WoW: The Farm

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.

Title: The Farm
Author: Emily McKay 
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

Life was different in the Before: before the Ticks began devouring humans in a deadly swarm across America; before the surviving young people were rounded up and quarantined “for their own protection.” These days, we know what those quarantines are—holding pens where human blood is turned into more food for the Ticks. Surrounded by electrical fences, most kids try to survive the Farms by turning on each other…

And when trust is a thing of the past, escape is nearly impossible.

Lily and her twin sister Mel have a plan. Though Mel can barely communicate, her autism helps her notice things no one else notices—like the portion of electrical fence that gets turned off every night. Getting across won’t be easy, but as Lily gathers what they need to escape, a familiar face appears out of nowhere, offering to help…

Carter was a schoolmate of Lily’s in the Before. Managing to evade capture until now, he has valuable knowledge of the outside world. But like everyone on the Farm, Carter has his own agenda, and he knows that behind the Ticks is an even more dangerous threat to the human race...


We here at Paranormal Wastelands are embracing our new Tick overlords. We also hope they don't notice that we've got a stockpile of OFF in the Wastelands' mansion. But if they do we will be sure to scream:

 Must have NOWS! 

We needs it!! 

We wants it!! 

We can't lives without it!! 


and if they don't then we're sure this book is great, too !!

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WoW: Shadow's Claim

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.

Title: Shadow's Claim
Series: The Dacians #1
Author: Kresley Cole 
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

He won’t be denied

Trehan Daciano, known as the Prince of Shadows, has spent his life serving his people, striking in the night, quietly executing any threat to their realm. The coldly disciplined swordsman has never desired anything for himself—until he beholds Bettina, the sheltered ward of two of the Lore’s most fearsome villains. 

She’s bound to another

Desperate to earn her guardians’ approval after a life-shattering mistake, young Bettina has no choice but to marry whichever suitor prevails—even though she’s lost her heart to another. Yet one lethal competitor, a mysterious cloaked swordsman, invades her dreams, tempting her with forbidden pleasure. 

A battle for her body and soul

Even if Trehan can survive the punishing contests to claim her as his wife, the true battle for Bettina’s heart is yet to come. And unleashing a millennium’s worth of savage need will either frighten his Bride away—or stoke Bettina’s own desires to a fever-pitch....


We here at Paranormal Wastelands are a bit confused with squee. What is this? We mean seriously. What is this? Is it Immortal After Dark? We heard it's based in the same word. Or is it something else? Are there vampire brothers? What EEEES it? And what is to come of our beloved IAD? There's more, right? We sure there are.... but until then this series is sure to make us squee:

 Must have NOWS! 

We needs it!! 

We wants it!! 

We can't lives without it!! 


*because even though we are a bit confused we will always worship Kresley

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WoW: Touched

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.

Title: Touched
Series: Sense Thieves #1
Author: Corrine Jackson 
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

Remy O’Malley heals people with touch—but every injury she cures becomes her own. Living in a household with an abusive stepfather, she has healed untold numbers of broken bones, burns,and bruises. And then one night her stepfather goes too far.

Being sent to live with her estranged father offers a clean start and she is eager to take it. Enter Asher Blackwell. Once a Protector of Healers, Asher sacrificed his senses to become immortal. Only by killing a Healer can a Protector recover their human senses. Falling in love is against the rules between these two enemies. Because Remy has the power to make Protectors human again, and when they find out, they’ll becoming for her—if Asher doesn’t kill her first.

This is Book One in the Touched trilogy.


We hear at Paranormal Wastelands love a good forbidden love story. Especially one that might end in muder. How delicious! It makes us cheer:

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We can't lives without it!! 

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WoW: Bad Hair Day

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Title: Bad Hair Day
Series: Kate Grable #2
Author: Carrie Harris 
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

Senior year is positively hair-raising.

Kate Grable is geeked out to shadow the county medical examiner as part of her school’s pre-med program. Except when he’s arrested for murder, she’s left with the bodies. And when Kate’s brother Jonah stumbles upon a dead gamer girl, she realizes that the zombie epidemic she cured last fall was only the beginning of the weirdness taking over her town. Someone’s murdering kids—something really hairy. And strong. Possibly with claws.

Is it werewolf awesomeness like Jonah and his dorktastic friends think? Kate’s supposed to be a butt-kicking zombie killing genius...but if she can’t figure out who’s behind the freakish attacks, the victims—or what’s left of them—are going to keep piling up.

It’s scary. It’s twisted. It’s sick. It’s high school.


We here at Paranormal Wastelands can't wait to get our laugh on with this book!! It just sounds too super cute! It makes us squee:

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We can't lives without it!! 

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WoW: Finale

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Title: Finale
Series: Hush Hush 4
Author: Becca Fitzpatrick 
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

Fates unfurl in the gripping conclusion to the "New York Times" bestselling Hush, Hush saga.Nora is more certain than ever that she is in love with Patch. Fallen Angel or no, he is the one for her. Her heritage and destiny may mean that they will always be enemies, but there is no turning her back on him. And yet their biggest challenge lies ahead. Can their love survive a seemingly insurmountable divide? The lines are drawn, but it's unclear which sides have been taken. And in the end, will there be enough trust left to rebuild what has been broken?


We here at Paranormal Wastelands would like it very much if a certain angel hunkamonk came trick or treating at our door. We promise not to tie him up..... ok... we're lying... we're totally going to tie him up and stow him in the attic for a rainy day. And because we pretty sure he won't come on down our spooky walkway, we're left chanting:

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We needs it!! 

We wants it!! 

We can't lives without it!! 

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WoW: Beautiful Redemption

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Title: Beautiful Redemption
Series: Caster Chronicles #4
Authors: Kami Garcia
and Margaret Stohl
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

Is death the end . . . or only the beginning?

Ethan Wate has spent most of his life longing to escape the stiflingly small Southern town of Gatlin. He never thought he would meet the girl of his dreams, Lena Duchannes, who unveiled a secretive, powerful, and cursed side of Gatlin, hidden in plain sight. And he never could have expected that he would be forced to leave behind everyone and everything he cares about. So when Ethan awakes after the chilling events of the Eighteenth Moon, he has only one goal: to find a way to return to Lena and the ones he loves.

Back in Gatlin, Lena is making her own bargains for Ethan's return, vowing to do whatever it takes -- even if that means trusting old enemies or risking the lives of the family and friends Ethan left to protect. 

Worlds apart, Ethan and Lena must once again work together to rewrite their fate, in this stunning finale to the Beautiful Creatures series.


We here at Paranormal Wastelands are divided when it comes to this series. While Darkfallen has stayed with it, Greta has given it up. But because Greta is willing to cheer with Darkfallen you can hear them outside the Wastelands mansion shrieking:

 Must have NOWS! 

We needs it!! 

We wants it!! 

We can't lives without it!! 


*while scaring the neighbors

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WoW: Velveteen

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.

Title: Velveteen 
Author: Daniel Marks
Release Date: October 9, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

Velveteen Monroe is dead. At 16, she was kidnapped and murdered by a madman named Bonesaw. But that’s not the problem.

The problem is she landed in purgatory. And while it’s not a fiery inferno, it’s certainly no heaven. It’s gray, ashen, and crumbling more and more by the day, and everyone has a job to do. Which doesn’t leave Velveteen much time to do anything about what’s really on her mind.

Bonesaw.

Velveteen aches to deliver the bloody punishment her killer deserves. And she’s figured out just how to do it. She’ll haunt him for the rest of his days. 

It’ll be brutal... and awesome.

But crossing the divide between the living and the dead has devastating consequences. Velveteen’s obsessive haunting cracks the foundations of purgatory and jeopardizes her very soul. A risk she’s willing to take—except fate has just given her reason to stick around: an unreasonably hot and completely off-limits coworker.

Velveteen can’t help herself when it comes to breaking rules... or getting revenge. And she just might be angry enough to take everyone down with her.


We here at Paranormal Wastelands LIVE for darkness such as this!! We're watching Dexter, taking notes, and we're pretty sure we have all our slides ready... cuz wowwy!! This book is going to be murder!!!

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We needs it!! 

We wants it!! 

We can't lives without it!! 

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WoW: Poison Princess

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.

Title: Poison Princess
Series: The Arcana Chronicles #1
Author: Kresley Cole
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

Sixteen-year-old Evie Greene thought her horrific apocalyptic hallucinations were a sign that she was slowly losing her mind. But when her visions come true, decimating the world around her and killing everyone she loves, Evie is forced to accept that she was seeing the future.

Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she turns to wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate, the gorgeous and dangerous Jackson Deveaux for help. As Jackson and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have got the same call and discover that Evie is not the only one with special powers. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and as the battle between good and evil intensifies, it is not always clear who is on which side…


We interrupt our regularly scheduled Waiting On Wednesday to bring you this special announcement.


Greta is jumping around like a kangaroo on crack. Darkfallen is spinning like a Tasmanian devil on a sugar rush. These strange happenings will not stop until they get their sticky fingers on this book. If you can find it in your heart, please send them this book or they'll continue to chant:

 Must have NOWS! 

We needs it!! 

We wants it!! 

We can't lives without it!! 


*Praise the mighty Kresley!!

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WoW: Never Seduce a Scot

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.

Title: Never Seduce a Scot
Series: The Montgomerys and Armstrongs #1
Author: Maya Banks
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

This sinfully sexy new romance from Maya Banks features a remarkable woman whose rare gift teaches a gruff Scottish warrior how to listen with his heart.
 
Eveline Armstrong is fiercely loved and protected by her powerful clan, but outsiders consider her “touched.” Beautiful, fey, with a level, intent gaze, she doesn’t speak. No one, not even her family, knows that she cannot hear. Content with her life of seclusion, Eveline has taught herself to read lips and allows the outside world to view her as daft. But when an arranged marriage into a rival clan makes Graeme Montgomery her husband, Eveline accepts her duty—unprepared for the delights to come. Graeme is a rugged warrior with a voice so deep and powerful that his new bride can hear it, and hands and kisses so tender and skilled that he stirs her deepest passions.
 
Graeme is intrigued by the mysterious Eveline, whose silent lips are ripe with temptation and whose bright, intelligent eyes can see into his soul. As intimacy deepens, he learns her secret. But when clan rivalries and dark deeds threaten the wife he has only begun to cherish, the Scottish warrior will move heaven and earth to save the woman who has awakened his heart to the beautiful song of a rare and magical love.


We here at Paranormal Wastelands are throwing on our plaid skirts and marching out into the highlands with our heads held high cuz this book makes us want to bag us a broody!! rawr!!!  We mean... why wouldn't you want to seduce a Scot? We can't think of anything bad that would happen. Naughty, maybe ;) but definitely not bad.

 Must have NOWS! 

We needs it!! 

We wants it!! 

We can't lives without it!! 

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WoW: The Raven Boys

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.

Title:  The Raven Boys
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Release Date: September 18. 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

“There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,” Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.”

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.

From Maggie Stiefvater, the bestselling and acclaimed author of theShiver trilogy and The Scorpio Races, comes a spellbinding new series where the inevitability of death and the nature of love lead us to a place we’ve never been before.


We here at Paranormal Wastelands have a bone to pick with the Shiver Lady. We love the Shiver Lady. We think she's fabulous. But is she able to WOW us again? Cuz we were not amused with The Scorpio Races. That was not a lochness monster like we hoped. 

Is it possible to win us back?

 So, because we are optimistic and want to squee, the thought of this book has us chanting:

 Must have NOWS! 

We needs it!! 

We wants it!! 

We can't lives without it!! 


*seriously Shiver Lady.... we don't want any hobbit  speak in this book!

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WoW: Hidden

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.

Title: Hidden
Series: Firelight 3
Author: Sophie Jordan
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

Jacinda was supposed to bond with Cassian, the "prince" of their pride. But she resisted long before she fell in love with Will—a human and, worse, a hunter. When she ran away with Will, it ended in disaster, with Cassian's sister, Miram, captured. Weighed down by guilt, Jacinda knows she must rescue her to set things right. Yet to do so she will have to venture deep into the heart of enemy territory.

The only way Jacinda can reach Miram is by posing as a prisoner herself, though once she assumes that disguise, things quickly spiral out of her control. As she learns more about her captors, she realizes that even if Will and Cassian can carry out their part of the plan, there's no guarantee they'll all make it out alive. But what Jacinda never could have foreseen is that escaping would be only the beginning....

Loyalties are tested and sacrifices made in the explosive conclusion to Sophie Jordan's Firelight trilogy.


We here at Paranormal Wastelands are sobbing big dragon tears due to Firelight drawing to a close. Will Jacinda get to be free? Or will Cassian get what he wants?  Seriously!?!! What is gonna happen? It makes us dragon roar:

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We needs it!! 

We wants it!! 

We can't lives without it!! 

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WoW: Fathomless

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.

Title: Fathomless
Series: Fairytale Retellings #3
Author: Jackson Pearce 
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads


Celia Reynolds is the youngest in a set of triplets and the one with the least valuable power. Anne can see the future, and Jane can see the present, but all Celia can see is the past. And the past seems so insignificant -- until Celia meets Lo.

Lo doesn't know who she is. Or who she was. Once a human, she is now almost entirely a creature of the sea -- a nymph, an ocean girl, a mermaid -- all terms too pretty for the soulless monster she knows she's becoming. Lo clings to shreds of her former self, fighting to remember her past, even as she's tempted to embrace her dark immortality.

When a handsome boy named Jude falls off a pier and into the ocean, Celia and Lo work together to rescue him from the waves. The two form a friendship, but soon they find themselves competing for Jude's affection. Lo wants more than that, though. According to the ocean girls, there's only one way for Lo to earn back her humanity. She must persuade a mortal to love her . . . and steal his soul.


We here at Paranormal Wastelands have a weird hankering to listen to C-Lo sing "Hey Jude" just from reading that description. Anyone else? Oh well, might just be us. Anyways, we loved the past two books and can't wait for this one.

 Must have NOWS! 

We needs it!! 

We wants it!! 

We can't lives without it!! 

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WoW: Starling (Starling #1)

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.

Title: Starling
Author: Lesley Livingston
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

"Love is just the beginning... of the end."

Mason Starling is a champion fencer for Gosforth Academy, but she’s never had to fight for her life. Until now. When a ferocious storm rips through Manhattan and unleashes terrifying creatures onto Gosforth’s campus, Mason barely escapes alive. Without help from the mysterious stranger who appeared in the midst of the storm, she might not have made it at all. But now, in the aftermath, Mason’s life begins to spin dramatically, mystically out of control, and the only one who seems able to help her is the stranger who can remember nothing but his name: Fennrys Wolf.

As Mason and Fenn uncover more about Fenn’s past and the strange events that surround them, they realize that Mason’s family — and its dark allegiance to the ancient Norse gods — is at the center of everything. A predetermined fate seems to be closing in on Mason, but is it possible to change one’s destiny?

Readers who fell in love with Lesley Livingston’s Wondrous Strange trilogy and those who love Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series will be captivated by the sweeping romance and pulse-pounding action of Starling.


We here at Paranormal Wastelands are super stoked about any book that mentions Norse Gods. Because that means if it were ever to be made a movie, and Thor is included, Chis Hemsworth gets to be in it!!

Hammer!!!

 Must have NOWS! 

We needs it!! 

We wants it!! 

We can't lives without it!! 


*call us Chris!!

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WoW: Two or Three Things I Forgot To Tell You

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.

Title: Two or Three Things I Forgot To Tell You
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

Joyce Carol Oates masterfully captures the unique experience of being a teenage girl in this provocative and poignant new novel in the vein of Wintergirls and Thirteen Reasons Why.


We here at Paranormal Wastelands are super curious about this book. Is it about suicide? Anorexia? Maybe something simple like forgetting to put butter, hamburger buns, and cat litter onto a grocery list? What is it?!!!

 Must have NOWS! 

                    We needs it!! 

                                        We wants it!! 

              We can't lives without it!! 

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WoW: Over You

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.

Title: Over You
Authors: Emma McLaughlin
and  Nicola Kraus
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

After the grand explosion of her relationship, seventeen-year-old Max Scott developed what every girl in the history of the world has been waiting for: a way to get over being dumped. Now Max is the go-to guru for heartbroken high-school girls all over NYC. But when her ex unexpectedly shows up in her neighborhood, Max’s carefully controlled world starts to unravel. With her clients’ hearts hanging in the balance, Max will have to do the seemingly impossible: get over him once and for all.

Brilliant at bringing humor to the trials and tribulations of the lovestruck, #1 New York Times bestselling authors Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus have crafted a tale that will resonate with any girl who has ever been in love or had her heart broken. It brims with smart observations, features a pitch-perfect teen voice, and will attract fans of Jenny Han, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Barnholdt. Readers are sure to fall head-over-heels for this sharp spin on breaking up, making up, and getting even.


We here at Paranormal Wastelands loves a good laugh. And this book promises to be a barrel-full!

 Must have NOWS! 

We needs it!! 

We wants it!! 

We can't lives without it!! 

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WoW: Everything Left Unsaid

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we just can't wait to get our sticky fingers on.

Title: Everything Left Unsaid
Author: Jessica Davidson
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Synopsis from Goodreads

"I wait for him, the cold seeping through my clothes, until it finally dawns on me that he's not coming back. And I wonder why he chose her instead of me? Why he went looking for her when I was right there."

Tai and Juliet have been best friends forever – since they met at kindy and decided to get married in first grade.

They understand each other in the way that only best friends can.

They love music, beach walks, energy drinks and, they are slowly discovering, each other.

As they dream of adventures beyond the HSC – a future free of homework, curfews and parents, a life together – their plans are suddenly and dramatically derailed.

For Tai is sick.

And not everything you wish for can come true.

A poignant story of first love, hope, grief, family, and the twistedness of life.

We here at Paranormal Wastelands can't not stop fan girling about this book!! I mean... just reading the synopsis brings a cold tear to our eyes. It's making us have to go out and buy tissues. And while on the way we're stopping at the bookstore because we just can't stop saying:

 Must have NOWS! 

We needs it!! 

We wants it!! 

We can't lives without it!! 

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