Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature hosted by Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we simply cannot wait for! This week, I chose Paradigm by Ceri A. Lowe.
Amazon (not yet available for pre-order)
Goodreads
382 pages
Expected publication: June 13th 2014 by Bookouture
From Goodreads:
What if the end of the world was just the beginning? Alice Davenport awakens from a fever to find her mother gone and the city she lives in ravaged by storms – with few survivors. When Alice is finally rescued, she is taken to a huge underground bunker owned by the mysterious Paradigm Industries. As the storms worsen, the hatches close. 87 years later, amidst the ruins of London, the survivors of the Storms have reinvented society. The Model maintains a perfect balance – with inhabitants routinely frozen until they are needed by the Industry. Fifteen-year-old Carter Warren knows his time has come. Awoken from the catacombs as a contender for the role of Controller General, it is his destiny to succeed – where his parents failed. But Carter soon discovers that the world has changed, in ways that make him begin to question everything that he believes in. As Carter is forced to fight for those he loves and even for his life, it seems that the key to the future lies in the secrets of the past…
Why I’m waiting: True story, I did not even read the whole synopsis. I glanced at it, because quite frankly, lately I have been finding synopses to be hindering my reading rather than helping. Giving too much away, for the most part. So I give it a brief look, and go from there. I saw end of the world and 87 years later and survivors and it basically sounded right up my alley. Also, I was digging the cover, and I am easily distracted by fun colors and shiny things.
What are you waiting for this week?
What a great pick thoug the cover reminds me a little of Divergent
I hope you’ll enjoy it a lot 🙂
Yours
Smarty
Now that you mention it, it kind of does! Maybe that is why I was attracted to it!
Great pick! I too really want to get my hands on this one though I have heard some mixed reviews of it. Hope you enjoy it and that it looks just as awesome in real life as the cover does online!
Mixed reviews make me so nervous! But I think I like mixed reviews better than middle-of-the-road reviews, at least people loved or hated it, rather than feeling “meh”.
Love that bit about just roughly browsing the summary. 🙂 Great pick!
My WoW
Hahah thanks! I was so mad after reading a few books that seriously would have been way better if I’d never read the whole summary! So this is my (tentative) new plan. We’ll see how it goes 😉
I say this on NetGalley but I wasn’t sure. The cover seems like a rip off of Divergent… I might look into it though. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Mily
My WoW
I seriously don’t know why I didn’t see the Divergent similarities! I think it is the color differences or something, but it really did not occur to me. I mean, I see it now of course. But I still like it, probably still because of the fun colors 😉
I agree about synopsis giving too much away. That’s why I try not to read them before starting a book. They tend to ruin the experience for me too. Awesome pick though. This one has a lovely cover and premise 🙂
Happy Wednesday!
Shane @ Itching for Books
It’s hard for me because on one hand, I would like to have some clue as to what kind of book I am going to read, but then, I don’t want anything spoiled! Skimming has been working for now. Or, only reading the first one or two lines.
Yeah, I’ve stopped reading the synopsis of the ones I have for review (I mean, obviously I read them the first time to see if I’m interested in it) but after that, I leave it alone because going in completely blind gives you the best chance of actually enjoying it than having expectations. Okay, I don’t know if I like the cover or not (because like Snow Like Ashes) it’s pretty divergent-ish.
Here’s mine
Kirsty @ StudioReads
Yes, that is what I have been doing too- skimming, and then not looking again. And I really like the Snow Like Ashes cover too- apparently, I just really like seeing the Divergent cover in different colors and fonts 😉
i hadn’t seen this before, it sounds really good.
This sounds awesome! Thanks for sharing.
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I first saw a part of the cover and I’m like “there’s a new Divergent story?”. Woops, it’s a totally different book and I like the sound of it too! Great pick.
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