‘Waiting on Wednesday’ is a meme created by Breaking the Spine where each week we discuss upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. I am looking forward to SO MANY BOOKS, so this weekly meme is a great way for me to share what books I need to get my hands on! 

Title: Girls of Paper and Fire

Author: Natasha Ngan

Publication Date: 6th November 2018

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Pages: 400

Genre: YA Fantasy

Series: Girls of Paper and Fire #1

Pre-ordered: DEFINITELY!

Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest and most oppressed class in Ikhara. She lives in a remote village with her father, where the decade-old trauma of watching her mother snatched by royal guards still haunts her. Now, the guards are back, and this time it’s Lei they’re after–the girl whose golden eyes have piqued the king’s interest.

Over weeks of training in the opulent but stifling palace, Lei and eight other girls learn the skills and charm that befit being a king’s consort. But Lei isn’t content to watch her fate consume her. Instead, she does the unthinkable–she falls in love. Her forbidden romance becomes enmeshed with an explosive plot that threatens the very foundation of Ikhara, and Lei, still the wide-eyed country girl at heart, must decide just how far she’s willing to go for justice and revenge.

TW: violence and sexual abuse.

I’ll be completely honest with you, I’ve already read this book. I read it about 4 months ago because I managed to snag an ARC at YALC this year, and as soon as I got home, I started reading it – AND ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! I loved it so much that I pre-ordered the finished copy, knowing that another copy was coming in a book subscription box.

If you haven’t bought this book already, I highly recommend that you do because it’s one of my favourite books of this year.

Have you gotten to read this early? If so what are your thoughts on it? If not, are you guys interested in picking this book up? I would love to hear your thoughts on it. I AM SO EXCITED!!

Until next time…

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