Waiting on Wednesday (4)

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, where we showcase some of our hotly anticipated releases!

I have three WoWs this week that look amazing: (All information taken from Goodreads)

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STUNG by BETHANY WIGGINS

Release date: 2 April 2013

Publisher: Walker Childrens

Goodreads

Government attempts to save endangered bees by genetic modification causes their sting to induce deadly, flu-like symptoms in humans. A vaccine created in response changes children into ferocious, killer beasts. The uninfected have built a wall to keep the beasts out, & a girl has awakened on the wrong side.

While the premise doesn't sound too different from the many deadly plague novels out there, what gets me excited are the bugs! Everyone hates bugs! They're somehow scarier and seem more likely to evolve into monsters than, say, vampires. This + no mention of a love interest thus far + mystery as to how/why the girl has awakened so suddenly has me interested!

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17 AND GONE by NOVA REN SUMA

Release date: 21 March 2013

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile

Goodreads

Seventeen-year-old Lauren is having visions of girls who have gone missing. And all these girls have just one thing in common -they are 17 and gone without a trace. As Lauren struggles to shake these waking nightmares, impossible questions demand urgent answers: Why are the girls speaking to Lauren? How can she help them? And . . . is she next? As Lauren searches for clues, everything begins to unravel, and when a brush with death lands her in the hospital, a shocking truth emerges, changing everything.

I haven't read Imaginary Girls yet but I've heard amazing things, and this has such an eerie cover and blurb that I'm really excited for it!

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ALL THE RAGE by COURTNEY SUMMERS

Release date: 2013

Goodreads

A 17-year-old girl’s attempt to blackmail her rich classmates results in her waking up on a dirt road with no money, no memory of how she got there and a semi-erased message she left for herself the only clue as to why. When she tries to piece together the evening before and all the events leading up to it, a dark and sinister game is revealed. Likened to Brick and Veronica Mars.

Courtney Summers! Still coming off a This is Not a Test high, I was delighted to see this on Goodreads! Love that all her books seem so different in genre/plot, and this sounds so wonderfully dark and scandalous. I LOVED Brick (starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Veronica Mars is a favorite of mine, so I'll definitely be buying this one when it comes out.

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In other (just released) news, the cover of J.K. Rowling's upcoming book has finally been revealed!! (Image via Publishers Weekly) Thoughts?? I don't love it - while the cover wouldn't really catch my eye in a store, the 'J.K. Rowling' at the top certainly would, so perhaps simple is best in this case! Excited to see what the tick/cross means.

There you have it! What are you waiting on this Wednesday? I'd love to see, so please link me!