I Can't Wait for... Skyward by Brandon Sanderson (Can't-Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday)


Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted here, at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. If you're continuing with WOW, feel free to link those up as well! Find out more here.

I have to admit that I've only read one book by Brandon Sanderson. For being a huge fantasy fan, that's pretty bad. I just look at those 1000+ pages and it's a deterrent for me. Or the fact that I'm so behind it's really like 5000+ pages I need to read. Anyway, I did love Steelheart and this new series sounds and looks fabulous! I think it might be a good place to start. :)

I also noticed an international cover. I prefer the second cover to the first, but what do you guys think?


Skyward
(Skyward #1)
By Brandon Sanderson
YA SciFi, Dystopian
Hardcover, Paperback & ebook, 528 Pages
November 6th 2018 by Delacorte Press

Summary

From Brandon Sanderson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, and the internationally bestselling Mistborn series, comes the first book in an epic new series about a girl who dreams of becoming a pilot in a dangerous world at war with aliens.

Spensa's world has been under attack for hundreds of years. An alien race called the Krell leads onslaught after onslaught from the sky in a never-ending campaign to destroy humankind. Humanity's only defense is to take to their ships and combat the Krell. Pilots are the heroes of what's left of the human race.

Becoming a pilot has always been Spensa's dream. Since she was a little girl, she has imagined soaring above the earth and proving her bravery. But her fate is intertwined with that of her father--a pilot himself who was killed years ago when he abruptly deserted his team, leaving Spensa's chances of attending Flight School at slim to none.

No one will let Spensa forget what her father did, but she is determined to fly. And the Krell just made that a possibility. They've doubled their fleet, which will make Spensa's world twice as deadly . . . but just might take her skyward.

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Will you be reading this one?

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