Waiting on Wednesday 08/18/21
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
Scorpica by G.R. Macallister (February 22, 2022 by Saga Press)
This is the fantasy debut of historical fiction author Greer Macallister, and while it has an interesting concept, I confess the main draw for me is the comparison to Robin Hobb as well as Circe. I hope it’ll be good!
“A centuries-long peace is shattered in a matriarchal society when a decade passes without a single girl being born in this sweeping epic fantasy that’s perfect for fans of Robin Hobb and Circe.
Five hundred years of peace between queendoms shatters when girls inexplicably stop being born. As the Drought of Girls stretches across a generation, it sets off a cascade of political and personal consequences across all five queendoms of the known world, throwing long-standing alliances into disarray as each queendom begins to turn on each other—and new threats to each nation rise from within.
Uniting the stories of women from across the queendoms, this propulsive, gripping epic fantasy follows a warrior queen who must rise from childbirth bed to fight for her life and her throne, a healer in hiding desperate to protect the secret of her daughter’s explosive power, a queen whose desperation to retain control leads her to risk using the darkest magic, a near-immortal sorcerer demigod powerful enough to remake the world for her own ends—and the generation of lastborn girls, the ones born just before the Drought, who must bear the hopes and traditions of their nations if the queendoms are to survive.”
That’s a new to me one! I hope you enjoy it once you get to read it!
Here’s my WoW
Have a GREAT day!
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I really love the synopsis of Scorpica! And that cover is awesome (I’m hoping for gold foiling on the finished copies!).
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Ooh that would be brilliant – I hope they consider it!
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Great pick! I landed a digital ARC of Scorpica last week. Looking forward to the read!
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I’m definitely considering this as well, that cover is certainly pretty!
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Interesting! I don’t know the author, and I’ve yet to try Robin Hobb (I know, I know…), but I loved Circe, I love the cover, and the blurb is intriguing.
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I’ve only read a handful of Hobb, but I love her world-building. If this turns out to be anything like that then I think I will really enjoy it. And yes, I loved Circe too! 😀
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I like the description and the comparisons to Hobbs and Circe. Will keep an eye out for this one.
Lynn 😀
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The comparisons are what got me too 😀
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It feels YA?
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The synopsis does have some hint of that, doesn’t it? But I don’t think it’s marketed as YA. Guess we’ll see how the story goes!
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Hmm this one is new to me
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