Waiting on Wednesday

Winterspell by Claire Legrand

To find her abducted father and keep her sister safe from the lecherous politicians of 1899 New York City, 17-year-old Clara Stole must journey to the wintry kingdom of Cane. There, Anise, queen of the faeries, has ousted the royal family in favor of her own totalitarian, anti-human regime. Clara's only companion is 18-year-old Nicholas, Cane's rightful prince, whom she freed from a curse that left him trapped in disfiguring faery magic -- but time is running out, for both Nicholas and Clara's family. A deadly secret threatens to destroy Clara and Nicholas even as it binds them irrevocably together. And the land of Cane is anything but sweet.

Full of seductive faeries, dangerous magic, bloody swordfights, and forbidden romance, WINTERSPELL is a retelling of the classic ballet The Nutcracker, as you've never seen it before.

 I've heard a LOT about how awesome Claire Legrand's debut MG, Cavendish Home For Boys and Girls, but I'm honestly not a big MG fan...BUT NOW THERE'S A YA BY HER AND IT HAS FAERIES AND MAGIC AND ROMANCE AND *GASPS* SWORD FIGHTS. This will be epic. We all know I'm a giant fan of faeries and, oh my, I see there's an evil Queen. THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE. (Did you catch that?!)