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Reading level: Young Adult Paperback: 312 pages Publisher: Flux (February 8, 2011) Summary: When she was seven, a horrific fey attack killed Donna Underwood’s father and drove her mother mad. Her own nearly fatal injuries were fixed by alchemy—the iron tattoos branding her hands and arms. Now seventeen, Donna feels like a freak, doomed by the magical heritage that destroyed her parents and any chance she had for a normal life. Only her relationship with her best friend, Navin, is keeping her sane. But when vicious wood elves abduct Navin, Donna is forced to accept her role in the centuries-old war between human alchemists and these darkest outcasts of Faerie. Assisted by Xan, a gorgeous guy with faery blood running through his veins and secrets of his own, Donna races to save Navin—even if it means betraying everything her parents fought to the death to protect. Our review: The summary paired together with the cover drew me to this book. Donna Underwood's markings are...

This week we're waiting for Abandon by Meg Cabot. Here's the summary: New from #1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot, a dark, fantastical story about this world . . . and the underworld. When Pierce first sees him, she thinks he is a murderer. She's right about one thing -- he does take lives. But not in the way she ever imagined. Pierce is drawn to the dark stranger even as she tries to uncover the mystery surrounding the tragic death of someone close to her. As she gets closer to the truth -- and the stranger -- unexpected secrets are revealed, even in her own heart. ( From Goodreads .) Abandon (hardcover, 352 pages) will be published on April 26th by Scholastic Inc. Intriguing summary and cover and it's by Cabot. Is 2011 the year of covers with flowery silhouettes? we've seen a bunch with similar designs. What do you think? What's your pick? Waiting on Wednesday was started by Jill at breaking the spine .

It's Tuesday (yes, we're a day late). We tease. We open a book we're reading and choose two lines. This week they are: "As I'm pulling another monster stack of books from my locker to take home with me, Wish comes up behind me and plants his chin on my shoulder. "Hey, you." This week's tease is from Starstruck by Cyn Balog. Summary: Gwendolyn "Dough" X doesn't think she has much going for her—she carries a few extra pounds, her family struggles with their small bakery in a town full of millionaires, and the other kids at her New Jersey high school don't seem to know that she exists. Thank the stars for her longtime boyfriend, Philip P. Wishman—or "Wish." He moved away to California three years ago, when they were 13, but then professed his love for her via e-mail, and he's been her long-distance BF ever since. At the beginning of her junior year, though, Wish e-mails that he's moving back to Jersey. Great,...