Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Waiting On Wednesday #2:

Welcome to another week of Waiting On Wednesday!

Waiting on Wednesday is hosted over at Breaking The Spine, and is a chance for people to share those books that we're most looking forward to.



This week I have something a little different, and I'm very intrigued... 


Blackhearts, written by Nicole Castroman, is due out on February 9th, 2016, and here's a taste of what it's about: 


Blackbeard the pirate was known for striking fear in the hearts of the bravest of sailors. But once he was just a young man who dreamed of leaving his rigid life behind to chase adventure in faraway lands. Nothing could stop him—until he met the one girl who would change everything.

Edward "Teach" Drummond, son of one of Bristol's richest merchants, has just returned from a year-long journey on the high seas to find his life in shambles. Betrothed to a girl he doesn’t love and sick of the high society he was born into, Teach dreams only of returning to the vast ocean he’d begun to call home. There's just one problem: convincing his father to let him leave and never come back.

Following her parents' deaths, Anne Barrett is left penniless and soon to be homeless. Though she’s barely worked a day in her life, Anne is forced to take a job as a maid in the home of Master Drummond. Lonely days stretch into weeks, and Anne longs for escape. How will she ever realize her dream of sailing to CuraƧao—where her mother was born—when she's stuck in England?

From the moment Teach and Anne meet, they set the world ablaze. Drawn to each other, they’re trapped by society and their own circumstances. Faced with an impossible choice, they must decide to chase their dreams and go, or follow their hearts and stay.

I love books like this, so I really hope that this one is awesome! I love it when people take the time to think about what a famous character or person could have been like before they were famous... It reminds me of this amazing fic I once read about Voldemort back when he was Tom Riddle, and it was amazing. Love stuff like that.

So that's it for another week! I'm enjoying this - I might not post every week, but I think it's something I'm going to keep in mind from week to week.

12 comments:

  1. This is also popular, I have this on my goodreads tbr, great pick!!
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    1. I think I saw at least one other person who has this as their WoW, hehe. But it's kind of nice to know that other people are just as excited!

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  2. Oh man, I'm so excited for this one. It sort of sounds like a pirate version of Aida, which I love, and the cover is gorgeous. Great pick! My WOW

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    1. The cover definitely caught my eye when I first saw it - minimal but nice!

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  3. YES! so excited for this book! I hope we both get to read it soon! I heard it is much more romance than it is swashbuckling pirates.
    <3 Britt @ Please Feed The Bookworm

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  4. This one is on my TBR too! Nice pick! :)

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    1. Yeah I think I saw that! A lot of people are looking forward to it :)

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  5. YES!! Definitely looking forward to this one too for the same reason as you :) Not too long to wait now!

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  6. I hope I'll like these characters - they better not have black hearts! - because the 'Blackbeard' mythos is actually really appealing! Like you I think Tom Riddle, Captain Hook etc are all quite interesting characters!

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  7. This book is perfection!!! I hope that you find it enjoyable! :)

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  8. So excited for this one as well! Can't wait to read it. Hope you'll enjoy it! Great pick!

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  9. Great Pick I was really intrigued about this book when I first heard about it a couple of months ago. I absolutely love reading pirates books especially if it is about Blackbeard. And this one looks and sounds fantastic! Thank you for stopping by my blog.

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