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"Waiting On" / On My Wishlist:
A book I cannot wait to get my hands on.
hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine & Book Chick City

Throne of Glass
by Sarah J. Maas
Expected publication: August 7th 2012 by Bloomsbury USA Children's
After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.
Her opponents are men—thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the kings council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she’ll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom.
Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she’s bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it’s the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.
Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.

An assassin? A prince? Oh yes. This book is for me.

When I read fantasy books, I become useless, unavailable, and yes... good for nothing. They keep me glued to the book until the very last page. They keep me up at night, making me groggy and dazed the next day. This unavailability and uselessness is what I expect to become when I read Throne of Glass this coming August.

You should know that this book has been published on FictionPress.com a long time ago. Unfortunately, I was not one of those who got the chance to read it. Those who have read it say it's really very good - giving it 5 stars.

What are you waiting on?

Swoon:

Lines and/or scenes from a book that made me swoon
hosted by the girls at YA Bound

This week's swoon comes from Last Rite by Lisa Desrochers, the third book in Personal Demons Series.

Father above. Help me.
If He hears me, He doesn’t answer, because the only thing I feel stir inside of me is insatiable earthly desire. I deepen our kiss as her fingers trace a burning path over my back, lifting my T-shirt as they go. I yank it off, then let my hands wander over her body, every stroke taking me deeper into the maelstrom of my own self-destruction.
But it’s beyond my control now.
This was inevitable. I was foolish to think I could stop it.
Our lips part for a moment and I stare down at her. I lift my hand and trail a finger down her cheek, her neck, taking it all in. She shudders and I have just enough time to think to myself: If this is the end of me, so be it.

Can you guess whose POV this is? Gabe or Luc?

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