Great pick! I'm a new follower. My WOW
ReplyDeleteJaneira! I actually started reading the series ENTIRELY because of the cover! Ha! I know that's ridiculous :)
DeleteI've never read this series but everyone seems to love it. Maybe I'll finally check it out in time for this book!
ReplyDeleteI really liked it--and I ADORE the covers--but it seems pretty divisive. I've seen a LOT of people who hate it. Hope you're not one of them when you find the time :)
DeleteI'm curious about those short stories. Great pick!
ReplyDeleteNew follower =)
Em
My WoW post
A Beautiful Madness
Another beautiful cover, like all the others in the series.
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New follower :-)
Thank you for the comment and follow, Petra! The covers are GORGEOUS. I know you're not meant to judge a book by its cover, but it's actually why I initially read Fallen! >__<
DeleteI haven't read any of the books in this series though I have Fallen in my TBR tower. I love the concept that Lauren Kate is doing with this one. Beautiful cover as well.
ReplyDeleteJennifer
http://feministfairytalereviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/waiting-on-wednesday-14-bewitching.html
Oh the covers are GORGEOUS, huh? I really hope you love it when you get round to it :)
DeleteWow, I didn't even know about this book! It'll be interesting to see how the stories relate to the Fallen series. :)
ReplyDelete- Lauren
Me tooo! The book was a total surprise--she announced it at the same time the cover for Rapture was released :)
DeleteTesting to see if it will email me when you reply! :P (I have no comment on this wow since I haven't read this series :P)
ReplyDeleteMWaha!
DeleteHelllllooooo!
Hope this works...
and this series? *I* really enjoy it, but it was one of my first YA Paranormal series. I wonder if I were to read it now, after having read so many, I'd feel the same way. SO! I'm replying to this, and I'm gonna post a test comment on the thread-NOT in reply to see if you get that, too :)
First off: AAAAAH!!!!! REPLIES!!!!
ReplyDeleteSecond: I am SOOO excited about this book!
Third: PLEASE SEE FIRST!!!
Mwaha! Kristin, you cracked me up. REEEEPPPPLLIIESS! So eciting! EEE!
DeleteThis book came through my door yesterday and I'm sooo excited about reading it! Great pick :)
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