Waiting on Wednesday: Bitterblue

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where she spotlights upcoming releases.

This week I am waiting on....

Bitterblue

By: Kristin Cashore

Release Date: May 2012

This is a book I've been waiting for for literally years. I loved Graceling SO much that the time has dragged by waiting for this. Other fans of Kristin Cashore will feel the same, I am sure!  Early reports on Bitterblue have been fantastic, so I am really looking forward to digging into my ARC when it gets here... *stalks the mailbox* Check out the Reading Lark review on the 19th April. 

Info from Goodreads

Eight years after Graceling, Bitterblue is now queen of Monsea. But the influence of her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities, lives on. Her advisors, who have run things since Leck died, believe in a forward-thinking plan: Pardon all who committed terrible acts under Leck’s reign, and forget anything bad ever happened. But when Bitterblue begins sneaking outside the castle—disguised and alone—to walk the streets of her own city, she starts realizing that the kingdom has been under the thirty-five-year spell of a madman, and the only way to move forward is to revisit the past. 

Two thieves, who only steal what has already been stolen, change her life forever. They hold a key to the truth of Leck’s reign. And one of them, with an extreme skill called a Grace that he hasn’t yet identified, holds a key to her heart.