I Can't Wait for... #Bloodleaf by Crystal Smith & #Internment by Samira Ahmed (Can't-Wait Wednesday/Waiting on Wednesday) #CWW #WOW


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I've picked a YA Fantasy and a YA Dystopian this week. They both sound really good and I like that the second is a diverse read. We need more of those. They're my picks this week...

Bloodleaf
(The Bloodleaf Trilogy #1)
By Crystal Smith
YA Fantasy
Hardcover & ebook, 384 Pages
March 12th 2019 by HMH Books for Young Readers

Summary

“Enchanting, visceral, and twisty”— New York Times bestselling author of Ash Princess, Laura Sebastian

“BLOODLEAF feels like a classic in the making.” – Sara Holland, New York Times bestselling author of Everless

A roar of a dark and luscious epic fantasy that’s layered with heady romance, bloodthirsty magic, and ghostly intrigue—an absolutely wicked delight.

Princess Aurelia is a prisoner to her crown and the heir that nobody wants. Surrounded by spirits and banned from using her blood-magic, Aurelia flees her country after a devastating assassination attempt. To escape her fate, Aurelia disguises herself as a commoner in a new land and discovers a happiness her crown has never allowed. As she forges new bonds and perfects her magic, she begins to fall for a man who is forbidden to rule beside her. But the ghosts that haunt Aurelia refuse to abandon her, and she finds herself succumbing to their call as they expose a nefarious plot that only she can defeat. Will she be forced to choose between the weight of the crown and the freedom of her new life?

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Internment
By Samira Ahmed
YA Dystopian
Hardcover & ebook, 400 Pages
March 19th 2019 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Summary

Rebellions are built on hope.

Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens.

With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the internment camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the internment camp's Director and his guards.

Heart-racing and emotional, Internment challenges readers to fight complicit silence that exists in our society today.

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