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 Cruel is the Light by Sophie Clark. I’ll be honest, the first thing that caught my attention was the cover, BUT then I read the blurb and got excited. Shakespeare was on to something with his Romeo and Juliet. Star-crossed lovers, forbidden love, etc. are some of my favorite reads. This one is about a demon hunter and foot soldier, but I’m inferring from the blurb there is more to the foot soldier than our demon hunter realizes….Seriously, can’t wait to dive into this one!
Cruel is the Light by Sophie Clark Series: Cruel is the Light #1
Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers on 2025-05-20
Length: 496 pages
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An epic new fantasy about a demon hunter and a foot soldier thrown together in a centuries-old war. . . and the forbidden love that could change the course of history.
A bloody war between demons and the Vatican has waged for more than a century, with two elite soldiers now at its center: Selene Alleva, a high-ranking exorcist running from a dark family legacy, and orphan Jules Lacroix, recruited by the Vatican and unrivalled on the battlefield.
When their paths cross over a series of unprecedented demon attacks, the distrust--and unwelcome attraction--they have for each other is immediate. But to get to the bottom of the breaches they strike an uneasy alliance to avoid suspicion. With Jules posing as Selene's estranged fiance, they head to the Vatican in search of answers. But even as Selene questions who her most dangerous enemy is, Jules has begun to suspect that it's him.
Now Jules' very existence challenges every truth Selene thought she knew, and suggests a terrible conspiracy at the heart of the Vatican. Unable to ignore their growing feelings, the two must make an impossible choice between love and duty.They say love conquers all – but can it win in a war between demons and exorcists? Or will it tear them apart . . .
About Sophie Clark
Sophie Clark writes dark & romantic fantasy featuring wounded girls with sharp edges, charming boys who fall for them anyway, corrupted gods and other unholy things. Her debut novel Cruel is the Light is coming out with Penguin UK and Penguin Australia in January 2025 and Knopf | Penguin Random House in May 2025) the sequel will be coming in May 2026.
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Hope you love this one! Nice cover.
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OOoh interesting! I do love an enemies to lovers kind of tale! I’ll have to keep an eye on this one!
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With a cover tag line like that, this one would be hard to resist. I hope you Cruel is the Light when you read it!