Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine to spotlight upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

My pick this week is:

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

by

Jennifer E. Smith

Expected publication date: January 2, 2012

Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Pre-order: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?

Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. She's stuck at JFK, late to her father's second wedding, which is taking place in London and involves a soon to be step-mother that Hadley's never even met. Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport's cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he's British, and he's in seat 18B. Hadley's in 18A.

Twists of fate and quirks of timing play out in this thoughtful novel about family connections, second chances and first loves. Set over a 24-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it.

I'm a total sap for true love, so even though this appears to be a case of insta-love, it also seems incredibly romantic and sweet. It has also been getting rave reviews already!

Waiting on Wednesday pick

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine as a way of spotlighting the titles we are most anticipating.

Vampire Empire: The Greyfriar was one of my favorite books of 2010 so when I saw the cover reveal at BEA for The Rift Walker: Book 2 in the Vampire Empire trilogy at the PYR booth I was drooling in anticipation.

If you haven't read it yet, The Greyfriar is described as vampire steampunk but I just call it great storytelling. Discover a world of truly evil vampires hellbent on world domination, fantastical flying machines, alternate history, unrequited love and secret identities.

So without further ado - check out this awesome cover & this week's WoW pick!

The Rift Walker (Vampire Empire, Book 2)

Clay and Susan Griffith

PYR Publishing - September 6, 2011

Princess Adele struggles with a life of marriage and obligation as her Equatorian Empire and their American Republic allies stand on the brink of war against the vampire clans of the north. However, the alliance's horrific strategy for total victory drives Adele to abandon her duty and embark on a desperate quest to keep her nation from staining its hands with genocide. Reunited with her great love, the mysterious adventurer known to the world as the Greyfriar, Adele is pursued by her own people as well as her vengeful husband, senator Clark. With the human alliance in disarrray, Prince Cesare, lord of the British vampire clan, seizes the initiative and strikes at the very heart of Equatoria.

As Adele labors to bring order to her world, she learns more about the strange powers she exhibited in the north. Her teacher, Mamoru, leads a secret cabal of geomancers who believe Adele is the one who can touch the vast power of the Earth that surges through ley lines and wells up at the rifts where the lines meet. These energies are the key to defeating the enemy of mankind, and if Princess Adele could ever bring this power under her command, she could be death to vampires. But such a victory will also cost the life of Adele's beloved Greyfriar.

The Rift Walkeris the second book in a trilogy of high adventure and alternative history. Combining rousing pulp action with steampunk style, the Vampire Empire series brings epic politcal themes to life within a story of heartbreaking romance, sacrifice, and heroism.

*If you need to catch up read The Greyfriar (Vampire Empire, Book 1) and then pre-order The Rift Walker (Vampire Empire, Book 2)

Find the authors:
Susan & Clay Griffith's Blog
Twitter

My WoW Pick

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill from Breaking The Spine

I have not one but TWO picks this week!

Both have gorgeous covers and great titles - don't you think?

Drink, Slay, Love by Sarah Beth Durst

Available: Septmeber 13, 2011

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry

Pearl is a sixteen-year-old vampire... fond of blood, allergic to sunlight, and mostly evil... until the night a sparkly unicorn stabs her through the heart with his horn. Oops.

Her family thinks she was attacked by a vampire hunter (because, obviously, unicorns don't exist), and they're shocked she survived. They're even more shocked when Pearl discovers she can now withstand the sun. But they quickly find a way to make use of her new talent. The Vampire King of New England has chosen Pearl's family to host his feast. If Pearl enrolls in high school, she can make lots of human friends and lure them to the King's feast -- as the entrees.

The only problem? Pearl's starting to feel the twinges of a conscience. How can she serve up her new friends—especially the cute guy who makes her fangs ache—to be slaughtered? Then again, she's definitely dead if she lets down her family. What's a sunlight-loving vamp to do?

**Sparkly unicorns? Vampires? Cute guys? I'm in!

Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber

Available: October 2011

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Ferris Bueller meets La Femme Nikita in this funny, action-packed young adult novel.

It’s prom night—and Perry just wants to stick to his own plan and finally play a much anticipated gig with his band in the Big Apple. But when his mother makes him take Gobija Zaksauskas—their quiet, geeky Lithuanian exchange student—to the prom, he never expects that his ordinary high school guy life will soon turn on its head. Perry finds that Gobi is on a mission, and Perry has no other choice but to go along for a reckless ride through Manhattan’s concrete grid with a trained assassin in Dad’s red Jag.

Infused with capers, car chases, heists, hits, henchmen, and even a bear fight, this story mixes romance, comedy, and tragedy in a true teen coming-of-age adventure—and it’s not over until it’s “au revoir.”

**Does it sound like Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick would make a great movie? Paramount seems to think so too since this they have already snapped up the movie rights.
This sounds like a fun one.

What are your WoW picks this week?