Waiting on Wednesday (5)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week I'm waiting on 

Beautiful Lies by Jessica Warman

Title: Beautiful Lies

Author: Jessica Warman

Will be published on: August 21st, 2012 (Walker Children's)

Pages: 422

Synopsis from Goodreads: Rachel and Alice are an extremely rare kind of identical twins—so identical that even their aunt and uncle, whom they’ve lived with since their parents passed away, can’t tell them apart. But the sisters are connected in a way that goes well beyond their surfaces: when one experiences pain, the other exhibits the exact same signs of distress. So when one twin mysteriously disappears, the other immediately knows something is wrong—especially when she starts experiencing serious physical traumas, despite the fact that nobody has touched her. As the search commences to find her sister, the twin left behind must rely on their intense bond to uncover the truth. But is there anyone around her she can trust, when everyone could be a suspect? And ultimately, can she even trust herself? Master storyteller Jessica Warman will keep readers guessing when everything they see—and everything they are told—suddenly becomes unreliable in this page-turning literary thriller.

After reading Between I can't to read more books by Jessica Warman and this synopsis sounds so good!

Review Between by Jessica Warman

Title: Between (Dutch version)

Author: Jessica Warman

Published: May, 2012 (Van Goor)

Pages: 352

Source: for review

Rating: 4 stars

Synopsis from Goodreads: Elizabeth Valchar-pretty, popular, and perfect-wakes up the morning after her eighteenth birthday party on her family's yacht, where she'd been celebrating with her six closest friends. A persistent thumping noise has roused her. When she goes to investigate, what she finds will change everything she thought she knew about her life, her friends, and everything in between. As Liz begins to unravel the circumstances surrounding her birthday night, she will find that no one around her, least of all Liz herself, was perfect-or innocent. Critically acclaimed author Jessica Warman brings readers along on a roller-coaster ride of a mystery, one that is also a heartbreaking character study, a touching romance, and ultimately a hopeful tale of redemption, love, and letting go.

Wow, this book was pretty awesome. I shouldn't be surprised, but I just wasn't expecting it. I read it a lot of Young Adult, but I haven't read many thrillers. I really loved this one. 

Let me start at the beginning, it's so strong. Elizabeth wakes up on her family's boot and she hears a thumping noise. Soon she discovers it's her body lying there in the water. After that Alex shows up, the boy who was killled in a hit and run a year ago. He explains to her why she doesn't have her memories. Some things she still knows, but others are just gone. Piece by piece she finds them back. Which leads to the thrilling ending of this book. 

Liz was a very popular and arrogant girl. She was always busy with her boyfriend, friends, running and eating, or actually not eating. Now she only has Alex in a sort between place. She can watch her friends and family from there and visit memories, but that's all she can do. Throughout the story Liz changes and she becomes friends with Alex, a boy she didn't even want to look at when she was alive. 

Between is a real page turner. You just want to find out what happened in Liz's life that she end up dead in the water. Jessica Warman has a great writing style and I'll definitely be reading more by her. 

Thank you to the publisher for sending me a review copy. 

Upcoming (6)

In Upcoming I talk about the books that I will review on this blog. So you know what you can expect here in the upcoming days / weeks. I hope you enjoy it!

This week

Review of Between by Jessica Warman

Elizabeth Valchar-pretty, popular, and perfect-wakes up the morning after her eighteenth birthday party on her family's yacht, where she'd been celebrating with her six closest friends. A persistent thumping noise has roused her. When she goes to investigate, what she finds will change everything she thought she knew about her life, her friends, and everything in between. As Liz begins to unravel the circumstances surrounding her birthday night, she will find that no one around her, least of all Liz herself, was perfect-or innocent. Critically acclaimed author Jessica Warman brings readers along on a roller-coaster ride of a mystery, one that is also a heartbreaking character study, a touching romance, and ultimately a hopeful tale of redemption, love, and letting go.

Synopsis from Goodreads

Review of Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Brashares comes the welcome return of the characters whose friendship became a touchstone for a generation. Now Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget have grown up, starting their lives on their own. And though the jeans they shared are long gone, the sisterhood is everlasting.
Despite having jobs and men that they love, each knows that something is missing: the closeness that once sustained them. Carmen is a successful actress in New York, engaged to be married, but misses her friends. Lena finds solace in her art, teaching in Rhode Island, but still thinks of Kostos and the road she didn’t take. Bridget lives with her longtime boyfriend, Eric, in San Francisco, and though a part of her wants to settle down, a bigger part can’t seem to shed her old restlessness.

Then Tibby reaches out to bridge the distance, sending the others plane tickets for a reunion that they all breathlessly await. And indeed, it will change their lives forever—but in ways that none of them could ever have expected.

As moving and life-changing as an encounter with long-lost best friends, Sisterhood Everlasting is a powerful story about growing up, losing your way, and finding the courage to create a new one.

Synsopsis from Goodreads

Next week

Review of Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Uglies was one of the first dystopian young adults and it's really good. 

Review of A Witch in Winter by Ruth Warburton

With A Witch in Love coming next week, this review is for the readers out there who haven't read the first.

Hope to see you soon!

Upcoming (5)

In Upcoming I talk about the books that I will review on this blog. So you know what you can expect here in the upcoming days / weeks. I hope you enjoy it!

This week

Review of The Game by Krystyna Kuhn

The famous Grace College, located in a remote valley in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, is an elite school for the highly gifted. To Julia and her brother, it's the perfect place to hide.

But when Robert finds a dead body in their first week they'll learn they can only run so far from their past. And that the valley has secrets of its own. . . 

Synopsis from Goodreads

Review of Fated by Alyson Noël

The first book in a magnificent new series about a girl who can navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead by #1 New York Times bestselling author Alyson Noël.
Lately strange things have been happening to Daire Santos. Animals follow her, crows mock her, and glowing people appear out of nowhere. Worried that Daire is having a nervous breakdown, her mother packs her off to stay in the dusty plains of Enchantment, New Mexico with a grandmother she’s never met.
There she crosses paths with Dace, a gorgeous guy with unearthly blue eyes who she’s encountered before...but only in her dreams. And she’ll get to know her grandmother—a woman who recognizes Daire’s bizarre episodes for what they are. A call to her true destiny as a Soul Seeker, one who can navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead. Her grandmother immediately begins teaching her to harness her powers—but it’s an art that must be mastered quickly. Because Dace’s brother is an evil shape-shifter who’s out to steal her powers. Now Daire must embrace her fate as a Soul Seeker and find out if Dace is one guy she’s meant to be with...or if he’s allied with the enemy she’s destined to destroy.

Synsopsis from Goodreads

Next week

Review of Between by Jessica Warman

The synopsis of this book sounds really good. I look forward to reading en reviewing it. 

Review of Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares

The last part in this series has been published for quite some time. It was published in Dutch a couple of weeks ago. I loved reading this book and would like to share my thoughts with you.  

Hope to see you soon!