Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings to spotlight highly anticipated books. It is based on the Waiting on Wednesday meme which used to be hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
FROM GOODREADS: A dark, romantic YA suspense novel with an SF edge and plenty of drama, layering the secrets we keep and how appearances can deceive, from the New York Times bestselling author.
In this tiny, terrifying town, the lost are never found. When Araceli Flores Harper is sent to live with her great-aunt Ottilie in her ramshackle Victorian home, the plan is simple. She'll buckle down and get ready for college. Life won't be exciting, but she'll cope, right? Wrong. From the start, things are very, very wrong. Her great-aunt still leaves food for the husband who went missing twenty years ago, and local businesses are plastered with MISSING posters. There are unexplained lights in the woods and a mysterious lab just beyond the city limits that the locals don't talk about. Ever. When she starts receiving mysterious letters that seem to be coming from the past, she suspects someone of pranking her or trying to drive her out of her mind. To solve these riddles and bring the lost home again, Araceli must delve into a truly diabolical conspiracy, but some secrets fight to stay buried...
WHY I CAN'T WAIT: I'm going to be honest and admit I almost skipped this one because of "...romantic YA..." but the rest of the synopsis was just too good to pass up and it doesn't scream of too much romance. Plus I've had great luck with this author.
SO WHAT BOOK CAN'T YOU WAIT FOR THIS WEEK????
It is an intriguing premise.
ReplyDeleteI thought so too.
DeleteYeah, the "romantic YA" description put me off a little too, especially since one of the main issues I had with her last mystery YA was that it focused too much on the romantic drama and not enough on the actual mystery. I will wait to see what you think!
ReplyDelete~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum
Maybe I can score and early copy somehow.
DeleteI think 'truly diabolical' won me over with this one -- now I want to see if it holds up to that!@
ReplyDeleteYep, I love the Gothic sound of it.
DeleteI'm afraid the romantic YA is where my interest would stop! I just can't be bothered with that at all after Twilight and all its copies!
ReplyDeleteI hope it's not much romance. And don't even get me started on Twilight. If I ever fell for a vampire, I would probably want him to be scary and ruthless - but then I'm weird, and I'm definitely no Bella - thank God!
DeleteAn old Victorian house, strange lights in the woods . . . it's like a Gothic ghost story!
ReplyDeleteI joined Goodreads yesterday. I can't wait to see what kind of suggestions their algorithm and other readers give me.
I'm gonna look for you on Goodreads!
DeleteSounds good to me and the synopsis doesn't mention romance so it sounds like that won't be a big part of the story.
ReplyDeleteI hope not either.
DeleteI just saw this recently and it does sound good. Hopefully the romance will take a back seat to the rest of the stoey😊
ReplyDeleteI don't know why all YA thinks they need some romance. It's not a necessity.
DeleteSounds very mysterious. Still putting food out for her missing husband? sounds intriguing!
ReplyDeleteI know. Somethings either up or she's crazy right?
DeleteI almost skipped it because of that first describing paragraph too, but you're right! The rest sounds pretty fascinating. I think this needs to go on my list. :)
ReplyDeleteI know. I think by adding that line they are causing people not to give it a chance. The rest of the synopsis sounds great.
DeleteI'll be watching for your review to see how much romance was in it. Ha ha. 😁
ReplyDeleteI'll definitely let you know.
DeleteThe description does sound good.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
DeleteI’ll be interested in what you think of this one, Barb! I’m definitely intrigued!
ReplyDeleteJennifer Tar Heel Reader
Hope it's good!
DeleteI love a great YA romance, so this might be one for me. I will have to check it out myself. Thanks for sharing it. :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you might like this more than me then!
DeleteI agree, I'm not really getting romance from that synopsis?? I hope you enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteThanks Angela and thanks for visiting.
DeleteYou're right, it doesn't scream romance. It does sound really suspenseful though. Hope you enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteThanks Laura. I hope I like it too!
DeleteI would give this one a try. It sounds pretty good and I have enjoyed some of the author's other books.
ReplyDeleteYea I like the author a lot.
DeleteI like that it's suspenseful and that it has a sci fi twist. Hopefully if there's romance, it's subtle. I hope you enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteI hope so too.
DeleteI almost glossed over it because of the cheesy cover bwhaah so I feel you! But it does sound good, so it's on my list too! Hope you enjoy it when you get to read it!
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