Waiting on Wednesday (95)

Waiting on Wednesday

is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine
 that showcases upcoming releases 

that people are very much anticipating.

First off, this is inspired by The Nutcracker, a play I saw once upon a time, but all I really remember is going to the bathroom and getting a big cookie during intermission. (Sorry.) Secondly, this book is set in New York AND 1899, and it sounds good. Maybe it will put a (cold) spell on you? (See what I did there?)

Title: Winterspell

Author: Claire Legrand
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Publishing Date: September 30, 2014
Pages: 464

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The clock chimes midnight, a curse breaks, and a girl meets a prince . . . but what follows is not all sweetness and sugarplums.

New York City, 1899. Clara Stole, the mayor's ever-proper daughter, leads a double life. Since her mother's murder, she has secretly trained in self-defense with the mysterious Drosselmeyer.

Then, on Christmas Eve, disaster strikes.

Her home is destroyed, her father abducted--by beings distinctly not human. To find him, Clara journeys to the war-ravaged land of Cane. Her only companion is the dethroned prince Nicholas, bound by a wicked curse. If they're to survive, Clara has no choice but to trust him, but his haunted eyes burn with secrets--and a need she can't define. With the dangerous, seductive faery queen Anise hunting them, Clara soon realizes she won't leave Cane unscathed--if she leaves at all.

Inspired by The Nutcracker, Winterspell is a dark, timeless fairy tale about love and war, longing and loneliness, and a girl who must learn to live without fear.

Are you waiting on a retelling this week?