Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating. This is one of my favorite memes because not only is my TBR pile so much bigger at the end of the night but also the covers are always amazing!
Title: Etiquette and Espionage
Author: Gail Carriger
Hitting the Shelves: February 05, 2013
What are you waiting for?
Author: Gail Carriger
Hitting the Shelves: February 05, 2013
It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to finishing school.
Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is the bane of her mother's existence. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper etiquette at tea--and god forbid anyone see her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. She enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.
But little do Sophronia or her mother know that this is a school where ingenious young girls learn to finish, all right--but it's a different kind of finishing. Mademoiselle Geraldine's certainly trains young ladies in the finer arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but also in the other kinds of finishing: the fine arts of death, diversion, deceit, espionage, and the modern weaponries. Sophronia and her friends are going to have a rousing first year at school.
First in a four book YA series set 25 years before the Parasol Protectorate but in the same universe.
What are you waiting for?
This has totally been on my wish list since Gail first announced it! Can't wait! Great choice :)
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This definitely sounds like a good one!!! I will have to add it to my TBR :) Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteAnna @ Literary Exploration
This is my first time hearing of this and it sounds totally awesome!
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This one looks so awesome! I loved Soulless, but haven't read any more of of the series, but I'll definitely be picking this one up. Thanks for sharing!
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Well that name is certainly a mouthful, Sophronia Temminnick, oh how cruel parents can be. And she also has an interesting interest - dismantling clocks. She's quirky, I like quirky and that school sounds completely bad ass. Thank-you so much for sharing this, adding it to my TBR right now!
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I saw this book a few weeks ago and was sooo excited! Need to add it to Goodreads right now:) Great choice!
ReplyDeleteThis one looks SOOOO good. I love Gail Carriger.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read Gail Carriger's adult novels, but I'm definitely going to be checking out her debut YA novel when it's released. It sounds awesome!
ReplyDeleteLiz @ Midnight Bloom Reads
I've seen this one around for a while now and I really like the cover. Great pick!
ReplyDeleteI have the first book in this author's other series but haven't read it yet - but I'll fully admit that I REALLY want to read this one. :) Great pick, Crystal!
ReplyDeleteGreat choice! I'm very interested in the premise of this one. I think it could be really fantastic, if executed properly. :D
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of this one before. It sounds really good. I have to put it on my TBR list.
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Mary
Wow, this one sounds awesome and super exciting! I LOVE the cover too :) I haven't read the Parasol Protectorate but I want to!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the rec, and for stopping by my blog earlier. Have a great week!
I adore this cover! I'm not a huge fan of steampunk but I think I'll have to give this one a try~
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