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 The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman. I can guarantee (without having actually read the book) that this will be unlike anything I’ve read before, and that has me all kinds of excited. The blurb promises to deal with grief, loss, and artificial intelligence and the afterlife. It sounds amazing, the cover is gorgeous, and I have an ARC that I plan to dive into ASAP.
The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman Series: The Infinity Courts #1
Published by Simon and Schuster on 2021-04-06
Length: 477 pages
Westworld meets Warcross in this high-stakes, dizzyingly smart sci-fi about a teen girl navigating an afterlife in which she must defeat an AI entity intent on destroying humanity, from award-winning author Akemi Dawn Bowman.
Eighteen-year-old Nami Miyamoto is certain her life is just beginning. She has a great family, just graduated high school, and is on her way to a party where her entire class is waiting for her—including, most importantly, the boy she’s been in love with for years.
The only problem? She’s murdered before she gets there.
When Nami wakes up, she learns she’s in a place called Infinity, where human consciousness goes when physical bodies die. She quickly discovers that Ophelia, a virtual assistant widely used by humans on Earth, has taken over the afterlife and is now posing as a queen, forcing humans into servitude the way she’d been forced to serve in the real world. Even worse, Ophelia is inching closer and closer to accomplishing her grand plans of eradicating human existence once and for all.
As Nami works with a team of rebels to bring down Ophelia and save the humans under her imprisonment, she is forced to reckon with her past, her future, and what it is that truly makes us human.
From award-winning author Akemi Dawn Bowman comes an incisive, action-packed tale that explores big questions about technology, grief, love, and humanity.
About Akemi Dawn Bowman
Akemi Dawn Bowman is a critically-acclaimed author who writes across genres. Her novels have received multiple accolades and award nominations, and her debut novel, Starfish, was a William C. Morris Award Finalist. She has a BA in social sciences from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and currently lives in Scotland with her husband and two children. She overthinks everything, including this bio. You can find Akemi on Instagram @AkemiDawnBowman.
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This one is on my TBR as well. Great pick!
Lisa Loves Literature
the colors pop on the cover. i can see why you want to read it. i think i would enjoy it too
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I am really looking forward to reading this one too! I hope we both love it when we read it. Have a great week!
I hope you enjoy the book!!
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Ooh pretty cover! Been seeing this one around a bit lately. Hope you enjoy it too!
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Have a GREAT day!
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I do love the cover of this one. So pretty!