"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
Goodreads Description:
Already one of the most acclaimed novels of 2025, this extraordinary, timely, and must-read novel from #1 New York Times
bestselling author Nova Ren Suma explores young women's freedom and
rage as Talia plots her way back to her hidden mountaintop home after
her mother's arrest for murder.
I reached the clearing
with the seven white pines and stopped to get my breath back. The mist
filled my lungs, peppery and also sweet, and momentum pushed me forward.
Giddy, I dropped into a bed of moss, soft and slick in spots, and
rolled in it, howled for no reason, felt close to an understanding of
some kind, as if an eye inside me was peeling open. It was the first
full moon after I turned thirteen, and I knew that whatever happened in
this next stretch of hours would change me forever after.
I wasn’t wrong.
Three years ago, Talia lived happily in the ruins of the Neves, a
once-grand hotel in the wilds of the Catskill Mountains, with her mother
Pola and their community of like-minded women. Some came to the Neves
to escape cruel men, others to hide from the law, but all found safety
and connection in their haven high above civilization, cloaked by a
mysterious mist that kept intruders away. But as their numbers grew,
complications followed, and everything came crashing down the night
electric lights pierced the forest. Uniformed men arrested Pola, calling
her a murderer and a fugitive, and Talia was taken away.
Now
sixteen, Talia has been forced to live with family she barely knows and
fit into a world scarred by misogyny, capitalism, disconnection from
nature . . . everything the women of the Neves stood against. She has
one to return to the Neves. But as Talia awaits a signal from her
mother, questions arise. Who betrayed her community, and what is she
avoiding about her own role in its collapse? Is it truly magic that
keeps the hotel so hidden? And what does it mean to embrace being her
mother’s daughter? With the help of an unexpected ally, Talia must find
her way to answers, face a mother who’s often kept her at arm’s length,
and try to reach the refuge she lost—if the mist hasn’t swallowed her
path home.
Fierce and lyrical, unsettling and tender, Wake the Wild Creatures marks the long-awaited return of one of the most distinctive voices in young adult literature.
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Expected Publication: May 6, 2025 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pre-Order: Blackwells and Amazon US and Amazon UK
Ohhh. I am SO excited about this book :D It looks gorgeous and sounds so awesome and different and magical. I just know that I will love it lots. I have read and loved three books by Nova before, now over ten years ago. What. I am so glad she is having a new book out. I just know that I am going to adore it so :)
What are you waiting for on this wild Wednesday?
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