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! Today I’m eagerly waiting on Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu. Lu is one of my favorite YA sci-fi authors so I’m excited to see her writing style in a new genre, a new adult romance. I love everything I’ve seen for this book so far from the stunning cover to the promising blurb.
Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu Series: Stars and Smoke #1
Published by Roaring Brook Press on 2023-03-28
Length: 336 pages
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The Hating Game meets Mission: Impossible in Stars and Smoke, a smoldering new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu about a superstar tapped to become a secret agent and the reluctant young spy assigned to be his partner.
Meet Winter Young—rookie backup dancer turned global pop phenomenon. His star power has smashed records, selling out stadiums from LA to London. Now he’s bringing his swoon worthy assets to a whole new arena. . .
Infamous criminal tycoon Eli Morrison has just one weakness—his daughter, Penelope. And Penelope has just one wish for her nineteenth birthday—a private concert with Winter Young. When covert ops organization The Panacea Group approaches Winter with this once-in-a-lifetime chance to infiltrate Morrison’s inner circle, Winter must use his fame, cunning, and charisma to pull it off—only he won’t be on his own.
Posing as Winter’s bodyguard is the fiery Sydney Cossette, Panacea’s youngest spy. Sydney may be the only person alive impervious to Winter's charms, but as the mission brings them closer, she's forced to admit there's more to this A-lister than slick dance moves and a handsome face. Panacea's unlikeliest partners just might become its biggest heroes—and maybe even more—if they can survive each other first.
About Marie Lu
Marie Lu writes young adult novels, and has a special love for dystopian books. Ironically, she was born in 1984. Before becoming a full-time writer, Marie was an Art Director at a video game company. Now she shuffles around at home and talks to herself a lot.
Marie graduated from the University of Southern California in '06 and currently lives in LA, where she spends her time stuck on the freeways.
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What a gorgeous cover. I hope you get to read this soon.
My WoW post.
I love Marie Lu, but this one was not on my radar. It is now! Thank you for sharing!
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Nice! I’m looking forward to this one too! Even if I still need to read her previous duology! Eek! Lol!
Here’s my CWW
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