Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday #4: Nerve and Friday Brown

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. 


Nerve by Jeanne Ryan.
Release Date: September 13th, 2012




Goodreads: A high-stakes online game of dares turns deadly when Vee is picked to be a player in NERVE, an anonymous game of dares broadcast live online, she discovers that the game "knows" her. They tempt her with prizes taken from her ThisIsMe page and team her up with the perfect boy, sizzling-hot Ian. At first it's exhilarating--Vee and Ian's fans cheer them on to riskier dares with higher stakes. But the game takes a twisted turn when they're directed to a secret location with five other players for the Grand Prize round. Suddenly they're playing all or nothing, with their lives on the line. Just how far will Vee go before she loses NERVE?

You simply cannot read that blurb and think this doesn't sound cool. Seriously.


Friday Brown by Vikki Wakefield.
Release Date: August 22nd, 2012



Goodreads:‘I am Friday Brown. I buried my mother. My grandfather buried a swimming pool. A boy who can’t speak has adopted me. A girl kissed me. I broke and entered. Now I’m fantasising about a guy who’s a victim of crime and I am the criminal. I’m going nowhere and every minute I’m not moving, I’m being tail-gated by a curse that may or may not be real. They call me Friday. It has been foretold that on a Saturday I will drown…’
Seventeen-year-old Friday Brown is on the run—running to escape memories of her mother and of the family curse. And of a grandfather who’d like her to stay. She’s lost, alone and afraid. Silence, a street kid, finds Friday and she joins him in a gang led by beautiful, charismatic Arden. When Silence is involved in a crime, the gang escapes to a ghost town in the outback. In Murungal Creek, the town of never leaving, Friday must face the ghosts of her past. She will learn that sometimes you have to stay to finish what you started—and often, before you can find out who you are, you have to become someone you were never meant to be.

  

I really enjoyed Vikki Wakefield's first book, All I Ever Wanted,(I think I rated it 3.5 stars?) and the synopsis for this one sounds fantastic. I'm sure it will be as gritty and real as her last book. I also really seem to lurvvvve this cover. I adore the colours, the simplicity of it, and just the overall  feel of it. Cannot wait.


13 comments:

  1. Nerve sounds exactly like the kind of thing I'd like.

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  2. Friday Brown has a really boring cover, but I love the cover to Nerve, the colours are absolutely GORGEOUS! So edgy and techy :D


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    1. Really? I think the opposite. But everyone has different opinions, I guess. :) I love the simplicity of it. But yeah, I adore Nerve's cover! So cool.

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  3. I haven't heard of Friday Brown but I'm really looking forward to reading Nerve. It sounds absolutely amazing and I can't wait for the book to come out. Great picks!
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  4. I've been waiting for Nerve to come out, almost here. Great picks. Here's my WOW

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  5. I haven't heard of Friday Brown before, so I'm going to check it out. Nerve is also on my list :D

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  6. I've never heard of these but they sound great! Awesome picks :)

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  7. Nerve has been on my tbr list for a while. Sounds pretty good :)

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  8. Awesome choices!!! I haven't heard of either of them but Nerve looks totally fabulous!!! I adore the cover :-) Thanks for sharing.

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