The Nerd's Word #14: Waiting On The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandanna + Swooning Over The Syndicate by Shelena Shorts

"Waiting On" / On My Wishlist:

A book I cannot wait to get my hands on.
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The Lost Girl

by Sangu Mandanna

Expected publication: August 28th 2012 by HarperCollins Publishers 

Eva’s life is not her own. She is a creation, an abomination—an echo. Made by the Weavers as a copy of someone else, she is expected to replace a girl named Amarra, her “other”, if she ever died. Eva studies what Amarra does, what she eats, what it’s like to kiss her boyfriend, Ray. So when Amarra is killed in a car crash, Eva should be ready.
But fifteen years of studying never prepared her for this.
Now she must abandon everything she’s ever known—the guardians who raised her, the boy she’s forbidden to love—to move to India and convince the world that Amarra is still alive.
What Eva finds is a grief-stricken family; parents unsure how to handle this echo they thought they wanted; and Ray, who knew every detail, every contour of Amarra. And when Eva is unexpectedly dealt a fatal blow that will change her existence forever, she is forced to choose: Stay and live out her years as a copy or leave and risk it all for the freedom to be an original. To be Eva.
From debut novelist Sangu Mandanna comes the dazzling story of a girl who was always told what she had to be—until she found the strength to decide for herself.

The main character moves to India? Doesn't that sound exotic?

I am a sucker for stories set in exotic places! I love reading about cultures, and myths and legends of other places. Those things interest me.

Plus, there is a forbidden romance... I love reading about how literary couples defy their traditions/elders/parents/culture/etc just to be with the one they love. *insert sigh here*

What are you waiting on?

Swoon:

Lines and/or scenes from a book that made me swoon.
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This week's swoon comes from The Syndicate by Shelena Shorts:

As a need to hold onto her takes over, I pick her up. In the same motion, she wraps her legs around me, like she feels the same way.

Not sure where to go, I lean her against the wall. Suddenly her lips no longer satisfy my hunger. I need more, so I taste the left side of her neck. When that’s not enough, I taste the other side until she groans in my ear, luring me back to her lips.

I never noticed her nails before, but I feel them under my shirt, pressing into my back. It causes me to hold her tighter, and the next thing I know she’s pulling off my shirt. Lifting my arms that high sends a sting through my side, but I don’t falter.

Here we are, me bare chested, and her in only a T-shirt. What are we doing? I think. I don’t even know this girl.