Waiting on Wednesday (or Can't Wait Wednesday) is a weekly meme, hosted by Wishful Endings, where we talk about the books we're waiting (a bit impatiently) for!
This week I am waiting for...
Don’t miss this spectacular debut novel… Can a girl who risks her life for books and an alien who loves forbidden pop music work together to save humanity? This road trip is truly out of this world! A beautiful and thrilling read for fans of Marie Lu and Veronica Roth.
Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the deaths of one-third of the world’s population.
Seventeen-year-old Janelle “Ellie” Baker survives in an Ilori-controlled center in New York City. Deemed dangerously volatile because of their initial reaction to the invasion, humanity’s emotional transgressions are now grounds for execution. All art, books and creative expression are illegal, but Ellie breaks the rules by keeping a secret library. When a book goes missing, Ellie is terrified that the Ilori will track it back to her and kill her.
Born in a lab, M0Rr1S (Morris) was raised to be emotionless. When he finds Ellie’s illegal library, he’s duty-bound to deliver her for execution. The trouble is, he finds himself drawn to human music and in desperate need of more. They’re both breaking the rules for love of art—and Ellie inspires the same feelings in him that music does.
Ellie’s—and humanity’s—fate rests in the hands of an alien she should fear. M0Rr1S has a lot of secrets, but also a potential solution—thousands of miles away. The two embark on a wild and dangerous road trip with a bag of books and their favorite albums, all the while making a story and a song of their own that just might save them both.
Release Date: February 25th, 2020
Why am I waiting?
When I first saw this book I went back and forth on whether I wanted to add it to my TBR or not. It sounded intriguing, but I worried that this was dystopian (and I struggle with dystopians now) and a society in which "art, books and creative expression are illegal" is one of my worst fears so I did not know whether I wanted to read that. But, I found myself wondering about the book and the rest of the synopsis sounds super fun. It is a road trip in space and yes, I am a sucker for that.
What book are you waiting for this week?
What book are you waiting for this week?
I love the cover for The Sound of Stars! I think it's the colours. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy it and that taking a chance on something you're not completely sold on any more (dystopians) pays off!