Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by: Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.
Damned: Book 1 My heart Be Damned
By Chanelle Gray
Publication Date: September 15, 2012
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From Goodreads:
If you’re a Hunter, there are only three things you must know about the Damned. The Damned can’t lie, can’t live without a body, and can’t leave you alone.
Amerie Carter has the blood of a Hunter, unfortunately. She is one of a rare line of women who, upon her sixteenth birthday, will come into extraordinary powers used to hunt the Damned; escaped souls from Hell who take up residence in human bodies. It’s supposed to be her sweet sixteen, but Amerie has never dreaded a day more, and her worst fears are confirmed as the celebration turns tragic when her mother is killed.
Grief-stricken, Amerie vows to never hunt a day in her life. She’s determined to hide behind normalcy, attending school, hanging out with her friends and working an after-school job at The Hut. All Amerie wants is to be left alone. But try telling the Damned that. The harder Amerie tries to ignore her powers, the more the Damned come looking for her.
When an attack leaves one of Amerie’s friends in the hospital, and endangers the lives of her fellow students, she knows she has no choice: Hunt or Be Hunted. Thankfully, the gorgeous, secretive, and so-off-limits Marshall offers to train Amerie to take out her supernatural enemies. But training with Marshall means lying to her friends, her family, and confronting the mysterious circumstances surrounding her mother’s death.
Amerie soon discovers she’s not the only one with something to hide, Marshall’s secrets might kill her before the Damned get the chance.
Some people think that books with girls in dresses on the cover means that they’re damsels, but that’s not always the case, for ex: Grave Mercy has a girl in a dress on the cover, but she’s no damsel. Which is why try not to judge books by their covers, instead I read the synopsis/blurb of the book and then I decide if I want to read the book or not, and this book sounds intriguing, and I love the colours of the background on the cover.
What’s your “Waiting on Wednesday” pick this week?
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Carina @ Fictional Distraction
August 8, 2012 at 4:07 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
This definitely sounds interesting, although I might wait for a few reviews first before deciding whether I’ll pick it up or not. I hope you’re going to enjoy it!
Carina
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Michelle Sedeño
August 8, 2012 at 4:24 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Haven’t heard of this one.
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chelleyreads
August 8, 2012 at 6:36 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
i’ve seen this title around the blogosphere and it does sound intriguing. hope you get your copy soon
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Kate
August 8, 2012 at 7:24 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
This looks awesome, I will have to check it out : )
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sqt
August 8, 2012 at 12:36 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
To be honest, I would never have picked the book based on the cover alone. But the description *is* really good, so I’d give it a chance based on that. Good pick!
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Krystianna
August 8, 2012 at 3:00 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
This one sounds really good and I like the cover! I’m definitely going to have to pick this one up when it finally comes out.
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Traci
August 8, 2012 at 3:52 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Great pick! I haven’t heard of this one yet but it sounds good. I agree I don’t think covers with girls in dresses on the cover necessarily mean that the girls will be damsels.
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