Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday: The Girl Who Fell by Shannon M. Parker

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases we can't wait to get our hands on.
Here's my selection for this week…

Expected publication: March 1, 2016
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse
Preorder Links:  Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble
His obsession.
Her fall.

In this dark kissing book, high school senior Zephyr Doyle is swept off her feet—and into an intense relationship—by the new boy in school.

Zephyr is focused. Focused on leading her team to the field hockey state championship and leaving her small town for her dream school, Boston College.

But love has a way of changing things.

Enter the new boy in school: the hockey team’s starting goaltender, Alec. He’s cute, charming, and most important, Alec doesn’t judge Zephyr. He understands her fears and insecurities—he even shares them. Soon, their relationship becomes something bigger than Zephyr, something she can’t control, something she doesn’t want to control.

Zephyr swears it must be love. Because love is powerful, and overwhelming, and…terrifying?

But love shouldn’t make you abandon your dreams, or push your friends away. And love shouldn’t make you feel guilty—or worse, ashamed.

So when Zephyr finally begins to see Alec for who he really is, she knows it’s time to take back control of her life.

If she waits any longer, it may be too late.
As soon as I read the description of this book, it brought back memories of the emotional turmoil I experienced when I read Stay by Deb Caletti.  I'm excited about The Girl Who Fell for several reasons… (1) it explores the subject of destructive teen relationships that seems to hold a soft spot in my heart, (2) it's written by a debut author, which is just down right exciting (3) I am curious about the cover of the book that parallels a ton of swag I've seen out there for this book, and (4) the early reviews look pretty amazing. Great topic, promising author,  catchy art cover and positive early buzz! Please, give it to me now!!
Sooo, what book are you waiting on???

9 comments:

  1. Also... IT HAS HOCKEY PLAYERS. Hockey players make everything better. Seriously, the description for this book could only say "There's a hockey player" and I would want to read it :D

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  2. Oh this sounds great. The cover is so different and striking - I think I would pick it up based on the cover alone! Those lips ;) The destructive relationship makes me nervous- it's sometimes hard for me to read those types of books but I want to try this one. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to add it to my TBR!

    My WoW- http://rachelwritesthings.blogspot.com/2015/11/waiting-on-wednesday-new-guy-by-amy.html

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    1. I love the cover too. Yes, the relationship piece is pretty daunting, but I'm too curious not to give it a try. :) Thank you for stopping by!

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  3. I also have this on my TBR list! I love the cover A LOT - it's an eye catcher and the colors look amazing! Plus, the synopsis sounds really good too. VERY EXCITED!!! :D

    Thanks for stopping by my WoW! :)
    Yvonne @ A World Between Folded Pages

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    1. Yes, the cover definitely is eye catching. I wonder if/how it ties to the story?? Thank you for stopping by!

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  4. Interesting. I haven't seen this one around yet. Thanks for sharing. Happy reading.
    Waiting on Weds @Libby Blog

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  5. Wow, I haven't seen this book around and I'm really curious about it. Might add it to my TBR. Thank you for this discovery! :)

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  6. Sounds pretty interesting. Hope you enjoy the book! Thanks for stopping by my blog.

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