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 Curses by Lish McBride. I love retellings. I particularly love Beauty & the Beasts retellings. I cannot get enough of them. This one is not only a BATB retelling, but it is also gender-bent. The beast is the girl and the beauty is the guy. I cannot wait to get my hands on this one! What do you think?
Curses by Lish McBride Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers on 2021-07-20
Length: 448 pages
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Curses is the 'Beauty and the Beast' retelling I've been waiting for."--Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"A unique and twisty magical romp!"--Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author
Merit Cravan refused to fulfill her obligation to marry a prince, leading to a fairy godling's curse. She will be forced to live as a beast forever, unless she agrees to marry a man of her mother's choosing before her eighteenth birthday.
Tevin Dumont has always been a pawn in his family's cons. The prettiest boy in a big family, his job is to tempt naïve rich girls to abandon their engagements, unless their parents agree to pay him off. But after his mother runs afoul of the beast, she decides to trade Tevin for her own freedom.
Now, Tevin and Merit have agreed that he can pay off his mother's debt by using his con-artist skills to help Merit find the best match . . . but what if the best match is Tevin himself?
About Lish McBride
Lish McBride is the author of funny and creepy Young Adult books such as Hold Me Closer, Necromancer; Necromancing the Stone; Firebug; Pyromantic and the forthcoming Curses. She has published short stories in the Normal School, Tor.com, and the anthologies Cornered, What to Read in the Rain, Freaks & Other Family, and Kisses & Curses. She got her BFA in creative writing from Seattle University and her MFA from University of New Orleans. Lish is also a former bookseller and event host at Third Place Books, a giant thriving indie bookstore just outside of Seattle. Her first book, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults title, Morris Award finalist, and won the Scandiuzzi Children’s Book Award.
While she has no long term goals for world domination, she would like her own castle.
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This one is on my TBR as well. Great pick!
Lisa Loves Literature
I love Beauty and the Beast retellings. This sounds fun and I love that the gender rolls are reversed. I am adding this to my wish list. I hope you enjoy Curses when you read it!
OMG! I love Lish McBride, and I’m so ready for this book!
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