Waiting On Wednesday

So, I've begun following ARC blogs, and one thing I stumbled across is Waiting On Wednesday, hosted by Breaking the Spine (click the 'Waiting on Wednesday' picture to go to Breaking the Spine), in which you post a book you're anxiously awaiting the release of.
My book for this Wednesday is a little goofy, because when I went to find it, I realized it was being released today!! So... what I'm really 'waiting' for is to get the heck out of work and go buy it!

The book I'm awaiting?

Spy Glass by Maria V. Snyder:

The third in the Opal series, set in the same world as the Poison Study/Yelena series... which I have already reviewed here. A seriously wonderful set of books.

A Heroin you will love...

I just got finished reading the first series by Maria V. Snyder... and I thought it was brilliant.
You will find the first two of these books in the YA section of the book store, although the content is very adult and I think the entire series could be in the Adult Fantasy section.

The three books, in order, are:

Poison Study
Magic Study
Fire Study

and they follow the life of Yelena, a criminal on death row who is offered the position of food taster for the country of Ixia's Commander.

Yelena is a wonderful, strong, real leading character.


Book Cover: 3/5
Book Title: 5/5
Plot: 5/5
Characters: 5/5 (the reasons I keep coming back for more!)
Ending: 5/5