Waiting on Wednesday 06/06/18
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme that first originated at Breaking the Spine but has since linked up with “Can’t Wait Wednesday” at Wishful Endings now that the original creator is unable to host it anymore. Either way, this fun feature is a chance to showcase the upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on!
Mogsy’s Pick
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (February 26, 2019 by Bloomsbury Publishing)
Looks like Samantha Shannon is taking a little departure from her usual work with this upcoming epic fantasy novel, and to be honest, since I’m not really feeling the The Bone Season series anymore with its weird mix of paranormal and dystopian vibes (I haven’t even read the latest book), I’m kind of curious to see what she will bring instead to my favorite genre. At almost 900 pages, The Priory of the Orange Tree is going to be quite a tome, which admittedly makes me feel a bit intimidated but also excited at the same time.
“From the internationally bestselling author of The Bone Season, a trailblazing epic fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons—and the women who must lead the fight to save it.
A world divided.
A queendom without an heir.
An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction—but assassins are getting closer to her door.
Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
Across the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.
Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.”
The BiblioSanctum 
Wow, THAT’S quite the cover! Looks like a big fat epic fantasy- and dragons are always welcome. 🙂
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Yeah, I find that orange covers are rare, but this one does it for me!
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Been seeing a lot of hype for this one. Oddly I feel like it might not be my kind of read. Even though I do love my fantasy reads. I hope you will thoroughly enjoy this one once you get to read it!
Here’s my WoW
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
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Yeah, I’m very curious to see where she will go with an epic fantasy series!
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Trail blazing eh? Well, I guess you are in for a ride of a time then!
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Ha, I’ll take that description with a grain of salt for the time being 😛
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Wow this looks and sounds awesome. And that cover! Awesome pick this week.
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Omg I’m so excited for this one as well!!
I haven’t read her more recent bone season book either because I forgot so much about the first two and don’t feel like re reading them…
All the pictures of the people who got this beast of a book make me drool for it! so big!
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Yeah, I feel the same way about her Bone Season books. I’ve slowly just lost interest. Hope this one will be more to my tastes.
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That cover is AMAZING. But I really didn’t like The Bone Season very much, I feel like that series just sort of disappeared? And 900 pages, it would have to be exceptional for me to devote that kind of time to one book.
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She’s still writing Bone Season, but I feel like most people aren’t that into it as much anymore.
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I had no interest in The Bone Season but this . . . this looks awesome.
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that’s an intriguing cover
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There be Dragons! Sign me up!
x The Captain
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It does sound good, but I SO did not like her other series
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I read the first two books of the Bone Season, and I DID have plans to read the third, though more and more I’m doubting I will ever get to it.
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Ohhhh…so this is the author who wrote The Bone Season? I haven’t read any of her books yet, but I have been seeing the hype for Priory everywhere, so maybe I’ll check it out sometime. 😛 By the way, this cover is absolutely stunning!
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Yes, it’s the same author! That’s why I think most people are hyped or at least curious about this one, as it seems to be quite a departure.
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Yeah, I was curious where the hype came from; you don’t see adult fantasies being as hyped much, so I thought it was a bit odd. 😛 Makes sense now!
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Intrigue, assassins and dragons! This novel includes all of the items that would make it attractive to me – and I never read this author so… let’s keep an eye on it! 😉
Thanks for sharing!
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It does have all the “buzz” terms, doesn’t it! 😀
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Really intrigued by this one myself. 900 pages sounds super promising too! 😛
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Haha, I guess for us epic fantasy fans, the bigger the page count the better! 😀
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I’m really looking forward to this one as well!! Not hyped on the name, but absolutely love the cover and description
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The description, definitely. Sounds like a rich epic fantasy.
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I saw a pic of the ARC for this one and my eyes nearly popped because I was NOT expecting it to be so thick. 😀 And I can’t properly express how much I love that cover. That color scheme–UGH.
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Yeah, it’s gigantic! And I’m not really one for orange covers either, but this I actually like! 😀
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That cover is great – really eye catching. I read the first two in the Bone Season – not sure where the series is now up to or if I’ve fallen behind (probably).
Lynn 😀
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Haha, I’m the same way – read the first two books of Bone Season, pretty sure there’s a third that’s out now, but I’ve kind of lost interest.
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That is a beautiful cover…very striking!
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