Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme, created by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.
This week I am waiting on
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Publication Date: February 26th, 2019
Goodreads Summary
A world divided.
A queendom without an heir.
An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction—but assassins are getting closer to her door.
Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
Across the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.
Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
Can we all take a moment to appreciate the absolute beauty that is this cover? It looks so fierce and majestic you can’t help but be drawn to it. On top of that, ‘The Priory of the Orange Tree’ sounds like a tale that demonstrates the various strengths of women. Between the Queen, the lady-in-waiting, and the dragon rider, we have three women who all have a part to play in this tale. The political and magical influences within this world also sound incredibly complex and I can’t wait to see how all of these elements come together.
What’s your most anticipated book?
My Midnight Musing 
Ahh this sounds SO GOOD!
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Doesn’t it just? I’m so excited to read it.
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YES! That cover is just a stunner! I can’t wait to read it!
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They need to stop making such beautiful covers cause my bank account is forever crying at them haha.
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I’m so excited for this book too, it sounds incredible! But for some reason I had it in my head that it was coming out in January 2019. Can’t believe I tricked myself into thinking I had to wait a whole month less!
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hahaha at least it shows how eager you are to read it. It looks like such an epic read.
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Hehe true! It really does 🙂
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I am SO excited to read Priory. I’ve already preordered my copy, it just sounds incredible!
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That’s awesome. I swear these pretty covers will have my bank account crying haha.
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This cover really looks amazing, I agree! I’ve heard lots about this book lately, I hope you’ll enjoy it when you’ll read it, Lois 😀
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Same. It was only a couple weeks ago that this one popped up on my dashboard, but the premise just sounds so epic!!
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