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Happy Wednesday lovelies!! I hope you’re having a wonderful week so far. I’m a little late posting this, but I kind of got lost into reading and catching up on my TBR.

Anyway, let’s check out what I picked for today’s Waiting on Wednesday, which is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. A similar meme, Can’t-Wait Wednesday, is hosted by Tressa over at Wishful Endings. If you’d like to participate in either one, don’t forget to link back to these lovely ladies and add your links in their posts.

My pick for this week’s “can’t wait to read” is

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Expected publication: August 28th 2018 by Razorbill

Hardcover 384 pages

Genre(s): Young Adult, Fantasy, LGBT

After her family is killed by corrupt warlord Aric Athair and his bloodthirsty army of Bullets, Caledonia Styx is left to chart her own course on the dangerous and deadly seas. She captains her ship, the Mors Navis, with a crew of girls and women just like her, whose lives have been turned upside down by Aric and his men. The crew has one misson: stay alive, and take down Aric’s armed and armored fleet.

But when Caledonia’s best friend and second-in-command just barely survives an attack thanks to help from a Bullet looking to defect, Caledonia finds herself questioning whether or not to let him join their crew. Is this boy the key to taking down Aric Athair once and for all…or will he threaten everything the women of the Mors Navis have worked for?

To be honest, the stunning cover is what really got my attention. Then, I read the premise and I was instantly intrigued. Seems like this book is going to be a lot of fun. What are your thoughts on this book? What’s on your Waiting on Wednesday pick today? Leave your links on the comments below so I can check out your post and find more books to add on my TBR!

As always, thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Welcome to the Release Day Celebration for

Superheroes Suck by Jamie Zakian

presented by Month9Books!

Be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post.

CONGRATULATIONS JAMIE!

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Superheroes Suck by Jamie Zakian
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Publisher: Month9Books

Welcome to Gemini City, where super-battles disrupt rush hour, insurance claim adjusters rival rock stars, and villains stash the souls of murdered superheroes inside little children.

It’s been ten years since Shay Sinclair’s parents were murdered by a super villain, leaving she and her sister to fend for themselves. Now at age sixteen, Shay has something that villain wants. Something he needs. After a chance encounter with a superhero in a stairwell, something awakens in Shay, something that could get her killed.

Max Steel has spent the last ten years searching for one particular soul. Now, a coincidental run-in with Shay Sinclair leaves Max closer than he’s ever been to everything he’s ever wanted. But Max hits a brick wall when he goes after her. Unlike other girls her age, Shay isn’t into superheroes. So, if Max wants to win her over and be reunited with the soul inside her, he must get creative. He invites Shay into a seductive world of fame, glamour, luxury, and epic battles with villainous foes.

Now that Shay’s in the mix with superheroes and crazed villains, everyone wants a piece of her. A super villain wants to devour her soul, a superhero wants to love her, and Shay just wants to go back to her normal life. It’s not like in the movies. In real life, superheroes suck.

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I absolutely adore this scene from Superheroes Suck. Here, we get our first peek into the secret meetings of Gemini City’s elusive superheroes.

In the boardroom at Ling Enterprises, Max shifted in a stiff chair. He stared at his reflection on the glossy table in front of him. The city saw a celebrity … a hero when they looked at him, yet he saw a coward. After years of barely surviving beatdowns, he’d finally captured his arch nemesis and he couldn’t bring himself to face the guy. He’d actually shown up to one of Simon and Alexie’s superhero meetings to avoid the man imprisoned in this building’s basement.

“We’ve received another summons.”

Simon’s voice cut into Max’s thoughts before it traveled out to circle the wide-open boardroom.

“Let me see that.” Max leaned onto the table and snatched the paper from Simon’s hand. “My name’s not even on here. I’m Max Storm, not Firestorm. Who’d they mail this to, Mr. Amazing?”

He turned the paper over and read the address label. “Nope. It’s to you, Simon Ling, but on the summons they put Mr. Amazing. We shouldn’t have to go.”

“Max is right,” Alexie said, which surprised Max more than Simon. “If they don’t even have the decency to use our real names, why should we show up? I’d like to issue a summons to the idiot who came up with Electric-Luxie. It’s so stupid.”

“You should listen to your fake girlfriend,” Max said, winking at Simon.

Simon glowered, almost a growl, his fingers curling into a fist.

“I mean Alexie.” Max lifted his hands, scooting his chair away from Simon. “You should listen to Alexie.”

“Don’t start, Max,” Alexie said through gritted teeth.

Sitting around a shiny table and pretending to live a perfect life would be the reason Max skipped the daily superhero meetings.

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Jamie Zakian is a full-time writer who consumes the written word as equally as oxygen. Living in South Jersey with her husband and rowdy family, she enjoys farming, archery, and blazing new trails on her 4wd quad, when not writing of course. She aspires to one day write at least one novel in every genre of fiction.

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