Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event originally created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we are all eagerly anticipating. Jill has been MIA since August of 2016. Despite this, the meme lives on….Hope you come back Jill! Until then I will be joining Tressa at Wishful Endings and her meme Can’t-Wait Wednesday.
Happy Wednesday y’all! This week I’m eagerly waiting on Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes. This is the first in a new untitled space opera. I personally love sci-fi, especially space opera. From the blurb, it looks like this will be a fun satirical version of that. I like that there is a clear mission, save the sister. I can’t wait to find out more!
Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes Series: Untitled #1
Published by Harper Voyager on 2019-09-17
Length: 448 pages
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A hilarious, offbeat debut space opera that skewers everything from pop culture to video games and features an irresistible foul-mouthed captain and her motley crew, strange life forms, exciting twists, and a galaxy full of fun and adventure.
Captain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra cruise the galaxy delivering small cargo for even smaller profits. When her sister Mari is kidnapped by The Fridge, a shadowy syndicate that holds people hostage in cryostasis, Eva must undergo a series of unpleasant, dangerous missions to pay the ransom.
But Eva may lose her mind before she can raise the money. The ship’s hold is full of psychic cats, an amorous fish-faced emperor wants her dead after she rejects his advances, and her sweet engineer is giving her a pesky case of feelings. The worse things get, the more she lies, raising suspicions and testing her loyalty to her found family.
To free her sister, Eva will risk everything: her crew, her ship, and the life she’s built on the ashes of her past misdeeds. But when the dominoes start to fall and she finds the real threat is greater than she imagined, she must decide whether to play it cool or burn it all down.
About Valerie Valdes
Valerie Valdes lives in an elaborate meme palace with her husband and kids, where she writes, copyedits and moonlights as a muse. She enjoys crafting handmade bespoke artisanal curses and telling her friends how amazing they are. She is a graduate of Viable Paradise and her debut novel Chilling Effect is forthcoming from Harper Voyager in September 2019. Join her in opining about books, video games and parenting on Twitter @valerievaldes.
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The cover for this is a lot of fun! Fingers crossed you enjoy it.
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Isn’t it?! I love the blurb too ☺️
I like a good space opera now and then and it’s been too long since I’ve read one. This sounds intriguing and the cover looks fun:)
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The blurb sounds fun too! I like snark and sarcasm in space 😉
YES! I’m pretty sure this is already on my wishlist but I’m double checking just in case! Hope we both love it.
Doesn’t it look great?! I can’t wait!
I was just looking at this one on NetGalley. I hope you love this one!
Doesn’t it look fun? ☺️