Waiting on Wednesday is a fabulous meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine! It's a wonderful chance to share the books we're eagerly anticipating and to find out what our fellow bloggers are looking forward to reading!
This week, Bev and Jen are waiting on..
Aviva Orr
January 8, 2013 by WiDo Publishing
When fifteen-year-old Heather Jane Bell is diagnosed with alopecia and her hair starts falling out in clumps, she wants nothing more than to escape her home in London and disappear off the face of the earth.
Heather gets her wish when her concerned parents send her to stay with her great-aunt in West Yorkshire. But shortly after she arrives, she becomes lost on the moors and is swept through the mist back to the year 1833. There she encounters fifteen-year-old Emily Brontë and is given refuge in the Brontë Parsonage.
Unaware of her host family’s genius and future fame, Heather struggles to cope with alopecia amongst strangers in a world completely foreign to her. While Heather finds comfort and strength in her growing friendship with Emily and in the embrace of the close-knit Brontë family, her emotions are stretched to the limit when she falls for Emily’s brilliant but troubled brother, Branwell.
Will Heather return to the comforts and conveniences of the twenty-first century? Or will she choose love and remain in the harsh world of nineteenth-century Haworth?
Bev: Just to echo Jen, I love how different this sounds. Books rarely deal with issues like alopecia and I'm eager to see how the author deals with it. And who doesn't love time-travel and old-fashioned British boys? ;)
What reads are you excited about?
Bev and Jen x
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Woah, this sounds SO cool! I love Wuthering Heights and the cover of this one is so beautiful. I am a little worried though since novels that touch upon classics usually don't work out for me, but perhaps this will prove to be the exception! Thanks for putting this on my radar, ladies! :)
ReplyDeleteOOOO! I never heard of aloperia before. This book sounds exciting! I always love time-travel books! Thanks for introducing this book. Yay to british boys!
ReplyDeleteLove seeing the Bronte sisters in this; Austen always get so much attention (and rightly so) but there's room for other classic authors in YA.
ReplyDeleteThe premise for this one sounds amazing & the cover is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteA nice WoW pick!
YOU HAD ME AT TIME TRAVEL!!! Thoguh actually... as much as I scream excitement every time I see a book with time travel element, I don't think I've actually read a great number. NOT GOOD ENOUGH, BRODIE.
ReplyDeleteI also love that it deals with uncommon issues and is a retelling, even though I haven't read the original. And... um, yes, what Bev said: OLD-FASHIONED BRITISH BOYS *girlish giggle*
Time travel? BRONTE SISTERS! I'm so there! ;)
ReplyDeleteI love time travel! I'm not always a fan of historical settings though, but I quote like the sound of this book. Great pick, you two! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat the...the Bronte sisters??? I'm definitely reading this. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! :)
ReplyDeleteOh yes, this was my pick a while ago and I was contacted by the author. So perhaps you are also lucky and she will notice your WoW post! :) I definitely can't wait to read it once I get my eARC ^^
ReplyDeleteMel@thedailyprophecy.
Wow I like the sound of this book ladies, it seems to have a nice mash up of so much awesomeness! Thanks for putting this on my radar! :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds great, I haven't heard of it before, but it has Bronte in it so it must be good;) I hope you get it soon! x
ReplyDeleteSo many time travelly books being released... I LIKE IT. Can't wait to read this one now.
ReplyDeleteMy WoW