14 May 2014

Waiting on Wednesday: The Girl Who Never Was


Waiting on Wednesday is my weekly post where I obsess over the shiny new books  I cannot wait to read!





This week I'm waiting on... 

The Girl Who Never Was (Otherworld #1) by Skylar Dorset


What they say: THE GIRL WHO NEVER WAS is the story of Selkie Stewart, who thinks she’s a totally normal teenager growing up in Boston. Sure, her father is in an insane asylum, her mother left her on his doorstep—literally—when she was a baby, and she’s being raised by two ancient aunts who spend their time hunting gnomes in their Beacon Hill townhouse. But other than that her life is totally normal! She’s got an adventurous best friend who’s always got her back and an unrequited crush on an older boy named Ben. Just like any other teenager, right?

When Selkie goes in search of the mother she’s never known, she gets more than she bargained for. It turns out that her mother is faerie royalty, which would make Selkie a faerie princess—except for the part where her father is an ogre, which makes her only half of anything. Even more confusing, there’s a prophecy that Selkie is going to destroy the tyrannical Seelie Court, which is why her mother actually wants to kill her. Selkie has been kept hidden all her life by her adoring aunts, with the help of a Salem wizard named Will. And Ben. Because the boy she thinks she’s in love with turns out to be a faerie whose enchantment has kept her alive, but also kept her in the dark about her own life.

Now, with enchantments dissolved and prophecies swinging into action, Selkie finds herself on a series of mad quests to save the people she’s always loved and a life she’s learning to love. But in a supernatural world of increasingly complex alliances and distressingly complicated deceptions, it’s so hard to know who to trust. Does her mother really wish to kill her? Would Will sacrifice her for the sake of the prophecy? And does Ben really love her or is it all an elaborate ruse? In order to survive, Selkie realizes that the key is learning—and accepting—who she really is.

  • Expected publication: June 1st 2014 by Sourcebooks Fire (paperback: 304 pages)
  • ISBN: 1402292538 - ISBN13: 9781402292538




Why I'm Waiting on The Girl Who Never Was:

  1. It's difficult to find GOOD modern Fairy stories.
  2. I liked the magic fantasy element.
  3. The blurb sells it well.
  4. How pretty is the cover?
  5. It's getting pretty mixed early reviews & I want to form my own opinion!







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