Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Breaking the Spine to let us share our excitement for books coming out soon.
I’m a sucker for dark books, and something about this just calls to me to read it!
Author: Joshua Gaylord
Expected publication: April 21st 2015 by
Publisher: Mulholland Books
A small, quiet Midwestern town, which is unremarkable save for one fact: when the teenagers reach a certain age, they run wild.
When Lumen Fowler looks back on her childhood, she wouldn’t have guessed she would become a kind suburban wife, a devoted mother. In fact, she never thought she would escape her small and peculiar hometown. When We Were Animals is Lumen’s confessional: as a well-behaved and over-achieving teenager, she fell beneath the sway of her community’s darkest, strangest secret. For one year, beginning at puberty, every resident “breaches” during the full moon. On these nights, adolescents run wild, destroying everything in their path.
Lumen resists. Promising her father she will never breach, she investigates the mystery of her community’s traditions and the stories erased from the town record. But the more we learn about the town’s past, the more we realize that Lumen’s memories are harboring secrets of their own.
A gothic coming-of-age tale for modern times, When We Were Animals is a dark, provocative journey into the American heartland.
Oh YES! I am dying to read this too! I just ran across it a couple of days ago. It sounds unique and scary! Great choice:-D
Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday [141]: CITY OF BLADES by Robert Jackson Bennett
Thanks! I’ve been in the mood for horror lately, hoping to make time for this one.
Lisa (@TenaciousReader) recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday – When We Were Animals
OMG you and Lynn are killing me going on about these upcoming Mulholland Books that look so good (Lynn brought up The Doll Maker the other day). I have auto approval from them on NetGalley and it’s taking everything in me not to reach out and push that request button. But…but…this one does sound amazing. Help!
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday 3/18/15
Ha ha! I have auto approval as well, and I keep looking at this one and wondering when I will actually request it. I know its going to happen (or I’ll kick myself for waiting until it was gone).
Lisa (@TenaciousReader) recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday – When We Were Animals
Wow, that sounds really good! I hope you enjoy it!
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Thanks! I am hoping so too! 🙂
Lisa (@TenaciousReader) recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday – When We Were Animals
Ahem – yes, about that – I did request it. I’m trying very hard to get my % up but then keep seeing such tempting goodies – ‘bad Netgalley – bad!!!’
Or, bad me – 🙁
Come on though – ‘gothic coming of age’ – I’m just a complete pushover for the word ‘gothic’!
Lynn 😀
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I know. Every time I *do* get my NetGalley stats up, I end up binge requesting. Oops? 🙂 There’s just too many, in the best possible way!
Lisa (@TenaciousReader) recently posted…Waiting on Wednesday – When We Were Animals