Waiting On Wednesday: Across A Star-Swept Sea by: Diana Peterfreund

Across A Star-Swept Sea by +Diana Peterfreund 

Coming October 15, 2013

Book Description:

Centuries after wars nearly destroyed civilization, the two islands of New Pacifica stand alone, a terraformed paradise where even the Reduction—the devastating brain disorder that sparked the wars—is a distant memory. Yet on the isle of Galatea, an uprising against the ruling aristocrats has turned deadly. The revolutionaries’ weapon is a drug that damages their enemies’ brains, and the only hope is rescue by a mysterious spy known as the Wild Poppy.

On the neighboring island of Albion, no one suspects that the Wild Poppy is actually famously frivolous aristocrat Persis Blake. The teenager uses her shallow, socialite trappings to hide her true purpose: her gossipy flutternotes are encrypted plans, her pampered sea mink is genetically engineered for spying, and her well-publicized new romance with handsome Galatean medic Justen Helo… is her most dangerous mission ever.
Though Persis is falling for Justen, she can’t risk showing him her true self, especially once she learns he’s hiding far more than simply his disenchantment with his country’s revolution and his undeniable attraction to the silly socialite he’s pretending to love. His darkest secret could plunge both islands into a new dark age, and Persis realizes that when it comes to Justen Helo, she’s not only risking her heart, she’s risking the world she’s sworn to protect.

I absolutely loved For Darkness Shows The Stars. I am so excited for this companion novel to come out!! I really can't wait to see more of this world that Diana has created! Also, the covers to these books are so absolutely gorgeous! I am in aww when I see these covers! 

Check out this interview with the author on http://www.epicreads.com/blog/cover-reveal-and-interview-across-a-star-swept-sea/

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Book Review: For Darkness Shows The Stars

In a time when technology destroyed everything, and nearly wiped out humanity. The Luddites and the Reduced were the only ones that remained, with the Luddites in control over the islands and do not allow technology or anything else that could cause another reduction to occur. Now the Reduced are giving birth to Posts, children that are no longer Reduced, and the times are changing. 

For Elliot North, a Luddite, she can't decide whether the changes are good or bad, but she can't help feeling some excitement. But, when Elliot rents her families ship yard to the Cloud Fleet for the boat they are building, she never thought that Kai, a Post that ran from her land four years ago and she was in love with, is among them. Kai has no more interest in Elliot though, he is  determined to show her what she missed out on in not taking his offer of running away with him. But when Elliot discovers Kai's secret, she doesn't know what to think. His secret could bring another Reduced time, or fix everything. 

Will they be able to overcome their differences or has Elliot lost Kai forever?

This book was another one that I could just not put down. My family had to practically pry it out of my hands on Christmas. It was so weird to see a book that brought you into a future that looked a lot like a past time when slavery was okay. It was really cool though how it was done. And the story between Elliot and Kai was so confusing in a good way. I could not tell what would happen! I love when books keep you on your toes! Also, the battle between Elliot and herself and Elliot and her family was just crazy. She couldn't decide what was right, and her family was against her the whole time. In parts of the book, you have no idea who to trust at all. One of my favorite parts of the book though were the letters between Kai and Elliot when they were younger and Kai still lived on the land. It added such a unique and fun element to the story, getting to see their past with each other in between chapters of the present. Perfect touch!
Such an amazing story!!
5 out of 5 stars!