Waiting on Wednesday (10) Court of Fives

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking The Spine to highlight upcoming releases we're super excited about!

This week I'm waiting on:

Title: Court of Fives

Author: Kate Elliot

Pages: 448

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Release Date: August 18, 2015

In this imaginative escape into an enthralling new world, World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott's first young adult novel weaves an epic story of a girl struggling to do what she loves in a society suffocated by rules of class and privilege.

Jessamy's life is a balance between acting like an upper-class Patron and dreaming of the freedom of the Commoners. But away from her family she can be whoever she wants when she sneaks out to train for The Fives, an intricate, multilevel athletic competition that offers a chance for glory to the kingdom's best contenders. Then Jes meets Kalliarkos, and an unlikely friendship between two Fives competitors--one of mixed race and the other a Patron boy--causes heads to turn. When Kal's powerful, scheming uncle tears Jes's family apart, she'll have to test her new friend's loyalty and risk the vengeance of a royal clan to save her mother and sisters from certain death.

Well.. It's mah birthday today!! wooo!!  I'm so excited about the upcoming release of this book.  I'm hoping it will motivate me to get my arse moving and exercise.  But really, the plot looks amazing.  And high fantasy is totally my thing.  Can't wait (even though I'm just getting older and older lol)!!