Waiting on The Raven Boys

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

At this point in my blogging life, I'm not up on the newest releases all of the time. I don't know before anyone else what new exciting books are coming up. However, there are a few books that I'm on the lookout for and a few authors that I will always be in the front of the line to get copies of their books. So that's my version of Waiting on Wednesday.

This week I've decided to feature a book that's set to release in early fall, because I'm a huge fan of the author. Check it out and see if you want to add it to the list of books you're waiting for and possibly your TBR list.

The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle, # 1)

By: Maggie Stiefvater

Expected Publication: September 18th 2012 by Scholastic Press

408 pages

( Goodreads | Amazon )

Goodreads description--"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 the Shiver 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.